Frank Parga

Bio

Born: 1972, El Paso, TX
Education: M.F.A. New York University 2002
Studio Art B.F.A. University of Texas at El Paso 1995 Major: Painting, Minor: Sculpture

Multidisciplinary Artist: Painting (Acrylic paint), Digital Artist, Video editing, musician.

Awards and Honors

-NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Percent For Art, Public Art Commission, Hungerford School, Staten Island, NYC. 45 ft x 8 ft installation (8/2022).

-Gene Kaufman Architecture, Public Mural Commission, Marriott at SpringHill Suites 140 West 28th Street, NYC. 1,578 sq. ft. Mural installation (6/2021). -NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Program, Community Mural Project, Coler Hospital, Roosevelt Island, NYC. 600 sq. ft. Mural. -Ground Floor Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY (2020)

Artist Statement:

Through the use of detailed representational imagery, my work reimagines and questions the often pervasive narratives around themes such as human interaction, cultural sensitivity, ancestral connection, and environmental preservation. My work explores the mundane and the extraordinary, vastness and minuteness, the relative dance of space and time and the synchronous nature of these concepts. The viewer is empowered to visualize and consider their place in the proximity of seemingly disparate ideas in order to embody a deeper awareness and sensitivity to the world around them.