Gabriel Parque
This is a self-portrait examining the daily changes in my facial expression along with the growth of my facial hair and head hair. Curiosity led me to document which would grow faster. Looking back on the piece I notice the daily change in the expressions that are captured.
Self-Portrait, Video, 2006
Gabriel Parque was born in San Francisco, California and raised across the Golden Gate in the town of Fairfax, Marin County. He received his BFA in ceramics from California College of the Arts in Oakland, California and his MFA from University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. After graduating from U of O, Gabriel joined the staff of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon as the Ceramics and Sculpture Technical Supervisor as well as adjunct teacher in ceramics where he worked for 15 years. Gabriel began working as adjunct teacher in ceramics at Clark College in Vancouver Washington in 2012. In 2014 Gabriel began teaching ceramics classes at Mary’s Woods senior living community. His artworks explore, through the use of the ceramic figure, cultural icons and personal ideology. His work has been exhibited nationally and he has received awards from the Archie Bray Foundation and The Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation.
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