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O. Gustavo Plascencia is a visual artist and educator whose creative work documents local ecosystems and practices walking methodologies to create a record of his surroundings. Plascencia attended the Escuela de Artes Plasticas “Ruben Herrera” in Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico before immigrating to the USA. His work has been shown nationally and internationally including Instituto Fotografico de Medellin, The International Center of Bethlehem, The Polytechnic University of Valencia, and Academia de Bellas Artes San Carlos. Most recently he presented his creative research at the International Conference on The Arts in Society, Lisbon, Portugal (2019), the 33rd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in Humanities (2018), Southeast College Art Conference (2018), and in 2018 he led the Walking Practices: The Body As Vehicle and Destination workshop at the International Community of Artist Scholars in San Francisco, CA. Gustavo holds an MFA in Photography/New Media from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a BFA in Fine Arts/Photography from the University of Texas at Arlington. https://ogplascencia.com/home.html

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