EDUCATION

BA, 1987 University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

JD, 1990, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA

LAND ART PROJECTS

ONE THOUSAND GALAXIES OF LIGHT (STARFIELD), NOOR RIYADH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 2022

GODHEADS - IDOLS IN TIMES OF CRISES, LUSTWARANDE, De Oude Warande Baroque Forest,

Tilburg, The Netherlands, June 24 - October 1, 2022

FOREVER IS NOW (ETERNITY NOW), Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, October 23 – November 7, 2021

QUANTUM SHIFT, FRIEZE SCULPTURE LONDON, Regent’s Park, London, September 16 – November 3, 2021

THE FUTURE IS NOW, DESERT X ALULA 2020, AlUla, Saudi Arabia, January 31 - March 7, 2020

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022     The Feminist Divine, SCAD Museum of Art, Savanah, GA
              Zenith, GAVLAK Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2021     Forever is Now (Eternity Now): Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt
             Frieze Sculpture London: Regent’s Park, London
             Gisela Colón: Quantum Shift: Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, Reston, Virginia & Washington,
             DC

2020     Gisela Colón: Existential Time, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, FL
             Gisela Colón: Rectanguloid, Quint One, La Jolla, CA
             Desert x Alula 2020, The Future is Now, AlUla, Saudi Arabia
             Gisela Colón: Meta Minimal, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA

2019     Hyper-Minimal, Peyrassol Sculpture Park, Flassans-sur-Issole, Provence, France
             Gisela Colón: Hyper-Minimal With Carlos Cruz-Diez: Labyrinth: Galerie Valerie Bach,
             La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, Belgium
             Gisela Colón: Pods, Hilliard Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
             Gisela Colón: The New Minimal, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, FL

2018     Gisela Colón: Pods, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
             Gisela Colón: Pods, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
             Zona Maco: Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
             Gisela Colón: New Sculpture: Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017    Pods, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
            Gisela Colón: Atmospheres: McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
            Pods, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
            Hyper-Minimal, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016    Pods: Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, NY
            Pods: International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX

2015    Pods: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
            Pods: ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

2014    Colorimetry: Museum of Art & History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA

2013    Glo-Pods: Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA

2012    Pods: Museum of Art & History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
            Large Pods: Nye + Brown, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022    Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Frist Art
            Museum, Nashville, TN
            Luminaries of light and Space, Los Angeles, County LAX Initiative, Los Angeles, CA
            Reimagined Landscapes, Calderon Galery, New York City, NY
            Human Natures, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

2021    Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Addison Gallery
            of American Art, Andover, MA
            Light & Space at LAX, Los Angeles County Initiative at Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, CA
            Traces on the Surfaces of the World, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA
            Magic Dance: La Louver, Venice, CA

2020     Nasty Women, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA
             In Vivid Color: Pushing the Boundaries of Perception in Contemporary Art: The Mint
             Museum(Uptown), Charlotte, NC
            45 at 45, La Louver, Venice, CA
            A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience; 20 Years of the Beth Rudin
            Dewoody Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
            The Light of Space: Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
            Moving Atmospheres : La Patinoire Royale / Galerie Valerie Bach, BRAFA, Tour & Taxis,Brussels,
             Belgium
             Beyond Embodiment: Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA

2019     Inaugural: GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA
             Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
             The Edge of Light: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives on California Abstraction:       
             HuntingtonBeach Art Center, CA
             Expo Chicago: represented by GAVLAK, Chicago, IL
             Plastic Entanglements: Ecology Aesthetics Materials: Chazen Museum of Art, University of     
             Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
             La Biennale Paris : La Patinoire Royale-Galerie Valerie Bach, Paris, France
             Made In California: Contemporary Art from the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Barrett Art
             Gallery Santa Monica College,  Santa Monica, CA
             Brave New Worlds: Explorations of Space, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
             Plastic Entanglements: Ecology Aesthetics Materials: Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton,
              MA
              Carlos Cruz-Diez & Gisela Colón: Galerie Valerie Bach, BRAFA, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium

2018      The Bunker ArtSpace: Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, New Wave Art Wknd, Palm Beach, FL
              Inaugural Group Show: GAVLAK, Palm Beach, FL
              Plastic Entanglements: Ecology Aesthetics Materials: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art,University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
              Radiant Space: Lesley University College of Art & Design, University Hall, VanDernoot     
              Gallery, Cambridge, MA
              Water and Light: Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
              Dallas Art Fair: Represented by McClain Gallery, Dallas, TX
              Plastic Entanglements: Ecology Aesthetics Materials: Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State, PA

