Vince Palacios (b.1961, Flint, Michigan) has been working in the fields of ceramics since 1992. Earning his Masters of Ceramic Art from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1994 and his Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics at California State University of Long Beach in 1992.
He currently serves as Professor of the Ceramics Department at El Camino College in Torrance, California, and has extensive teaching experience at other Academic Institutions such as the California State University of Long Beach and Western Illinois University amongst others.
Palacios has had solo exhibitions at ODD ARK•LA in Los Angeles, CA; The AMOCA Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA; The Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Malcomb, IL, The Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL; Chosun Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea and Rosewood Arts Center In Ohio amongst others. Palacios continues to exhibit his work both nationally and internationally and is included in several important private collections as well as prominent museum collections such as Alfred University Art Museum, New York; The American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California; JINRO Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea; Kapfenberg Cultural Center, Kapfenberg, Austria; Kamm Teapot Foundation, North Carolina; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long beach, CA; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC and The City Museum of Varazdin in Croatia amongst others.
“ his choice to work with the traditional form of a vessel, contextualizes his sculptures in formal aesthetics, while reminding us that clay is a through-line to our primordial past - when early humans first built containment vessels to carry water and food, as well as for ceremonial purposes.”
