Sara Escamilla
1. little bear, 2009, Oil on Papier-mâché, 16 x 10 x 7 in.
2. orange stripes, 2009, Oil on Papier-mâché, 16 x 10 x 7 in.
Sara Escamilla was born in 1981 in San Antonio, Texas. Her latest sculptures and paintings are specifically about her childhood there. She grew up in a typical suburban landscape, surrounded by never ending subdivisions, strip malls and television. In this ultra-materialist environment, crass commercialism muddied the fugitive realities of memory, loss and emotion. Her work explores the bare incongruities of this tension.
Escamilla received her BFA from Texas State University before graduating from Art Center College of Design in 2008.
Sara currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Exhibitions
2008
“Student Exhibition,” Art Center College of Design Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2007
“Student Exhibition,” Art Center College of Design Gallery, Pasadena, CA
“The Mini Show,” Abacot Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
“Student Exhibition,” Art Center College of Design Gallery, Pasadena, CA
“J.C. Mitte Exhibition,” Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Education
BFA, Illustration - Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2008
BFA, Communication Design - Texas State University San Marcos, TX, 2004