Monica Kim Garza Explained

Monica Kim Garza (born 1988) is an American painter.^[1]

Biography

Monica Kim Garza was born in Alamogordo in January, New Mexico to a Korean mother and a Mexican father.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• In 2021, Monica Kim Garza had her first solo exhibition in New York called Baguettes at the Hole.^[7]
• 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.^[8]

External links

• “NSFW Female Gaze” Exhibition
• i know you are, but what am i? (De)Framing Identity and the Body
• MONICA KIM GARZA & VINCENT BEAURIN Cucul
• NATURAL WOMEN BY MONICA KIM
• Monica Kim Garza: On Coming Home

Notes and References

1. Web site: Benson . Eben . Juxtapoz Magazine - Vetting a Vibe: Monica Kim Garza . 2023-12-06 . www.juxtapoz.com . en-gb.
2. Web site: Ones to Watch 2017: artist Monica Kim Garza . 2023-12-06 . www.itsnicethat.com . en.
3. Web site: Macabasco . Lisa Wong . 2021-10-07 . Monica Kim Garza's Journey from Selling Chicken Wings to Showing Her Paintings around the World . 2023-12-06 . Artsy . en.
4. Web site: Monica Kim Garza . 2023-12-06 . The L'Oeuvre.
5. Web site: 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 . 2023-12-06 . The Utah Review . en-US.
6. Web site: A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience . 2023-12-06 . Taubman Museum of Art . en-US.
7. Web site: The Hole Contemporary art gallery New York and Los Angeles . 2023-12-06 . thehole.com.
8. Web site: NSFW: Female Gaze . 2023-12-06 . Museum of Sex . en-US.