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Gala Porras-Kim makes work about the social and political contexts that influence how intangible things, such as sounds, language and history, have been framed through the fields of linguistics, history and conservation. It considers the way institutions shape inherited codes and forms and conversely, how objects can shape the contexts in which they are placed. Porras-Kim (b. 1984, Bogotá) lives and works in Los Angeles and London. She received an MFA from CalArts and an MA in Latin American Studies from UCLA. She was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (2019), the artist-in-residence at the Getty Research Institute (2020-22), and currently a fellow at Museo delle Civiltà in Rome.
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | Brooklyn Museum, New York | Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles | Hammer Museum, Los Angeles | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | DePaul Art Museum, Chicago | Dallas Museum of Art, Texas | Seoul Museum of Art, Korea | FRAC Pays de la Loire, FR | Tate Modern, UK
CONTACT
4727 2nd Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90043, USA
mail@studiogpk.com
Gallery:
Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles/Mexico City
we@commonwealthandcouncil.com
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