Artist: Oscar Palacio

I think that Oscar palacio's work is amazingly well thought out, and it explores many of the ideas that I'm interested in pursuing in my own work. The ideas of History and monuments and how they affect the people of the present is really interesting to me. In a way he's doing the work that I want to do on a smaller scale, in relation to Virginia.









Artist Bio:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010	American Places, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2009	Re-represented, FP3 Gallery, Boston, MA
2007	History Re-visited, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA (PDF)
2005	Unfamiliar Territory, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

Awards

2008	Artist-in-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2005	Artist-in-Residence, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
2004	Artist-in-Residence, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
2003	Best Show of an Emerging/Unknown Artist 2001 - 2002 (Second Place), International Association of Art Critics (AICA), Boston Chapter, Boston, MA
	HCP Photography Fellowship, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2002	The St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant-in-Aid, St Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, MA
	Juror Award, Photographic Resource Center, 2002 Members’ Exhibition, Boston, MA
1999	Jurgen Thieck Memorial Award for Photography, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
1997	Ernst Haas Photography Student of the Year Award, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
1995	Fine Arts Council Scholarship, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Quotes:

"While photographing such iconic places as Plymouth Rock, Hoover Dam, and most recently, Gettysburg National Military Park and Underground Railroad sites, Palacio considers the function of these revered memorials: What narratives do they posit and perpetuate? Who or what is celebrated or excluded at such sites?" ~Allison N. Kemmerer

"These photographs suggest that history is an ongoing dialogue between past and present, between traditional interpretations of events and the emergence of alternative perspectives, between the keepers of the eternal flame and those who wonder what other fires are burning underground, just outside the frame." ~Allison N. Kemmerer

Review:

http://photography.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4023coll6&CISOPTR=3562&CISOBOX=1&REC=6

Gallery Representation:

Howard Yezerski Gallery: http://www.howardyezerskigallery.com

Artist Website:

http://www.oscarpalacio.net/