Artist CV
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Biographical Information
| Place of Birth: | Rome, Italy | Residence: | Sebastopol, California |
| Education: | Master of Fine Arts, Miami International University of Art & Design, Summa Cum Laude Bachelor of Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design |
| Languages: | Fluent in Spanish, Italian |
Portfolio
Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | Mask, Koc Projects, Wynwood Arts District ,Miami, FL |
| 2005 | Dog Walk, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, North Miami, FL |
| 2004 | Windspinner, site specific installation for Edge Zones, Miami, FL |
| 2002 | Body Language, project room, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2012 | Made in California, Juried exhibition, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA | The Art of Light, juried exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA |
| The Elements, juried exhibition, ArtworksDowntown, San Rafael CA | |
| +Women’s Works™, juried exhibition, Old Court House Arts Center Woodstock, IL | |
| Blue, juried exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA | |
| Art from the Heart, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| Take a Chance on Miniatures, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, CA | |
| 2011 | Couples, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ |
| California! Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA | |
| An Exhibition on Metamorphosis, University Library Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| Fire/ Ice, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA | |
| Art from the Heart, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| Puentes de Luz, Petaluma Arts center, Petaluma, CA | |
| Calabash, Food for thought AIDS Food Bank, Forestville, CA | |
| 2010 | Bedia, Dunbar, Guarda, Second Gallery, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 2009 | CIRCA Puerto Rico 09, Son Espace/Son Projects, Barcelona, Spain |
| Full House, Far Side Gallery, Mosquera Orthodontics, Miami, FL | |
| Coupling Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL | |
| Love Cures, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL | |
| Miami: Cuidad- Metafora, Miami Dade College West Campus Gallery, Miami, FL | |
| Abracadabra. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood FL | |
| 2008 | Horseplay, Miami International University of Art and design, Miami, FL |
| Face to Face, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA | |
| Miami: Cuidad- Metafora, Centro Cultural Espanol, Miami, FL | |
| Abracadabra,Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood FL | |
| Spring Into Art, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL | |
| 2007 | Accent Miami Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| ~Fast~, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL | |
| Exposed!, Artformz Gallery, Miami, FL | |
| 2006 | Col-lectiva Transmirada: IV Photo Biennial Xavier Miserachs, Son Espace, Palafrugell |
| Affair, Jupiter Hotel, Lemon Sky: projects + editions, Portland OR | |
| Year06.uk, Lemon Sky: projects + editions London UK | |
| Aqua Art Miami, Lemon Sky: projects + editions, Miami Beach, Florida | |
| The Line of Beauty, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY | |
| Raw Hot New Fresh Awesome Young Emerging Talent Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL | |
| 2005 | The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection 2005, curated by Debra Singer, Miami Beach FL |
| Talking Head Radio Transmitter 1610 AM collaboration with artists Carlos de Villasante and Eugenia Vargas, Miami, FL | |
| experimental8: FIRST CALL, 801 Projects, Miami, FL | |
| Recent Acquisitions to the ArtBank Collection Miami Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL | |
| SHOWTEL, floating pool installation in Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood ,FL | |
| Dog Days South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL | |
| 2004 | Sites Miami, site specific installation in Lummus Park, Miami FL |
| It’s for the Birds Traveling exhibition by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL, Masters Mystery Art Show Frost Art Museum, Miami FL | |
| Locust Projects Fundraiser Locust Projects, Miami FL, collaborative digital work | |
| 2003 | Vol.3 No.2, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, North Miami, FL |
| Artists for the Art of Cinema, Skylark Condominium, Miami Beach, FL | |
| 2002 | The Seducer’s Diary, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL |
| 4 Painters II, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL | |
| 2001 | Group Show, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL |
| The Sears Building, The House, curated by Robert Chambers, Miami, FL | |
