Sylvia Palacios Whitman (b. Osorno, Chile, 1941) is a visual and performance artist who has been experimenting with movement and contemporary dance since moving to New York in the early 1960s. She became an integral figure of the experimental downtown arts scene in 1970s New York, having collaborated with many U.S. and international artists.

Image: Performance of the Street Scene, from performance event South at the Guggenheim Museum, June 1–2, 1979. Courtesy of the artist. Credit: Nathaniel Tileston.