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1973 Born in Monterrey Mexico.
Lives and works in El Paso, TX

EDUCATION
2001 MFA, Combined Media
Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York

1997 BFA, Sculpture
Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York

1994-95 Maryland Institute College of Art, Marylan

PUBLIC ART
2012
Uprooted Dreams, public art commission by the City of Austin for the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, Texas

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Brought Us with Me, Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX

2011-2013

Margarita Cabrera,El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX

2012
Mexico Abre la Boca, Emma S Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
2011
Cotton Circles, California State University, Fresno,CA
Space in Between, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Margarita Cabrera, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Margarita Cabrera, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Pulso y Martillo, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

Performance:Pulso y Martillo, Feb 5

Performance: Board of Directors, Mar 5

2010
Space in Between, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX

2008
Arbol de la Vida, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Arbol de la Vida, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Margarita Cabrera, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
Margarita Cabrera, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Desert Dreams, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX

2004
VOCHO, Sara Meltzer Gallery New York, NY
Women and Their Work, Austin, TX

2003
Appliance: all tools must be kept ready for instant use, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Dynamic Peripheries, Plan b Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

1999
Cazanovia, Cazanovia College, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Mexicanisim Through Artist’s Eyes, William Patterson University, , Wayne, NY
Migration, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Inquisitive Eyes: El Paso Art 1960-2012, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Threading Needles, Walter Maciel Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
8th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Ph
Testimonios 100 Years of Popular Expression, Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Chain Reaction: Artist Consider the bicycles, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Mexicanismo Through Artist’s Eyes, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Teasers: Selected Works from the Pizzuti Collection by Women Artist, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
2011
New Image Sculpture, Curated by Rene Barilleaux, McNay Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2010
El Grito (The Cry for Independence), University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR
Critical Stitch, Mandeville Gallery at Union College, Schenectady, NY
In Lieu of Unity, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
Ladies First, Art Palace, Houston, TX
Ni Una Mas: The Juarez Murders, The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University Philadelphia, PA

2009
In Stitches, Curated by Beth DeWoody, Lelia Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Status Report, Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Fresh from Chelsea, University Galleries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Season in Hell. One Must Be Absolutely Modern, Rudolph Projects Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX
State Fair, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
The Chicana/O Biennial, MACLA, San Jose, CA

2008
Road Trip, Curated by Kristen Evangelista, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Modern Art. Modern Lives. Then + Now, Curated by Jim Housefield and Dana Friis-Hansen, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
A Declaration of Immigration , Curated by Cesáreo Moreno, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
International Artist-In-Residence New Works: 08.1 Regina Jose Galindo, Rodney McMillian, Margarita Cabrera, Curated by Franklin Sirmans Art, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement , Curated by Howard Fox, Rita Gonzalez and Chon Noriega, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Traveling tp Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum Alameda, San Antonio, TX; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Museo de Arte Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico; El Museo del Barrio & Americas Society, New York, NY
Eligible Traffic, Trinity University Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Inlandia, Wignall Museum at Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Car Culture, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

2007
Collector’s Choice III. Audacity in Art: Selected Works from Central Florida Collections, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Trabajo Mexicano/Mexican Work, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
Nexus Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
Arthouse Texas Prize 2007, Arthouse, Austin, TX
Sonatube, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
The Border in Painting, Sculpture and Photography, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
Sister Cities: Testing Boundaries, Curated by Christian J Gerstheimer, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Margarita Cabrera and Billy Hassell, Curated by Benito Huerta, The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, TX

2006
Frontera 450+, Curated by Rosalinda Gonzalez, The Station Museum, Houston, TX
Texas 100: Selections from th El Paso Museum of Art Part 2, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX.
Explorations, Explorations, Curated by Edward Cella, Edward Cella + Architecture (ECAA), Santa Barbara, CA
Prevailing Climate, Curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Macy’s Windows Project, Curated by Gabrielle Bryers, Macy’s, New York, NY
gimme shelter, Curated by Megan Riley in a house designed by Mike Latham, Shelter Island Heights, New York, NY
Moved by the Machine: Art Inspired by the Automobile, Curated by Josephine Shea, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque IA
Welcome Home, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
As Good As Your Next Gig, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004
I-10, Houston to L.A., McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Cleanliness, Curated by Adam Frank, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Domicile, Curated by Jim O’Donnell and Mike Sweeney, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
Twang: Contemporary Sculpture from Texas (catalogue), Organized by C. Sean Horton, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont,TX
Domestic Odyessy (catalogue), Curated by JoAnne Northrup, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Borderlands, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX

