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 collections 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); California State University Northridge and Notre Dame University, among others.
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, Austin); the Vincent Price Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA) shown at the Dorothy Chandler Founder's Room at the Music Center, Los Angeles; and the Lancaster Musem of Art and History (in conjunction with LACMA). My Solo Show at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center (Fullerton, CA) opens June 20, 2025.
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
