Emilio Villalba

Biography
Emilio Villalba in his studio

Emilio Villalba is a Mexican-American artist born in Chula Vista, California and currently living and working in San Francisco. He earned his MFA from the Academy of Art, winning Directors Choice Award for painting of the year in 2011. Before his career as a painter, Villalba was a visual artist working on animated television and films. Notable projects include Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Pepsi Superbowl commercials, Nike, and Miller High Life. The artist was an associate professor at Cogswell College and now primarily teaches independent painting classes online. Villalba collaborated with Valentino in 2019 for their presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach where he hand-painted bespoke bags for their winter collection. In 2022 the artist created paintings for their Rendez-Vous collection and Valentino beauty for their Summer campaign. Villalba has been featured in New American Painting, Forbes, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose and many more.

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Works
  • Portrait by Emilio Villalba of a woman wearing a red and white stripped button up shirt and holding a small brown dog
    Chelsea and Bear, 2022
  • A painting of a polaroid of a collage of things including a telephone, a dog, a basketball hoop, a boot, candles, scissors, a knife, wheels, Vans shoe, a beer bottle and shopping baskets by Emilio Villalba. .
    Home, 2022
  • Painting of a pair of white sneakers, a pair of light blue jeans and a stripped blue and white shirt on a light brown hardwood floor by Emilio Villalba
    My Shoes and Clothes, 2022
  • Emilio Villalba collage style painting with mop bucket, cross, hammer, statues, plastic bags, etc. Pablo Neruda poem below imagery
    Patience of a Bear, 2022
  • Painting of a person's face, another persons profile with their hand to their face and a brown leather loafer shoe on a brown background.
    Self Portrait with Shoe, 2022
  • Emilio Villalba cars wires and feet painting
    Cars, Wires and Feet, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba painting of objects and faces
    Faces and Lou, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba painting of faces, cats and various objects
    Faces, Cats and Things, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba oil on canvas of film canisters, cars, cigarette packaging and masks
    Masks, Cars and Film, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba painting of yellow sink
    Matt's Sink, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba painting of scissors, mug and spoon on orange background
    Scissors, Mug and Spoon, 2021
  • Portrait of the artist, Emilio Villalba, and a woman wearing glasses with her back towards the viewer and her face looking over her shoulder wearing red glasses and bright red nail polish
    Self Portrait with Michelle, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba black and white portrait
    Selfie Black and White, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba portrait
    Shannon, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba objects painting
    Shoes, Trucks and Lou, 2021
  • Emilio Villalba blue painting of sink, candles and beer
    Sink, Candles and Beer, 2021
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