| 1997 | Recent Works, The World Bank Art Society, Washington, DC |
| 1996 | Boxing Match, Plan B Gallery, Memphis, TN |
Public Lectures, Juries and Guest Critiques
| 2011 | Recent Works, Slide Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| Guest Critic, Intermediate Painting, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| McFarlane Open Studios with Artist Talk – Sebastopol, CA | |
| 2010 | Guest Critic, Advanced Ceramics, Art Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA |
| 2009 | Visiting Critic, Graduate Studio Third Quarter Review, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL |
| 2008 | Visiting Critic, Graduate Studio Third Quarter Review, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL |
| 2007 | Juror, Design Studio Final Review. College of Architecture + The Arts | Florida International University, Miami, FL |
| 2005 | Recent Works, Slide Lecture, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL |
Publications, Artist Residencies and Special Projects
| 2011 | Vermont Studio Center – May Residency |
| 2010 | Non-Faculty Volunteer, Art Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, |
| Art Studio clean-up and Art Studio Monitoring | |
| A little tea and Apathy, Performed in ceramics mixed media class film short directed by Gregory Roberts, Art Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| Volunteer, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, Occidental, CA | |
| 2009 | Wet Heat™ | Rebecca Guarda Studio Drive-By on wetheat.tv, Documentary film short on the artist’s studio practice |
| 2005 | On the Sublime and the Beautiful;A-42 Arte y Culturas, 3.2005 Essay and collaborative performance documented through photographs. Curated by Antonio Zaya. Publication cover and six page article. |
Selected Awards, Honors and Grants
| 2011 | Vermont Studio Center Grant Aid Award |
| 2005 | Works purchased through juried review for the Miami Dade Art in Public Places Art Bank |
| 2005-06 | EDMC Full Tuition Grant: Miami International University of Art & Design |
| 2004-06 | Summa Cum Laude and Deans List: Ai Miami International University Arts and Design |
Bibliography
Adriana Herrera, Full House: Recodos alternativos de la creacion contemporanea local, El Nuevo Herald, June 28, 2009
Triff, Alfredo, Miami Arts Explosion: The New Times Column, Custom Publishing Co., August 2005
Tschida Anne, Swamp Cities, Culture Surge: Category 305, Miami, March 06, 2007
Gershanik, Ana. Nuestro Pueblo, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, March 01, 2007
Nancy Stetson, Art exhibit looks at some one-of-a-kind real estate, Bonita Daily News, October 1, 2005
Mia Leonin, Mystery mural spawns the latest scene, The Miami Herald, September 28, 2005
Michelle Weinberg ,Triple Threat, Miami New Times, Vol. 19 No. 5, May 6, 2004
Alfredo Triff, A Fine Sense of Place, Miami New Times, December 23, 2004
Alfredo Triff , Current Art Shows: Sites Miami 2004, Miami New Times, December 30, 2004
Roni Feinstein, Expanding Horizons: […] Report From Miami, Art in America, Dec, 2003
Elisa Turner Portraits capture pride and struggle of humanity, Miami Herald, May 19, 2002
Alfredo Triff ,Surreal Seductions, Miami New Times, February 22, 2002
Selected Collections:
Diego Cortez Collection, New York, NY
Miami Dade Art in Public Places Artbank Collection, Miami, FL
Dennis and Debra Scholl, Miami, FL
John Vaccari Collection, New York, NY
Aaron and Randie Malinsky Collection, New York, NY
Linda Grossman and Richard Bass Collection, New York, NY
Carol Wenig Collection, New York, NY
Jamie Stern Collection, New York, NY
Wahab Family Collection, Miami, FL
Grela Orihuela and Bill Bilowitt Collection, Miami, FL
Celeste Fraser Delgado, Miami FL
Betty Rosado, Miami, FL
Lily Diaz Levison, Miami, FL
Francis Alÿs, Mexico City, Mexico
Ibrahim Miranda, Havana, Cuba
Michelle Rumney, Granada, Spain
Bryan Hiveley, Miami FL
Silver Bluff Animal Clinic, Miami, FL
Lisa and Brett Loehmann, Memphis, TN
Catherine Gore, Memphis, TN
Silvia Acosta, Providence, RI
Deborah Citrin and Elizabeth Dority, Cambridge, MA
Teaching Experience
| 2009 | Adjunct Instructor of Visual Arts, Principles of Design I & II, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL |
| Adjunct Instructor of Visual Arts, Drawing and Perspective, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL | |
| Visiting Artist, Miami Bridge Carnival Mask Workshop, The Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services, Miami FL | |
| 2008 | Adjunct Instructor of Visual Arts, Principles of Design I & II, Drawing and Perspective, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL |
| 2005-2006 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Figure Drawing, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL |