Luis Gonzalez Palma
Works & Biography
Luiz Gonzalez Palma
Born in Guatemala in 1957, he lives and works in Cordoba, Argentina. Among his personal exhibits we can mention: those displaying his personal works are: The Art Institute of Chicago (USA); The Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe (USA); The Australian Centre for Photography, Australia; Palacio de Bellas Artes, México; The Royal Festival Hall, London; Palazzo Ducale di Genova, Italia; MACRO and the Castagnino Museum, Rosario, Argentina, Telefonica Foundation and Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo in Spain; photographic festivals such as Photofest in Houston, and in Bratislava, Slovakia; Les Rencontres de Arles, France; PhotoEspaña, Madrid; Singapur, Bogotá, San Pablo and Caracas, among others.
He has participated in collective exhibitions such as the 49 and 51 Biennial in Venecia; Fotobeinal de Vigo, XXIII Biennial in Sao Paulo, Brasil, V Biennial in Habana; in the Ludwig Forum for International Kunst, Aachen, Germany; The Taipei Art Museum, Korea; Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Daros Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland; Palacio del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain; and the Fargfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. His work is included in various public and private collections, such as The Art Institute of Chicago, USA; The Daros Foundation, Zurich, Sweden; La Maison European de la Photographie, Paris, France; The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, USA; Fondation pour l’Art Contermporain, Paris, France; Fondazione Volume!, Rome, Italy; Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia; The Fogg Museum in Harvard University, Boston, USA; The Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA; Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan. He received the Gran Premio PhotoEspaña “Baume et Mercer” in 1999 and collaborated in the staging of the opera production “The Death and the Maiden” in the Malmö Opera in Sweden in the year 2008. He has four published monographs of his work including “Poems of Sorrow” (Arena Editions, New Mexico, USA), and “The Silence of the Gaze” (Peliti Associati, Roma, Italy) and "Luis González Palma", Ediciones La Fábrica, España, “Tu/Mi placer” in collaboration with Graciela De Oliveira, Editorial Documenta/Escénicas, Córdoba, Argentina. |
Nace en Guatemala 1957, vive y trabaja en Córdoba, Argentina. Entre sus exposiciones personales se pueden mencionar: The Art Institute of Chicago (USA); The Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, (USA); The Australian Centre for Photography, Australia; Palacio de Bellas Artes de México; The Royal Festival Hall en Londres; Palazzo Ducale di Genova, Italia; Museos MACRO y Castagnino de Rosario, Argentina; Fundación Telefónica en Madrid, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Museo Universidad de Navarra, España; y en festivales de fotografía como Photofest en Houston, Bratislava en Slovakia, Les Rencontres de Arles en Francia, Singapur, Bogotá; San Pablo y Caracas entre otros.
Ha participado en muestras colectivas como la 49 y 51 Bienal de Venecia, Fotobienal de Vigo, XXIII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brasil, V Bienal de la Habana; en el Ludwig Forum for International Kunst en Aachen, Alemania; The Taipei Art Museum en Corea, Museo de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundación Daros en Zurich, Suiza; Palacio del Conde Duque en Madrid, España; Fargfabriken en Estocolmo, Suecia. Su trabajo está incluido en varias colecciones públicas y privadas incluyendo The Art Institute of Chicago, The Daros Fundation en Zurich, Suiza, La Maison European de la Photographie en Paris, The Houston Museum of fine Arts en USA, la Fundation pour l'Art Contermporain en Paris, Francia; la Fondazione Volume! en Roma, Italia; La Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango en Bogotá, Colombia; The Fogg Museum en Harvard University, y The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, USA; Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan; The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada. Recibió el Gran Premio Photo España “Baume et Mercier” en 1999 y Colaboró con la puesta en escena de la producción de la Opera “The death and the maiden” en la Opera de Malmö en Suecia en el año 2008. Tiene cuatro monografías de su trabajo publicadas entre las que se puede mencionar “Poems of sorrow” de Arena Ediciones, “El silencio de la mirada” en Ediciones Pelliti en Roma, “Luis González Palma”, Ediciones La Fábrica, España, “Tu/Mi placer” en colaboración con Graciela De Oliveira, Editorial Documenta/Escénicas, Córdoba, Argentina, “Möbius”, Museo Universidad de Navarra, proyecto Tender Puentes, España. |
Collections of Luis González Palma
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
- Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH, USA
- Berlin Museum, Berlin, Germany
- Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogota, Colombia
- Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba
- Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Centro de Artes Visuales, Museo del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay
- Centro de Estudios Fotográficos, Vigo, Spain
- Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ USA
- Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH, USA
- DAROS Latin America, Zurich, Switzerland
- Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH, USA
- DePauw University, Greencastle, IN USA
- Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA
- Fondazione Volume! Rome, Italy.
- Fond National D´Art Contemporaine, FNAC ; Paris, France
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA USA
- Israel Museum of art, Jerusalem, Israel
- LA County Museum, Los Angeles, CA USA
- MacArthur Foundation Collection, Chicago, IL, USA
- Maison European de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Paris, France
- Mesa Arts Center, Arizona, USA
- Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellín, Colombia
- Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela
- Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporánea, San José, Costa Rica
- Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA USA
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX USA
- North Dakota Museum of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA USA
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art , Arizona, USA
- Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.
- Texas Tech University, Houston, Tx. USA
- The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx,NY USA
- The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art,
- The George Eastman House, USA.
- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN USA
- University Art Museum, AZ State University, Tempe, AZ USA
- William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Store, CT
- Yale University, New Haven,CT USA
- Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts, USA
- Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
- IDB Art Collection, Washington, USA