Spotlight Artist

Miguel Arzabe

Pacific Coast
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La Jaguar Alada

Abstract artwork with layered geometric patterns, red and blue shapes, and beige background.

woven acrylic on canvas and linen

Animales Familiares

Colorful abstract artwork with geometric animal and bird shapes in orange, blue, and green tones.

woven acrylic on canvas and linen

La Pata Cuidadora

Abstract geometric artwork with layered shapes in orange, blue, and beige tones.

woven acrylic on canvas and linen

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Artist Statement

  Miguel Arzabe’s colorful woven paintings are a remix of European and Indigenous cultures that draw from the textile tradition of his Bolivian heritage. His process begins by creating acrylic paintings on canvas that reference the Western canon of modernist abstract painting. These works are cut into strips, which he weaves together by hand. Arzabe’s unique weaving patterns, a result of both planning and improvisation, are inspired by Andean motifs and symbology rooted in the oldest active textile tradition in the world. Simultaneously, his patterns also resemble low-res pixelated digital content. Arzabe brings together the cultural differences present in his work for a dynamic, contentious, and reciprocal conversation.

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