José Villalobos
2024 Stepping Stone Grantee
José Villalobos grew up on the US/Mexico border in El Paso, TX. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He was awarded the Artist Lab Fellowship Grant for his work De La Misma Piel at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Villalobos is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant Award and Residency and is also a recipient of the Tanne Foundation Award. Recently he has participated in the prestigious Artpace International Residency, the Fountainhead Artist Residency and. currently in the CALA Alliance Artist residency in Phoenix, AZ. His work has been exhibited in the nationally and internationally; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; NARS Foundation, New York, NY; Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL; El Paso Museum of Art, TX; El Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ; Denver Art Museum, CO; and Museo de Arte de Querétaro, MX. José Villalobos’s work is included in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Mexic-arte Museum, Austin, TX, the City of San Antonio Public Collection, TX, Albright College, Reading, PA, and Soho House International in Austin, TX.