2003
Blanc, Curated by Odalis Valdivieso, Mexican Institute of Culture, Washington D.C.: Design District, Miami FL
Piece of Work: Fiber and Mulitiples, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
CORPORAL: Contemporary Women Artists from Latin America, Curated by Giannina Dwin Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Critical Consumption, Curated by Jonathan Allen, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002
The S-Files, El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY
It’s a Glamorous Life, The Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Mix Series Wall Power, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX

2001
Two to Tango, 2001, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Paperveins Biennial 2000, HERE Art, New York, NY
Weight as Real, House Gallery, Long Island City, NY

1999
War, Artist Bulletin Board, Postmasters, New York, NY
Staff Show, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

1998
Par Avion, Hunter College, New York, NY

1997
BFA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
Young Artists Exhibition, New World Art Center, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES

2008
ArtPace Residency, San Antonio, TX

2001
Border Art Residency, La Union, NM

1997
International Exchange Residency, Academia of Minerva, Groningen, Holland

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011
Jaime, Kristian. “A Spitting Image” Examiner.com: February 23.
Bennet, Steve. “Artist raised questions with everyday items” Express-news My San Antonio.com: Feb 18.
Rojas, Olga. “La Immigracion a travez del arte”, La Prensa en Linea.com: Feb 10.
PE News. “Margarita Cabrera: Pulso y Martillo (Pulse and Hammer,” The Press-Enterprise.com: Feb 3.
“Margarita Cabrera: Pulso y Martillo (Pulse and Hammer”, Artweek.LA: Jan 28.

2010
Johnson, Ken. “Art Review ‘Phantom Sightings’: They’re Chicanos and Artists. But Is Their Art Chicano?” The New York Times: April 10.
Fresh from Chelsea: 21 Young NYC Artists from the Lisa and Robert Feldman Collection: Orlando: University of Central Florida

2009
Sunday Arts. Thirteen/WNET, New York. November 29.
In Stitches. New York: Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Group: 26.
Colpitt, Frances, Kirstie Skinner and Jennifer Davy. Material Culture, Fort Worth: The Art
Galleries at Texas Christian University

2008
Gant, Michael S. “Drive, They Said.” Metro Silicon Valley , October 1-7: 59.
Bradshaw, Julia. “The Unexpected in Travel, Wonderful and Otherwise.”   ARTSHIFT San
Jose.com, December 22.
Geha, Katie. “Where Are We Going? Artists Address the Issues of the 21 st Century.”…might be good , Issue #106, September 19.
Mizota, Sharon. “Phantom Sightings. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.” ARTnews, November: 174.
Kotz, Liz. “Phantom Sightings: Art After The Chicano Movement.” Modern Painters, September: 109.
Buckley, Annie. “Critics’ Picks: Margarita Cabrera.” Artforum.com, July 9.
Knight, Christopher. “Phantom Sightings at LACMA.” Los Angeles Times.
Gurza, Agustin. “Chicano Art, beyond rebellion.” Los Angeles Times.
Goddard, Dan R. “Finding inspiration for art on the border.” San Antonio Express News, March 23: Section H.
Gonzalez, Rita, Howard N. Fox, and Chon A. Noriega. Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement. California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and University of California Press: 39, 41, 66, 68, 85-86, 120-23; Figs. 84, 104-5, 120, 121, 122, 123, 234.
Davies, Stacy. “Culture Clashing” in Inland Empire Weekly.
Lindenberger, Laura A. “New Works 08.1: Margarita Cabrera, Regina Jose Galindo, Rodney McMillian.” fluentcollab.org

