MARU GARCÍA

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 2021 - 2022

Maru García is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher working across art + science + environment. Her areas of interest are explorations on biosystems, interspecies relationships, and the capacity of living organisms (including humans) to act as remediators in contaminated sites. She has participated in conferences, solo and group exhibitions in North America, Europe, and Asia. She holds an MFA in Media Arts (UCLA), M.S. in Biotechnology, B.S. in Chemistry (Tec de Monterrey, Mexico). She is based in LA.

Maru is focusing on a one-year research of practices called ‘Radical propagations/propagaciones radicales’, to create spaces of healing, resilience, and regeneration in the community of the City of Santa Monica. Her work involves the curation of an exhibition under the same name, where invited artists explore the application of regenerative practices including composting, cultivation, community gardens, and interspecies relationships. The exhibition is on view at 18th Street Arts Center until July 30th 2022.In partnership with 18th Street Arts Center, Maru is working with Sustainable Works, an organization based in Santa Monica that fosters healthy and more equitable communities to heal our natural environment through interactive events, educational programs, and green business initiatives, to create additional activations and share information within the community.

CULTURE HUB

18th Street Arts Center supports artists from around the globe to imagine, research, and develop significant, meaningful new artworks and share them with the public. They strive to provide artists the space and time to take risks, to foster the ideal environment for artists and the public to directly engage, and to create experiences and partnerships that foster positive social change.

SOCIAL IMPACT INITIATIVE

Sustainable Works partners with cities, businesses, organizations, and educational institutions in LA County in order to help them reach their sustainability and climate action goals. Our programs are designed to provide key stakeholder groups with the motivation, knowledge, and resources needed to integrate more sustainable solutions into their daily lives.