Robert Pallesen was born in 1958 in NYC and is currently based in Portland, OR. His work has appeared in wide variety of media, from annual reports, architectural installations, galleries to interactive kiosks. While supporting himself doing corporate photography, interactive design and photo editing, he works on personal photographic projects. His work investigates the transient nature of the landscape and our relationship with it. His photographs are featured in the Humble Arts Foundation Collector's Guide to Emerging Art Photography as well as Various Photograhs, published by TV books. Pallesen's work has been exhibited at Pushdot Studios, Newspace Center of Photography, San Francisco Camerawork, The New York Photo Festival, Pierro Gallery and CGR gallery in New York. His work is in private and public collections.
Solo Exhibits:
Blow Out, Pushdot Studios, Portland, OR, July 2010
Group Exhibits:
Then. Now. Here, Sideshow, Portland, OR, April 2012
Postcards From the Edge, CRG Gallery, NY, NY, January 2011
Carnival, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR, February 2010
Ersatz, San Francisco Camera Work, San Francisco, CA, June 2009
Various Photographs, New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn, NY, May 2008
Is it Possible to make a Photograph of New Jersey Regardless of Where you are in the World?, Pierro Gallery,
South Orange, NJ, April 2008
Berry Center of the Arts Inaugural Exhibit, Ramapo College of New Jersey, April 1995
Publications:
Ersatz, San Francisco Camera Work, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Collectors Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, NY, NY, 2009
Various Photographs, TV Books, NY, NY, 2008
Is it Possible to make a Photograph of New Jersey Regardless of Where you are in the World?,
New Jersey State Council of the Arts/National Endowment of the Arts, South Orange, NJ, 2008
Online Exhibits:
Group Show 11, Humble Arts Foundation, January 2007
Head Against the Wall, Head Magazine, Issue 47, 2007
Head Unrivalled, Head Magazine, Issue 41, 2007
Tiny Vices, September 2006
MoonCruise, Volume 2, Issue 1, April 2006
Press:
Minimal Exposition, September 2010
Portland Mercury, July 2010
Portland Monthly, July 2010
Yatzer, March 2008
I heart photograph, August 2007
Gomma, February 2007
Flavorpill, February 2007
Earplug, Issue 86, January 2007
Cool Hunting, August 2006
1mag3, July 2006
Net Culture, March 2006
Awards:
How Magazine, Top 10 web sites, July 2007
American Design Awards, March 2006
Photography Juror:
Scholastic Art Awards of Oregon, 2011, 2012
Collections:
Newark Library, Special Collections Division, Newark, NJ
Wakefern Foods Corporation, Edison, NJ
Baltimore Washington International Airport, Baltimore, MD
Education:
Ramapo College of New Jersey, 1984
Assistant to Burt Glinn, Burt Glinn Enterprises Inc., 1984
Internship, Magnum Photography, 1984
Assistant to Mike Mandell and Larry Sultan, You're So Easily Influenced, Billboard, 1983
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