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Pacifico Silano
Born 1986, Brooklyn, New York
pacificosilano@gmail.com
Education
2012
MFA in Photo, Video and Related Media: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
2008
BFA in Photography: Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA.
Awards & Honors
2019
Bronx Museum of the arts, AIM AT 80 WHITE STREET ARTIST RESIDENCY
2018
Bric MEDIA arts FELLOWSHIP
2016
Lower East Side Print Shop, Key Holder Residency
New York Foundation of The Arts, Fellowship in Photography
Lightwork Artist-in-Residence, Syracuse, NY.
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Alumni Microgrant Recipient
2015
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Award, Nominee.
Baxter Street, CCNY Workspace Residency, New York, NY.
2014
John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award, Nominee.
2013
Aperture Portfolio Prize - Finalist/Runner Up.
The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Artist in The Marketplace Program.
2012
Aaron Siskind Foundation, Individual Photographer’s Fellowship
Pride Photo Award, First Prize, Open Category, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Solo Exhibitions
2019
After Silence,Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA. (FORTHCOMING)
2018
After silence, Curated by Nathan Freenman, Stellar Projects, New York, ny.
2017
John John, Rubber-Factory, New York, NY.
Arrangements, Rubber-Factory @ VOLTA, New York, NY.
2016
Tearsheets, Baxter St. CCNY, New York, NY.
2015
Against Nature, ClampArt, New York, NY.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Fantasy America, Curated by Jose diaz, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Forthcoming)
2018
BRIC Media arts fellowship screening, bric, brooklyn, ny.
Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection, Curated by For Freedoms, Light Work, Syracuse,NY.
DIVINA COMEDIA, cURATED BY Pedro Slim, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mx.
PHOTO LONDON, somerset House, London, UK.
Queer Tropics, Curated by Charlie Tatum, TRANSFORMER, WASHINGTON D.C.
New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from the Light work collection, The Palitz Gallery, New York, N
2017
imagined communities,nationalism & violence, rubber-factory, new york,ny.
Queer Tropics, Curated by Charlie Tatum, Pelican Bomb, New Orleans, LA.
New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from the Light work collection, Light Work, Syracuse, ny.
theirs/ours/yours, Curated by Christian Hendricks, Video Revival, Brooklyn, NY.
Sun Screen, Curated by Paul John Jr., Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY.
Night Fever, Curated by Emily Colucci, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOW.AFTER, Front Art Space, New York, NY
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:, Curated by Patrick McNabb, Re:Art, Brooklyn, NY.
2016
Like Smoke, Curated by Osman Can Yerebakan, Equity Gallery, New York, NY.
New Flesh, Curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell, Rubber Factory, New York, NY.
High Summer, Foley Gallery, New York, NY.
Art AIDS America, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Bronx, NY.
Re:Context: An Exhibition About Appropriation, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO.
Art AIDS America, The Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw ,GA.
2015
OFF_Festival, “Intervening Histories,” curated by Saul Robbins, Pisztory Palace, Bratislava, SK.
Art AIDS America, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
2014
The Armory Show, Aperture Gallery Booth, New York, NY.
2013
The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Bronx Calling: 2nd AIM Biennial, Bronx, NY.
2012
"Curator's Choice", CONTEXT Art Miami, ClampArt Booth, Miami, FL.
Pride Photo Award Exhibition. Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL.
Into The Woods, ClampArt. New York, NY.
2009
ARTribe Benefit Auction, Swiss Institute, New York, NY.
