Vivian Vargas was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is an artist and art teacher. Her father documented family events in the 1950’s and 60’s with an 8mm camera. Since 2014 her photographic work has been an exploration of the abstract manifestations of light and water viewed from her sea kayak, the alienation expressed in artificial light, and a focus on the details that construct culture and life at home and abroad.

Exhibis
Open Show Santa Cruz May 2021
Featured photographer at a zoom presentation of works from my photo project: Identity/Identidad

Mi Casa Es Tu Casa October 2021
COVID Strawberries, in the annual Mi Casa es Tu Casa, Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery Exhibit

In These Uncertain Times March 2021
Debemos Continurar (We Must Carry On), in the Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz County Exhibit: In These Uncertain Times

Art + Design in Berlin February 2013
Exhibit of my photos of humor, protest and repression in Berlin, Germany at the London Nelson Center in Santa Cruz, California

Publications

Home published in La Raíz Magazine 2022, San Jose California,
Elements published in Journal X, 3rd Edition 2023, Santa Cruz, California

Education

Photography classes at Los Angeles City College and Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz County
Art History and video classes at UCLA
Member of the Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel, California (2019-2024), Green Briar Photo Club in Chicago (1978), and the Los Angeles Photo Club (1979-1980)
Countless photo exhibits and gallery visits spanning three continents