Luis González Palma
Guatemalan, b. 1957
Lives and works in Argentina
Education
Studied architecture and cinematography at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Selected Individual Exhibition
2006
Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Venice Biennial
Private Collection, London, England
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Martin Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Galeria Fucares, Madrid
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Camera Obscura, Paris, France
Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy
Museum of Fine Arts, Medellin, Colombia
Galeria Visor, Valencia, Spain
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Taylor Museum Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Focus Gallery, London, England
Galeria Omar Alonso, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2002
Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington, Australia
Rockford College, Rockford, IL
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Colorado Springs Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
Mundos Creados, Noorderlicht, Netherlands
2001
Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Fetterman Photographic Works, Santa Monica, CA
The Olson, Gallery Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
Jane Jackson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000
Memphis college of art, Memphis, TN
Atrio di Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy
Mas de la fotografia de Merida, Mexico
Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Veracruz, Mexico
The University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton TX
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
University of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
1999
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Martin Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italia
Foto España, Centro Cultural La Villa (Grand Prize Winner)
Festival de Invierno, Ouro Preto, Brasil
The Galleries of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Sicardi Sanders Gallery, Houston, TX
Photo & Co. Gallery, Milan, Italy
El Ojo Ajeno, Lima Peru
Mainsite Contemporary Art, OK
Arts and Humanities Council, Lake Charles, LA
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998
Photo & Co., Turin, Italy
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ USA (January)
James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY USA (May)
Jane Jackson Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA USA (June)
Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, CA USA (Sept)
Schneider Gallery, Chicago,IL (Dec)
1997
Mes de la Fotografia, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Casa de las Americas, La Habana, Cuba
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA USA (April)
Centro de Artes Visuales, Museo del Barro, Asuncion, Paraguay
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA (January)
Martin Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN USA (October)
Galeria Sergio Milliet, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA (September)
James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY USA
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ USA (January)
1996
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Museo de Guadalajara, Mexico
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin, Colombia
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota Colombia
McClain & Co., Houston, TX USA
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA (May)
Biuro-Wystaw-Artystycznych, Jelenia Gora, Osrodek Kultury, Wroclaw/Lodzki
Dom Kultury, Lodz/Centrum Kultury, Katowice, Poland, (Travelling Show in
Poland)
V Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Galeria Tomas Andreu, Santiago de Chile, Chile
1995
Galeria Il Diaframma, Milan, Italy
The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. Canada
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL USA
Galeria Spectrum, Zaragoza, Spain
Mes de la Fotografia, Quito, Ecuador
Galeria Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona, Spain
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ USA
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA
Festival International de Fotografia, “Tarazona Foto”, “El
Silencio de Dios” Spain
1994
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
25th Recontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH USA
Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA
Galeria Visor, Valencia, Spain
1993
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN USA
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA
A.B. Galleries, Paris, France
Jane Jackson Gallery, Atlanta, GA USA
Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL USA
FotoFeis, International Festival of Photography, Scotland, Great Britain
Scheinbaum and Russek, Santa Fe, NM USA
Moderna Museet, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Musee de la Photographie de Charleroi, Belgium
Lowinsky Gallery, New York, NY USA
The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN USA
1992
The Art Institute of Chicago, “Persistence of Beauty, Persistence
of Pain”, Chicago, IL USA
V Fotobienal de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Galeria “Sol del Rio”, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Fotofest, International Month of Photography, “Nupcias de Soledad”,
Houston, TX
Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, “Silencio de la Mirada”, Chicago,
IL USA
Galleri Image, Arhus, Denmark
Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York, NY USA
1991
“Lugar Sin Reposo” (Place Without Rest), El Cadejo Arte Contemporaneo,
Antigua, Guatemala
“La Fidelidad del Dolor” (Persistence of Pain), Galeria de Arte
Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
1990
“El Sueno Tiene Los Ojos Abiertos” (The Dream has its Eyes Open),
Fotogaleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1989
“Autoconfesion”, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York,
NY USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005
Fotografia! Arte 2005: Latin American Photography, Tampa Museum of Art,
Tampa, FL
Venice Biennale, Latin American Pavillion, Representing Guatemala
2004
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO
University of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Focus Gallery, London, England
ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2003
"Mapas Abiertos"-Contemporary Latin American Photography, a group
show traveling for two years starting November in Madrid (Compania Telefonica),
traveling throughout Europe
Barcelona, Palace of the Queen, and traveling through Latin America for
two years
2002
Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York, NY USA
Salinas Art Center, Salinas, KS
Daros Latin America Collection, Zurich, Switzerland (Catalogue)
2001
Biennale de Venezia, "L'Aperto", Venezia, Italia (June-November)
St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
Alternative Processes Exhibit, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston , MA
(curated by Christopher James)
1999
The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
The Rockford Museum, Rockford, IL
Joliet Center for the Arts, Joliet, IL
