Gabe Medina

Born and based in South Central Los Angeles, Gabe Medina is a Mexican-American artist and community organizer. Informed by his own familial history and relationship to the land much of his work addresses subjects of Mexican-American identity, cultural hybridity and historical traditions. Drawn to his family’s agricultural practices and domestic symbols such as wrought iron fences, Medina unearths his cultural identity through the lens of his South Central home. Working with ceramics and clay-based installation Medina re-defines historical perspectives of Mexican im/migration and encourages others to contemplate their experiences of navigating dual cultural identities in the United States.

Medina has exhibited at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles (2024), Monte Vista Projects (2023), The Mistake Room (2023), South Gate Museum and Art Gallery (2023) and Portuguese Bend Projects (2023). Medina co-curated and organized Seen at Office Hours, an artist-led space in Carson, CA (2023) and is the former Ceramics Studio Assistant at CSUDH. Medina received his B.A. in Studio Art from California State University Dominguez Hills (2023).