Margaret Vega
at San Francisco Art Fair

April 17-20, 2025
Alessandro Berni Gallery
Booth E19

Margaret Vega, Color Me Flesh, Artifacts, 2024 , Quipi Threads, clay, found objects, hand colored threads on board,  16 x 16 in

We are very proud to announce that our member, Margaret Vega will be at the San Francisco Art Fair, April 17th-20th, 2025. She will have 15 pieces on display at the Alessandro Berni Gallery/Booth E 19, as part of group show with 5 other global artists. Margaret will also have her first solo exhibition at Atlantic Gallery, November 11th – 29th, 2025.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

“As a multi-disciplinary artist rotating between bodies of work to consider persistent questions. My current work is about query: validity and hierarchy, in recording the human story, my story. As an observer/maker, I am interested in the history of the crayon labeled Flesh and the census. Using symbolism as a layer between what is and what could be, Color Me Flesh series combines my experience as a painter with sculpture and mixed media. The viewer serves as a comparative element, the medium questioning the boundaries invented to divide us into “otherness”; responsible for the decision: Can we ever be flesh neutral? Are we still counting? As a Latina who grew up using the Flesh crayon, I am inspired by the pre-colonial Inka numerical knotting system of Khipus and historical documentation and recording, with a fixed lens based on skin color resulting in Damnatio Memoriae.

The found and placed artifacts in this series are designed with a scale that reflects our human need to collect; to reorganize the rhythm of nature and give meaning to the preciousness and hierarchal cataloging of object.

I am examining the organic blur of transitory and fixed boundaries that decide bias, perception, the recording and alteration of history by found fragments, while asking the participant to interact on a visceral level with object associations.”

– Margaret Vega

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