Sara Margarita Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Sara Margarita creates jewelry, paints, makes prints and experiments with digital media.
MessageSara’s work often draws from her own experiences as a mother, bus rider, scholar and advocate. She was a fellow for social change making organizations such as Public Allies LA, Activate LA and At Land’s Edge. Sara has also hosted workshops on Postpartum Depression, Visual Literacy for Scribes as well as Womb Healing in Community. Sara’s writing and art has been published in Mujeres de Maíz and UC Davis’ Third World Forum. Sara has exhibited with Mujeres de Maíz, Xicano Records and Film as well as Tongues Magazine.
Beyond aesthetic, art is about communication. The art I create is often telling of where I am in my story. Becoming immersed in the work and taking the themes that the work surfaces is a large part of the creative work, often before and usually after picking up the pen. Some of my personal favorite canvas panels deal with deviating identities as well as themes of belonging. Because of my restlessness, I can not help but experiment with atypical art mediums. I make collages, wooden and found object assemblages, prototypes, textile art and metal work. My creative work is often in the crossroads of salvaging the art making process of the artist on a desk to the satisfaction of sawing metals on a workbench.
Statement
I wrestled with my inner conflict with academia. Influenced by my professor Malaquias Montoya, a Chicano Artist who advocates against the death penalty as well as other injustices. Malaquias had a strong stance about Chicano art getting diluted by identity based work removing the urgency for political action. I didn’t inherently disagree with my professor at the time but I also saw the need for art and art making that speaks to the spirit of the Artist and communication that is beyond the political. Upon returning to Los Angeles, my work became much more personal attempting to visually affirming culture. Leading into my story of becoming a mother often encouraging my children’s creativity.
I have volunteered for numerous cultural arts projects and events within the span of two decades. Among some of the work was curating for Chicano Records and Film, Aztec philosophy workshops and contributions to community publications such Mujeres de Maíz’ International women’s day zine and Family friendly Workshops on health topics such as PostPartum Depression with Ticicalli Yohualli -a mother led educational and social change project.
Currently, my interest in jewelry has lead me to work with metals. My inspiration in the workbench are artists, scribes of past, my own creative inheritance as well as contemporary artists of today.
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