Gabriela López Dena works across curation, public art, and social practice to explore the relationship between the built environment and the social dynamics it produces. She develops exhibitions, artist commissions, and public programs that foster new forms of participation and engagement in the public realm.
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 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.
Selected Press
- Virginia Bautista, “Gabriel Orozco lleva su primera gran exposición de arte público a Nueva York, Chicago y Boston.” Excélsior, July 2026
- Hillarie M. Sheets, “Ping-Pong’s Endless Summer at Rockaway Beach.” The New York Times, June 2026
- Ursula Maria Probst, “Art in Public Space and Social Integration in New York.” Dérive, March 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, November 2023
- Billie Anania, “Interference Archive’s Democratic Approach to Preservation.” Hyperallergic, July 2022
Contact
lopezdenag@gmail.com