Created in 2021 from the merger of the Lux Art Institute and the San Diego Art Institute, the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego (ICA San Diego) presents experimental art and learning with a mission to question everything. A highly dynamic platform and a living laboratory of art and ideas, the ICA aspires to surprise, excite, and challenge every assumption. ICA San Diego is everywhere and for everyone—a space for the public to gather, question, learn, and shape the future.
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego
Melissa Walter, DNA 003, 2023. Ceramic, synthetic hair, dimensions variable.
Manuel Alejandro Rodrìguez-Delgado, Estudio para Combina Orbital #3 ECO-3 (Study for Orbital Combine #3), 2023-2024. Mixed media.
Nathalie Miebach, Restless Waters, 2024. India ink, data, 24 x 18 inches.
Manuel Alejandor Rodrìguez-Delgado, Viajero (Traveler), 2024. Mixed media.
Melissa Walter, Southern Blot Method, 2020-2021. Charcoal on Paper, 100 individual works at 11 x 15 inches (each).
Nathalie Miebach, Restless Rivers, 2024. Paper, wood, data, 30 x 23 x 23 inches
“We strive to support institutions that share our artist-centered values. The small grassroots arts organizations as well as the museums that comprise our grantees provide invaluable opportunities for artists to express their unique perspectives on the pressing urgencies of the day. We hope that our grants help to amplify artists’ voices within their communities, in national discussions and debates, and across platforms in the international contemporary art world.”
Joel Wachs, President