Karla Black was born in Scotland, in 1972. She studied at Glasgow School of Art and continues to live and work in Glasgow.
She's been nominated for the Turner Prize 2011 for her solo show at Galerie Capitain Petzel, Berlin, and for contributions to various group exhibitions.
"Black creates large-scale installations from a combination of traditional art-making materials and others drawn from the everyday environment such as make-up and toiletries.
You feel drawn in to touch the work, yet at the same time have to contain this impulse as the work is so obviously breakable.
There is also an interesting tension between the fragility of the work and its often mammoth scale - the main piece in this show is so huge it looks like it has been squeezed into the room.
Fascinated with psychological vulnerability, Karla Black's innovative sculptural installations are rooted in feminism and combine traditional art-making with modern materials." Matthew Cain
