Karla Black
Born 1972 in Alexandria, Scotland
Karla Black lives and works in Glasgow
Karla Black had institutional solo exhibitions at Bechtler Stiftung, Uster 2024, The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2023, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 2021, Des Moines Art Centre 2020, The Power Plant, Toronto 2018, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle 2017, Scottish National Galleries of Modern Art, Edinburgh 2016, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 2015, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover 2013, Dallas Museum of Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, both 2011, among others.
In 2011 she was nominated for the Turner Prize and represented Scotland at the 54th Venice Biennale.
Karla Black’s work is part of major contemporary collections such as the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York and Tate Gallery, London.
