Miriam Cabello
'It’s an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.' - Nina Simone
Miriam Luz Cabello's (MLC) art and artistic practice exemplify cross-cultural understanding and respect for human rights. Her vibrant oil paintings emerge from these themes and are exquisitely realised in her iconic bodies of work: White Rope, The Pugilist Passion, and The First 9/11-The Chilean Military Coup. Her exhibitions shed light on forgotten historical narratives.
Cabello is an award-winning artist collected by the National Art Museum of Sport in Indianapolis, Ind. Her career achievements include being the first Australian awarded at the 2010 Miami, USA, International Annual Religious Art and Architecture Design Awards for “The Pugilist Passion-Black Jesus”. Selected as the official Vatican solo exhibitor during the 2008 World Youth Day Festival and won the Medici Medal for painting at the Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art, Italy. In Australia, she curated and participated in 'Cause & Effect' as part of Vivid Ideas 2017. In 2022, she was part of a significant group exhibition, 'LOSS', at Casula Powerhouse, which explored the impact of leaving one's homeland. This led to her being invited as a guest speaker and artist to the 50 Years of Memory Art Exhibition at Parliament House, NSW.
Miriam's creative process and art practice are grounded in the historical oil painting techniques of the Old Masters, their mythical iconography, allegory, colour symbolism, and the Latin American art canon. Her innovative oil painting technique bridges the Baroque and postmodern understanding of light, as it affects perception. She founded her innovative signature style, “White Rope” and ©Spectral Kinetic Realism, after 20 years of academic research and creative exploration.
Cabello was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Sydney, Australia. As a Chilean-Australian, she shares the lived experiences of artists from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Her mixed heritage encompasses European, Irish, Middle Eastern, Mapuche and Aymara Indigenous people.
She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art from the University of Sydney and a Master’s degree in Design from the University of Technology, Sydney. In addition, she has studied the works of major museums and galleries in New York, Italy and Spain.
Select Group Exhibitions.
2016-2019 ARI – MLC Gallery and Studio, 5 Eliza St., Newtown
2015 Beyond the White Rope, Platform 72 - The Living Mall Central Park, 28 Broadway Chippendale, Sydney
2014 The First September 11, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia
2013 The First September 11, Seymour Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
2012 White Rope – A History of Australian Aboriginal Boxers. Official Council National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Ceremony, Camden
2011 White Rope - History of Australian Aboriginal Boxers. DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, N
2009 Ispirazioni Stations of the Cross, MLC Gallery, Sydney Italian Festival
Select Solo Exhibitions.
2024 The Other Art Fair, October Edition, White Bay Cruise Terminal, Sydney, Australia
2024 Affordable Art Fair, June Edition, Royal Randwick Winx Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
2023 50 Years since the coup d'etat, 50 Years of Memory, Parliament of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2022 The Other Art Fair, July Edition, The Cutaway - Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney, Australia
2021 LOSS, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Upper Turbine Gallery Artists, Sydney, Australia
2017 Cause & Effect: Artists for Social Change. Presented panel discussions, VIVID, 107 Projects, Sydney, Australia
2015 LOCO Project, Glebe Point Road, Glebe, Sydney, Australia
2014 The Artist and the Athlete. Academy’s Awards of Sport Program honouring Miriam Cabello: 2014 Sport Artists of the Year. United States Sports Academy, Daphne, AL, USA
Painting in New York, Dacia Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
2014 Great Unknown Artsite Gallery | Fringe Festival, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
2013 Multi-Cultural Australia, Portrait Artists Australia, NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2012 The Rest of the Best, Marrickville Contemporary Prize Finalist, ESP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
