Lynda Acosta
Lynda Acosta is a visual artist who graduated from UNIAJC in Cali, Colombia. Lynda belonged to the Semilleros de Investigación Arte & Espacios, and Alografía of said institution, developing research and creation projects where she had the opportunity to be one of the cartoonists in two graphic novel projects that won creation grants: Cielo Rojo (2017) and Ciudad Perdida Vol. Hermanos Menores (2019). Her graduation project Aguablanca, un Barrio de Historias (2019), obtained a laureate mention and she obtained her B.A in art (2020). Her first collective international exhibition was at the MCAD Art Sale, Migani Mirror (2019) for a graphic representation of the graphic novel Dos Aldos, by Cohete Comics. She was part of the collective exhibition The Land Within Us (2022) at Fresh Eye Gallery was curated by Alondra Garza. Lynda has been interested in interventions in public space, such as her participation in the first Day of the Dead Parade on Lake Street, exhibiting her Linocuts We Belong to the World and Lake Street Is... (2021) in local Latino businesses; and recently in her collaboration for the production of the mosaic for the mural "Los Ancestros" (2022) managed by Copla Murals, a group of which she is currently a member.
