There are no boundaries between painting, drawing and sculpture in Inheritance, a site- specific installation of new dimensional works by Andrea Vargas-Mendoza, on exhibition in the Museum of Ventura County’s Sculpture Garden from February 26 – May 3.

Vargas-Mendoza, who uses schematic lines that cut and animate space within her paintings, describes the coming together of her paintings, drawings and found objects as homage to the history of our San Buenaventura landscape, in the tradition of California Romanticism.

The artist was raised in the San Francisco Bay area, where art lessons early in life and the guidance of mural artists gave her a foundation upon which she could built. After graduating in rhetoric from the University of California Berkeley, Vargas-Mendoza moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and studied art while pursuing independent projects in animation and illustration. Her work has been featured in international exhibitions, in an installation at the Oakland Museum, and in the 2008 group exhibition Between Heaven & Earth, at the Museum of Ventura County. She is currently an artist in residence with Arts for Action in Ventura County.

The Museum of Ventura County is located at 100 East Main Street in downtown Ventura. Hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, members and children under 6 are free. For more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323.