SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, TALKS, ETC.

2010-11

Panelist, Think Art Conference
Boston University, Boston, MA

BAS 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

Community Landscape, curated by Jesus De La Rosa
Bill Bailey Art Gallery, Texas A&M Kingsville, TX

Juror, Cinesol 36-hour Film Race, Harlingen, TX

OPP (Other People's Projections)
K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX

 

2008-9

(un)natural worlds, curator
Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX


Eternal Now
, solo exhibition, curated by Cori Wolff
Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

Ritual and Repetition, curated by Adriane Little
CEPA Gallery (International Video Programs) Buffalo, NY

wood/metal/glass, curator
Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX

New Arte Nuevo, curated by Benito Huerta and Kathy Vargas, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Panelist, Video Art Session: moderated by Bart Weiss
College Art Association National Conference, Dallas, TX

 

2007

Romanticism Restaged, curated by Therese Mulligan
SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY

Visiting Artist Talk, Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX

Liquid Room: Digital Long Island Media Festival
IMAC Theatre, Huntington, NY

Vernacular Spectacular, curated by Colette Copeland. In Liquid Gallery, International House, Philadelphia, PA

Summer Reading, curated by Joseph Carroll
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

Thomas Barrow: Image Maker, Image Taker
Guest Lecture, Richland College, Dallas, TX

The Moving Photograph in a Digital World. Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Miami, FL

Ritual & Repetition, curated by Adrienne Little
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

Tenth Annual Film & Video Festival
Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI

Still Life in Motion: Daniel Cosentino’s Video Works
Guest Talk, Image-Movement-Sound Festival Auditions, Rochester, NY

 

2006

FRAME: Intl. Video Festival: Escola das Artes - Catholic University, Porto, Portugal

Vernacular Spectacular
Meyerson Hall - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

John Aäsp, Works. MFA Thesis Exhibition.
SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY

Hindsight: The Moving Image and the Post-Photographic. Artist Talk, Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference, Nashville, TN

Recent Work (w Primrose Ltd.)
Studio 434, Rochester, NY

Season Three Invitational
Door 7 Gallery, Rochester, NY

50/50, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Indiana Intl. Video Art & Architecture Festival
Indiana Univ. Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN

Temporary Identities
Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia

conVerge (curator and exhibitor)
SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY

South Wedge Debut
Door 7 Gallery, Rochester, NY

trans_ fix (co-curator and exhibitor)
Fawick Art Gallery, Berea, OH

 

2003-5

GRAD 1.2.3. SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY

New Work: & stances of: RIT Open Studio
Rochester, NY

Breaking the Ice: Ithaca, Rochester and Syracuse, NY

Insert Adjective: Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA

Recent Work: Conscience Fictitious - Public Space One, Iowa City, IA

Public Screen: Public Space One, Iowa City, IA

Recent Work: Simulacrans - University of Iowa International Center, Iowa City, IA

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE

Visual Arts Director & Curator, Rockport Center for the Arts
Rockport, TX 2007-present

Managing Director, Rockport Film Festival
Rockport, TX 2007-present

Gallery Manager, School of Photographic Arts & Sciences Gallery
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 2005-6

Curatorial Assistant, Dyer Arts Center
Rochester, NY 2004-6

 

EDUCATION

MFA, Imaging/Photographic Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
2007

BA, Art
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
2004

University of North Texas
Denton, TX
2003-4

BA, Mass Communication
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
1999

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Shotgun Odyssey: Sketches in the West by Carol Koutnik.
Forward, Blurb press, 2011.

"Other People's Projections" by Elizabeth Reese. Art Lies Weekly Reviews; Issue 66, September 4, 2010.

"Expanding Art's Scope" by Elizabeth Reese. Corpus Christi Caller Times; September 25, 2009.

Glasstire: Fall Preview 2009: Preview of (un)natural worlds.
by Rainey Knudson; www.glasstire.com; September 2009.

Sprawling Out in Dallas:
Review of the 36th Annual SPE Conference. Afterimage: the Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism; vol 36 issue 6.

"Renowned Sculptors' Show" by Elizabeth Reese. Corpus Christi Caller Times; May 22, 2009.

"Cowan's Sporting Tradition on Display" by Elizabeth Reese. Corpus Christi Caller Times; April 17, 2009.

"Making Sense of Religious Imagery and Carved Books at Buffalo Arts Studio" by Colin Dabkowski. Buffalo News; January 30, 2009.

Sacred_Profane: Alicia Ross. Exhibition Catalogue Essay, 2008.

Contact Sheet: the 2008 Light Work Annual (review of Elwira Jaglowska's Free State Prisoners, p. 34)

"Exploring Possibilities" by Elizabeth Reese. Corpus Christi Caller-Times; November 5, 2008.

"Director Defines His Vision for the Community of Rockport" Corpus Christi Business Journal, June 12, 2008.

Abstracts: CAA 2008
College Art Association 96th Annual Conference

Impact: CIAS. RIT Publication, 2007

Artforum International (ad publication)
September Issue 2006

Icons, Mercury Print Productions, 2006

conVerge: “Partnership Forms for MFA Show”
RIT News & Events, March 9, 2006

Exponent / Gary Jacobson
“Fawick Gallery Showcases trans_ fix
Feb 1, 2006

Draft Issue 2, winter 2006

 

TEACHING

Introduction to Photography for Non-Majors
Rochester Institute of Technology
2006

Still Photo I
Rochester Institute of Technology
2005



FREELANCE

Media Editor, Fusion Productions
Webster, NY 2006

Multimedia Specialist, Rochester Rotary Club
Rochester, NY 2006

Intern (Traveling Exhibitions), George Eastman House
Rochester, NY 2005

Photographer, Interstate Studios
Austin, TX 2001-2

SXSW Film Festival Staff
Austin, TX 2001


 

 

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