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

Biography

Monica Kim Garza was born in

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in January,

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to a

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mother and a

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father. She grew up in

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and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in painting and drawing from the

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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,

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s and

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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 Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the ...

. * 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 The Taubman Museum of Art, formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is an art museum in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Formally established in 1951, the museum was housed in several locations around Roanoke before moving in 2008 t ...

, in

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, 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

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in New York.

References

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 CuculNATURAL WOMEN BY MONICA KIM

Monica Kim Garza: On Coming Home
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garza, Monica Kim 1988 births People from Alamogordo, New Mexico Living people American painters