Margarita Jane Arguedas (b. 1990, MN) holds an art practice rooted in the belief that everything is connected on a fundamental level.

Through abstract exploration, she investigates the patterns that shape the intricate web of life, drawing inspiration from ecosystems, the fabric of society and threads of energy.

At the core of her practice is the act of deconstructing knit fabric by hand to its most fundamental form, engaging with it as a living material, which she has developed for over 13 years. This process becomes a meditation on interdependence, transformation, and the unseen forces that bind us.

Through painting, installation, and sculpture, she reimagines the material as a visual language—one that speaks to the tension and harmony woven through all things.

Arguedas began hand-deconstructing knit fabric—a process similar to a run in a pair of stockings, while studying Sculpture at the California College of Art. 

Rather than completing a casting course with traditional metalwork, she approached it conceptually with how we ‘cast’ ourselves in clothing, interpreting it as our 'second skin’ and deconstructing our relationship with materiality. This conceptual approach was informed by a simultaneous class with international visiting artist Chiharu Shiota, a former student of pioneering performance artist Marina Abramović in the late 1990s.

Arguedas’ work has since evolved to explore the connecting threads within micro and macro systems—discovering patterns woven through the fabric of our everyday lives within a rapidly shifting global environment and greater context of space & time.

She currently lives in Portland, Maine, USA.