Gala Knörr is an artist and researcher from Vitoria-Gasteiz whose work bridges visual practice and critical inquiry. Primarily pictorial, her practice reflects on the power of images and their influence on collective consciousness. Grounded in a research-based approach, her oeuvre extends into video, performance, readings, and writing to explore themes related to popular culture and the construction of shared histories. 

She has received numerous recognitions, including the Frank Bidart Chair at California State University (2025), the Olaso Dorrea Fundazioa Monzon Ganuza Award (2024), the Fundación Bilbaoarte Grant (2022), the Generación 2020 Award from Fundación Montemadrid – La Casa Encendida (2020), and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Basque Artist Program Grant (2017). 

Knörr is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art Research at the University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV). She holds a BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons Paris and an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins. She has given lectures, artist talks, and workshops at institutions such as the University of Granada, the University of the Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz), the University of Murcia, the Centre for Documentation and Advanced Studies in Contemporary Art (Murcia), the Historical Research Center at CSU Bakersfield, and Bakersfield College. 

She has undertaken residencies at Ses12naus (Ibiza), Fundación Mecenas Casa Natal Picasso (Málaga), Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao), MORPHO (Antwerp), C3A (Córdoba), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), AIR Wro (Wrocław), and the Centre for Postcolonial Studies at Goldsmiths University (London). 

Knörr’s work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at institutions and galleries such as the Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), La Casa Encendida (Madrid), DA2 (Salamanca), C3A (Córdoba), Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao), Casal Solleric (Palma), Galería T20 (Murcia), and Pablo’s Birthday (New York), among others.