Vladimir Mejia is a multi-discipline artist, one half of artist duo Rossie Dustin, an independent curator, and the social media director at Co-Lab Projects in Austin, TX. He received a B.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of Texas in 2014 and now resides in Kyle, TX. Rooted in conceptual art, his work incorporates cathartic elements of his lived experiences as a first-generation American from a single-parent household. He explores subject matters such as politics, identity, generational divides and self-care through the use of humor, abstraction, writing and interaction.

EDUCATION
BFA   UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, Austin, Texas, Studio Art, 2014

EXHIBITIONS

2019

BRIM, Black Mountain Project – Austin, TX (Solo Exhibition)

Repurposed, ICOSA – Austin, TX

GIFC’s Velvet Ropes Austin, Martha’s Contemporary – Austin, TX

Pant’s Show, Clarkson Gallery – San Antonio, TX / Austin, TX / NYC, NY

2018

Mi Feito Don't Let This Time Be In Vain, Pump Project – Austin, TX (Solo Exhibition)

60 in Sixty, Fusebox Festival – Austin, TX

Sacred Trash, Slantspace – Austin, TX

Progressions, Slantspace – Austin, TX

2017

Texas Biennial, Big Medium @ KC Grey Home – Austin, TX

Chairs, Wares – Austin TX

Art of The Brew, Co-Lab Projects - Austin, TX

2016

Start-Up, Start-Up Gallery @ Delta Millworks – Austin, TX

60 in Sixty, Fusebox Festival – Austin, TX

The He(Art) of Hip-Hop, The Eminent Hip Hop Movement - Austin, TX

ART OF THE BREW, Co-Lab Projects – Austin, TX

2015

#BITRES, Co-Lab Projects – Instagram

ART OF THE BREW, Co-Lab Projects – Austin, TX

2014

ART OF THE BREW, Co-Lab Projects – Austin, TX

WELLSPRING, Visual Arts Center – Austin, TX

EXPO, 500X – Dallas, TX

INAUGURAL OCCGALLERY OPENING, Ecology Action of Texas – Austin, TX

WINNNER, WINNER, FAB Gallery – Austin, TX

2013

FIVE X SEVEN, The Contemporary Austin, Austin – TX

RED DOT ART SPREE, Women and their Work – Austin TX

LIFE WAS PERFECT FOR A MOMENT, Clarkson Gallery – ccllaarrkkssoonn.com

2012

GROUP HUG!!, Pump Project Flex Space – Austin, TX

 OPPOSING THOUGHTS, FAB Gallery – Austin, TX

 RED DOT ART SPREE, Women and their Work – Austin, TX

 THINK UNSEXY THOUGHTS, Wardenclyffe Austin, TX

 UNTITLED, Gallery Black Lagoon – Austin, TX

rossie dustin Exhibitions

2019

Transmission, Partial Shade – Austin, TX

rossie dustin’s Rough Sketch 4 The World Tour, Stieren & St. Mary’s Pop Up – San Antonio, TX

2013

Raw Paw Presents: The Cymatic Release & CogDut Labyrinth – Austin, TX

Ink Tank Collective Exhibitions

2016

FINALCON, Museum of Human Achievement – Austin, TX

2013

FUTURE ANALOGUE, Lomography Gallery Store – Austin, TX

MORE AWKWARD THAN HEAVY 2, Up Collective – Austin, TX

2012

LAST NEW YEAR, Rosewood House – Austin, TX

 ART ON THE GREEN/PARMAGEDDON, Amoa/Arthouse – Austin, TX

 THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, Hello Studios – Austin, TX

 MORE AWKWARD THAN HEAVY, Up Collective – Austin, TX

 POWDERED WIG SHOW, Welcome Home – Austin, TX

 ARMAGEDDON OUTTA HERE, Co-Lab Project Space – Austin, TX

2011

FUTURE: DIORAMA!, Co-Lab Project Space – Austin, TX

Curatorial Work

2022

Vuelcas Mapas presented by Co-Lab Projects - Jay-Roff Garcia, The It’s Not Fair (Fusebox 2022) – Austin, TX

This Is Now - Amanda Cassingham-Bardwell, Amelia Broussard, Angel Perdomo, AnnieLaurie Erickson, Caesar Meadows, Kai Lumumba Barrow, Laura Gipson, MaPó Kinnord, Nic Brierre Aziz, Renee Royale, Rontherin Ratliff, Stylo Moniker and Ursa Eyer, ICOSA – Austin, TX

2021

Alquimia Rítmica/Rhythmic Alchemy, Eleanor Moore (Dr. Evilletown), Gustavo Obligado, Hiba Ali, Jessica Fuquay, Jorge Luis Pablo Tantavilca, Lucy Maude, Marlon Hedrick, Luciano Piccilli and Pedro Carneiro Silva, Ruido Noise – Austin, TX

2019

Highs and Lo-Fi’s - Adrian Armstrong , Co-Lab Projects – Austin, TX

2016

Start-Up - ft. Jonathan Gruchawka, T.J. Lemanski and Peter Shugart, Start-Up Gallery @ Delta Millworks – Austin, TX

2015 to Present

Co-Lab Projects #bitres, @colabprojectsbitres – Austin, TX