Eduardo Sarabia
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
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Mi amiga Iris, 2022
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Mi amigo Iván, 2022
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Untitled (Nueces Finas), 2022
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Untitled (Chamoy Novolato), 2022
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Untitled (Chilorio de Mocorito), 2022
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Untitled (Frijoles Puercos), 2022
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Untitled (Suaves), 2022
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Untitled (Cuatro Milpas), 2022
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Untitled (Sweet Grapes), 2022
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Untitled (Xipetotec), 2022
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Untitled (Golden Apples), 2022
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Untitled (El Pitayo), 2022
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Untitled (Dulces Chaca Chaca), 2022
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Untitled (Mangos de Sinaloa), 2022
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Untitled (El Oro Rojo de Culiacán), 2022
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Untitled (Algodón de Comondú),, 2022
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Untitled (Manzanas de La Furia), 2022
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Untitled (Papayas Jugosas), 2022
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Sombrero Julian, 2022
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Gato de noche, 2022
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Baja Roadtrip, 2022
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Time Tells All, 2022
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Moneda Dos Pesos 1976, 2022
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Moneda Dos Pesos Y Medio, 2022
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Gracias Por Todo,, 2022
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Total Eclipse Of The Sun, 2022
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In Loving Memory, 2022
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Roadtrip LA-Palm Springs-GDL, 2022
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Cosmic Beings, 2022
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American Indian Head 2010, 2022
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Gold Buffalo Coin 1976, 2022
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Mas Oro, 2022
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Tu eres otro yo, 2022
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Abril 20 1976, 2022
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Mazatl, 2022
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My Sun and Moon, 2022
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Cosmic Shrimp, 2022
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The Moon, 2022
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The Sun, 2022
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Mexican Eagle, 2022
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Many Rivers, 2022
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Two Birds, 2022
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Mexican Eagle II, 2022
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Solar Eclipse Vase, 2022
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Centenario, 2022
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Peace, 2022
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Total Eclipse, 2022
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Mexican Gold Coins, 2022
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Otro atardecer, 2022
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Playa Escondida, 2021
Exhibitions
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The Fire Keepers
Eduardo Sarabia y Lorena Peña 12 Sep - 22 Nov 2024In different cultures, myths and legends have emerged to question how fire has come into the hands of humanity. In all of them, respect for this element as a creative...Read more -
Eduardo Sarabia
Nuevos Hallazgos (Dirty Realism: Otra Noche en L.A.) 22 Feb - 5 May 2023VETA by Fer Francés presents the solo exhibition of Eduardo Sarabia as part of Dirty Realism: Otra Noche en L.A. 'Nuevos Hallazgos' is the first solo exhibition by Eduardo Sarabia...Read more
News
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NOROESTE
Harán un ‘Viaje al eclipse’ con la obra de Eduardo Sarabia March 20, 2024MAZATLÁN._ Elementos de su vida personal, como sus raíces familiares mazatlecas, la espiritualidad y el misticismo han caracterizado la obra de Eduardo Sarabia y las...Read more -
TIME OUT
Traces of Life: Global Figuration March 1, 2024Onfinitive Art Foundation from Hong Kong and Veta by Fer Francés from Madrid are collaborating for this exhibition of contemporary figurative paintings by 14 acclaimed...Read more -
DALLAS CONTEMPORARY
Eduardo Sarabia: This must Be The Place April 20, 202320 april - 27 august 2023 For his Dallas Contemporary exhibition, this must be the place, artist Eduardo Sarabia (born 1976, Los Angeles, ca; lives...Read more -
New York Times
The Sculptor Turning Treasure Hunts Into Art August 30, 2018As he prepares for a new solo exhibition, the Mexican-American artist Eduardo Sarabia recounts how a multigenerational family quest has shaped his work and identity....Read more
Art Fairs
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Art Brussels 2024
Brussels 25 - 28 Apr 2024 -
Dallas Art Fair 2024
Dallas 4 - 7 Apr 2024 -
Estampa 2023
Madrid 19 - 22 Oct 2023 -
Taipei Dangdai 2023
Taipei 12 - 14 May 2023From the 12th through the 14th of May we will be showing a very special selection of works by artists Cristina Lama, Manuel Ocampo and...Read more -
ART BUSAN 2023
Busan 4 - 7 May 2023Dureing ART Busan 2023 we will be showing a very special selection of works by artists Ryan Travis Christian, Julio Galindo, Kang Haoxian, Lisse Declercq,...Read more -
ZONAMACO 2023
Mexico City 8 - 12 Feb 2023We are pleased to announce our participation at ZONAMACO 2023 with a very special selection of works by Atanda Quadri Adebayo, Theresa Chromati, Julio Galindo,...Read more