Fire Chief

Fire Chief

Cover | Deborah Oropallo

Fire Chief (2015, photomontage and acrylic on wood panel, 58 x 48 inches; source material: Philip Metcalfe by Pompeo Batoni). Deborah Oropallo was born in Hackensack, N.J. She received a B.F.A. from Alfred University and an M.A. and M.F.A. from UC Berkeley. Oropallo’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the de Young Museum, the Boise Art Museum, Montalvo Arts Center, and the San Jose Museum of Art. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Whitney Biennial, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Corcoran Gallery Biennial, the Jewish Museum, and the Richmond Art Center. Oropallo’s work has been featured in two monographs: POMP (2009), published by Gallery 16, and How To, published by the San Jose Museum of Art. Oropallo is also a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Award, a Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation, the Engelhard Award, and a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Oropallo is represented by Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, and her work can be seen online at www.CClarkGallery.com.


COMING SOON: What East Bay jazz musicians fresh from the Montreal Jazz Fest are doing to revive the genre, getting up close and personal with Sofia Cordova for the Shapeshifters Cinema, and a trip to Reem’s California, an Arab corner bakery in the Fruitvale district.

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