Oscar Palacio

Oscar Palacio (born 1970) is a Colombian born photographer[1] and Boston-based artist whose photographic practice examines the American landscape as a site of layered memory, displacement, and historical reckoning. He earned his Bachelors of Architecture from the University of Miami in 1992, and an MFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1998.

His photographs are held in major collections including the Harvard Art Museums,[2] Yale University Art Gallery,[3] and MIT List Visual Arts Center.[4] He has exhibited widely, with solo shows at Harvard University's Center for American Political Studies (2019)[5] and the Addison Gallery of American Art (2005),[6] and in significant group exhibitions such as Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970(Harvard Art Museums, 2021–22).[7]

In 2025, Palacio was the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at the University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art,[8] where he developed Ghosts of the Oconee, an interdisciplinary project that explores the Oconee River as a palimpsest of Muscogee stewardship, enslaved labor, industrial exploitation, and ongoing displacement. Created in collaboration with historian Claudio Saunt, sociologist Jane McPhearson, poet Andrew Zawacki, Indigenous studies scholar James Anthony Owen, and ecologist Seth Werner, the project will be published as an artist book by the Georgia Museum of Art Press.

Publications

  • Palacio, Oscar. "Blue Velvet." In The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas, edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern, 262. New York: Aperture, 2014.[9]
  • Palacio, Oscar; Wells Liz. American Places. San Francisco: The Arts at California College of Integral Studies, 2013.[10]
  • Kemmerer, Allison. 2009. "Oscar Palacio." In Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual, no. 152, 70–73. Syracuse, NY: Light Work.t[11]

References

  1. ↑ "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  2. ↑ Harvard. "Harvard Art Museums". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Posted Sign on Tree, Walden Pond, Massachusetts, from the series Walden, Then and Now Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  4. ↑ "Hoover Dam Parking Lot, 1970 | MIT List Visual Arts Center". listart.mit.edu. 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  5. ↑ "Oscar Palacio: American History, Re-Visited – Center for American Political Studies". caps.gov.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  6. ↑ "Exhibition Unfamiliar Territory - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com". photography-now.com. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  7. ↑ Spring, Suzanne Revy and Elin (2021-10-06). "Devour the Land |What Will You Remember". Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  8. ↑ ""Navigating Place" | Visiting Artist Talk with Artist in Residence Oscar Palacio | Institute of Native American Studies". inas.uga.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  9. ↑ Fulford, Jason; Halpern, Greg; Slack, Mike, eds. (2014). The photographer's playbook: 307 assignments and ideas (1st ed.). New York: Aperture. ISBN 159711247X.
  10. ↑ Palacio, Oscar; Wells, Liz (2013). American places. California Institute of Integral Studies. San Francisco, California: California Institute of Integral Studies. ISBN 978-0-9895449-0-0.
  11. ↑ "Light Work Collection". collection.lightwork.org. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
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