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Born in 1986, Costa Rica. Lives and works in London.
Allegra Pacheco is a Costa Rican artist who works in a variety of mediums, with her work predominantly photographic, but often expanding into drawing and installation. In 2012, Pacheco exhibited her first installation work, ‘Boobs’, a series of breast-shaped soft sculptures made in collaboration with disenfranchised women from La Carpio, an immigrant neighbourhood in Costa Rica. The exhibition space took on the innocence of a children’s playground, but at the same time served as a platform whereby feminist issues and taboo subjects such as sexuality could be addressed in an un-biased environment.

Biography (Selected)
・2011 BFA Photography, School of Visual Arts (New York)
・2013 *Currently obtaining a Masters in Fine Arts, Wimbledon College of Arts (London)
・2010 White Box/SCOPE Art fair (Miami)
・2010 New York Photo Festival, DUMBO BK (New York)
・2011 Tokyoscapes, Just Another Space (Tokyo)
・2012 ＜Awards＞ 2nd Place X Edicion Valoarte 2012
・2012 BOOBS Galeria Des.Pacio (SJ Costa Rica)
・2013 The Boobs in Japan, GALLERY MoMo (Tokyo) July 20 – Aug 10

Allegra Pacheco HP：http://www.allegrapacheco.com/

Stay: May 14, 2013 – August 8, 2013
Co-organized by: The Backers Foundation
Exhibition: The BAR Vol.6 “Divided Against Ourselves” New works from Allegra Pacheco and Alberto Rodriguez Collia (Sat, July 13th – Sat, July 27th, 2013 at YAMAMOTO GENDAI)