Eduardo Sarabia
Artist
Biography
In the work of Eduardo Sarabia (Los Angeles, US, 1976), the raw material is narrative. The language he has developed over several years and his very personal aesthetic code derives from his own lived experiences, but mainly from a fiction that always accompanies the construction of the narrative. Born in 1976 in Los Angeles, California, to Mexican parents, his work addresses the cultural impact of social phenomena and his historical-geographical background ultimately permeates the work. The autobiographical references in his work define Sarabia's experimentation, are suppressed or veiled to give way to an open interpretation and an emphasis on what frames the cultural, sociopolitical, or mystical events in his life. This is more evident in his paintings: personal photographs covered by floral stains, which not only incite a tautological reflection but also reference the internal stories that shape his reality and a process with which we can all identify, oscillating between forgetfulness, fiction, and living memory.
Sarabia's work develops from the intersection of traditional artisan materials—such as ceramics and textiles—and contemporary methodologies, which make up sculpture, painting, installation, and performativity. During 2023 and 2024, Eduardo Sarabia has been working on research about the Total Solar Eclipse that will take place on April 8, 2024. Dedicated to this project, he has presented the solo exhibitions Prologue (2023) at Maureen Paley, London; 4 Minutes of Darkness (2024) at Galería OMR, Mexico City; this series concludes with Journey to the Eclipse, presented at the Mazatlán Art Museum in April 2024. Sarabia has various solo exhibitions in museums and spaces such as Dallas Contemporary, Texas USA; CAC Málaga, Spain; Museo Universitario del Chopo, CDMX; The Mistake Room, LA; Museo Tamayo, CDMX; Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan; ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona; Santa Monica Museum of Art, California, among others. Eduardo Sarabia was part of Desert X 2021 with The Passenger, a site-specific project built with handcrafted Mexican petates, and his work is part of various public and private collections.
Current Exhibitions
by Guest Curator
Tierra Caliente
LEVEL 3
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23 mar 2025
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20 abr 2025
Situémonos en un paisaje en llamas. Un portal rubro nos acoge, a pesar de las amenazas que nos rodean. Nos dijeron...
Say your name three times
LEVEL 1
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2 feb 2025
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25 may 2025
Say your name three times is an exercise of restitution: a healing garden.
Broken Symmetry
LEVEL 2
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2 feb 2025
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25 may 2025
Broken symmetry explores the principles of purism and simplicity through contemplation.