About
Oscar Palacio is a Colombian-born, Boston-based photographer. He received his MFA in photography from the Massachusetts College of Art + Design in 1998 and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami in 1992. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Harvard Art Museums, the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Addison Gallery of American Art. He was artist–in–residence at the Addison Gallery of American Art in 2004 and 2005, and at Light Work in 2008. Recent exhibitions include American History Revisited at Harvard University Center for American Political Studies in Cambridge, MA, Walden, revisited at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA, and Contemplating the View: American Landscape Photographs at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.
Awards
2021 | New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) Public Art Learning Fund Grant, Boston, MA h |
Write To Change Foundation Grant, Columbus, SC | |
2020 | Mass Humanities Grant, Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), Lesley University, Cambridge, MA |
2019 | Faculty Development Grant, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA |
2017 | Faculty Development Grant, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA |
2016 | Faculty Development Grant, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA | 2011 | Faculty Development Grant, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
2009 | Faculty Development Grant, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
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 |
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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 |