Live performance, including puppetry, theater, dance, music, etc.
2-D art, including murals, mosaic, photography, etc.
Digital/lighting/projection art
Pittsburgh Creative Corps Artist Directory
Carolina Loyola-Garcia
Primary Discipline
Artistic Practice
Digital/photograph
Site-specificity determines materials used
Multidisciplinary
Fractal Dance in Transit Gardens, 2025, digital photography and collage on laminated glass, walls range from 8′ x 8′ to 8′ x 10.’ Installed at Pittsburgh International Airport Concourse B.
Sobre las Olas: A story of flamenco in the U.S., 2013, feature length documentary, 78 minutes.
Hands, 2021-ongoing, digital photography on acrylic, variable.
ELEMENTAL, 2024, multi-channel video installation. Designed for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership at One Oxford Centre.
Amorous Letters (Map of Love), 2021, single-channel video installation, 6 minutes.
About the Artist
Carolina Loyola-Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and educator whose work explores the intersections of identity, memory, and the human condition. Originally from Santiago, Chile, she has spent decades contributing to the cultural landscape of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she established a practice that bridges experimental storytelling with digital innovation.
Her artistic approach often blends diverse media—including digital photography, video, and performance—to examine how we relate to our environments and one another. In her large-scale commissions, she frequently utilizes digital collage and fractal geometry to create immersive visual experiences that offer a sense of solace and wonder. As an artist committed to the public sphere, Loyola-Garcia’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, and is part of permanent collections, reflecting her belief that art is a vital tool for community connection and personal reflection. Her practice remains a constant search for the beauty and complex rhythms inherent in both nature and the human spirit.
She received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and her work has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Opportunity Fund, and Heinz Endowments, among others.
Photo by Josh Milteer
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Accreditations, Certifications, and/or Awards
- Pittsburgh International Airport Commission, 2025
- UPMC Public Art Commission, 2026
Provides Fabrication Services to Other Artists
Yes
Teaching Artist
Yes, ages 18 and up
Joined the Directory
July 2026
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PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
“I am interested in the opportunity to engage in deep, meaningful dialogue with the city’s diverse neighborhoods, using art as a tool for empathy and social storytelling.”
Carolina Loyola-Garcia
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PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
