Carolina Vargas Reis
Toronto, Canada | +1 (416) 288-2018 | info@vargasreis.com | www.vargasreis.com | insta: @vargaseis
Toronto, Canada | +1 (416) 288-2018 | info@vargasreis.com | www.vargasreis.com | insta: @vargaseis
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Visual artist and civil engineer working at the intersection of painting and research. My practice explores displacement and transformation through large-scale compositions, translating archival narratives into spatial and visual forms.
Solo Exhibitions
Unmapped Horizons
Aesthetics of Displacement, Strathgowan Studio, Toronto (2025)
Curious Realities
Magic Realism Perspective, Clark Center for the Arts Museum, Toronto (2024)
After the Storm
Strathgowan Studio, Toronto (2022)
The Mad One
Mad Gallery, Toronto (2019)
Of Love and Other Tales
Strathgowan Studio, Toronto (2017)
What I See
Fasken Martineau, Bay Centre, Toronto (2014)
Institutional Exhibitions & Public Projects
Ontario Parliament Building
Toronto — 2024, Year long installation
Toronto — 2024, Year long installation
Nuit Blanche
Toronto — 2015
Toronto — 2015
The Teddy Bear Affair (Invited Artist)
Children’s Aid Foundation, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto — 2016
Children’s Aid Foundation, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto — 2016
Selected Group Exhibitions
Origins
Avant Gallery, Toronto — 2026
Avant Gallery, Toronto — 2026
Spectrum Art Fair
Miami — 2024, 2023
Miami — 2024, 2023
Artexpo New York
New York — 2019
New York — 2019
Women of Toronto
Verity, Toronto — 2018
Verity, Toronto — 2018
Artist Project
Toronto — 2017, 2016, 2015
Toronto — 2017, 2016, 2015
Pop Art Pop Up
Twist Gallery, Toronto — 2017
Twist Gallery, Toronto — 2017
Collective
DegreeArt Gallery, London — 2016, 2015
DegreeArt Gallery, London — 2016, 2015
Selected Commissions & Installations
Beacon — Installation
Beacon Securities, Toronto — 2023
Beacon Securities, Toronto — 2023
See No Evil — Mosaic Installation
Private Collection, Toronto — 2022
Private Collection, Toronto — 2022
We the North — Painting Series
Private Collection, Boston — 2022
Private Collection, Boston — 2022
Eternal — Painting
Private Collection, New York — 2019
Private Collection, New York — 2019
My Reflection — Mosaic Installation
Private Collection, Toronto — 2018
Private Collection, Toronto — 2018
Lost in Manhattan — Installation
Private Collection, Miami — 2016
Private Collection, Miami — 2016
Education
MBA
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
BSc Engineering (Minor in Fine Arts)
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Awards & Public Engagement
Young Professional of the Year, Colombia
Leon Pape Memorial Scholarship, University of Toronto
Artist talks and community engagement, Clark Center for the Arts, Toronto
Speaker and mentor, Level Up Series, University of Toronto