marina g cano is a fiber artist from El Paso, Texas, with a MFA in Visual studies from the University of Missouri in Columbia focusing on weaving and sculpture. Cano’s work is guided by personal experiences as a mixed Mexican and American woman living in and out of the U.S Southwest Mexico Border. Cano highlights religious icons, sentimental objects, and raw materials to create a personal narrative that speaks to the amalgamation of religious and bi-cultural aesthetics within the borderland region. Her work has been featured in the Greater Denton Arts Council’s 37th annual Materials: Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition and published in the Surface Design Journal Magazine.