Biography

Pilita Garcia is a Chilean/Venezuelan artist based in New York. She is  Time-inspired, arguing for bodies of work that evolve from each other, focusing on synthetic-colored figurative oil painting and city themed collages. Recently, she transforms found images from historical, cultural, and popular sources into vibrant paintings that challenge traditional representations of women. Through meticulous and detailed techniques, her works engage viewers in a visual game, disrupting the conventional perception of paintings.

Coming from a family of Chilean immigrants in Venezuela, she also immigrated to study art in NYC, and has been rigorously supporting  her studio practice for over two decades by fully integrating her artist assistant practice into her work. She worked as Vito Acconci’s archivist intern, mixed 5,753 colors for the complete Jeff Koons Gazing Ball Series, was Cai Guo-Qiang’s videographer for his Guggenheim Retrospective installation, was a dry-lay assistant to Laura Owens’ LaGuardia Airport Tile-Mural, and more recently, she painted little Jockeys for Derek Fordjour’s Red Queen’s Race (2023) an equestrian-themed diorama, among other things.

Garcia holds a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts, where she studied  with Georgia Marsh, Marilyn Minter, Mary Heilmann, Alyce Aycock, jackie windsor, Jack Whitten, Saul Ostrow, clare bell and David Schaefer among others. Her works have been shown at: The Long Island Museum in New York; the University of Maryland in Washington; the Museo de Arte Moderno in Chiloe, Chile; Stephen Rich Gallery in London; Arte BA in Argentina; Picture Farm Gallery in New York; Deitch Projects Art Parade in New York; and Galeria Animal in Santiago de Chile.

Contact > pilitalove6(at)gmail.com