Gala Porras-Kim

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Gala Porras-Kim
Born
Bogotá, Colombia
NationalityColombian, Korean
EducationCalArts, UCLA
Known forSculpture; drawing

Gala Porras-Kim (b. 1984, Bogota, Colombia) is a contemporary interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.[1][2] Her work has been shown at the Whitney, LACMA, and the Hammer Museum. Much of her work deals with time, and the way the perception of objects changes over time.[3][4]

In 2017 she was the recipient of an Artadia Award,[5] and in 2015 of Creative Capital[6] and Tiffany Foundation[7] awards. She is participating in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.[8] Porras-Kim is curating a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in October 2019. [1]

Work[]

Gala uses a social and political context that influences the representation of language and history to create art objects through the learning process.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Giles, Gretchen (12 July 2018). "Gala Porras-Kim's 'Ancient Technologies' Wants to See What Happens". KQED. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Gala Porras-Kim". Artadia. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  3. ^ Valdez Quade, Kirstin (17 August 2017). "The Other Side of the Wall: A New Generation of Latino Art". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ Stromberg, Matt (13 March 2019). "The Weird, Wondrous, and Worldly Art Visions of LA". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Gala Porras-Kim". Artadia. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  6. ^ "Gala Porras-Kim". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  7. ^ "Gala Porras-Kim | Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation | 2015 Biennial Awards". louiscomforttiffanyfoundation.org. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  8. ^ "2019 WHITNEY BIENNIAL ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATING ARTISTS". Artforum. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Gala Porras-Kim". Labor. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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