Installation view of Maria A. Guzmán Capron:Penumbra at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Photograph by Ryan Gamma, courtesy Sarasota Art Museum.Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Sola ni de Noche ni de Dia, 2026; hand-dyed fabric, thread, and batting, 57 x 61 1/2 inches. Photograph by Ryan Gamma, courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron explores the complexities of identity through her vibrant figurative textiles in a new solo exhibition. Born in Milan to Peruvian and Colombian parents and later relocating to Texas as a teenager, the California-based artist understands first-hand the challenges of toggling between different cultures and geographies. Capron channels these personal experiences into her artwork, creating layered portraits of exuberant, multi-faceted characters. In Penumbra, meaning almost- or half-shadow, Capron’s other worldly figures exist in a realm of possibility and express the duality within us all. Through her use of hand-dyed, painted, and screen-printed fabrics, Capron asks viewers to consider the way our own identities have been stitched together over time—beautiful, ever-evolving collages of ancestry, culture, and life experiences.
This exhibition is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Lacie Barbour, associate curator of exhibitions at Sarasota Art Museum.
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Installation view of Maria A. Guzmán Capron’s Penumbra at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Photograph by Ryan Gamma, courtesy Sarasota Art Museum.Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Algo Escondido (detail), 2025; hand-dyed and screenprinted fabric, thread, and batting, 68 1/2 x 58 1/2 inches. Courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. Maria A. Guzmán Capron, El Palpitar de Nuestra Canción, 2026; hand-dyed fabric, thread, and batting, 56 x 41 1/2 inches. Photograph by Ryan Gamma, courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Déjame Llevarte, 2025; hand dyed and screenprinted fabric, thread, and batting, 69 x 57 1/2 inches. Photograph by Ryan Gamma, courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Promesa, 2026; hand-dyed and screenprinted fabric, thread, and batting, 65 x 39 1/2 inches. Photograph by Ryan Gamma, courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Espejo, 2024; hand-dyed and screenprinted fabrics and thread, 76 x 56 inches. Courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Te Dejé Quererme (detail), 2025; hand-dyed and screenprinted fabric, thread, and batting, 47 1/2 x 55 1/2 inches. Courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Oscura, Brillante, Llena de Cuentos, 2026; hand-dyed and screenprinted fabric, thread, and batting, 57 1/2 x 54 inches. Photograph by Ryan Gamma, courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.
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