Gisela Colón: Radiant Earth at The Bruce Museum
January 24, 2026–June 28, 2026, Sculpture Gallery
Gisela Colón (American, b. 1966) creates abstract, luminescent sculptures inspired by the natural world. A contemporary Puerto Rican-American artist based in Los Angeles, Colón looks to the energies and patterns found in nature and the cosmos, bringing together feminist and ecological histories as well as scientific principles in her art. Her sculptures not only build on the artistic legacies of Minimalism, Light and Space, and Land Art, but also capture her experiences with the mountainous terrain of her childhood in Puerto Rico and the sublime vistas of her adoptive homeland of California.
Although Colón began her career as a painter, she has worked in sculpture for over a decade, collaborating with partners in the aerospace and scientific communities to find new applications for engineered materials such as plastics, environmentally-sustainable carbon fiber, and green resins. Through her years of experimentation, Colón invented a method of “structural color,” layering and laminating materials together to create sculptures with ever-changing colors that are activated by light, inspired by her formative years in Puerto Rico.
10:00 – 5:00 pm,
Tuesday through Sunday
