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, fiber sculpture and installation. 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 wraps and binds religious icons, sentimental objects, and raw materials to create a personal narrative that speaks to the amalgamation of religions 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 Exhibition and in the Surface Design Association’s “Interplay” exhibition at The Dairy Barn Art Center. Cano is a recipient of the Verna Welfekammer Art Doctoral Fund, the Windgate University Fellowship partnered with Arrowmount School of Craft, and a Studio Assistantship with the Penland School of Craft. In 2019, she earned a BFA in Fibers from University of North Texas.