Pepón Osorio
1955–
Introduction
Pepón Osorio (born 1955) is a Puerto Rican artist. He uses different objects as well as video in his pieces to portray political and social issues in the Latino community. He was born in 1955 in Santurce, Puerto Rico and studied at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Lehman College, and also Columbia University, where he obtained his MA in sociology in 1985.
His work is held by the Walker Art Center, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, El Museo del Barrio, el Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and by the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art.
He shows at Ronald Feldman Gallery. He lives in Philadelphia. Pepón currently teaches at Tyler School of Art, part of Temple University.
Wikidata identifier
Q7166327
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Roles
Artist, conceptual artist, installation artist, photographer
ULAN identifier
500116057
Names
Pepón Osorio
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