Biography
Miguel Arzabe lives and works in Oakland, CA. He had recent solo shows at Shulamit Nazarian Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) and Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA). Arzabe’s work has been featured in such festivals as Hors Pistes (Centre Pompidou, Paris), Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal), and the Geumgang Nature Art Biennale (Gongju, South Korea); and in museums and galleries including MAC Lyon (France), MARS Milan (Italy), RM Projects (Auckland), FIFI Projects (Mexico City), Marylhurst University (Oregon), the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, the CCA Wattis Institute, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Arzabe’s work is held in public collections such as the Harn Museum of Art in Gainseville, FL; the de Young Museum; Albuquerque Museum of Art; Oakland Museum of California; San Francisco Arts Commission; the State of California; as well as numerous private collections. He has attended many residencies including Facebook AIR, Headlands Center for the Arts, Montalvo Arts Center, Millay Arts, and Santa Fe Art Institute. He holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon University, an MS from Arizona State University, and an MFA from UC Berkeley. In 2022 Arzabe was awarded the San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Award. In 2023 he was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and and a Golden Foundation Residency. In 2024 his work was featured in the exhibitions About Place at the deYoung Museum and The Poetics of Dimensions at the ICA San Francisco. His work will be featured in the contemporary art survey TEXTILES x ART published by Thames and Hudson AU and set to be released in late 2025.
Works
  • Miguel Arzabe, Ahora, 2025
    Ahora, 2025
  • Miguel Arzabe, Miguel ArzabeLas Reinitas I, 2024
    Miguel ArzabeLas Reinitas I, 2024
  • Miguel Arzabe, Miguel ArzabeLas Reinitas II, 2024
    Miguel ArzabeLas Reinitas II, 2024
  • Miguel Arzabe, Miguel ArzabeLas Reinitas III, 2024
    Miguel ArzabeLas Reinitas III, 2024