Lina Puerta

Lina Puerta (born 1969) is a Colombian-American mixed media artist based in New York City. She was born in New Jersey and grew up in Colombia.

Lina Puerta
Born1969 (age 53–54)
Alma materWells College
Queens College, City University of New York
Known forMixed media

Education

Lina Puerta studied at Institute Lorenzode Medici in Florence, Italy, and earned her BA from Wells College with Honors in Studio Art in 1992.[1] Then she earned her master's degree in Art Education from Queens College in 1998.[2]

Art

Puerta's work covers several mediums, all of which are heavily influenced by materials and their metaphorical significance to the work. She combines jewelry, fabric, paint, buttons, resin, wire, wood, etc. in her sculpture work, exploring the tension between nature and the human-made.[3] Both her sculpture work and her work on paper focus on themes of nature, man made structures, fragility, and the environment in relation to humanity.[4]

Puerta's Botanico Series (2011–2014) is installation based and incorporates Polyurethane resin, wood, foam, paint, fiberfill, fabric, chains, rhinestones, beads, trims, and artificial plants and moss to create natural spaces emerging from a human-made object.[5] These works explore the relationship between nature and control, as these organic, plant-based works burst through their designated locations.[5]

The Farmworker Series (2017) is one of Puerta's more recent projects. She uses paper making techniques to create vibrant tapestries which bring attention to farm workers on crops in the American south.[6] Puerta weaves different materials in the tapestries, including lace, trims, sequined fabrics, velvet, handmade woven textile, pom-poms, fake fur, and gouache. Each piece also includes [renderings] of the flowers and leaves from the crops represented in each image, as well as, birds and insects as pollinators to these crops.[7]

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions
  • HyperAccumulators curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock and Elizabeth Saperstein, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY January 18 - March 23, 2019 [13]
  • Sedimentations: Assemblage as Social Repair, The 8th Floor, New York, NY, June 21 – December 8, 2018 [14]
  • Living/Breathing, curated by Deanna Evans and Andrew Schwartz, Morgan Lehman 2, New York, NY June 21 – July 27, 2018 [15]
  • Art, Artists & You, Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY June 8 – December 31, 2018 [16]
  • Labor & Materials, 21C Museum Hotels, Bentonville, AR, January – November, 2018 [17]
  • Harlem Perspectives, Faction Art Projects, New York, NY, April 20 – May 13, 2018 [18]
  • Site & Survey: The Architecture of Landscape. Patrick Van Caekenbergh, Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, Lina Puerta, Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, January 18 – March 11, 2018 [19]
  • Dark and Stormy Night: The Gothic in Contemporary Art, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, October 28, 2017 - February 10, 2018 [20]
  • "Nature is Back!" curated by Jodie DiNapoli, H Gallery, Paris, France. September 6 - October 7, 2017 [21]
  • The 20th Anniversary Show, curated by Charlotta Kotik. Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, November 12 – December 31, 2016 [22]
  • "American Histories", curated by Alexandra Schwartz. PI Artworks, London, UK, November 18, 2016 – January 7, 2016[23]
  • "RE – ArtPrize 8", The Fed Galleries at KCAD, Grand Rapids, MI, August 30 – October 15, 2016
  • "Field Studies", TSA, Bushwick, NY July–August, 2016 [24]
  • "The (Not) So Secret Life of Plants", Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ August -December, 2015 [25]
  • "Back to Eden: Contemporary Artists Wander the Garden" curated by Jennifer Scanlan, Museum of Biblical Art, NY June 27- September 28, 2014 (Catalog) [26]
  • "Eden" Odetta Gallery, Bushwick, NY July 5 – August 25, 2014 [27]
  • "Barely There" curated by Vadis Turner, Jack Geary Contemporary, NY, NY June 26 – July 25, 2014 [28]
  • "Mating Season" The Lodge Gallery, NY, NY June 5 – July 5, 2014 [29]
  • "Prickly, Tender and Steamy: Artists in the Hothouse" Wave Hill, Bronx NY, April–May 2014 (Catalog)[30]
  • "Select 2014" Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC, February–March 2014 [31]

Awards
  • 2016 ArtPrize Eight Sustainability Award, Grand Rapids, MI [32]
  • 2017 NYFA Fellowship in the Crafts/Sculpture category, NY, NY [33]

