Margaret Garcia Explained

Margaret Garcia
Birth Date:20 September 1951
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:California State University Northridge
Los Angeles City College
University of Southern California
Notable Works:"Tree of Califas"
Spouse:Rhett Beavers
Style:Contemporary Chicano art
Website:www.MargaretGarciaStudio.com
Awards:William Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award Feitelson/Lundberg Award California Community Foundation Grant
Patrons:1984 Olympics
Movement:Chicano Movement
Known For:Muralist, Painter

Margaret Garcia (born September 20, 1951) is a Chicana muralist, educator, and arts-advocate based in Los Angeles.

Early life and education

Margaret Garcia was born in 1951 at the County/USC Hospital in East Los Angeles, and is descended from the Tarahumara indigenous people of Mexico.[1] At the age of ten, Garcia started painting portraits of family members, and of the local Latino community.[2] She studied arts in college, and in 1978, she became involved with the Citywide Mural Program.[3]

Garcia studied art at the Los Angeles City College, California State University, Northridge, and the University of Southern California where she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1992.[4]

Career and artworks

Garcia is a prolific painter (primarily of portraits) and has painted several murals in the greater Los Angeles area.[5] She has taught courses and workshops on painting, and has lectured extensively in the region. In 2000, she was commissioned by the Los Angeles County Metro Art program to create a mural for the subway stop at the University City/Studio City location.[6] Currently, Garcia teaches at Plaza De La Raza in Los Angeles, California, and curates art exhibitions.

"Finding Jesus at the Taco Stand"

2009, 10 x 13 in., oil on canvas, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming

Part of the Cheech Marin Collection, this painting is a reflection of the predominantly Chicano neighborhood that Garcia grew up with in Boyle Heights. It is also featured in the artbook collection of small paintings entitled "Chicanitas from the Cheech Marin Collection."[7]

"Two Blue Whales"

1992, 17' X 63' ft, Acrylic, Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Inspired by a news story about Blue Whales being hunted to extinction, Garcia created a mural featuring two Blue Whales playing in the ocean. The sixty-foot mural is painted on a wall between Beethoven St. and Venice Blvd. in Mar Vista.

"Tree of Califas"

2000, Mural, Universal City Station, L.A. Metro Rail, Los Angeles, CA

The mural presents tourists and residents with information about an historic event that took place on the land adjacent to the metro station. At this historic site, California was ceded to the United States from Mexico. The state was named after the fictional queen Calafia, and the artwork is designed to evoke the mature pepper trees that used to grow along nearby Lankershim Boulevard.[8]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Collections

Margaret Garcia's artworks can be found in the permanent collections of several major museums including, the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Ventura County, La Salle University Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Blanton Museum of Art, The Roswell Museum and Art Center, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Forest Lawn Museum of Glendale, the Riverside Art Museum, the Musée d'Aquitaine and the University of Wyoming Art Museum.

