Pacifico SilanoI Wish Never Saw the Sunshine

Pacifico Silano is a lens-based artist whose work is an exploration of print culture, the circulation of imagery and LGBTQ+ identity. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he received his MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts. Selected solo exhibitions include Baxter ST@CCNY, The Bronx Museum of The Arts Block Gallery, Fragment Gallery in Moscow, Light Work, Melanie Flood Projects, Rubber-Factory, and Stellar Projects. Silano’s awards include the Aaron Siskind Foundation’s Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, Finalist for the Aperture Foundation Portfolio Prize and the 2019 Bronx Museum of The Arts Block Gallery Residency. His work is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art & Musée de l’Elysée, Switzerland. Silano’s work will be included in forthcoming exhibition Fantasy America at The Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, March 5–August 30, 2021.