Sara Cardona (b. Mexico City, Mexico) lives and works in Dallas. She uses the analog process of cut-and-paste to create collages in the tradition of early twentieth century assemblage and in a nod to the editing process of film. These collages then become the foundation for large scale sculptures in paper and metal, which are inspired by the idea of distributive, human networks of capital and consumption. As an artist who grew up in a family involved in the film and theater industry, her work is informed by the intersection of artifice, spectacle, photography and scenic construction.
Her work has recently been exhibited in Texas Women: A New History of Abstract Art at The San Antonio Museum of Art, and in The Nasher Public Window Series. In February 2022, her work will be included in an extensive survey of female Texas artists at Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi. Her first public art commission, Seeding the Trail, can currently be experienced on The Katy Trail in Dallas through March 2022. Sara is a recipient of the 2020 Nasher Artist Grant and a past recipient of the Dallas Museum of Art Kimbrough Award, as well as a C3 Visiting Artist at the DMA. Sara studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, received her BA from UT Austin, her MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, ME.
Her work has recently been exhibited in Texas Women: A New History of Abstract Art at The San Antonio Museum of Art, and in The Nasher Public Window Series. In February 2022, her work will be included in an extensive survey of female Texas artists at Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi. Her first public art commission, Seeding the Trail, can currently be experienced on The Katy Trail in Dallas through March 2022. Sara is a recipient of the 2020 Nasher Artist Grant and a past recipient of the Dallas Museum of Art Kimbrough Award, as well as a C3 Visiting Artist at the DMA. Sara studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, received her BA from UT Austin, her MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, ME.