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American painter
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Monica Kim Garza (born 1988) is an American painter.

Biography

Monica Kim Garza was born in Alamogordo in January, New Mexico to a Korean mother and a Mexican father. She grew up in Georgia and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in painting and drawing from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She specializes in depicting women of color of all shapes and sizes, carefree and ethnically and racially ambiguous, and is known for her nudes, contemporary portraits and sculptures.

Notable work

  • From June 24, 2022 to January 7, 2023, Monica Kim Garza’s painting If You Like Piña Coladas was featured in the exhibition, i know you are, but what am i? (De)Framing Identity and the Body at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Monica Kim Garza’s artwork was exhibited along with 56 other artists in the exhibition A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience at the Taubman Museum of Art, in Roanoke, Virginia, from October 3, 2020 to February 7, 2021.
  • In 2021, Monica Kim Garza had her first solo exhibition in New York called Baguettes at the Hole.
  • Monica Kim Garza was featured in the exhibition NSFW: Female Gaze, from June 21, 2017 to November 11, 2018, at the Museum of Sex in New York.

References

  1. Benson, Eben. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Vetting a Vibe: Monica Kim Garza". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. "Ones to Watch 2017: artist Monica Kim Garza". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. Macabasco, Lisa Wong (2021-10-07). "Monica Kim Garza's Journey from Selling Chicken Wings to Showing Her Paintings around the World". Artsy. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. "Monica Kim Garza". The L'Oeuvre. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. Roka, Les (2022-07-13). "Exhibitions about identity, body positivity, best of Utah design arts, a tribute to a beloved grandmother, artistic reflection on human mortality and realism highlight summer shows at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art". The Utah Review. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. "A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience". Taubman Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  7. "The Hole Contemporary art gallery New York and Los Angeles". thehole.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  8. "NSFW: Female Gaze". Museum of Sex. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

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