Frank Vega (b. 1992, Ecuador) is a transdisciplinary artist working with sculpture, painting, and hybrid objects produced from repurposed materials. His practice centers on an archaeological approach to objects that shape our culture and collective knowledge. Different materials, surfaces, and shapes help Vega build objects with unique attributions that coexist creating empowering narratives.
Vega lives and works between Chicago and Ecuador. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), MDW Fair at Mana Contemporary, (Chicago), El Lobi, (Puerto Rico), The Green Gallery (Milwaukee), Koik Contemporary, (Mexico City), and the Krannert Art Museum, (Champaign). Awarded with a Frankenthaler Scholarship from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Florence M. House Scholarship and the Helen E. Platt Blake Scholarship from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and a Leroy Neiman Fellowship from Ox-Bow School of Art.