Mandy Cano Villalobos is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans installation, 2D, performance, and sculpture. Her projects explore ideas of home, belonging and cultural identity.
Self-dubbed a ‘cultural scrapper’, the artist harnesses material memories of domestic objects – broken jewelry, orphaned toys, stained clothing, etc. – to craft opulent works steeped in human touch. Each project spawns from a union of religious pageantry and capitalist glut, flaunting a false abundance that eludes our desires for true satisfaction.
Cano Villalobos exhibits internationally and has received multiple awards and grants from organizations including the Gottlieb, Puffin and Chenven Foundations and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, ArtNews, The Washington Post, Sculpture Magazine, Hyperallergic, and The Chicago Reader among others. She currently maintains studios in Grand Rapids MI and Brooklyn NY.
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