Figuero had her first solo show in 1970 at the United Nations in Washington, D.C.[3] In 1973 La Galería Arvil exhibited her work and subsequently represented her for the next decade.[2] The Museo de Arte Moderno displayed Figueroa's work in 1981 in an exhibition entitled Correspondencias and published an exhibition catalogue of the same name.[4] Seven years later in 1988 the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil ran a solo exhibition entitled Horas de agua.[5] Her work is in the permanent collection of several museums, including the Museo Tamayo.[6]