CURRICULUM VITAE
BIOGRAPHY
American (b.1966 Vancouver, Canada, raised 1967 San Juan, Puerto Rico)
1987 University of Puerto Rico, B.A., magna cum laude
1986 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Congressional Award (For Puerto Rico)
1990 Southwestern University School of Law, J.D
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
LAND ART / PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
INSTITUTO ARTIUM, ESTADOS DE MATERIA, Saō Paulo, Brazil, August - November 2024
MUSEU NACIONAL DA REPÚBLICA, PLASMATIC: THE FOURTH STATE OF MATTER, Brasilia, Brazil, Large-Scale Site Specific Sculptural Installation on Exterior Museum Plaza, March 21- June 2, 2024
RECLAIMED STONES: FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIZATION, PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, Part of IF THE WALLS COULD TALK, Art D'Egypte, The Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, Unesco Historic Site Intervention and Public Art Project, October - November 2023
ONE THOUSAND GALAXIES OF LIGHT (STARFIELD), NOOR RIYADH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Site-Specific Light Activation and Installation on a two-mile stretch of Riyadh's Wadi Hanifa Waterway, November 2022
GODHEADS - IDOLS IN TIMES OF CRISES, LUSTWARANDE, Large-Scale Sculptural Installation in the De Oude Warande Baroque Forest, Tilburg, The Netherlands, June 24 - October 1, 2022
FOREVER IS NOW (ETERNITY NOW), Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Unesco World Heritage Site Installation, 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, Land Art Installation in AlUla Desert, Ancient Trade (Spice) Route Archeological Site, January 31 - March 7, 2020
BIENNIALS
2024
BIENAL DE LA HABANA, MATERIA PRIMA DEL CARIBE: VIAJANDO ATRAVÉS DEL TIEMPO CON LUZ, CARBÓN, BALAS, TIERRA, AGUA, Y SAL, La Habana, Cuba, Collaborative Exchange Project, Curated by Maylin Pérez, November 2024
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
ESTADOS DE MATÉRIA, INSTITUTO ARTIUM, Saõ Paulo, Brazil, August - November 2024
MOUNTAINS ARE INSIDE ME, Efraín López, New York, New York, April 30 - June 22, 2024
MATÉRIA PRIMA, MUSEU NACIONAL DA REPÚBLICA, Solo Exhibition at Oscar Niemeyer Modernist Architectural Structure, Brasilia, Brazil, March 21- June 2, 2024
2022
THE FEMINIST DIVINE, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, August 10, 2022 - January 16, 2023
ZENITH, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, Florida, March 17 - 30, 2022
2021
GISELA COLÓN: QUANTUM SHIFT, Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, Reston, Virginia (Washington DC), March 6 - August 27, 2021
2020
GISELA COLÓN: EXISTENTIAL TIME, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, Florida, December 3, 2020
- January 3, 2021
GISELA COLÓN: RECTANGULOID, QUINT ONE, La Jolla, California, September 16 - October 2020
GISELA COLON: META MINIMAL, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, California, January 11- March 7, 2020
2019
HYPER-MINIMAL, Peyrassol Sculpture Park, Flassans-sur-Issole, Provence, France,
June 20 - September 19, 2019
GISELA COLON : HYPER-MINIMAL (With CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ: LABYRINTH) , Galerie Valerie Bach,
La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, Belgium, April 24- July 27, 2019
GISELA COLON: PODS, Hilliard Art Museum, Lafayette, Louisiana, January 18 - August 24, 2019
GISELA COLON: THE NEW MINIMAL, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2018 - January 29, 2019
2018
GISELA COLON: PODS, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, September 29 - December 16, 2018
GISELA COLON: PODS, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota, March 2 - July 8, 2018
ZONA MACO, Mexico City, Mexico, Solo Presentation, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, February 2018
GISELA COLON: NEW SCULPTURE, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, California, January 20 - March 10, 2018
2017
PODS, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, December 15, 2017- February 4, 2018
GISELA COLON: ATMOSPHERES, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas, April 20 - August 26, 2017
PODS, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, March 7 - August 13, 2017
HYPER-MINIMAL, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, California, January 7 - February 18, 2017