2007
1212 Gallery National Juried Photography Exhibition, 1212 Gallery. Richmond, VA.
Selected Bibliography
Zachary Small,”Queer Artist Claims Bal Harbour censored his photography,” Hyperallergic
OSMAN CAN YEREBAKAN, "ARTSEEN, PACIFICO SILANO:AFTER SILENCE," The Brooklyn Rail
Chris Stewart, "Pacifico SILano-after silence," GAYLETTER
"Pacifico Silano at Stellar Projects,new york," artnews
"Pacifico Silano's after silence in new york," Blouin ArtINFO
Annie Rose Malamet, "Relevant: A PODCAST BY POSTURE MAGAZINE," Posture Magazine
Khary Simon, "FLASHLIGHT / PACIFICO SILANO / AFTER SILENCE / STELLAR PROJECTS," Crushfanzine
Tristan lund, "The 7 breakthrough artists to discover at photo london," Wallpaper*
sarah roberts, "Photo London: ‘Can art be used as a vehicle to inspire change in society?,’British journal of Photography
Mark Jenkins, "In The galleries: queer tropics," Washington Post
John d'addario, "in the orbit of prospect.4: satellite shows round out the scene," the new orleans advocate
"volta ny 2017: building true relationships through art," artsy
emma e k jones, "pacifico silano - Fantasy America! -an interview," kaltblut
Audra Lambert, "Flashlight/Pacifico Silano/Rubber-Factory," CRUSHfanzine
Emily Colucci, "Tell Me I'm Your National Anthem: Pacifico Silano's 'John John,'" Filthy Dreams
John Russell, "The Queer Artist Revisiting Tabloid Sexualization of John F. Kennedy, Jr." OUT
Fitale Wari, "Night Fever explores the disco era of 1970s," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Ghosts, Missed Connections, and More Must-See Art Shows," Bedford & Bowery
"Meet Four Emerging Artists At VOLTA NY in These GalleryLog Video Previews," ArtSlant
Emily Colucci, "VOLTA: Skip The Booths, Head to "Your Body is a Battleground," ArtFCity
Desiree Mitton, "VOLTA NY is International in Scope, Refreshing in its Digestibility," Whitewall Magazine
Efrem Zelony-Mindell, "Pacifico Silano's Arrangements at NYC's VOLTA," Huffington Post
Nicole Disser, "An Art Show Where Queer Bodies are Phantasmagoric, Vanishing and Void," Bedford & Bowery
Danielle Wu, "Blow by Blow: Like Smoke at Equity Gallery," Filthy Dreams
Jon Feinstein, "The 17 Best Socially Concerned Photobooks of 2016," Humble Arts Foundation
Yael Malka, "25 Captivating Photographers Whose Work You Need In Your Life," The Fader
Miriam Pensack, “After Orlando Massacre, Queer Art Takes a Political Turn,” The Intercept
Patrick D. McDermott, Leah Mandel, “14 Very Cool Things You Need To Do At NYABF,” The Fader
Emily Colucci, Where Does Queer Art Go Without An Ideal Sexualized Body?’ Filthy Dreams
Priscilla Frank, “This is What a Feminist Porn Magazine Looks Like,” Huffington Post
Holland Cotter, "Art of the AIDS Years: What Took Museums So Long?" New York Times
Matthew Terrell. “Review:”Art AIDS America” retrospectively shows us the face of an epidemic,”Arts ATL
Vince Aletti, “Goings on About Town: Art,” The New Yorker
Efrem Zelony-Mindell, “Pacifico Silano Uses Forgotten Gay Porn to Create New Queer History,”VICE
Juliana Halpert, “Critics’ Pick, Pacifico Silano,” ART FORUM
T.S. Flock, “Lessons in Beauty, History and Mercy: Art AIDS America at TAM,”Vanguard Seattle
Osman Yerebakan, “Pacifico Silano: Exploring Homosexual History,” Art Report
Emily Colucci, “Resurrecting the Gay History of the Holocaust,” VICE
Christopher Harrity, “In The Galleries, Against Nature” The Advocate
"Dear Uncle Frank: A Photographer’s Exploration of Gay Myths and Family Truths,"TIME LightBox
Denise Wolf, "Aperture Portfolio Prize Winners, - Runner-Up: Pacifico Silano.” Aperture.org
Publications
Tiffany Jow, “After The Silence,” Surface Magazine, ISSUE #150
Jimmy Olney, “Pacifico looks back,” Gayletter, Issue #9, p. 34-39
Marvin Heiferman, “Second Time Around…,” Tear Sheets, Silent Face Projects & Dashwood Books
Jonathan David Katz & Rock Hushka, Art AIDS America, University of Washington Press,pp.265
Elisabeth Biondi, "Portfolio," Photograph Magazine, May/June 2014. p. 40-45.
Deanna Lee, “Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial, Dominie Press, (catalog)
Bruno Ceschel, "Self Publish, Be Naughty," SPBH Book. London, UK. September 2011.
Lectures
ICP bard, The Dinner: An Open Conversation
Fashion institute of technology - photography department
School of Visual Arts - MFA Photography, video & related media
School of Visual arts - bfa photography
pace university
SUNY Oswego - New York State Summer School of the Arts (Media Program)
Bronx Museum of The Arts - 1040 lounge
Collections
Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
Light Work Collection
San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art Library
Whitney Museum of American Art Library
International Center of photography library
University of Pennsylvania LIBRARY
Harvard University Library