Chris E. Vargas

Tuesday, Sep 19 2023, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Tishman Lecture Hall
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Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS)—Fall 2023

MOTHA book coverOPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Chris E. Vargas is a video maker and interdisciplinary artist. He earned his MFA from the Art Practice department at Berkeley in 2011. He is the Executive Director of MOTHA, the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art, a critical and conceptual arts and hirstory institution highlighting the contributions of trans art to the cultural and political landscape. His forthcoming book, an extension of MOTHA, Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects (2023, co-edited with Christina Linden and David Evans Frantz), brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artifacts that highlight the under-recognized histories of trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming communities.