Honors and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-08-30. Margaret Garcia: Her Grandma Overcame So Much; Her Own First Breath Was A 'Criminal Act'. 2021-04-21. KCET. en. 2021-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421074457/https://www.kcet.org/history-society/margaret-garcia-her-grandma-overcame-so-much-her-own-first-breath-was-a-criminal-act. live.
  2. Web site: 2016-07-03. Margaret Garcia. 2021-04-21. Chicana/Latina Studies. en-US. 2021-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423022401/https://journal.malcs.org/artistas/past-artists/margaret-garcia/. live.
  3. Web site: 2019-04-23. Margaret Garcia. 2021-05-09. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. en.
  4. Web site: Artist Talk: Margaret Garcia Avenue 50 Studio. 2021-04-20. en-US. 2020-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201150019/http://avenue50studio.org/artist-talk-margaret-garcia. live.
  5. Book: Ruiz, Virginia. Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. 2006. 9780253111692. Bloomington. 63.
  6. Web site: Artist: Margaret Garcia. 2021-04-23. www.metro.net. en-US.
  7. Book: Marin, Cheech. Chicanitas Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection. CauseConnect LLC. 2013. 978-0989114806. Houston.
  8. Web site: Tree of Califas. 2021-04-23. www.metro.net. en-US.
  9. Web site: MutualArt.com - The Web's Largest Art Information Service.. 2021-04-20. www.mutualart.com. en. 2021-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423022403/https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Margaret-Garcia--Viision-of-Phantasmagor/69ED0B50682369CD. live.
  10. Web site: LatinoLA A&E :: Home Again: Margaret Garcia's Return. 2021-05-13. LatinoLA.
  11. Web site: 2020-01-31. Margaret Garcia: Arte Para La Gente. 2021-04-21. Museum of Ventura County. en-US. 2021-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423022403/https://venturamuseum.org/upcoming-exhibitions/margaret-garcia-arte-para-la-gente/. live.
  12. Web site: Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge National Museum of Mexican Art. 2021-05-16. nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org.
  13. Web site: MutualArt.com - The Web's Largest Art Information Service.. 2021-04-20. www.mutualart.com. en. 2021-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423022423/https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Adelante--Mexican-American-Artists--1960/49EA7CDE2F763837. live.
  14. Web site: Today is the Shadow of Tomorrow: Día de los Muertos 2015 Exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco - November 7, 2015. 2021-05-15. SF Station. en.
  15. Web site: 2015-12-05. Margaret Garcia and the Politics of Prayers. 2021-04-21. Artiholics. en-US. 2020-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20201027035754/https://artiholics.com/2015/12/05/margaret-garcia-politics-prayers/. live.
  16. Web site: Sunday, May 22nd / Exhibition Opening ... 'Born in the Heart' ... Margaret Garcia & Kikki Eder (Main Gallery) ... Group Exhibition (North, East & West Galleries). 2021-05-14. archive.constantcontact.com.
  17. Web site: Defining Ourselves: A Matriarchy of Artists. 2021-05-16. The Muckenthaler Cultural Center. en-US.
  18. Web site: RAM :: Papel Chicano Dos: Works on Paper From the Collection of Cheech Marin. 2021-04-21. www.riversideartmuseum.org. 2021-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123110147/http://riversideartmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibit-archive/papel-chicano-dos-works-paper-collection-cheech-marin/. live.
  19. Web site: LA/LA/LA - Exhibitions - Robert Berman Gallery. 2021-04-21. www.robertbermangallery.com. 2021-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421075951/http://www.robertbermangallery.com/exhibitions/la-la-la?view=slider#12. live.
  20. Web site: Summer in the City Avenue 50 Studio. 2021-04-21. en-US. 2020-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201160432/http://avenue50studio.org/summer-in-the-city. live.
  21. Web site: Atzlan: A Sense of Place 2017. 2021-04-22. The dA Center for the Arts. en-US. 2021-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423022422/https://www.dacenter.org/2017-1/atzlan-a-sense-of-place-2017. live.
  22. Web site: Lowrider. Avenue 50 Studio. 2021-04-21. en-US. 2020-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924031906/http://avenue50studio.org/lowrider. live.
  23. Web site: Black, Brown and Beige Panel. 2021-05-14. Self Help Graphics & Art. en-US.
  24. Web site: Dodi. Emily. 2020-03-05. On Exhibit Ascending in power and significance: Women On the Rise at Vita Art Center. 2021-05-18. VC Reporter. en-US.
  25. Web site: 1979 – 1999. 2021-04-23. The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. en-US.
  26. Web site: Don't Miss Los Angeles-Based Legendary Chicana Artist Margaret Garcia UUCCSM. 2021-04-23. www.uusm.org.
  27. Web site: 2015-10-07. 13th annual Aztlan exhibition in Pomona honors Margaret Garcia. 2021-05-11. Daily Bulletin. en-US.

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