Gisela Colón Brings Monolith Sculptures to Bruce Museum and Puerto Rico
Gisela Colón didn’t plan to become an artist. “I studied law because I thought it would protect me,” she told ARTnews, looking back on a childhood in Puerto Rico shaped as much by instability as it was by the farm in the outskirts of Bayamón where she grew up. She left San Juan in 1987 on a Truman scholarship, built a career in environmental law in California, and spent her twenties and thirties raising two sons. Making art, which she learned from her mother, a painter, remained secondary. It wasn’t until her kids left for college that she returned to it fully. “That was my time,” she said. Related Articles Now, nearly four decades later, Colón is the subject of two institutional solo exhibitions: “Radiant Earth” at the Bruce Museum and “The Mountain, The Monolith” at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, a dual presentation that doubles as both a career milestone and a homecoming. Represented by Puerto Rico–based dealer Walter Otero, Colón has, over the past decade, built an international profile with installations ranging from Desert X AlUla …
