Gala Porras-Kim

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. Her practice considers the way institutions shape inherited codes and forms and conversely, how objects can shape the contexts in which they are placed. 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 a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (2025).