Anya Gallaccio, Installation view, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, 2014

Anya Gallaccio

Anya Gallaccio

Stroke

September 14 – October 26, 2019
Los Angeles

On Boxing

May 15 – June 26, 2021
Los Angeles

5,471 miles

July 21 – August 15, 2020
Los Angeles

Anya Gallaccio

May 31 – July 5, 2014
Los Angeles

15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition

October 3 – November 14, 2009
Los Angeles

Anya Gallaccio

Red Wind

June 28 – August 23, 2008
Los Angeles

Anya Gallaccio

December 10, 2005 – January 14, 2006
Los Angeles

Inaugural Group Show

September 4 – October 4, 2003
Los Angeles

Anya Gallaccio

October 18 – November 22, 1997
Santa Monica

Anya Gallaccio

Stroke

September 8 – October 15, 1994
Santa Monica

Broadcasts

Broadcasts: Mutter, Matter, Mother

Organized by Naz Cuguoglu

April 2021

Biography

Anya Gallaccio (b. 1963, Paisley, Scotland) studied at Kingston Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College at the University of London. Recognized internationally for her work with natural materials to create site-specific installations, Gallaccio has consistently impacted notions of traditional sculpture. She engages organic substances such as trees, grass, flowers, fruit, and ice, enhancing their pure essence through sculptural form. Gallaccio’s sculptures are not created to capture one moment, instead she invites the viewer to witness the fluidity and impermanence of nature. The delicate and illusory appearance of her work encourages us to embrace the state and process of entropy, as the outcome of Gallaccio’s sculptures remains unforeseen, often even to the artist herself. She suggests true preservation only really occurs in our memory. Her work offers all the various stages of existence by emulating the renewal and degeneration of life. Yet, we are not meant to reminisce, but rather see beginnings and endings fuse together into a cycle that is forever changing and becoming.

Gallaccio’s work has been the subject of international solo exhibitions including Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland, UK (2018); Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (2015); Artpace, San Antonio, TX (2013); Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, Scotland (2012); Camden Arts Center, London, UK (2008); Sculpture Center, Queens, NY (2006); Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy (2005); Tate London, UK (2003); Tate Britain, London, UK (2002); Serpentine Gallery Lawn, London, UK (1997); and the ICA London, UK (1992). Her work is represented in the permanent collections of numerous international institutions including Arts Council of England, London, UK; British Council Collection, London, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Paisley, Scotland; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; South London Gallery, London, UK; Tate Britain, London, UK; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, among many others. In 2003 she was nominated for the Turner Prize of the Tate Britain, London, UK. She is a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, CA.

Selected Works

News

The Art Newspaper | Anya Gallaccio: The Artist Casting Trees in Bronze, Planting an Orchard, and Letting Her Art Rot

09/05/2024

Frieze | Anya Gallaccio on the London Aids Memorial: ‘It’s Really Important, a Big Deal’

06/27/2024

The Art Newspaper | Five Artists Shortlisted to Create London’s First Ever Permanent HIV/Aids Memorial

03/12/2024

San Diego Union Tribune: Four Local Sculpture and Mixed Media Artists Honored with San Diego Art Prize

07/26/2023

Reader's Digest: 7 Women Artists You Should Know About

05/15/2023

Anya Gallaccio Shortlisted for Freelands Award

09/26/2022

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