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PIX presents photographic works by Harry Gamboa Jr. that explore the ephemeral nature of social interaction, reveal the unexpected moments of being allured/repelled, capture the conceptual transcendence of fleeting ideas, and the preserve the powerful presence of those who strike a dramatic pose that lingers in the memory with/without shadows of denial.

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Since 1972, Harry Gamboa Jr. has been actively creating works in various media/forms that document and interpret the contemporary urban Chicano experience. He co-founded Asco (Spanish for nausea) 1972-1987, the East L.A. conceptual-performance art group. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (2011, 1984); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2010), Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France (2010); Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, México (2010); Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (2009); Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom (2009); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2008, 2001); Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (2008); Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles (2008); El Museo del Barrio, New York (2008); The Huntington Library, San Marino (2008); Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City (2006); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2006); Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City (2005); International Center of Photography, New York (2003); MIT List Visual Arts Center (2000); Queens Museum of Art (1999); Smithsonian Institution(1997); Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (1996); 1995 Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York (1994); Getty Research Institute (1994); LAX/CSU Los Angeles (1994); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1979); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (1978). He has been awarded several individual artist fellowships: Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship/CSU Los Angeles (2004); Durfee Artist Award (2001); The Flintridge Foundation Visual Artist Award (2000); J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts (1990); California Arts Council (1996); National Endowment for the Arts (1987 and 1980). He is a member of the faculty at California Institute of the Arts, School of Art, Program in Photography and Media. He also lectures for Chicana/o Studies Department, CSU Northridge. A permanent collection of his media works/papers has been established and archived at Stanford University (Special Collections: Mexican American Manuscript Collections, Harry Gamboa Jr. Papers, 1968-2008). His oral history is archived at: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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