Artist Talk: Pau S. Pescador

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

features two new artworks by Pau S. Pescador, a trans nonbinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. The artwork Working explores the experience of transgender individuals working for the federal government through a single-channel video incorporating animation, found and created footage, and voiceover audio. The photography installation Pigment and Ink examines portraiture and its depictions of identity in cultural institutions. Throughout the exhibition, Pescador explores the ways that social categories like gender, sexuality, and race inform and shape understandings of public service and national identity.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Pau S. Pescador is a contemporary trans fem nonbinary artist who works in film, photography, and performance and lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She graduated with an MFA from University of California, Irvine and a BA from University of Southern California. Select exhibitions and screenings include: UV Estudios (Buenos Aires, AR); Biquini Wax (Mexico City, MX); Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; LADRÓNgalería (Mexico City, MX); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Tyler Park Presents (Los Angeles, CA); and in Coastal/Borders, Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA at Angels Gate Cultural Center among other venues. Select performances include: Salon Silicon (Mexico City, MX); Machine Projects (Los Angeles, CA); Los Angeles Contemporary Archives; Performa 2015: Colony, New York, New York; UC Berkeley: Durham Studio Theater; PAM, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum, with KCHUNG TV, Los Angeles; REDCAT, Los Angeles; Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Los Angeles; and ForYourArt, Los Angeles.

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