Lina Puerta American, b. 1969

Biography
Lina Puerta is a Colombian American artist born in New Jersey and raised in Colombia, and currently lives and works in New York City. She creates mixed media sculptures, installations, collages, handmade paper paintings, and wall hangings by combining a wide range of materials, from artificial plants and paper pulp to found, personal, and recycled objects. She states, “My work draws from my experience as a Colombian American artist, examining the relationship between nature and the human-made, and engaging themes of food justice, xenophobia, hyper-consumerism, and ancestral knowledge.” –Lina Puerta.
Works
  • Crop Laborer- Green
    Lina Puerta
    Crop Laborer- Green, 2018
    Handmade paper composed of pigmented cotton and linen paper pulp; embedded with sequined fabrics, lace and finished with gouache
    29 x 20 in
    73.7 x 50.8 cm
  • Untitled (Woman/Red)
    Lina Puerta
    Untitled (Woman/Red), 2018
    Handmade paper composed of pigmented cotton and linen pulp; embedded and finished with sequined fabric and lace
    16 x 12.5 in
    40.6 x 31.8 cm
  • Black Grid on Sand with Green Band
    Lina Puerta
    Black Grid on Sand with Green Band, 2015
    Etching and spit bite with chine collé, Lower East Side Printshop
    11 x 8 in paper size
    15 x 12.5 x 1 in frame size


    Framed
    15.5 x 12.5 x 1 in
    1 of 1
  • Brown Grid and Green Band
    Lina Puerta
    Brown Grid and Green Band, 2015
    Etching and spit bite with chine collé, Lower East Side Printshop
    11 x 8 in paper size
    27.9 x 20.3 cm paper size
    1 of 1
  • G- Variation I
    Lina Puerta
    G- Variation I, 2015
    Silkscreen, Lower East Side Printshop
    15 x 11 in
    38.1 x 27.9 cm
    Edition of 11 (#11/11), Suite of 3
  • G- Variation II
    Lina Puerta
    G- Variation II, 2015
    Silkscreen, Lower East Side Printshop
    15 x 11 in
    38.1 x 27.9 cm
    Edition of 11 (#11/11), Suite of 3
  • Mint Green Tiled Texture
    Lina Puerta
    Mint Green Tiled Texture, 2015
    Etching and spit bite with chine collé, Lower East Side Printshop
    11 x 8 in paper size
    27.9 x 20.3 cm paper size
    1 of 1
  • Sand, Green, Pink and Purple Tiles
    Lina Puerta
    Sand, Green, Pink and Purple Tiles, 2015
    Etching and spit bite with chine collé, Lower East Side Printshop
    11 x 8 in paper size
    27.9 x 20.3 cm paper size
    1 of 1
Publications