Jorge Vascano

Biography:


Born in 1982, Jorge "Vascano" Vasquez-Elescano spent his childhood north of his birthplace of Lima-Peru, in the jungle-like atmosphere of Tarapoto. There, Jorge grew a fascination with the exotic forms and bold colors of his Amazon’s surroundings. This early exposure eventually became an ongoing inspirational source in his art making, which allows him to explore his interest in humans’ complexities through the beautiful inner qualities of the material world.
Jorge continued to develop his skills in the arts and received formal training after he moved to the United States and enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College, where he got his Associate Degree in Fine Arts. Later on he went to Corcoran College of Art and Design, and then finished his undergraduate on 2015 at Maryland Institute College of Art with a focus in painting. After, he move to New York in pursue of his graduate education, where in 2017 received his Master’s degree in Fine Art at the New York Academy of Art. During his studies, Jorge's works were displayed at exhibitions across educational institution’s campuses, participated in group shows, had his first solo show at the Peruvian consulate in Washington DC, was in international group shows and...

2017 MFA Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
2015 BFA Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD.
2012 Painting, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC.
2010 Fine Arts Associates Degree, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), Annandale, VA.

2018 If Beale Street Could Talk, Motion Picture, Annapurna Pictures, New York, NY.
Take Home a Nude, Auction Show, Sotheby’s, Manhattan, NY.
The Unveiling Carrara Merit Award, Group Show, ABC Worldwide Stone, Brooklyn, NY.
2017 Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, Manhattan, NY.
Graduates 2017, Group Show, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
About Face, Group Show, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY.
Transmorgrification, Group Show, Art Space, long Island City, NY.
Thesis Exhibition, Wilkinson Gallery, New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, NY.
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY.
Giverny Merit Award, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY.
2016 Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, Manhattan, NY.
Tribeca Ball, New York academy of Art, Manhattan, NY.
2015 Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, Manhattan, NY.
Reminiscences (Solo Show), Westminster, Woodbridge, VA.
Reminiscences, Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
2014 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Juried Show , Anacostia Arts Center Gallery, Washington, DC.
Wake Up Call, Collective Exhibition, Epicure Cafe, Fairfax, VA.
Be Amazing, Gala & Silent Auction Art Exhibition, Maryland Historical Society, Baltim...