2016
PODS, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, New York, August 21, 2016 - February 12, 2017
PODS, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, Texas, April 14 – August 7, 2016
2015
PODS, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, September 15, 2015 - March 14, 2016
PODS, ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, January 22 - July 29, 2015
2014
COLORIMETRY, Museum of Art & History (MOAH), Lancaster, California, January 18 – March 16, 2014
2013
GLO-PODS, Quint Gallery, San Diego, California, November 2, 2013 – January 4, 2014
2012
PODS, Museum of Art & History (MOAH), Lancaster, California, December 6, 2012 – March 7, 2013
LARGE PODS, Nye + Brown, Los Angeles, California, October 23 – January 2013
2011
CHROMATIC COOL, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, California, March – April 2011
RAW GEOMETRY, Madison Gallery, La Jolla (San Diego), California, September 2011
2010
CHROMATIC INDUCTION, Swenson Gallery, Orange County, California, October - November 2010
2009
ORO LÍQUIDO: THE LATEST POUR, David Lawrence Gallery, Los Angeles, California, May – June 2009
2008
KINETIC LIGHT, LS Contemporary Art of the Americas, Los Angeles, California, April – May 2008
LUZ LÍQUIDA (LIQUID LIGHT), Petrus Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 2008
ABSTRACTIONS OF LIGHT, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, New Mexico, July -September 2008
2007
URBAN INSTINCTS, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California, April 2007
2006
GISELA COLÓN: TROPICALÍA, MLA Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, California, 2006
GISELA COLÓN: PAINTINGS, AR&S Gallery, LACMA, Los Angeles, California, 2006
2005
TROPICALÍSSIMO, Soho Gallery, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, 2005
2004
Gisela Colón: Paintings, JGlowienke, Orange County, California, 2004
1999
Colón Oil Paintings, Brewery Project Space, Los Angeles, California, 1999
1998
Colón Abstractions, MLA Project Space, Venice, California, 1998
1997
Gisela Colón, MLA Project Space, Venice, California, 1997
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
BIENAL DE LA HABANA, MATERIA PRIMA DEL CARIBE: VIAJANDO ATRAVÉS DEL TIEMPO CON LUZ, CARBÓN, BALAS, TIERRA, AGUA, Y SAL, Collaborative Exchange Project, Curated by Maylin Pérez, 2024
IN THE MAKING: CONTEMPORARY ART AT SBMA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, July 21, 2024 - March 9, 2025
2023
RECLAIMED STONES, Art D'Egypte, The Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, Land Art Project, forthcoming October 2023
HISTORIAS / HISTORIES, CHRISTIE'S, New York, New York, September 23 - October 22, 2023
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL: REFRAMING LA COLECCIÓN, El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York, May 18 - March 10, 2024
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART, PERMANENT COLLECTION, Hartford, Connecticut, July 2023 - Ongoing
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART, PERMANENT COLLECTION, Palm Beach, Florida, March 2023 - Ongoing
DESERT X at CHRISTIE'S, Christie's, Los Angeles, California, February 13 - March 10, 2023
THINK PINKER, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, February 14 - March 25, 2023, Curated by Beth De Woody
ART & ARCHITECTURE, Peter Blake Curates William F. Cody House, Palm Springs, California, February 10 - March 31, 2023
IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, Marlborough, New York, New York, January 24 - March 11, 2023
2022
FROM SPARK TO SPIRIT, NOOR RIYADH, Jax District 01, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 3, 2022 -
February 4, 2023
TERMS OF BELONGING, Gavlak, Los Angeles, October 22 - December 10, 2022
WHAT WAS & WHAT COULD BE, Cairo International Arts District, Art D'Egypte, October 1 -30, 2022
PERMANENT COLLECTION, MINT MUSEUM, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 2022 - March 2023
WE ARE LA: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN FOUNDATION, California State University Los Angeles, August 1 - October 22, 2022
LIGHT, SPACE, SURFACE: WORKS FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, June 3 - September 6, 2022
LUMINARIES OF LIGHT AND SPACE, Los Angeles County LAX Initiative, Tom Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles, California, 2022- 2024