Selected reviews, articles and publications
  • The Brooklyn Rail, "Harlem Perspectives: Decolonizing the Gaze & Refiguring the Local " by Nico Wheadon, May 1, 2018.[34]
  • Artmaze Mag, "Curated Section" Spring Edition, Issue 7, 2018.[35]
  • Art News, "Dallas Art Fair Announces Acquisition Program for its Fellow Museum" by Robin Scher, April 14, 2016.[36]
  • Hyperallergic, "Relics of a Future Environmental Collapse" by Benjamin Sutton April 1, 2015 (Solo Review).[37]
  • "Caribbean: Together Apart – Imago Mundi" Luciano Benetton Collection. Texts by Luciano Benetton, Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Tony Bechara and Sasha Dees.[38]
  • Hyperallergic, "When Snakes Could Walk: Contemporary Artists Take On the Garden of Eden" by Allison Meier, July 7, 2014[39]
  • ARTNET News, "You’ll Fall for ’Back to Eden’ at the Museum of Biblical Art" by Benjamin Sutton, August 5, 2014[40]

References
  1. Puerta, Lina. "Lina Puerta Biography". Lina Puerta. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. "Lina Puerta || Wave Hill – New York Public Garden and Cultural Center". Wave Hill. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. "Odetta Gallery". odettagallery.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. "Relics of a Future Environmental Collapse". Hyperallergic. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  5. "Lina Puerta: Manigua". Wallach Art Gallery | Columbia University. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  6. "Five Minutes, Five Questions Artist Lina Puerta". Arkansas Online. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  7. Foodways, Southern (2017-10-01), A Visible Tapestry: In the Studio with Lina Puerta, retrieved 2019-03-26
  8. "Summer Wheat / Lina Puerta". Smack Mellon. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  9. "Manigua, 2017 by Lina Puerta – The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  10. "Lina Puerta – Exhibitions – Geary Contemporary". www.geary.nyc. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  11. Borgen, Maibritt (February 26, 2015). "Traces". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "NYAB Event – Lina Puerta "La Muerte de un Arbol (The Death of a Tree)"". www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  13. "HyperAccumulators – Pelham Art Center". www.pelhamartcenter.org. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  14. Yerebakan, Osman Can (2018-11-01). "Sedimentations: Assemblage as Social Repair". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  15. "Living/Breathing – Gallery 2 – Morgan Lehman Gallery". www.morganlehmangallery.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  16. "TimesUnion – NYC: "Art, Artists & You" Exhibit at the Children's Museum of Manhattan – Children's Museum of Manhattan". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  17. "Labor&Materials". 21c Museum Hotels. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  18. "About | HARLEM PERSPECTIVES". FACTION ART PROJECTS. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  19. "Site & Survey: The Architecture of Landscape | Frostic School of Art | Western Michigan University". wmich.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  20. "Lehman College Exhibits Gothic Artwork". Bronx Times. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  21. "ArtsArenaPLUS: Nature is Back! | The Arts Arena". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  22. "20th Anniversary Show". Smack Mellon. 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  23. "American Histories – Exhibition at Pi Artworks in London". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  24. "You searched for Field Studies". Droste Effect Mag. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  25. "Art Inspired by the Subway, Plants Are All Part of Exhibitions at RU-N This Academic Year". Rutgers Today. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  26. "Museum of Biblical Art commissions six new works by contemporary artists". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  27. "Odetta Gallery Brooklyn, NY". www.odettagallery.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  28. "DAVID GOODMAN". DAVID GOODMAN. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  29. "MATING SEASON • The Lodge Gallery". The Lodge Gallery. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  30. "Prickly, Tender and Steamy: Artists in the Hothouse" (PDF). Wave Hill. 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  31. "WPA Art Auction Exhibition and Gala". www.eastcityart.com. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  32. P, Justin (2016-10-08). "$5K award for sustainability goes to first-time ArtPrize artist at KCAD". mlive.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  33. Greenberger, Alex (2017-07-06). "New York Foundation for the Arts Names 2017 Fellows". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  34. Wheadon, Nico (2018-05-01). "Harlem Perspectives: Decolonizing the Gaze & Refiguring the Local". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  35. artmazemag. "Spring Issue 7 – ArtMaze Mag". Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  36. Scher, Robin (2016-04-14). "Dallas Art Fair Announces Acquisition Program for the City's Art Museum". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  37. "Relics of a Future Environmental Collapse". Hyperallergic. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  38. "Caribbean: Together Apart – Imago Mundi". store.fabrica.it. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  39. "When Snakes Could Walk: Contemporary Artists Take On the Garden of Eden". Hyperallergic. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  40. "Fall "Back to Eden" at the Museum of Biblical Art". artnet News. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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