Gala Porras-Kim

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]

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

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.

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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