Gala Porras-Kim | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Colombian, Korean, American |
Education | CalArts, UCLA |
Known for | Sculpture; drawing |
Awards | Artadia Award, Creative Capital Award, Tiffany Foundation Award |
Gala Porras-Kim (born 1984, Bogota, Colombia) is a Colombian-Korean-American contemporary interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles[1][2] and London. Her work deals with the fields of linguistics, history, and conservation, often engaging in institutional critique.[3]
Porras-Kim's work is in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, both in New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Dallas Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Fonds régional d'art contemporain des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France; Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Seoul Museum of Art.