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- Untitled (Tree and Frame) (2014)
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- Untitled (Tree and Frame) (detail) (2014)
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- Untitled (Basket and Watches) (2014)
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- Untitled (Suitcase Fountain #2) (2007) (Agua Viva Series)
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- Cáscara (Peel) (2014-15) Site-specific installation
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- Kidneyland (Agua Viva Series) (2010)
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- Ave del Peritoneo (Agua Viva Series) (2010)
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- Untitled (Triptych) (2014)
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- Flor/Flower (Agua Viva Series) (2009) Photo credit: Kevin Noble
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- Untitled (Tree and Logs) (2014)
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- Untitled (Tree and Logs) (detail) (2014)
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- Blossom/ En Flor (2006-2010) Modesto Flores Community Garden, Spanish Harlem, NYC
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Artist’s Statement
My work examines the relationship between nature and the body. Utilizing a wide variety of materials — concrete, clay, resin, wood, foam, fabric, artificial plants, paper pulp and handmade paper; craft and recycled items, I create textural forms and compositions that blend the human-made world with the natural, exploring notions of control, consumerism and life’s fragility. My artistic process is in great part guided by the physical qualities of the materials, their textures, forms and colors; and informed by concepts of femininity, fashion, sexuality and artificiality.
Lina Puerta (1969), born in NJ and raised in Colombia, holds an MS in Art Education from Queens College/CUNY and is recipient of several residencies and grants including: the 2017 NYFA Fellowship in Crafts and Sculpture; 2017 Joan Mitchell foundation Artist Residency, New Orleans, LA; 2017, 21C Museum Hotels and Southern Foodways Alliance Artist in Residence, Oxford, MS; 2016 Dieu Donné Workspace Residency (NYC), 2015 Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, 2015 Kohler Arts Industry Residency, Sheboygan,WI; 2014-15 Keyholder Residency at the Lower East Side Printshop, 2013-14 Smack Mellon Art Studio Program, 2014 Materials for the Arts, 2013 Wave Hill Winter Workspace and the 2010 Emerging Artist Fellowship at Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City. Exhibition venues include: The Museum of Biblical Art, El Museo del Barrio, Socrates Sculpture Park, Wave Hill, and Geary Contemporary in NYC. Puerta’s work has been written about in Hyperallergic, The New York Times, Wilder Quarterly, Sculpture Magazine and Artnet News, among others.