EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists
Pablo Garcia Lopez
Pablo Garcia-Lopez is an immigrant artist from Spain He holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. As a neuroscientist, he has published numerous papers in international scientific journals and is an expert on the legacy of Spanish artist, scientist, and Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934).
In addition to his scientific career, Dr. Garcia-Lopez pursued his passion for visual art, earning an MFA in Sculpture from the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. His artistic practice often bridges the gap between science and art, incorporating neuroscientific concepts into sculptural forms.
He has been an artist-in-residence at several prestigious programs, including Brooklyn Art Space (2012), Franconia Sculpture Park with support from the Jerome Foundation (Minnesota, 2013), Sculpture Space (Ithaca, 2017), Governors Island Artist-in-Residence Program (2019), and Mccoll Arts Center (2023) and received a Queens Council on the Arts Grant (2020).
Garcia-Lopez has participated in exhibitions across the globe, including in Madrid (Spain), Dresden (Germany), Brno (Czech Republic), London (UK), New York, Washington, and Baltimore (USA), and Sydney (Australia). His artwork is in private collections in USA, Spain and Germany.
He currently teaches interdisciplinary courses on science, science fiction, art, and culture at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
