Lina Puerta (born 1969) is a Colombian-American mixed media artist based in New York City.
Lina Puerta studied at Institute Lorenzode Medici in Florence, Italy, and earned her BA from Wells College with Honors in Studio Art in 1992.
[4] Puerta's Botanico Series (2011–2014) is installation based and incorporates Polyurethane resin, wood, foam, paint, fiberfill, fabric, chains, rhinestones, beads, trims, and artificial plants and moss to create natural spaces emerging from a human-made object.
She uses paper making techniques to create vibrant tapestries which bring attention to farm workers on crops in the American south.
[6] Puerta weaves different materials in the tapestries, including lace, trims, sequined fabrics, velvet, handmade woven textile, pom-poms, fake fur, and gouache.