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  margarita cabrera  
 
1973
Born in Mexico.
 
 
 
Lives 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
 
 
 
Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland
 
 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
 
 
2007
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
 
 
 
1998
RKS (two-person show), Groningen, Holland
 
 
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
 
 
2008
Margarita Cabrera, Ali Smith and Willy Cole
Finesilver, Houston, TX
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement (working title)
Curated by Howard Fox, Rita Gonzalez and Chon Noriega,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
   
2007
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
   
 
2005

New Tapestries
C
urated by Adam Frank, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Take Shape
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Rearranged/Redefined: Domestic Objects Reconsidered
Curated by Mary Salvante,
Mainline Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
I-10, Houston to L.A.
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX

 
 
 
2004
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 Oddesy (catalogue)
Curated by JoAnne Northrup
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
 
 
 
Borderlands
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
 
 
 
2003-4
Blanc
Curated by Odalis Valdivieso
Mexican Institute of Culture, Washington D.C.: Design District, Miami FL
 
 
 
2003
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, Flarida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
 
 
 
Critical Consumption
 
Curated by Jonathan Allen
 
Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
 
 
 
2002-3
The S-Files
El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY.
 
 
 
2002
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
 
 
 
  ArtPace Residency, San Antonio, TX
   
 
Border Art Residency, La Union, NM
 
 
 
International Exchange Residency, Academia of Minerva,
 
Groningen, Holland