2007
Noriega, Chon A. “El Paso” in Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Vol 33, No. 1, Spring: 1 – 2.
Artists’s Communique in Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Vol 33, No. 1, Spring: 197 – 202.
“Goings on About Town,” The New Yorker, March 10: 37.
Scott, Sue. “Audacity in Art” in Audacity in Art: Collector’s Choice III. Selected Works from Central Florida Collections. Florida: Orlando Museum of Art: 9, Fig. 4.
C. Cobos, Casie. “Weaving Lines and Borders into Art” in El Paso Magazine, November: 62 – 65.
Arthouse Texas Prize 2007. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Arthouse, Austin, TX: 33-41.
“Texas art nexus of attention at CAMH.” Greater Houston Weekly: August 1.
Schulze, Troy. “The Eyes of Texas: Lone Star artists are a breed of their own.” Houston Press, August 16 – 22: 26.
Schulze, Troy. “State of the Art.” Houston Press, September 6-12: 46.
“Calendar Top Ten. ” Houston, September: 36.
van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Eyes on the prize.” Austin American Statesman: October 13.
“Texas art nexus of attention at CAMH.” Greater Houston Weekly, August 1: 4AA.
Johnson, Patricia C. “A state of mind.” Houston Chronicle, August 8: E3.
Goldsmith, Meredith. “Two Women Sculptures.” Glasstire, July, 2007.
Woodard, Joset. “Assignment: you tube.” Scene, July 27 – August 2: 6.
Spaid, Sue. “The Work of Art in the Age of Femmage Triage” in Handmaking, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Dormant, Linda. “The Handmaking.” Art Matters, June: 25.
Newhall, Edith. “Art that borrows from craft.” Philly.com, April 20. Buckley, Annie. “Margarita Cabrera.” Artillery, Volume 1, No. 5, May.
Handwerker, Margo. “Frontera 45+.” ARTLIES, Spring: 112.
Hymes, Sarah. “Margarita Cabrera and Billy Hassell at The Gallery at UTA.” Glasstire, February
Aukeman, Anastasia. “Margarita Cabrera at Sara Meltzer.” Art in America , January: 140.

2006
Rosenberg, Karen. “Show and Tell: Margarita Cabrera.” New York Magazine , 8 May: 72.

2005
Kley, Elisabeth. “Margarita Cabrera.” ARTNews , March.

2004
Robinson, Walter. “Miami Heat.” Artnet, 3-10 December. www.artnet.com
van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Paths diverge in Mexican art shows.” Austin American- Statesman, 17 October.
Sullivan, James. “A love affair with appliances only keeps us in the kitchen.” San Francisco Chronicle, 25 March.
Grant, Michael S. “House Unbound.” Metro, 17-24 March.
Nothrup, JoAnne. Domestic Odyssey. San Jose: San Jose Museum of Art, CA.
Horton, C. Sean. Twang: Contemporary Art from Texas. Beaumont: Art Museum of Southeast Texas.
Self, Bernadette, Sedillos. “Border influences artist to create vinyl VW Beetle” El Paso Times, Tuesday, September 7
Sullivan, James. “A love affair with appliances only keeps us in the kitchen,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2004.
Grant, Michael S. “House Unbound,” Metro, March 17-24.
Nothrup, JoAnne. Domestic Odyssey, San Jose Museum of Art, CA.

2003
Cotter, Holland. Critical Consumption, The New York Times , March 7.
Cotter, Holland. The S Files, The New York Times, January 17.

2002
Popeson, Pamela A. El Museo’s Bienal 2002, NY Arts.
2002 (S) Files, the biennial of El Museo Del Barrio, Absolutearts.
The (S) Files 2002, El Museo del Barrio, New York. (catalogue)
Randall, Teri T., Sculpture Elicits Look at Border Issues: Margarita Cabrera’s art straddles the Rio Grande, Pasatiempo, April 19-25.
Rodriguez, Francesca. North of the Border, Santa Fe Reporter, April 17- 23.
Rodriguez, Francesca. Interview with Margarita Cabrera, Dynamic Peripheries , The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe.
Margarita Cabrera: Dynamic Peripheries, THE, Magazine of the Arts , April.
Shamly, Erica. The Latina Experience Begets Unclassifiable Originiality, Artlies, Fall.

1998
RKS (two-person show), Groningen, Holland

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

2008
ArtPace Residency, San Antonio, TX

2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

2000
Border Art Residency, La Union, NM

1997
International Exchange Residency, Academia of Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands