Angela Passalacqua was born and raised in suburban southwestern Ohio. Perhaps her grandfather’s tales of the ferocious beauty of his native Sicily, with volatile Mt. Etna, rocky shorelines, ample vineyards, and carriage racing instilled a yearning for coastal life. She moved West as soon as she could. After a brief stint in San Francisco, she wandered north and stumbled upon a place close to the sea, with vineyards nearby and an active volcano within sight. She settled for good in Portland, where she happily resides with her husband, two sons and Sheltie.The ideas behind her work are strongly rooted in literature and the age old questions of what makes us human, especially what elevates and nourishes the human spirit.
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Angela received her BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art (1988) and is represented locally by Blackfish Gallery. Her work has been exhibited at the Newport Visual Arts Center, Northview Gallery (Portland CC), Visual Arts Center (Mt. Hood CC), the Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette University, Gallerie der Bruder Capek in Prague, 55 Mercer Gallery (NYC), Gallery 110 (Seattle) among many other venues, and found in collections at Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital, Southwest Washington Medical Center, Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts in China , the Gilkey Collection of the Portland Art Museum and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Collection. She was awarded first prize in painting from the Beaverton Arts Commission Showcase(2002) and created the "Tao of Kow" (sited at the Chinese Classical Garden) for New Avenues for Youth "Kow for Kids" project . She was selected for inclusion in both the 2004 and 2008 Cascade Aids Catalog by Art in America critic Peter Helz and Linda Tesner, curator of the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery, Lewis and Clark College (honorable mention). The artist was featured in the November 24th, 2006 Oregonian’s A & E.

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