The Weight of a Patina of Time

Headshot of Gala Porras-Kim

December 5, 2023 4:15-5:30pm

Gala Porras-Kim received a BA and MA from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Solo exhibitions have been held at Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul; REDCAT, Los Angeles; Fowler Museum, Los Angeles; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla; and Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City. Selected group exhibitions have been held at Liverpool Biennale; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Porras-Kim is a recipent of an Art Matters Foundation Grant, Artadila Los Angeles Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, and Louise Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award. She has participated in residencies at Getty Research Institute; Delfina Foundation, London; Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge; La Tallera, Proyecto Siquieros, Cuernavaca; Fundació Casa Wabi, Oaxaca; and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.