Carla Rangel Garcia
rangel.g.carla@gmail.com





CV

EDUCATION

2026 M.F.A in Creative Visual Arts (in progress), Cornell University⼁Ithaca, NY
2014 M.F.A in Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven⼁The Netherlands
2013 Bachelor of Interior Design, University of Montreal⼁Canada

2023 Independent course, Art, Climate and Land Use, The Alternative Art School⼁Online
2012 Exchange semester, Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering⼁Spain
2010 Exchange semester, Accademia Italiana School of Design, Art & Fashion⼁Italy


AWARDS & GRANTS 

2025-26 Institute for Comparative Modernities Graduate Reading Group Grant⼁Cornell University
2025 AAP Engagement Impact Grant Award⼁Cornell University
2025 Summer Mellon Social Impact Internship Award⼁Cornell University
2025 Rural Humanities Student Micro grant⼁Cornell University
2025 Fellowship Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking as Research⼁Cornell University
2024 John Hartell Graduate Award for Art⼁Cornell University
2023 Partial-Scholarship⼁The Alternative Art School 
2012 PBCSE Scholarship⼁University of Montreal and Québec Government


RESIDENCIES

2024–26 3e impérial, centre d'essai en art actuel, Mending our living environment⼁Canada
2023–24 Campus de la transition écologique, Heat Islands with Les îlots Ethnobotaniques⼁Canada
2019 Polau Arts Urbanisme, Practices in Cultural Urbanism with Manoeuvres⼁France
2018 Free Home University, What’s There to Learn: Self-education for Self-Educators⼁Italy
2018 New Curriculum, Composing Knowledge: Art, Agroecology and New Ruralities⼁Spain
2018 Zone Sensible, Nature, culture, nourriture⼁France 
2017 Free Home University, Landscaping Animalia Mundi⼁Italy
2016 Ammirato Culture House & Free Home University, researcher in residence⼁Italy


GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC TALKS

2025
Return Weight, Olive Tjaden Gallery & Experimental Gallery, Cornell University⼁Ithaca, NY
2024
Into the Deep End, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University⼁Ithaca, NY
2024 Around the table, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse⼁Montreal, CA
2023 Expanded curatorial practices, panelist, Société des Musées du Québec Symposium⼁Québec, CA
2022 Generation Y, curator Michele Alesi, Manchester School of Art⼁Manchester, EN
2022 Sustaining Assembly Artistic practices for an ecological transition from below,
curator Piero Gilardi, Parco Arte Vivente⼁Torino, Italy
2019 …and other such stories, curators Sepake Angiama and Paulo Tavares, as Constructlab, 
Chicago Architecture Biennial⼁Chicago, USA
2016 ACTION! Towards a neighbourhood practice, curator studioBasar, as Constructlab, 
One Architecture Week⼁Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2016 Mediations: Art & Design Agency & Participation in Public Space, conference, 
organized by TRADERS, Royal College of Art⼁London, UK
2016 Archi Set – Confronting co-design practices conference, Base Milano⼁Milan, Italy


EMPLOYMENT

2021–2024    Head of Public Programs and Institutional Development
                 SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art⼁Montreal, Canada
2019–2021
    Young Public programs assistant 
                 Canadian Center for Architecture⼁Montreal, Canada
2014–2019     Designer and coordinator 
                 Constructlab⼁Berlin, Germany
2018            Researcher
                 Manoeuvres, think tank de l’espace public⼁Montreal, Canada


UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT 

2026 Teaching assistant, Introduction to Photography⼁Cornell University
2025 Teaching assistant, Introduction to Sculpture⼁Cornell University
2025 Teaching assistant, The School of Criticism & Theory⼁Cornell University
2025 Technical assistant, The School of Criticism & Theory⼁Cornell University
2025 Teaching assistant, LAND: Art, Ecology and Environmental Activism⼁Cornell University
2024 Teaching assistant, Media Arts, Performance, and Sound: Intersections⼁Cornell University
2024 Guest speaker, Art, Climate and Land Use⼁The Alternative Art School
2023 Guest speaker, École des arts visuels et médiatiques⼁UQAM, Canada 
2018 Guest critic, 2nd year Design Studio, Graduate Diploma in Event Design⼁UQAM, Canada 
2014-2022 Guest critic, 3rd year Advanced Design Studio, Interior Design Bachelors⼁UDEM, Canada


RESEARCH GROUPS

2022-24 LabARD - The Arts Research Laboratory in Decoloniality, UQAM⼁Montreal, CA
2023 OMEC - Observatoire des médiations culturelles⼁INRS Institut National de la Recherche
scientifique⼁
Montreal, CA
Updated 24.10.31