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Lina Puerta
500 East 119th St. #7
New York, NY 10035
tel: 917-806-6024
email: lina_puerta@yahoo.com
web: www.linapuerta.net

Lina Puerta's work draws on numerous sources of inspiration; from pre-Columbian cultures and traditions to her own observations of Nature, the female body and social references. She works three-dimensionally, utilizing a variety of materials such as clay, fabrics, and found objects; and incorporates techniques traditionally practiced by women, such as sewing, embroidering, and crocheting.

Puerta has been awarded several grants for the production of her Public Work including the Queens Council from the Arts Artist’s Grant 2004 and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
grant 2006. She was also the recipient of the Gertrude H. Freiert Prize in Fine Arts in 1992.

© Lina Puerta

"Fuente" (Fountain 2005) Mixed Media