REIMAGINED LANDSCAPES, CALDERÓN GALLERY, New York, NYC, May 17 - July 2, 2022
HUMAN NATURES, MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY, Lancaster, California, May 14 - August 21, 2022
2021
LIGHT, SPACE, SURFACE: WORKS FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, November 23, 2021 - March 20, 2022
TRACES ON THE SURFACES OF THE WORLD, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, California, March 13 - April 24, 2021
MAGIC DANCE, LA LOUVER, Venice, California, March 9 - May 1, 2021
2020
NASTY WOMEN, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, California, October 31 - December 12, 2020
IN VIVID COLOR: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF PERCEPTION IN CONTEMPORARY ART, The Mint Museum (Uptown), Charlotte, North Carolina, October 16, 2020 - March 6, 2021
45 AT 45, LA LOUVER, Venice, California, October 6 2020 - January 2021
A VERY ANXIOUS FEELING: VOICES OF UNREST IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; 20 YEARS OF THE BETH RUDIN DEWOODY COLLECTION, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, October 3, 2020 - February 7, 2021
THE LIGHT OF SPACE, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, California, February 8 - April 19, 2020
MOVING ATMOSPHERES, La Patinoire Royale / Galerie Valerie Bach, BRAFA, Tour & Taxis,
Brussels, Belgium, January 25- February 2, 2020
BEYOND EMBODIMENT, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, California, January 25 - March 20, 2020
2019
INAUGURAL GAVLAK LOS ANGELES, October 26 - 2019
CRYSTALS IN ART: ANCIENT TO TODAY, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, October 12, 2019 - January 2020
THE EDGE OF LIGHT: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON CALIFORNIA ABSTRACTION, Huntington Beach Art Center, Curated by Peter Blake, September 21 - October 26, 2019
EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois, GAVLAK GALLERY, September 18 - 22, 2019
PLASTIC ENTANGLEMENTS: ECOLOGY AESTHETICS MATERIALS, Chazen Museum of Art,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin September 13 - January 5, 2020
LA BIENNALE PARIS, La Patinoire Royale-Galerie Valerie Bach, Paris, France, September 12 -17, 2019
MADE IN CALIFORNIA: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE FREDERICK WEISMAN ART FOUNDATION, Barrett Art Gallery Santa Monica College, Curated by Billie Milam Weisman, August 27 - December 6, 2020
BRAVE NEW WORLDS: EXPLORATIONS OF SPACE, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, June 1 - December 15, 2019.
PLASTIC ENTANGLEMENTS: ECOLOGY AESTHETICS MATERIALS, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, February 8 - July 28, 2019
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ & GISELA COLON, Galerie Valerie Bach, BRAFA, Tour & Taxis, Brussels,
Belgium, January 23- February 3, 2019
2018
THE BUNKER ARTSPACE: COLLECTION OF BETH RUDIN DEWOODY, New Wave Art Wknd, Palm Beach, Florida, November 30 - Ongoing 2019
INAUGURAL GROUP SHOW, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, November 10 - December 22, 2018
PLASTIC ENTANGLEMENTS: ECOLOGY AESTHETICS MATERIALS, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art,
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, September 22 - December 30, 2018
RADIANT SPACE, Lesley University College of Art & Design, University Hall, VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 4 - October 7, 2018
WATER AND LIGHT, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho, July 8 - September 8, 2018
DALLAS ART FAIR, Dallas, Texas, McClain Gallery, April 2018
PLASTIC ENTANGLEMENTS: ECOLOGY AESTHETICS MATERIALS, Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State, Pennsylvania, February 13 - June 17, 2018
2017
CALIFORNIA DREAMING: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE WEISMAN FOUNDATION, Fredrick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, August 29 - December 10, 2017
CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS: SELECTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO (MCASD), The California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, California, July 7 - August 27, 2017
PERMANENT COLLECTION, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, June - September 2017
TRANS-ANGELES: CROSSOVER EXPERIMENTATION, Neuer Kunstverein, Kunstlanding, Aschaffenburg, Germany, May - July 2017
