Galia Linn is a sculptor, painter, and site-responsive installation artist living and working in Los Angeles. Linn’s childhood and early adulthood was spent in Israel surrounded by relics and ruins of civilizations, from ancient archeological artifacts to the contemporary remains of armed conflicts. This instilled in her an intimate connection to past and present civilizations, as well as the understanding that each place is filled with complicated stories and relationships.

Recent exhibitions include “Vessels and Guardians", a 20-year survey, at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, CA. "Resurgence" at Track16 gallery and a sculpture garden installation at Emma Gray’s Five Car Garage titled “Strength and Vulnerability.” In 2025, she will exhibit a project for the Archeology Research Center at USC. Additionally, she has collaborated with UCLA’s Fowler Museum in workshop interventions. Her site-responsive installations, an ongoing series since 2014 titled “A Place,” evoke the basic human need for sanctuary and safety. Linn has shown nationally and internationally, including such venues as the Brand Library and Art Center (Glendale, CA), Descanso Gardens (La Canada-Flitridge, CA), and Galerie Lefebvre and Fils (Paris, France). She has been commissioned to create site-responsive installations at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library (La Jolla, CA), 18th Street Art Center (Santa Monica, CA), and LAXART (Los Angeles, CA), among others. Her work is included in numerous private collections in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, Brussels, and Tel Aviv. Linn’s projects have been featured in LA Weekly, KCET Artbound, Art + Cake, and KCRW’s Art Talk. 

Alongside her studio practice, she builds support structures for artists and creatives. Linn is the founder of Blue Roof, a multidisciplinary art hub located in South Los Angeles. Informed by the core themes of her own studio practice, Blue Roof offers a place for artists to work in an environment that fosters creativity and community. In 2020 Linn founded Arts at Blue Roof (AaBR), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Through studio residencies, mentorship, and public programs, AaBR seeks to build long-term relationships with artists and audiences to support accessible arts programs and meaningful arts experiences.

Exhibition:

Here I Can Creep Smoothly On The Floor, And Fit In That Smooch Around The Wall, So I Cannot Lose My Way