Tara de la Garza is a Bay Area, SF based artist whose work deals with environmental justice. She sequesters single use plastic and other debris into minimalist forms. De la Garza studied Fine Art at Curtin University in Western Australia and is currently in a resident studio program at Cubberley in Palo Alto, CA.

De la Garza’s work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Watson Library, NYC. She has had two solo exhibitions at The Lodge Gallery in NYC. She has also exhibited extensively throughout the US in museums and galleries such as Mass MOCA, Chicago Art Institute, Cornell University, San Diego Art Institute, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palace of Fine Arts SF and SF Design Week. She is represented by SFA Projects in NYC and Universally Unknown in LA.

De la Garza has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant through Chashama NYC.