GLORE (Lorena Garcia (b. 1995, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Community Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and holds a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Integrated Information Science and Technology from The George Washington University. Garcia’s work has been exhibited in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and New York, including at DC Arts Center, Lima Twist, NYSW x Summer Club, Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, and the Cahill Recreation Center through Baltimore City Recreation and Parks.

Her practice integrates art and STEM to explore geometry, transformation, and the human condition through materials such as metal, wood, mirrors, and mixed media. She has participated in residencies at the Greenpoint Gallery and North Oaks Senior Living, where she regularly leads community-based art workshops. She also collaborates with the City of Takoma Park as an audiovisual technician, contributing to civic events and community programming. In 2025, Garcia led a community art project in collaboration with her neighborhood association in Alexandria, Virginia, bringing her practice full circle to engage the community where she resides. Her current research investigates how geometric norms shape society and how we might reconnect with nature’s fractal rhythms.

Garcia creates under the name GLORE, a double-meaning moniker that reflects both personal history and creative vision. “G” honors her last name, Garcia, while “lore” is a nod to her childhood nickname. Beyond that, GLORE stands for Galactic Life explORation Expansion, encapsulating her fascination with transformation, cosmic forms, and universal connectivity. Her interest in astronomy is also reflected in the motif NOVA, another name with layered significance: a tribute to her upbringing in Northern Virginia (NOVA), and to her love of the astronomical event Supernova in which a star undergoes a powerful transformation. A metaphor that parallels her artistic investigations into change and emergence.