Interdisciplinary Artist based in Los Angeles 2012-present

Biography

Pamela Pacheco (b.2000) is a latinx-queer artist from Los Angeles whose work is an interdisciplinary exploration of beauty, pain and experience. They attended art school throughout their teens, participated in a three month pre-college course at the San Francisco Art Institute(2016) enrolled one year at School of the Art Institute of Chicago before going to East LA College. Pacheco has since then (2019) been practicing licensed body art, tattooing and piercings, which incorporates the body as an organic practice. Their work has been displayed in multiple galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ventura, Oxnard and Chicago from 2012-2022.

Statement:

 My practice is about the duality of repulsion and attraction; which manifests an experience. I use scale, form, and color to illustrate either complete abstractions or surreal imagery. Using unstretched raw canvas I transform this material into large scale organic pools of emotion and spirit. Repetitive symbolism and characters present themselves throughout different mediums (painting, videography, photography, illustration) in order to trigger an emotional and visceral response. This body of work is a non linear narrative that is meant to be immersive and confrontational.