Tara de la Garza

About the artist:

Tara de la Garza is an Irish/Australian artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally with The Lodge Gallery NYC, San Diego Art Institute, No Longer Empty, Chashama, David & Schweitzer NYC, Figment, MassMOCA and Aggregate Space Gallery SF. Her work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Watson Library. de la Garza studied a BA/Fine Art at Curtin University, Australia. She currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a member of the Cubberley Artist Studio Program in Palo Alto.

Her current series of columns and light tubes are reminiscent of core samples and beacons of plastic waste. The works also explore the impact of microplastics, our reliance on carbon, and the possibility of a sustainable future.

 

Artwork in exhibition:

 

Tara de la Garza, Monument to the Plastocene (Tartan), 2019, LED lights, reclaimed plastic, 48" x 48", courtesy of the artist