2017      California Dreaming: Contemporary Art from the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Fredrick   
              R.Weisman Museum of Art,  
              Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
              California Connections: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD),     
              The California Center for the  Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
              Permanent Collection: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
              Trans-Angeles: Crossover Experimentation: Neuer Kunstverein, Kunstlanding,     
               Aschaffenburg,Germany
               On the Road: American Abstraction: David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
               Permanent Collection: Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA

2016       Collection: Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
               Past/Present/Future: Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
               Radiant Space: McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
               Made In California: Selections from the Frederick Weisman Foundation, Mana Contemporary, NJ
               Trans-Angeles: Crossover Experimentation: Chabot Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2015       Made In California: Selections from the Frederick Weisman Foundation, Mana Contemporary at     
                Art Basel Miami, FL
                Atmospheric Abstraction: Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA

2014        Trans-Angeles: Crossover Experimentation: Kunstmuseum Wilhelm-Morgner Haus, Soest,     
               Germany
                Light & Space Selections: ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2013       Spectra: San Diego State University, Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA
               JUBILAUMSAUSSTELLUNG: Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany

2012        Smooth Operations: Substance and Surface in Southern California Art: Museum of Art &   
                History, Lancaster, CA

COLLECTIONS

Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, NY
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), Grand Rapids, MI
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
Michael Straus Foundation
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), San Diego, CA\
Palm Springs Art Museum (PSAM), Palm Springs, CA
Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL
Peyrassol Sculpture Park, Flassans-sur-Issole, Provence, France
The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The Fredrick R. Weisman Foundation

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021         Arnauld Pierre and Pascal Rousseau, L’ABSTRACTION, Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris, France,
                 2021, ISBN : 978-2- 85088-857-1, p.360

2020         ARTFORUM, Diary, X-Files, Rahel Aima, February 28
                 New York Times, Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics, Vivian Yee, February 11
                 Artnet News, In LA for Frieze Week? Here is Our Guide to 32 Inspiring Gallery Shows to See
                 Beyond the Fairs, Sarah Cascone, February 10
                 Forbes, Desert X AlUla, The Art Event Enticing Travelers To The Desert Of Saudi Arabia, Lauren Jade Hill, January 31
                 The Art Newspaper, "Trampolining in a Saudi Arabian Valley? First Look at the interactive art biennial Desert X AlUla," Gareth Harris, 29 January
                 The Times, Desert X AlUla in pictures-- art flowers in the desert, Melissa Gronlund, February     
                 AD Architectural Digest Middle East, In Pictures: The Sculptures of Desert X AlUla, February 2

                Evening Standard, From California to Saudi Arabia: Desert X Lands in AlUla, Stephanie D'Arc Taylor, February 10
                 Financial Times, Desert X Feels the Heat in Saudi Arabia, February 6
                 Galerie, Contemporary Art Transforms an Ancient Archeological Site in Saudi Arabia, Lucy Rees,
                 January 31
                 Artnet News, "We Had the Guts to Say Yes to This: Artists Explain Why They Ignored Widespread
                 Censure to Participate in Desert X's Saudi Edition, Rebecca Anne Proctor, February 6
                 Hypebeast, Desert X AlUla: Striking Art Installations Across the Saudi Arabian Valley, Gabrielle
                Leung, February 5
                Dezeen, Desert X installs 14 Site-Specific Works in Saudi Arabia Desert, Natasha Hitti, February 5
                Independent, Shifting Sands: An art exhibition, a desert landscape, and an insight into Saudi     
                Society, Stephanie
                 D'Arc Taylor, 5 February
                 Forbes, "Desert X AlUla, The Art Event Enticing Travelers To The Desert Of Saudi Arabia," Lauren
                Jade Hill, January 31
                ARTFORUM, “Desert X Releases Artist List for Controversial Exhibition In Saudi Arabia,”January 17
                 Desert X ALULA 2020, Texts by Nora Aldabal, Anna Somers Cock, Aya Alireza, Raneem Farsi,
                 and Neville Wakefield,
                 published on the occasion of the Biennial exhibition in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, January

2019         Lauren Haynes and Joachim Pissarro, "Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today," Crystal Bridges
                 Museum of American Art,
                 The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, ISBN: 978-I-68226-III-8
                 Phyllis Tuchman, "Gisela Colon: The Future is Now," published on the occasion of the exhibition                     

                 "Brave New Worlds:Explorations of Space," Palm Springs Art Museum, ISBN-13: 978-0-9862453-5-0
                  Maxwell Williams, "Mega collectors raise $2.3m at Aspen Art Museum's annual ArtCrush   
                  benefit, The Art Newspaper, August 6
                 The Desert Sun, "Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition pushes viewers to new vantage 
                  points," July 31​

