ektor garcia

ektor garcia (b. 1985, Red Bluff, CA) lives and works nomadically. garcia’s multi-faceted practice incorporates handcrafted and technically rendered objects that are often combined into multi-part installations. garcia frequently repurposes elements from his own oeuvre to create new iterations of works. 

He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014 and his MFA from Columbia University in 2016. He has had solo exhibitions at James Fuentes, New York (2023); Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco (2022); Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich (2022); the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle (2022); Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (2021); and SculptureCenter, New York (2019); amongst others.

His work has been included in group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2024); the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston (2023); Lisson Gallery, New York (2023); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2022); Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada (2022); and the Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia (2022); amongst others. He was artist-in-residence at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle (2022); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2021); Progetto Residency, Puglia, Italy (2019); International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York (2019); and Cove Park, Argyll and Bute, Scotland (2018); amongst others.