Contemporary Abstract Ceramic Sculpture by Mirentxu Ganzarain

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Mirentxu Ganzarain
Terracotta
6.5” H x 12” W x12""D
2025
Mirentxu Ganzarain is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago,IL.
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Mirentxu Ganzarain
Terracotta
6.5” H x 12” W x12""D
2025
Mirentxu Ganzarain is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago,IL.
She received her MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute in 1986 and her BFA from the University of Kansas in 1984. Originally from Chile her work reflects the body, nature, colonization, mythology and memory. Mirentxu has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is in the permanent collection of Illinois Artists at McCormick Place in Chicago and several private collections. She participated in a Two-person show at SONA Gallery in 2025 and her most recent One-person exhibit was at the University of Chicago’s Corvus Gallery in June of 2022. She has participated in multiple group shows, most notably at the Cultural Center of Chicago in 1996 and the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City in 1988. She has received a Residency at Lakeside, Michigan in 2025, Santa Maria a Rignana, Italy in 2016 and a Sabbatical Grant from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in 2019. See less