Ana Laura Vargas was born in San Jose Costa Rica and studied fine arts at the Universidad Autonoma de Centro America specializing in Watercolor.

Her paintings are exhibited in private collections in: Costa Rica, Texas, Chicago,
California, Georgia, Arizona, Mexico City, Cancún, Guatemala, Dusseldorf. Sevilla.

She is a member of the Costa Rican Association of Watercolorists

EXHIBITS AND SHOWS

• Villas Playa Sámara
  November 1996, Costa Rica
  
  
• Hotel Cariari
  August 1997, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Grano de Oro - Sintercafé
  November 1997, Costa Rica
  November 1998, Costa Rica
  November 2005, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Gisela Stradtmann Workshop
  German Club of Costa Rica
  November 1997, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Invitational Art Festival
  Ulises Gallery - San Pedro, Costa Rica
  November 1997
  March 1998
  November 1998
  March 1999
  November 2000
  December 2001
  April 2002
  December 2002
  
  
• Alliance Francaise Gallery
  August, 2000, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• 50th Anniversary Celebration
  Bank of Costa Rica,
  September 2000, San Carlos, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Seven Women
  Alliance Francaise Gallery
  March 2001, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Joaquín García Monge Gallery
  Costa Rican National Theater
  June 2001 - San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Home and Office
  November 2001, San Jose, Costa Rica
  
  
• Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones Gallery
  March & April 2002, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Le Monastere Restaurant
  May 2003, Escazú, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Mid Autumn Festival
  September 2004, Hong Kong, China
  
  
• National Gallery
  November 2004, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• VI Watercolor Biennial
  November 2004, Mexico City, Mexico
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Costacuarela 2004
  Sophia Wannamaker Gallery
  November 2004, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Hotel Punta Islita
  March 2005, Carrillo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Costacuarela 2005
  San Ramón Regional Museum
  April 2005, Alajuela, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Costa Rican Watercolors in International Events
  National Gallery
  June 2005, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Costacuarela 2005
  Sophia Wannamaker Gallery
  November 2005, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Music for the Eyes
  Editus Academy of the Arts
  November 2005, San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Collective Exhibit - Costacuarela 2005
  San Ramón Regional Museum
  April 2005, Alajuela, Costa Rica
  
  

COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)

• Executive Offices Collection
  Hotel Camino Real InterContinental San José
  San José, Costa Rica
  
  
• Sales Offices Collection
  Hotel El Mesón del Angel
  Puebla, México
  
  
• Executive Offices Collection
  Foundation for the Development of Democracy.
  San José, Costa Rica, 1998-1999
  
  
• Presidential House Collection
  Presidential House.
  San José, Costa Rica