Arnoldo Vargas received his BA from UCLA in fine art in 1999 and is a current MFA candidate of Photography and New Media at CalArts in Valencia, CA. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally with his most recent exhibition Tan Legos de Dios at Galeria Autonoma, UNAM, in Mexico City. Solo exhibitions include In Memoriam at the Main Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA., Stardust at Space 47, San Jose, CA., Welcome Wilmington at Monte Vista, Highland Park, CA., and Artifice Orange at Slanguage, Wilmington, CA. His work was featured in Museo de Anthropolocura, curated by Guillermo Gomez-Pena, the Wight Gallery at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA., and the Main Gallery at the University of Texas, Dallas. He is a grantee of the Michael Jordan Foundation, and a recipient of the Gelman Trust Scholarship for graduate studies. He is a native of Wilmington, California, where he currently teaches advanced placement art and photography at Banning High School.