Gala Porras-Kim
Notes after GM Cowan 1-3, 2012. Graphite on paper, Post-it notes, and wood, dimensions variable
San Miguel Sola Monument 1 Transfer Stone, 2014. Sandstone, mahogany, and graphite on newsprint, 8 x 10¾ x 8¾ inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Bogotá, Colombia, 1984
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Education: University of California (M.A., 2012); California Institute of the Arts (M.F.A., 2009); University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 2007)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015
"For Prospective Rock/Artifact Projection," Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.
2014
"For Prospective Rock/Artifact Projection," Bindery Projects, Minneapolis.
2013
"The Mute Object and Ancient Stories of Today," Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.
2012
"Prospecting Notes About Sounds," 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica.
"Whistling and Language Transfiguration," Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.
2010
"I Want to Prepare to Learn Something I Don't Know," Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.
"Adaptations," Dobaebacsa HQ/DaiShengFanDian, Seoul, South Korea.
2009
"Addressing Lacuna," California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
"Customizing Language," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (January 7-February 14).
2015
"UN Anniversary Exhibition," United Nations Headquarters, New York.
"Palm Capsule," MAK Center, Los Angeles.
"Unmapping the Renaissance," Villa Romana, Max-Planck- Institut, Florence.
2014
"Acciones Territoriales," Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City.
"Distant Parallels," Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
"After Noise," Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles.
"The Riso Book: Los Angeles," Los Angeles Contemporary Archive.
2012
"Make Hay," David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis.
2011
"Suelto," La Central, Bogotá.
"After the Gold Rush," Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, California.
2010
"SK10NY," Tompkins Projects, New York.
"SK10," Skowhegan, Maine.
2009
"Why Video," REDCAT, Los Angeles.
"Why Theory," Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles.
Selected Bibliography
2016
Esparza Chong Cuy, José. "Material Art Fair Picks," Artspace.com (February 3).
Leon de la Barra, Pablo. "Material Art Fair Picks," Artspace.com (February 3).
Morales, Julio César. "Picks from the Material Art Fair 2016," Artspace.com (January 26).
2015
Theung, Linda. "2015 AHAN Acquisitions," Unframed.LACMA.org (July 1).
2014
Lin, Candice. "On Gala Porras-Kim's 'The Mute Object and Ancient Stories of Today,'" Prism of Reality (July).
Timmons, Mathew, and Ben White. "The People: Commonwealth and Council and Gala Porras-Kim," KCHUNG Radio Los Angeles broadcast (January 19).
Chon, Doris. Demolition Woman. Orange, California: Chapman University.
2012
Schnadt, Sara, and Pilar Tompkins Rivas. "Sounds in Oaxacalifornia: Gala Porras-Kim Investigates Indigenous Tones," Artbound, KCET-TV Los Angeles (July 31).