Sara Cardona was born in Mexico City. She lives and works in Dallas, TX and received her MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Cardona is also a graduate of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture residency program in Maine, and a past recipient of the Dallas Museum of Art Kimbrough Award. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, The Jones Center in Austin, Gescheidle Gallery in Chicago and abroad.