2018         Artnet News, “Can Palm Beach’s Progressive Art World Rebrand Itself as a Creative Destination,
                 Too?” Sarah Cascone, December 3
                 Hollywood Reporter, “Palm Beach’s New Wave Art Wknd Bows in Trump Territory With Focus on
                 Inclusion,”
                 Rebecca Kleinman, December 4
                 W Magazine, Culture, “The Art World Arrives in Palm Beach as Mar-a-Lago’s Noisy Neighbors,”
                 Fan Zhong, Dec. 4
                  Knight, Christopher, "Gisela Colon's Monolithic Mysteries and Playful Wall 'Pods'," Los Angeles
                 Times, February 25
                 Miller, James H., "Private View: our Picks of February Gallery Shows," The Art Newspaper,
                 February
                  Horst, Aaron "Gisela Colon at Diane Rosenstein," Contemporary Art Review LA, February
                  Frieze Magazine, "Highlights From Zona Maco," Instagram, February
                  Frank, Peter, "Gisela Colon," Artillery Magazine, February 13
                  Walters, Sydney, "Experiencing Light, Gisela Colon's New Work at Diane Rosenstein Gallery,"     
                  Art and Cake, Feb.
                   Pasha, Natalie, "Gisela Colon: New Sculpture," Art Now LA, February
                  Hirschowitz, Gabe, "6 Not-To-Be-Missed Art Happenings Los Angeles," LA Confidential,
                   February 20

2017         Vogel, Wendy, "W.I.T.C.H. Way: Seattle Art Fair," ARTFORUM, Diary, August 22
                 Pasori, Cedar, "10 Picks from Seattle Art Fair 2017," Interview Magazine, August 2
                 T.S. Flock, "5 Fantastic Left Coast Galleries at Seattle Art Fair," Vanguard, July 31
                 Glentzer, Molly, "Art Daybook: The Calming Powers of Alien Pods," Houston Chronicle, May 30
                  Hendley-Lopez, Meghan, "Visual Vernacular: Gisela Colon," Free Press Houston, May 22
                 Tennant, Donna, "Gisela Colon at McClain Gallery," Editor's Picks, Visual Art Source, May
                 Anspon, Catherine D., "Gisela Colon: Blast Off," Papercity Magazine, Houston, Texas, May
                 Zellen, Jody, "Gisela Colon: "Hyper-Minimal" at Diane Rosenstein Gallery, February 23
                 Robinson, Leanna, "Diane Rosenstein: Gisela Colon," Artillery Magazine, February 15
                 Barrie, Lita, "Gisela Colon Interview: Kinesthetic Minimalist Sculpture @ Diane Rosenstein
                 Gallery,"  Huffington Post, February 6
                Philp, Hunter Drohojowska, "Gisela Colon at Diane Rosenstein," KCRW Art Talk, January 12
                Wagley, Catherine, "Deceptive Perfection," LA Weekly, January 18

2016         Hudson, Suzanne (March 2016). "Atmospheric Abstraction." ARTFORUM 54 (7): 281–282
                Moyer, Nancy, "Artist provides geometric experience in IMAS exhibit," The Monitor, April 25, 2016
                Tennant, Donna, "Radiant Space," Editor's Picks, Visual Art Source, June 2016
                 Gemmell, Grace-Yvette, "Radiant Space Illuminates Houston with Flashes of the West Coast's Light and Space
                 Movement," ARTSY Editorial, June 13, 2016
                 Anspon, Catherine D., "Space Race," Papercity Magazine, Houston, Texas, July 2016
                 Dansby, Daneva H. (November 2016),"Gisela Colon: Light Effects," Sculpture 35 (9): 36-39  ​

2015         Gleason, Mat, "Gisela Colon at Ace Gallery: Light & Space Art Gains Content," Huffington Post, January 30
                 Biller, Steven, "Gisela Colon; Pods at Ace Gallery," Art Ltd., May/June, p.25
                 Philp, Hunter Drohojowska (April), Gisela Colon (1st ed.) Los Angeles: Ace Gallery. ISBN 978-0-692-41011-0
                 Bloom, Rebecca, "The Most Powerful Women in LA's Art Scene," LA Confidential, June 26
                 Straus, Michael, "Ron Cooper," The Brooklyn Rail, March 5

2014         New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Issue, No. 109
                Artillery, Colorimetry at MOAH, March 4
                 Droste Effect, Colorimetry Uses Color as Instigator, February 25
                 ArtSpace, Could Silicon Valley Be the Next Art Basel? April 12
                 SquareCylinder.com, Virtual and Real Shake Hands @ Silicon Valley Contemporary, April 11

2013         ArtScene, December, Continuing and Recommended Exhibitions, Glo-Pods at Quint Gallery