Gabriela López Dena works across curation, social practice, and public art to address the relations between the built environment and its social dynamics.
Currently based in New York City, she is the associate curator of public practice with Public Art Fund, a teaching artist with Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art, and a member of Interference Archive. She has realized curatorial projects and developed public programs with Cooper Hewitt, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. Gabriela has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Parsons School of Design, where she holds a master’s degree.
In Mexico City, where she is originally from, Gabriela founded DENA—a transdisciplinary practice to design and build spaces and collaborate with artists, mostly on architectural-scale installations.
Press
- Ursula Maria Probst. “Art in Public Space and Social Integration in New York.” Dérive, March 2025
- Elizabeth Ramos “Artists Invited to Display Their Works on City Billboards.” Yo Ciudadano, January 2025
- Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer. “Feedback Loop: On the Floor.” Screen Slate, October 2024
- Hillarie M. Sheets. “Move Over, La Guardia and Newark: 18 Artists to Star at New J.F.K. Terminal.” The New York Times, July 2024
- Andy Battaglia “Nicholas Galanin’s Pointed Public Sculpture Inspires Glorious Noise in New York.” Art in America, Novemeber 2023
- Billie Anania. “Interference Archive’s Democratic Approach to Preservation.” Hyperallergic, July 2022
Contact
lopezdenag@gmail.com