 Her work takes various forms, including public sculpture, writing, installation, and online websites.In 2001, Palmer was given an Artadia Award.In naming Palmer's installation "Still, yet, else, further, again" one of the best exhibits of 2012 in the "Chicago Tribune", Claudine Ise wrote that Palmer's work "imbues the ordinary world with mystery and made us feel as if we were seeing it for the first time."