Estefania Puerta* | Micki Meng

Works

Implant, 2023

Porcelain, plaster pulp, volcano rocks from El Nevado del Ruiz, crushed glass, plants, horse hair
25 x 11 x 7 in
Luz/Helena, 2023

Aluminum leaf, resin, mugwort, plaster pulp, porcelain, stained glass, volcano rocks from El Nevado del Ruiz, bristle
Diptych, 48 x 72 x 10 in overall
Soltera, 2023

Aluminum leaf, resin, plastic, stained glass, artist hair, quail eggs, roots, plant, nail polish
40 x 36 x 3 in
Like a thorn piercing through a tough skin that doesn’t know if it is open or broken, 2023

Steel, plaster pulp, acrylic, stained glass, mixed organic media, photographs, aluminum leaf
36 x 33 x 8 in

Estefania Puerta*

Estefania Puerta (b. 1988, Manizales, Colombia) is an artist interested in what is gained and lost in the process of recontextualizing materials. Her practice is rooted in worldmaking, shapeshifting, border crossing, and language failure. Her research in psychoanalysis as it relates to the history of hysteria, natural medicine, folklore, and personal histories of immigration and documentation in the U.S. questions what is considered “natural” and “alien.

Puerta was recently awarded the 2023-2024 Rome Prize by the American Academy in Rome. Her work has been exhibited at Proyecto N.A.S.A.L (CDMX and Guayaquil), Fortnight Institute (NYC), Micki Meng (SF), Species (ATL), and was included in the New England Triennial at DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Puerta received her MFA from Yale School of Art. She was born in Colombia and currently lives and works between Vermont and New York.