Biography
 
Eduardo Sarabia’s work has been inspired by the independent economies and folk history of northern Mexico. He frequently works with the materials favored by local craftspeople, using ceramic tiles, hand-woven textiles, and glass to create sculptures and installations that address the complex exchanges—social, cultural, and material—that occur when this region and its history encounters outsiders. Without limiting himself to a critique of the “exoticization” of Mexican culture, Sarabia examines the gap separating definitions of taste (and, more bluntly, of legality). Mixing romantic visual narratives in regards to illegal matter, fine arts and commerce, creating an environment that slips between the oneiric and the openly materialistic, Sarabia’s work takes on an important exploration of understanding the physical and human consequences of economic forces.
His work has been exhibited in numerous museums such as Tamayo Museum in Mexico City in 2016; 2014 at Centro Cultural Cabañas in Guadalajara and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Oaxaca, Mexico, in the same year at ASU Art Museum, Arizona; in 2013 he had a solo show for his paintings at Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; and venues such as Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008 at the Whitney Biennial, and New Museum in New York. He has received 2 grants for the Durfee Grant Foundation (2004 and 2008) and has been invited to be an artist in residence at Tokyo Wonder Site in Tokyo, Japan were he completed a large public ceramic mural.
Works
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Mi amiga Iris, 2022
    Mi amiga Iris, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Mi amigo Iván, 2022
    Mi amigo Iván, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Nueces Finas), 2022
    Untitled (Nueces Finas), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Chamoy Novolato), 2022
    Untitled (Chamoy Novolato), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Chilorio de Mocorito), 2022
    Untitled (Chilorio de Mocorito), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Frijoles Puercos), 2022
    Untitled (Frijoles Puercos), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Suaves), 2022
    Untitled (Suaves), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Cuatro Milpas), 2022
    Untitled (Cuatro Milpas), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Sweet Grapes), 2022
    Untitled (Sweet Grapes), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Xipetotec), 2022
    Untitled (Xipetotec), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Golden Apples), 2022
    Untitled (Golden Apples), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (El Pitayo), 2022
    Untitled (El Pitayo), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Dulces Chaca Chaca), 2022
    Untitled (Dulces Chaca Chaca), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Mangos de Sinaloa), 2022
    Untitled (Mangos de Sinaloa), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (El Oro Rojo de Culiacán), 2022
    Untitled (El Oro Rojo de Culiacán), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Algodón de Comondú),, 2022
    Untitled (Algodón de Comondú),, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Manzanas de La Furia), 2022
    Untitled (Manzanas de La Furia), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Untitled (Papayas Jugosas), 2022
    Untitled (Papayas Jugosas), 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Sombrero Julian, 2022
    Sombrero Julian, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Gato de noche, 2022
    Gato de noche, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Baja Roadtrip, 2022
    Baja Roadtrip, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Time Tells All, 2022
    Time Tells All, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Moneda Dos Pesos 1976, 2022
    Moneda Dos Pesos 1976, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Moneda Dos Pesos Y Medio, 2022
    Moneda Dos Pesos Y Medio, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Gracias Por Todo,, 2022
    Gracias Por Todo,, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Total Eclipse Of The Sun, 2022
    Total Eclipse Of The Sun, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, In Loving Memory, 2022
    In Loving Memory, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Roadtrip LA-Palm Springs-GDL, 2022
    Roadtrip LA-Palm Springs-GDL, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Cosmic Beings, 2022
    Cosmic Beings, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, American Indian Head 2010, 2022
    American Indian Head 2010, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Gold Buffalo Coin 1976, 2022
    Gold Buffalo Coin 1976, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Mas Oro, 2022
    Mas Oro, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Tu eres otro yo, 2022
    Tu eres otro yo, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Abril 20 1976, 2022
    Abril 20 1976, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Mazatl, 2022
    Mazatl, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, My Sun and Moon, 2022
    My Sun and Moon, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Cosmic Shrimp, 2022
    Cosmic Shrimp, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, The Moon, 2022
    The Moon, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, The Sun, 2022
    The Sun, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Mexican Eagle, 2022
    Mexican Eagle, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Many Rivers, 2022
    Many Rivers, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Two Birds, 2022
    Two Birds, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Mexican Eagle II, 2022
    Mexican Eagle II, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Solar Eclipse Vase, 2022
    Solar Eclipse Vase, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Centenario, 2022
    Centenario, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Peace, 2022
    Peace, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Total Eclipse, 2022
    Total Eclipse, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Mexican Gold Coins, 2022
    Mexican Gold Coins, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Otro atardecer, 2022
    Otro atardecer, 2022
  • Eduardo Sarabia, Playa Escondida, 2021
    Playa Escondida, 2021
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