10 Años de Centro Cultural UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Lisieres LatinoAmericaines, Strasbourg, France
La Cita, Painting and Sculpture of Latin America, Biarritz, France
Contemporary Art from Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaruagua, and Costa Rica
, Taipei Fine Art Museum , Taipei, Taiwan
Tracing Times, photogravures by eight Latin American photographers, Trinity
College, Hartford, CT
I Bienal Internacional de fotografia, Centro de la Imagen, México
1998
ARCO, Madrid, Spain (February)
Center for Latino Art, San José, CA
Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico DF, Mexico
1,254KM, Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba
Lumo triennial, Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Finlandia
1997
ARCO, Madrid, Spain (February)
VI Bienal de la Habana, Cuba
Festivales de Arte de Lima, Peru
Festival Internacional de Arte de Medellin, Colombia
“New Realities, Hand Colored Photographs-1839 to the Present”,
Wyoming Art Museum, Boise Art Museum
Asi Esta la Cosa: Instalacion y Arte Objeto de America Latina, Centro Cultural
de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico D.F., Mexico
“Arqueologia del Silencio”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Guatemala
“Real Maravilloso”, Piazza dei Macelli, Prato, Italy
1996
Art Gallery of the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA USA
ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brasil
“Relaciones”, Museo de Arte y Diseno, San Jose, Costa Rica
Vision del Arte Contemporaneo en Guatemala, Museo de Arte Moderno de Guatemala,
Guatemala
“Image and Memory”, Museo del Barrio, New York, NY USA
“Common Bonds”, Photogravure, Spectrum Gallery, New York, NY
USA
“Photogravure, A Survey 1903-1996”, Marlborough Gallery, New
York, NY USA
“Pushing Image Paradigms: Conceptual Maneuvers in Recent Photography”,
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR USA
“Arqueologia del Silencio”, Museo del Chopo, Mexico D.F., Mexico
“Figuratively Speaking: 20th Century Paintings, Sculptures, and Works
on Paper” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA USA
“Cuerpo”, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico D.F., Mexico
“Mesotica II”, Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San Jose,
Costa Rica
Casa de America, Madrid, Spain
1995
“Traces: The Body in Contemporary Photography”, The Bronx Museum
of the Arts, Bronx, NY USA
“Image and Memory: Latin American Photography, 1880-1992”, Crocker
Art Museum, Sacramento, CA USA
“Meta-Physics”, De Pree Art Center, Hope College, Holland, MI
USA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL USA
Museo de Arte Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Triangular: Antigua, Guatemala, Mexico D.F., Stockholm, Sweden
Arte Contemporaneo Latinamericano, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Cruzando Caminos: 6 Fotografos Latinamericanos, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
“Quest for the Moon”, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX USA
1994
“Drawing Back the Curtain: Intimate Photographs of Human Grace”,
Swanson-Cralle, Louisville, KY USA
V Bienal de la Habana, Cuba
Ludwig Forum fur International Kunst, Aachen, Germany
“Image & Memory: Latin American Photography, 1880-1992”,
Akron Art Museum, Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX USA
“Le Courage”, Chateaux Beychevelle, Bordeaux, France
“Indagaciones”, Galeria Sol Del Rio, Guatemala
Encuentro Interamericano de Artistas Plasticos, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara,
Mexico
Tierra de Tempestades, Nuevo Arte de Guatemala, El Salvador y Nicaragua,
Harris Museum, travelling show in UK
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA
1993
“Canto a la Realidad, Fotografia Latinamericana 1860-1990”,
Madrid, Spain, travelling through several countries for two years
Encuentro Latinoamericano de Fotografia, Caracas, Venezuela
1992
Salon Latinoamericano del Desnudo,Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brasil; Alianza Francesa.
Lima, Peru
1991
Fotografia Contemporanea de Latinoamerica, Museo de Huelva, Spain
Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
1990
Cents Ans de Photographie au Guatemala, Maison de l’Amerique Latine,
Paris, France
1989
“El Mito de la Imagen” (The Myth of the Image), Galeria Imaginaria,
Antigua, Guatemala
“Presencia Imaginaria” (Imaginary Presence), Museo National
de Arte Moderno, Guatemala City, Guatemala and Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico,
DF
1988
“Refigura (Refiguration): Guatemalan Contemporary Visual Arts”,
Gallery of Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX USA
“Angelogia” (All About Angels), Galeria Imaginaria, Antigua,
Guatemala
Three Contemporary Photographers from Guatemala, travelling show through
Alabama, USA
1987
V Biennale de Artes Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala
XVI Salon Nacional de Fotografia, Guatemala City, Guatemala
XIV Salon Nacional de Fotografia, Museo Bellas Artes, Ciudad de Antigua,
Guatemala
Awards
Nominated for the BMW-Paris Photo award 2004
Won the prize for the best show in 2004 at the National Museum of Santiago,
Chilie
Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
Berlin Museum, Berlin, Germany
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY USA
Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Centro de Estudios Fotograficos, Vigo, Spain
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN USA
DAROS Latin America, Zurich, Switzerland
Maison European de la Photographie, Paris, France
Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA USA
LA County Museum, Los Angeles, CA USA
Maison de l’Amerique Latine, Paris, France
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN USA
Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX USA
National Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris, France
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA USA
University Art Museum, AZ State University, Tempe, AZ USA
Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela
The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Akron, OH USA
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ USA
Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Smith College, Northampton, MA USA
North Dakota Museum of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
USA
Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
Casa de las Americas, La Habana, Cuba
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota, Colombia
Centro de Artes Visuales, Museo del Barro, Asuncion, Paraguay
Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, Colombia
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Store, CT
MacArthur Foundation Collection, Chicago, IL
Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH
Fonds National D'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH
Monograph
Luis Gonzalez Palma, introduction by Maria Cristina Orive, La Azotea, Photographic
Editorial of Latin America, S.R.L., Buenos Aires, 1993.
Il Silencio Dei Maya, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Peliti Associati, Photo &
Co., Verona, 1998.
Luis Gonzalez Palma : Poems of Sorrow, text by John Wood, Arena Editions,
Sante Fe, 1999
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