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Io Palmer was born in Hydra—a motor-less Greek island off the coast of the Pel...
Opening: Thursday 1st January 1970
Event Description
Io Palmer was born in Hydra—a motor-less Greek island off the coast of the Peleponesse. She grew up amongst the donkeys, the fishes, the clear blue Mediterranean sea and the jazz music her parents listened to.
Through depictions of cleaning products, laborers' garments, and various other industrial and domestic forms, Palmer explores complex issues of class, race and identity, in particular the impact of society on the individual. Trained originally as a ceramicist, she uses a variety of processes and materials including fabric, steel and sound.
Palmer has been featured in several national and international exhibitions including Working History at Reed College in Portland; Hair Follies at Concordia University in Montreal; Inside Out at the Baltimore Clayworks and a solo exhibition at The Art Gym at Marylhurst University in Oregon. She has participated in several residencies including the Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi; the Santa Fe Art Institute; Art Channel in Beijing and the Ucross Foundation in Clermont, Wyoming. Io recently received an Idaho Commission on the Arts Grant (2013) and was selected to participate in the upcoming Dak'Art 2014, the 11th Biennale de l'Art African Contemporain.
She holds a BFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and an MFA from the University of Arizona in Tucson. Io is currently an associate professor at Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
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Sat. June 21st 2014 - Sat. July 19th 2014 + Add to Calendar
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