Lina Puerta American, b. 1969

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.