Palmarin Merges - 04 Self portrait Alex Zarate was born with

Alex Zarate was born with immigrant parents at Salem

I could spend a lifetime trying to capture this place and the land that shaped who I am

and refuge

he has worked in museums and galleries while steadily exhibiting his own work

James Yeary and Chris Ashby

Palmarin Merges - 04 Self portrait Alex Zarate was born withPalmarin Merges is a Filipina American artist whose work draws from the desire to become more sustainable by re using materials close at hand and by adapting restriction as a generative force for creation. Trained as a Printmaker, she now works primarily in mixed media, especially household waste plastic, cardboard, etc. These common materials taken from the fabric of her daily life are processed and then transformed into pattern, collage and concrete