Deborah Oropallo (born 1954) is an

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who is best known for her digital montages. Oropallo produces artworks that conflates symbolic meanings, history and gender. Oropallo lives and works in Berkeley, California.

Background

Oropallo was born and raised in

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. She was heavily inspired from pop arts by prominent artists such as

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and

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since an early age. She studied in

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and got her

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degree from there; and later received her

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from

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. Earlier in her career, she mostly produced paintings from already found images, but over the years has evolved to incorporate digital technology. Since 2017, she has collaborated in making video art with

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. Oropallo's works are held in several museums collections, including the

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, and

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Awards

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(1991) * Modern Masters Award (1998) * Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award (2005)

References

1954 births Living people People from Hackensack, New Jersey American digital artists Artists from New Jersey American women digital artists Alfred University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni 20th-century American artists 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American artists 21st-century American women artists {{US-artist-stub