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Education
2023
MFA in Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2019
BFA in Art, Brigham Young University
BA in Portuguese Studies, secondary major
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Familiar Textures, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (Upcoming)
2024
This will pass, The Latinx Project, New York University, New York City, NY (Solo)
Concrete, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, TX
In Memory, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
phone, wallet, KEYS, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL
2023
Lamentations, Ortega y Gassett Projects, Brooklyn, New York, NY (Solo)
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Convergence, Centric Place, Farmington Hills, MI
Água Viva, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI (three-person with Charlie Crowell and William Black)
La Quema del Diablo, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022
Without Rise, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL (Solo)
Free for All, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cranbrook Chair Show, First National Building, Detroit, MI
Brought to the Table, Saarinen House, Bloomfield Hills, MI
CPU Result, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bootleg Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
ALTARS, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021
Reconcile, QUAID Gallery, Tampa, FL (Solo)
People Places Things, Project Gallery V, virtual, New York, NY
2020
Make America what America must Become, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, LA
Comforting Discomfort, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (Two-person, with Fiona Barney)
Circle, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo-si Gyeonngi-do, South Korea
Home as situation, Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Congruence, Summer 2020 I Like Your Work, juried by Bridgette Mayer
Bookworks, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley, UT
2019
Remnants, BFA Thesis Show, Gallery 303, Provo, UT (Solo)
Non-Actual, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
In Memory Of, 496 N 900 E, Lindon, UT
Recollecting, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo, UT (Solo)
Displacement, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
2018
Annual Vera Hinckley Mayhew Show, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo, UT
The places without, Gallery 303, Provo, UT (Solo)
Interdisciplinary Projects, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
Extent of Territory, Gallery 303, Provo, UT and University of Stanislaus, CA
Awards & Grants
2023
Vermont Studio Center Sculpture Scholarship
2021-2023
Jennifer and Dan Gilbert Fellowship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2022
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Sculpture Scholarship
2019
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Scholarship
Talent Award, Brigham Young University
Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Student Award, Brigham Young University
Eliza R. Snow Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow, Brigham Young University
Lavieve Huish Earl Scholarship
Karl G. Maeser Scholarship
2018
Oscarson Discovery Grant
Ruth Ellsworth Knudson Scholarship
Helena J. Lanenga Scholarship
Residencies & Activities
2024-2025
Artist-in-Residence, The Latinx Project, New York University, Manhattan, NY
Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Jack Shainman Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2024
Sculpture School, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, TX
2023
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnston, VT
Alumni Summer Strategy Session, ACRE (Artist Cooperative Residency & Exhibition) Residency, Steuben, WI
2022
ACRE (Artist Cooperative Residency & Exhibition) Residency, Steuben, WI
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2021
QUAID Gallery Summer Artist in Residence, Tampa, FL
2020
Borrowed Anchors, Film and Digital Media Grant, BYU Department of Art, Valparaíso, Chile
2019
Untitled (Korea), Film and Digital Media Grant, BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications, Seoul, South Korea
2018
The places without, Film and Digital Media Grant, BYU Department of Art, Bogotá, Colombia
Press, Publications & Presentations
2024
Morgan, Kendall. “Sweet Pass Sculpture Park says goodbye to Dallas with an artistic celebration,” The Dallas Morning News. November 14 2024. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/2024/11/14/sweet-pass-sculpture-park-says-goodbye-to-dallas-with-an-artistic-celebration/
Sarradet, William. “Where is the Body? Recent Exhibitions in Dallas: Sculpture School Concrete at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art. November 2024. https://glasstire.com/2024/11/08/where-is-the-body-recent-exhibitions-in-dallas/.
Olmedo-González, Renato, Kristina Gibby, Milad Mozari, and Dalila Sanabria. “Panel Discussion: On Memory, Place and Displacement,” at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, 24 Oct. 2024, https://utahmoca.org/event/memory-displacement-and-place/.
Guitiérrez, Laura, Catalina Tuca and Dalila Sanabria. “AIR Panel Discussion: This will pass,” at the Latinx Project, New York University, 17 Oct. 2024, https://www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/20242025/save-the-date-air-exhibition-program.
Chen, Sherry. “Review: ‘This will pass’ promises hope through Latin American mythology and history,” Washington Square News, New York University. October 2024. https://nyunews.com/culture/iequity/2024/10/21/sanabria-exhibition/
Roka, Les. “The act of memory as art: Current Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibitions offer impressive scope for viewer to absorb,” The Utah Review. October 2024. https://www.theutahreview.com/the-act-of-memory-as-art-current-utah-museum-of-contemporary-art-exhibitions-offer-impressive-scope-for-viewer-to-absorb/
The Latinx Project, “Q&A with Dalila Sanabria, 2024-25 Artist-in-Residence,” and Laura G. Guitiérrez. New York University. August 2024. https://www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/news/dalila-sanabria-latinx-project-artist-in-residence
Sato, Analisa. “Being Relevant: On the BYU Department of Art in the Twenty-First Century.” In Latterday Saint Art: A Critical Reader edited by Amanda Beardsley and Mason Allred, pages 571-593. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024.
Sanabria, Dalila edited by Grace White. “Musings on Techno-Mysticism: Deviled Heroines, Queer Replicants and Anonymous Post-Metal Showmen.” Big Shed Blog. June 2024. https://www.bigbigshed.com/blog-june-24
2023
Conlon, Kate and Bouyang Hou. “Templates for Public Art: Volume 6,”Limited Time Engagement, Wassaic Project, Haunted Mills Ball, October 2023. https://www.limitedtimeengagement.com/templates-for-public-art-4
Min, So Jung. “Vermont Studio Center,” The One Art World. July/August 2023.
Lanzillo, Willian and Chris Baker. “Fountainswimming Issue II: Residue,” Cranbrook Academy of Art, April 2023
2021
Garcia, Justin. “A family separated by deportation is at focus during Tampa art opening at QUAID Gallery,” Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. July 2021. https://www.cltampa.com/arts-entertainment/a-e-events/article/21153681/a-family-separated-by-deportation-is-the-focus-during-tampa-art-opening-at-quaid-gallery
Robinson, Katrina Kay.“Justice Delayed: ‘Make America What America Must Become’ at the CAC New Orleans,” Art in America. April 2021. https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/make-america-what-america-must-become-gulf-south-artists-1234590362/
2020
“The CAC New Orleans presents ‘Make America What America Must Become”, TERREMOTO, Mexico City, Mexico. September 2020. https://terremoto.mx/en/online/cac-new-orleans-presenta-make-america-what-america-must-become-eua/
Mitchell-Arne, Megan. GAL Magazine. Issue 6, feature with Aloe Corry. July 2020.
Mortensen, Parker Scott. “Parallel Lines: Comforting Discomfort,” SLUG Magazine. February Issue 2020. https://www.slugmag.com/arts/art/parallel-lines-comforting-discomfort/
Hill, Scotti. “Sanabria and Barney Provide Doses of Whimsy and Discomfort at Rio Gallery,” 15 Bytes: Utah Arts Magazine. January 2020. https://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/sanabria-and-barney-provide-doses-of-whimsy-and-discomfort-at-rio-gallery/?fbclid=IwAR1c20J46UNwrNZpatVZzHuPFTfbC9K58v32k35UbJZiaF7uW_H8j-x8kB8