Four faces textile work.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron (Peruvian Colombian American, born 1981). Espejo, 2024.
Hand-dyed and screenprinted fabrics and thread, 76 x 56 in. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.
Textile figure with smaller textile figure in its arms.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron (Peruvian Colombian American, b. 1981). Nos Imaginamos, 2024.
Hand-painted and screenprinted fabric, thread, and batting, 64 1/2 x 37 x 2 3/4 in. Installation view of Penumbra at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Collection of Jessica Arb Danial. Photo: Ryan Gamma.
Textile figure with a large shadow.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron (Peruvian Colombian American, b. 1981). Sola ni de Noche ni de Dia, 2026.
Hand-dyed fabric, thread, and batting, 57 x 61 1/2 in. Installation view of Penumbra at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. Photo: Ryan Gamma.
Floating textile figure with a textile figure on the wall behind it in a gallery setting.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron (Peruvian Colombian American, b. 1981). Installation view of Penumbra at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026.
Photo: Ryan Gamma.
Large sculptural textile of a smaller figure hugging a larger figure.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron (Peruvian Colombian American, b. 1981). El Palpitar de Nuestra Canción, 2026.
Hand-dyed fabric, thread, and batting, 56 x 41 1/2 in. Installation view of Penumbra at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio. Photo: Ryan Gamma.

Maria A. Guzmán Capron: Penumbra

April 19–September 27, 2026

Maria A. Guzmán Capron explores the complexities of identity through her vibrant figurative textiles in a new solo exhibition. Born in Milan to Peruvian and Colombian parents and later relocating to Texas as a teenager, the California-based artist understands first-hand the challenges of toggling between different cultures and geographies. Capron channels these personal experiences into her artwork, creating layered portraits of exuberant, multi-faceted characters. In Penumbra, meaning almost- or half-shadow, Capron’s other worldly figures exist in a realm of possibility and express the duality within us all. Through her use of hand-dyed, painted, and screen-printed fabrics, Capron asks viewers to consider the way our own identities have been stitched together over time—beautiful, ever-evolving collages of ancestry, culture, and life experiences.

This exhibition is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Lacie Barbour, associate curator of exhibitions at Sarasota Art Museum.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, with generous support from:


Platinum Sponsors
Judy and Fred Fiala
Shari and John Hicks

Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Logo

Silver Sponsors
Warren R. and Marie E. Colbert
Marge and Leon Ellin
Kimberley A. Pelyk

Essay

Happenings

Large pink playscape on a green lawn with children playing in the foreground

Sarasota Art Museum Announces New Site-Specific Outdoor Playscape, “Natural Curiosity,” is Open for Play

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design (SAM) is pleased
to announce the addition of a new playscape located on the Museum’s Great Lawn. Titled “Natural Curiosity,” this piece will serve as part art installation, part outdoor classroom, inspiring creativity, social connection and well-being for locals, tourists and school students alike.
Designed by Brooklyn, New York-based, award-winning multidisciplinary design studio The
Urban Conga, this inviting, site-specific installation will create a dynamic outdoor respite for Museum visitors, sparking connection with nature and social activity through open-ended play.