Chris Vargas

Vargas received a 2016 Creative Capital Grant in Emerging Fields, was a Community Engagement Artist in Residence at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and received a Fire Island Artist Residency. Vargas' videos have won prizes at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Vargas, Chris E; Frantz, David Evans; Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art; ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives (January 1, 2015). Transgender hirstory in 99 objects: legends and mythologies.

Vargas, Chris E; Frantz, David Evans; Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art; ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives (January 1, 2015). Transgender hirstory in 99 objects: legends and mythologies.

The Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art (abbreviated as MOTHA), is a museum founded by Vargas in 2013 dedicated to the preservation and representation of transgender and gender non-conforming history and art. Vargas remains the Executive Director. The museum does not have a building of its own, or fixed location; MOTHA functions as a floating museum, hosting exhibitions in art galleries, museums, and public spaces across the United States. Greg Youmans, in Elsa Gidlow's garden describes the museum as blurring the line between artistic and curatorial practice.

The Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art (abbreviated as MOTHA), based in San Francisco, is a museum founded in 2013 dedicated to the preservation and representation of transgender and gender non-conforming history and art. The museum does not yet have a building of its own. Greg Youmans, in Elsa Gidlow's garden describes the museum as blurring the line between artistic and curatorial practice.

The museum was created in 2013 by founder and Executive Director Chris E. Vargas. Vargas is a San Francisco-based artist and performer. MOTHA functions as a floating museum, hosting exhibitions in art galleries, museums, and public spaces across the United States.