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FEATURED ARTIST

Trevor Paglen

b. 1974, Camp Springs, MD

Trevor Paglen is an American artist, geographer, and author. Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Fondazione Prada, Milan; the Barbican Centre, London; Vienna Secession, Vienna; and Protocinema Istanbul, and participated in group exhibitions the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Modern, and numerous other venues.

Paglen is the author of several books and numerous articles on subjects including experimental geography, artificial intelligence, state secrecy, military symbology, photography, and visuality. In 2014, he received the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award and in 2016, he won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. Paglen was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2017.

Paglen holds a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley, an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Geography from U.C. Berkeley.

RELEASES

Art Blocks collections

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Art Blocks × Pace

PRELUDES

Trevor Paglen

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Other notable works

Exhibition photo for: Pace Gallery, You've Just Been F*cked by PSYOPS

2023

Pace Gallery, You've Just Been F*cked by PSYOPS

Exhibition photo for: Pace Gallery, Hiding in Plain Sight

2021

Pace Gallery, Hiding in Plain Sight

Exhibition photo for: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Sights Unseen

2018

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Sights Unseen

PRESS

In the news

Reviews: Trevor Paglen

Artforum

2023-09-23

Trevor Paglen’s unstable truths

e-flux

2023-06-06

Art, Surveillance & Investigation: Trevor Paglen & Eyal Weizman

Al Jazeera

2023-05-14