Jose Palacios is a multidisciplinary artist who immigrated to Canada from Lima, Peru in 1987. Informed by his experience as a musician and DJ, Palacios approaches painting similarly to how he makes music—layering and sampling ideas in a way that is intuitive and experimental. The result is a vivid interplay of colour, line, and space using a variety of digital and physical media including acrylic, oil stick, watercolour and spray paint. His work has been shown at the Galerie Annexe (Ottawa Art Gallery), and acquired by the City Of Ottawa. Palacios was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts artist grant in 2021. He lives and works in Ottawa.