ON THE ROAD: AMERICAN ABSTRACTION, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, March 18 - April 22, 2017
PERMANENT COLLECTION, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, January 2017 - present
2016
COLLECTION, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, California, October 2016
PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1 - October 30, 2016
RADIANT SPACE, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas, May 7, 2016 - August 13, 2016
MADE IN CALIFORNIA: SELECTIONS FROM THE WEISMAN FOUNDATION, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, January - August 2016
TRANS-ANGELES: CROSSOVER EXPERIMENTATION, Chabot Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, March - June 2016
2015
MADE IN CALIFORNIA: SELECTIONS FROM THE WEISMAN FOUNDATION, Mana Contemporary @ Art Basel Miami, Florida, December 2015
ATMOSPHERIC ABSTRACTION, Quint Gallery, San Diego, California, December 12, 2015 – January 20, 2016
2014
TRANS-ANGELES: CROSSOVER EXPERIMENTATION, Kunstmuseum Wilhelm-Morgner Haus, Soest, Germany, April 2014
LIGHT & SPACE SELECTIONS, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, California, November - April 2016
2013
SPECTRA, San Diego State University, Downtown Gallery, San Diego, California
JUBILAUMSAUSSTELLUNG, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012
SMOOTH OPERATIONS: SUBSTANCE AND SURFACE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
2010
Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada, July – August 2010
David Lawrence Gallery, Los Angeles, 2010
MLA Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, 2010
2009
LAX Beyond Abstraction, Madison Gallery, La Jolla (San Diego), July 2009
2008
Awards ‘08 Exhibition, Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA, September 2008
Liquid Supercool: Six Artists Working in Resin, William Turner Gallery, September 2008
2007
New Works, New Forms: A Celebration of Five Female Artists, Art Expressions, San Diego, CA
2006
Latin American Artists, MLA Gallery. Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2005
Tropicalíssimo II, Soho Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
New Abstractions, JGlowienke, Orange County, California, 2004
1999
Latin American Paintings, Brewery Project Space, Los Angeles, California, 1999
1998
Abstractions, MLA Project Space, Venice, California, 1998
1997
Latin American Works, MLA Project Space, Venice, California, 1997
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
The Latinx Project, The Fourth State of Matter: A Conversation with Gisela Colón, Teréz Iacovino, August 8, 2023
Artnet, What I Buy and Why: Qatari Collector and Curator Mohammed Al Thani Scours the Globe for Works That Leave Him Breathless, Lee Carter, May 22, 2023
Artnet, What I Buy and Why: Architect Lee Mindel Designs Light-Filled Modern Residences Perfect for Showcasing Art Collections, Including His Own, Lee Carter, April 3, 2023
The Art Newspaper, A paragon of Desert Modern architecture becomes an art gallery, Scarlet Cheng, March 22, 2023
Cultured, Gerard Mossé’s Manhattan Miracle, Sophie Lee, March 10, 2023
Salon Privé Magazine, Desert X At Christie’s, CHRISTIES, February 28, 2023
Studio International, In Search of the Miraculous, Lilly Wei, February 24, 2023
Brooklyn Rail, In Search of the Miraculous, Barbara A. MacAdam, February, 2023
Women’s Wear Daily, Desert X Art on View at Christie’s in Beverly Hills, Ryma Chikhoune, February 18, 2023
2022
FROM SPARK TO SPIRIT, NOOR RIYADH, Neville Wakefield and Gaida Almogren, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2022
Galerie, The Noor Riyadh Art Festival Illuminates Saudi Arabia’s Capital City, Paul Laster, November 11, 2022
The National, Arts & Culture, Noor Riyadh’s From Spark to Spirit exhibition pays homage to the many facets of light, Razmig Bedirian, November 9, 2022
White Hot Magazine, Gisela Colón: The Feminist Divine at SCAD Museum of Art, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, October 2022
WE ARE LA: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN ART FOUNDATION, Billie Milam Weisman, Cal State LA, Los Angeles, California, 2022
ART ESCAPES: HIDDEN ART EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM, Grace Banks, Gestalten, Germany, 2022, ISBN: 978-3-96704-052-4
Nashville Scene, Light and Space, “Finish Fetish” and the Endless Summer of the Frist’s LACMA Exhibition, Laura Hutson Hunter, July 20, 2022
