Best of Austin®

Best Visual Artist

Jill Pangallo

This award is bittersweet for us because Pangallo has recently moved to New York City. (New York City?!) Such is the way of big fish in small ponds. She swears she'll be back, though, and here's hoping. The appeal of Pangallo's aesthetic is wide. Her visual art encompasses live, video, and photographic performances, gaining her fans from within and without the art world. Pangallo's personae are as hilarious as they are tragic, and there's the rub; when she lets multiple characters out to play, as she did in this year's Let Me Entertain You, the effect is dizzying. Jill, stay in touch and send us a postcard every now and again.