A Brief Bio
Margaret Garcia
I began my career as a muralist, involved in the murals that celebrated the 1984 Olympics. Identified as one of 24 women artists who have had an impact on Los Angels art, my work consists of oil paintings and pastels saturated with an expressive palette; flat compositional space firmly rooted in the tradition of Mexican Folk art.
My paintings are in the collection of: the Cheech; LACMA; the Laguna Art Museum; Blanton Museum (University of Texas, Austin); University of Texas San Antonio, Universities of California Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Irvine (Buck Collection) and Notre Dame University.
I am currently exhibiting at several Museums: The Cheech Center for Chicano Art and Culture (Riverside, CA); ESMoA (Experimentally Strucutred Museum of Art (Lawndale, CA); The Blanton Museum (University of Texas) (2 exhibits); the Vincent Price Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA) shown at the Dorothy Chandler Founder's Room at the Music Center, Los Angeles and the 16th Annual Mujeres de Aztlán exhibition at the San Antonio Central Cultural Aztlán.
Recent exhibitions include Solo Museum shows - Arte para la gentá at the Museum of Ventura County (Ventura, CA) and La Plaza de Cultura y Arte (Los Angeles, CA).
I’ve received grants, awards and residences including, among others: the William Comfort Tiffany Award; NEA Our Town; California Arts Council (twice); Getty Award; Feitielson-Lundeberg Award; COLA Fellowship (City of Los Angeles Award) and Eastside Arts Initiative (Los Angeles, CA) (twice)
I am a honored to be a member of the National Advisory Board of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
I am represented by OFFUS Downtown Los Angeles gallery. Please contact Noel Alumnit (323.828.5554) or Alan Joseph Marx to arrange studio visits or other conversations. They may be reached at: Bendix546@gmail.com