2021
LIGHT, SPACE, SURFACE: ART FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Edited with text by Carol S. Eliel. Text by Kim Conaty, Michael Govan, Lawrence Weschler, Melinda Wortz, Katia Zavistovski, Delmonico Books, 2021, ISBN: 9781942884996
L’ABSTRACTION, Arnauld Pierre and Pascal Rousseau, Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris, France, 2021, ISBN : 978-2-85088-857-1, p.360
The Art Newspaper, Contemporary Art Meets Ancient Egypt: New Sculptures at the Pyramids of Giza, Amy Dawson, October 2021
The Art Newspaper, Supersize my sculpture: Frieze reflects the trend to think big, Anny Shaw, October 2021
Cultured, Artist Gisela Colón Goes to Earth and Beyond, Beatriz Colón, November 10, 2021
Artnet News, We Changed Peoples Mentality: What It Was Like on the Ground in Egypt as Officials Unveiled the Pyramids' First Ever Contemporary Art Show, Barbara Pollack, October 2021
Evening Standard, Frieze Sculpture at Regent's Park Review: a delightful meeting of park and art, October 2021
Artnet News, In Pictures: See the Joyful Works Included in Frieze Sculpture 2021: From a Pearlescent Monolith to a Quirky Pineapple, Naomi Rea, October 31, 2021
The New York Times, Confessions of a Curator: I Can't Live Without Sculpture, October 2021
The Art Newspaper, JR Blows the Top off Egypt's Great Pyramid: First Look at Cairo Show of Contemporary Sculpture, October 2021
Art Now LA, The DaVinci Questionnaire, Gisela Colón: Conjuring the Ancient Divine Feminine and the Sci-Fi Future, Victoria Looseleaf, October 2021
The Washington Post, In the Galleries: Depicting an Energy of Constant Fluctuation and Growth, Mark Jenkins, June 18, 2021
2020
A VERY ANXIOUS FEELING: VOICES OF UNREST IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke Virginia, 2020, Texts by curator Amethyst Rey Beaver, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, and various artists including Gisela Colón, ISBN : 978-1-7342201-1-7
Autre Magazine, Existential Time: An Interview of Gisela Colón, Summer Bowie, December 11, 2020
WWD, LA Artist Gisela Colón on Organic Minimalism, Her New Solo Show and Dior Collaboration, December 3, 2020.
New York Times, Galleries Like Their Buyers, Make Themselves at Home in Palm Beach, December 1, 2020
OCULA, Alien Scenes in South Florida During Miami Art Week, Sam Gaskin, December 2, 2020
Artforum, Diary, X-Files, Rahel Aima, February 28, 2020
New York Times, Art Rises in the Saudi Desert, Shadowed by Politics, Vivian Yee, February 11, 2020
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, 2020
Forbes, Desert X AlUla, The Art Event Enticing Travelers To The Desert Of Saudi Arabia, Lauren Jade Hill, January 31, 2020
The Art Newspaper, "Trampolining in a Saudi Arabian Valley? First Look at the interactive art biennial Desert X AlUla," Gareth Harris, 29 January 2020
The Times, Desert X AlUla in pictures-- art flowers in the desert, Melissa Gronlund, February 2020
AD Architectural Digest Middle East, In Pictures: The Sculptures of Desert X AlUla, 02 February 2020
Evening Standard, From California to Saudi Arabia: Desert X Lands in AlUla, Stephanie D'Arc Taylor, 10 February 2020
Financial Times, Desert X Feels the Heat in Saudi Arabia, 6 February 2020
Galerie, Contemporary Art Transforms an Ancient Archeological Site in Saudi Arabia, Lucy Rees, 31 January 2020
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, 6 February 2020
Hypebeast, Desert X AlUla: Striking Art Installations Across the Saudi Arabian Valley, Gabrielle Leung, 5 February 2020
Dezeen, Desert X installs 14 Site-Specific Works in Saudi Arabia Desert, Natasha Hitti, 5 February 2020
Independent, Shifting Sands: An art exhibition, a desert landscape, and an insight into Saudi Society, Stephanie D'Arc Taylor, 5 February 2020
Forbes, "Desert X AlUla, The Art Event Enticing Travelers To The Desert Of Saudi Arabia," Lauren Jade Hill, January 31, 2020
Artforum, “Desert X Releases Artist List for Controversial Exhibition In Saudi Arabia,”
January 17, 2020
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 2020
2019
Lauren Haynes and Joachim Pissarro, "Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today," Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 2019, 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, 2019, 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, 6 August 2019.
