Sarita Westrup is a craft-based artist and art educator of mixed Mexican descent based in Dallas, Texas. Rooted in weaving techniques and bricolage, her sculptural basketry works are inspired by her upbringing in the Rio Grande Valley on the Texas-Mexico border. Westrup received her MFA in Fibers from the University of North Texas (UNT) in 2016.

Her work as been shown at venues such as the Greater Denton Arts Council, Blue Spiral Gallery in Ashville, North Carolina, and was featured in the Nasher Windows series at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Most recently in 2022, she was the first artist in residence at Arts Fort Worth’s Emerging Artist program and was accepted into the American Craft Council Emerging Artists Cohort and received a $10,000 accelerator grant. Westrup’s residency at Arts Fort Worth culminated in her first solo exhibition, The Tension of Connection, hosted in 2023 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center.

The artist currently lives and works in Dallas, Texas and is represented by Cluley Projects

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