Artist Talk with Gabe Medina

Join us for an in-person artist talk with our inaugural Summer BIPOC Artist-in-Residence, Gabe Medina.

Medina is a Mexican-American artist and community organizer born and based in South Central Los Angeles. His work explores the layered complexities of Mexican-American identity, cultural terraforming, and familial history through the transformative medium of clay. Drawing from his family's agricultural roots and archives of 1970s family photographs, Medina examines how immigrant communities reshape their environments to mirror ancestral homelands. His installations incorporate domestic visual languages—wrought iron fence motifs, stucco textures, and plant life such as Nopales, Corn, Aloe Vera, and Rose Bushes—bridging the landscapes of Michoacán, Mexico, and South Central LA. Medina’s ceramic and clay objects are both functional and symbolic, reimagining traditional vessels by altering scale, stripping utility, and fusing them with the aesthetics of his current urban environment. Through this work, Medina reflects on how physical and cultural borders are blurred and redefined by the immigrant experience, offering a deeply personal yet widely resonant narrative on home, memory, and transformation.

Attendance is free and open to all, but space is limited so please RSVP by adding this to your cart and checking out.

Interested in learning more from Gabe? Check out his workshop.