Jovan Karlo Villalba

Who is Jovan Karlo Villalba?

Jovan Karlo Villalba is an American contemporary artist.

Jovan Karlo Villalba grew up in Miami, FL. He graduated from New World School of the Arts in 1995 and from the Cooper Union School of Art in 1999. In 2000, he began his career in the burgeoning Chelsea art district in New York City. Eight years later Villalba moved to Miami, FL where he is presently based.

Villalba became known for his exact painting technique that, combined with a darker subject matter, are on the one hand aesthetically enticing and on the other disconcerting. His diverse color palette references the natural world, however his subject matter remains illusive, functioning as suggestions of actual form. The result is “landscape” environments that layer perspective and form into a collage of melded realities that feel familiar yet resist recognition-creating imagery that is both elusive and ambiguous.

Villalba’s work has been included in dozens of exhibitions across the United States including solo exhibitions at Galleries in Los Angeles, Miami and New York City. His work was recently featured in biennial exhibitions at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Exit Art in New York City and the Queens Museum of Art.