Jill Pangallo was born in Baltimore and raised in Southern California. Pangallo received BFA in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design and a BA in Psychology from Eugene Lang College, and her MFA in studio art at the University of Texas in 2008. She performs and shows nationally as the collaborative duo SKOTE, which she co-directs with Alex P. White. As one-half of The HoHos, with Cathy Cervenka, she performs annually in the long-running NYC Stevie Nicks tribute event, Night of 1,000 Stevies. Additionally, she is a founding member of the Austin Video Bee, a multimedia video collective that seeks to promote experimental and innovative work by underrepresented artists. In 2007, Pangallo received an ArtsReach grant from the University of Texas. In 2008, the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places program, in conjunction with the 2009 Texas Biennial, awarded her a Temporary Outdoor Projects grant. In 2010 she participated in the Performance Works-In-Progress series at Dixon Place in New York City and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Pangallo has taught performance, digital production, and video art at a university level, as well as given talks about her work around the country. She lives and works in New York City.
