Margaret Garcia (born September 20, 1951) is a Chicana muralist, educator, and arts-advocate based in Los Angeles, known for her vibrant, expressive works that celebrate Mexican, Indigenous, and Chicana/o heritage.

Identified as one of 24 artists who have had an impact on LA Art, Garcia’s work consists of oil paintings saturated with a wildly expressive palette. Flat compositional space is firmly rooted is the tradition of Mexican folk art.

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Born in Boyle Heights, Margaret Garcia is the fifth of seven generations of Americans whose Mexican, Indigenous, and Chicana/o roots and culture are deeply embedded. Her discipline and artistic practice are profoundly reciprocal, and her art is a vehicle that brings people together.

Dec 13, 2022 · Margaret Garcia gives the park life with her lush green landscapes and an extraordinary rendering of bright yellow sun rays reminiscent of work by Impressionist painters. Margaret Garcia, “Pink Clouds Echo Park.”

Apr 29, 2022 · VENTURA, California — Arte Para La Gente (Art for the People) is Chicana artist Margaret Gracia’s first retrospective exhibition. For Garcia, at 70 years of age, the exhibition is a lifelong dream come true.

May 10, 2016 · This exhibition brings Margaret Garcia’s most distinctive paintings, recent landscapes and her celebrated Mestizaje series. Expressive and dynamic, Garcia’s art accentuates her Chicana/Latina millennial heritage by extending traditional Latin American artisanal rich and vibrant colors into her expressive portraits; of friends, family, of ...

Born in East Los Angeles, 1951. The Los Angeles native began her career as a muralist, involved in the murals that swept through the 1984 Olympics. Identified as one of 24 artists who have had an impact on LA Art, Garcia’s work consists of oil paintings saturated with …

Margaret García (1951-present) is a Chicana artist who is known for her murals and oil paintings in the Los Angeles Area. Margaret Garcia was born in East Los Angeles, California to Mexican parents in the year 1951. She grew up in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles where most of her childhood years were spent at her grandmother’s house.

Margaret Garcia, Artist. Los Angeles, CA. PRACTICE: Margaret’s art practice spans over four decades as a self-supporting, practicing artist. Her practice is the fusion of her life and art – expressed by her deep understanding of her surroundings (Landscapes), her family and history (Culture) and her friends and her art world (Community).