The Desert Sun, "Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition pushes viewers to new vantage points," July 31, 2019
2018
Artnet News, “Can Palm Beach’s Progressive Art World Rebrand Itself as a Creative Destination, Too?” Sarah Cascone, December 3, 2018
Hollywood Reporter, “Palm Beach’s New Wave Art Wknd Bows in Trump Territory With Focus on Inclusion,” Rebecca Kleinman, December 4, 2018
W Magazine, Culture, “The Art World Arrives in Palm Beach as Mar-a-Lago’s Noisy Neighbors,” Fan Zhong, December 4, 2018
Knight, Christopher, "Gisela Colon's Monolithic Mysteries and Playful Wall 'Pods'," Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2018
Miller, James H., "Private View: our Picks of February Gallery Shows," The Art Newspaper, February 2018
Horst, Aaron "Gisela Colon at Diane Rosenstein," Contemporary Art Review LA, February 2018
Frieze Magazine, "Highlights From Zona Maco," Instagram February 2018
Frank, Peter, "Gisela Colon," Artillery Magazine, February 13, 2018
Walters, Sydney, "Experiencing Light, Gisela Colon's New Work at Diane Rosenstein Gallery," Art and Cake, February 2018
Pasha, Natalie, "Gisela Colon: New Sculpture," Art Now LA, February 2018
Hirschowitz, Gabe, "6 Not-To-Be-Missed Art Happenings Los Angeles," LA Confidential, February 20, 2018
2017
Vogel, Wendy, "W.I.T.C.H. Way: Seattle Art Fair," ARTFORUM, Diary, August 22, 2017
Pasori, Cedar, "10 Picks from Seattle Art Fair 2017," Interview Magazine, August 2, 2017
T.S. Flock, "5 Fantastic Left Coast Galleries at Seattle Art Fair," Vanguard, July 31, 2017
Glentzer, Molly, "Art Daybook: The Calming Powers of Alien Pods," Houston Chronicle, May 30, 2017
Hendley-Lopez, Meghan, "Visual Vernacular: Gisela Colon," Free Press Houston, May 22, 2017
Tennant, Donna, "Gisela Colon at McClain Gallery," Editor's Picks, Visual Art Source, May 2017
Anspon, Catherine D., "Gisela Colon: Blast Off," Papercity Magazine, Houston, Texas, May 2017
Zellen, Jody, "Gisela Colon: "Hyper-Minimal" at Diane Rosenstein Gallery, February 23, 2017
Robinson, Leanna, "Diane Rosenstein: Gisela Colon," Artillery Magazine, February 15, 2017
Barrie, Lita, "Gisela Colon Interview: Kinesthetic Minimalist Sculpture @ Diane Rosenstein Gallery,"
Huffington Post, February 6, 2017
Philp, Hunter Drohojowska, "Gisela Colon at Diane Rosenstein," KCRW Art Talk, January 12, 2017
Wagley, Catherine, "Deceptive Perfection," LA Weekly, January 18, 2017
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, 2015
Biller, Steven, "Gisela Colon; Pods at Ace Gallery," Art Ltd., May/June 2015, p.25
Philp, Hunter Drohojowska (April 2015), 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, 2015
Straus, Michael, "Ron Cooper," The Brooklyn Rail, March 5, 2015
2014
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Issue, No. 109
Artillery, Colorimetry at MOAH, March 4, 2014
Droste Effect, Colorimetry Uses Color as Instigator, February 25, 2014
ArtSpace, Could Silicon Valley Be the Next Art Basel? April 12, 2014
SquareCylinder.com, Virtual and Real Shake Hands @ Silicon Valley Contemporary, April 11, 2014
2013
ArtScene, December 2013, Continuing and Recommended Exhibitions, Glo-Pods at Quint Gallery
2010
“Gisela Colon: Order and Spirit," San Diego News, Peter Frank, January 4, 2010
2009
"Gisela Colón: Liquid Gold: The Latest Pour," Anna Meliksetian, THE Magazine, August 2009
2008
El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "Luz Líquida en Petrus" September 3, 2008
El Nuevo Día, San Juan, Puerto Rico, “Geometría Abstracta Desde L.A.”, June 26, 2008
COLLECTIONS
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara, New York
Crocker At Museum, Sacramento, California
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
El Museo Del Barrio, New York, New York
Instituto de Cultura de Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, California
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California
Museu Nacional da República, Brasilia, Brazil
Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida
Peyrassol Sculpture Park, Flassans-sur-Issole, Provence, France
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
The Fredrick R. Weisman Foundation
The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Michael Straus Foundation