Kalena Marshall Garcia

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WEBsite: kalenamg.com

INSTAGRAM: @kalenamg

About:

Kalena Marshall Garcia is a lens based artist born and raised in Southern California’s IE, she previously studied at Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia, earning her BA in Visual Studies. She works primarily in traditional and alternative photographic processes. Her work primarily explores a Diasporic Puerto Rican identity, queerness, domestic spaces, and issues her communities face. Through the creation of her work she challenges established narratives and aims to foster inclusivity and understanding of inequalities within institutional spaces. By creating space for these dialogues in environments that have historically excluded them, she strives to contribute to the broader social discourse on identity, community, Diasporic experiences, and systemic issues that affect the communities she is a part of and that intersect with her own.