Lina Puerta

Lina Puerta has received numerous awards, including the NYFA Fellowship in Crafts/Sculpture and the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant. Puerta has participated in artist residencies at institutions such as ArtOmi, the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, Dieu Donné, Smack Mellon, and the Joan Mitchell Arts Center. Her work has been exhibited at the Kleefeld Museum, New York Botanical Garden, Ford Foundation Gallery, El Museo del Barrio, and the Bronx Museum.