Sarah Zapata (b. 1988, Corpus Christi, TX) employs weaving, tufting and traditional craft techniques to create loud, architecturally responsive installations that traverse themes of gender, colonialism and fantasy. Zapata’s site-specific works reflect her intersecting identities as a queer woman of Peruvian heritage raised in Evangelical South Texas and now based in New York. “Beneath the […]
“Chicano/a/x Prints and Graphics: Selections from the Hispanic Research Center's Collection, 1980–2010” showcases a partnership between ASU’s Hispanic Research Center (HRC) and ASU Art Museum and brings together works from the 1980s into the 2010s drawn from the HRC’s dynamic collection. Featuring over 30 artists who each offer a kaleidoscope of perspectives on the Mexican […]
Exhibition Overview Spiraling, Twisting, Unraveling: Explorations in Pattern and Form Culled entirely from the Museum’s collection, “Spiraling, Twisting, Unraveling: Explorations in Pattern and Form” explores the dynamic landscape and languages found through contemporary craft today. The exhibition features twenty-five artists who examine dimensions of decoration, pattern and form through their varied practices to engage with […]
Exhibition Overview Muddy Terrains: Mariana Ramos Ortiz + Estephania González San Juan-based Mariana Ramos Ortiz (Puerto Rico, b. 1997) and Phoenix-based Estephania González (United States, b. 1989) explore the interconnected themes of environmentalism, self-determination and impermanence in the Southwest and the Caribbean Archipelago. In their dynamic practice that employs innovative printmaking techniques, Ramos Ortiz explores […]
What role does community play in contemporary mothering experiences? How might we tackle taboo topics such as postpartum anxiety, rage, and birth trauma, while celebrating maternal joy, love, sacredness and the spectrum of emotions in between? What can we do to acknowledge the invisible labor of mothering, recognizing it is not a monolithic experience, and […]
Exhibition Overview What do you think everyday objects tell us about history and ourselves? What might future archaeologists think about our commonplace items? What might they be able to understand about our current moment and our social and cultural backgrounds? "The Flames Leave a Feathered Mark on the Clay Spider in the Chamber of Ash […]
Exhibition Overview Drawn from the museum’s holdings, “Cooperative Craft: Art of the Mingei Movement” explores the rich history of the Mingei Movement, Japan’s folk craft movement that emerged in the late 1920s. Featuring objects by the five key members of the Movement –– Hamada Shōji (Japan, 1894–1978), Kawai Kanjiro (Japan, 1890–1966), Shimaoka Tatsuzō (Japan, 1919–2007), […]
Exhibition Overview Throughout their dynamic and multidisciplinary practice, José Villalobos (b.1988, El Paso, Texas) interrogates and deconstructs aspects of gender and masculinity found within the U.S. / Mexico borderlands. Their practice underscores the rigid and conservative patriarchal roots of their Evangelical Mexican upbringing merged with the cultural mores of West Texas, bringing to bear how […]
Exhibition Overview This exhibition begins with a question: What if we grew up learning that migration was part of the natural order of our world? Rather than assuming animals, plants, and people belong to fixed regions, what if we understood instead that movement across borders, ecosystems, and cultures is necessary for survival and resilience? Tierras […]
Exhibition Overview When Michelangelo Lovelace (1960–2021) spoke about his life and career as an artist, he almost always began with this story: As a teenager growing up in Cleveland’s King Kennedy public housing complex, he dropped out of school to support his family. He found a variety of means to do so, some legal and […]
Art in Focus is dedicated to intimate, project-based presentations by invited artists or drawn from the museum’s collection that encourage sustained engagement and deep attention. “Tonia Calderon: Endless” extends this commitment by positioning the gallery as a site of learning, reflection and experimentation. For this project, Los Angeles–based artist Tonia Calderon brings elements of her […]
“Carmen Lomas Garza: Picturing the Familiar” is the first major exhibition devoted to artist, activist and educator Carmen Lomas Garza (b. 1948) since 2001. Bringing fresh insight to her expansive career, the exhibition follows Garza’s work across media. It also situates her practice within a broader cultural landscape, featuring works by contemporaries who collaborated with […]
