Originally from Chicago, Oscar Eduardo de Paz is now based in Wilmington, Delaware as an Artist in Residence at the Delaware Contemporary. He studied philosophy and public administration and policy at West Chester University. De Paz continued his academic research at the University of Delaware, conducting research on environmental injustice and community-based solutions such as community solar projects in Flint, Michigan (in the aftermath of the Flint Water Crisis), Pittsburgh, PA, and Chester, PA.
Following his academic pursuits, he merged his interest in social and environmental justice with his artistic practice. De Paz uses art as a means of critical inquiry and his own experiences of injustice as a starting point. Through symbolic representations, he constructs emotive narratives that draw attention to the negative impacts of capitalism on vulnerable populations.
