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PUBLIC WORK

2022 “ReachYou” Light Sculptures and Design the physical space for launch of Katrina & Jonah Goldsaito’s ReachYou augmented reality App at the Tribeca Film Festival - Virtual Arcade. New York, NY + MFA Boston, MA

2019-2020 “River Constellation” Permanent Public Work, Site-Responsive Outdoor Sculpture + Sound Collaboration w/ composer Beau Kenyon - Water Works Park, Des Moines, IA

2018 “Movement II: the SOUND [from roots grew branches],” 5 Temporary, Light/Sound Sculptural Benches made for Beau Kenyon’s 3-part project creating soundscapes from immigrant teens interviews about hope and success. Boston Public Libraries (Egleston Sq, Jamaica Plain, Uphams Corner, West Roxbury) & the Pao Art Center, Chinatown, Boston, MA

2017 “surround)a(round,” Semi-Permanent, Site-Responsive Outdoor Sculpture -  Felician Univ, Rutherford, NJ

2009 “Bio{luminescent}Sphere,” Site-Responsive, Built Environment, Performance by artist Ari Tabei. Chashama Window Space, NYC

2008 * 2009 “Luminous Accumulation” Public Work, Site-Specific Environment - Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY

2004   “Redefining Space” Temporary Outdoor Installation - Waltham, MA

2002 “Redefining Space - Shade” Temporary Outdoor Installation - Waltham, MA

• “Light Web” Temporary Outdoor Installation - Johnson, VT

GROUP SHOWS

2019

• Transmitter, NYC, Under Time of Lampshades, Collages

• FAR x WIDE, NYC - AC: Air Conditioning / Alternating Currents, Drawings (curated by Jessica Cannon)

2018

• Project 59, Governor’s Island, NYC – Island Universe, Site-Responsive Environment and Sound Collaboration w/ composer Beau Kenyon

2017

• Felician University, Rutherford, NJ - Outside In, Site-Responsive Sculpture

• VanGo! Museum on Wheels, Susquehanna Art Museum, PA - Light Sculpture

2016  

• East 4th Garden, Brooklyn, NY - Field Work, Site-Responsive Outdoor Sculpture

• Williamburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY – Light, Form, and Symbol, Light Sculptures

2015

• Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY - Space Available, Large-Scale, Site-Responsive Sculpture (Organized by Paul Corio and Rob de Oude)

•  Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY – Luminaries, Light Sculpture

2014-2015 

• Spiva Art Gallery, Missouri Southern State University, MO – wandersense, 2-person show - Large-Scale, Site-Responsive Installation

2013

• Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY - The Psychic Triangle - Cabinet of Studio Works (curated by Jessica Cannon)

• OK Harris Gallery, New York,NY. Illuminators - Sculpture

• Unsmoke Systems ArtSpace, Braddock, PA. Possible – Sculpture (Curated by Staci Offutt & Natalie Grandinetti)

• Sweetwater Center for the Arts – Small Shrines – Cabinet of Studio Works

2012

• Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY - One Hundred Dollars ­– Collage (curated by Andy Smenos & Sergio Barrale)

• Big & Small Casual, Long Island City, NY – Small Sculptures (by Big People) – (curated by: Kate Teale)

• Onderdonk House, Ridgewood, NY – Sculpture Garden – Site-Responsive Sculpture (curated by: Lesley Heller)

• The Headkeeper, Greensburg, PA – Flying Machines – Site-Responsive Proposal (curated by Staci Offutt & Natalie Conti)

• Parsons the New School for Design – Alumni Show – Photo of Winter’s Core

2011

• Dershowitz Center, Brooklyn, NY – Colored Cactus - Large-Scale, Site-Responsive Sculpture

• Samson Projects, Boston, MA – Chain Mail - Collage

2010-2011

• Islip Art Museum: Carriage House, Islip, NY – Treemendous – Large-Scale, Site-Responsive Environment

2009

• One Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY  - spctclr vws – Sculpture

• 1027 Grand, Brooklyn, NY - Splinters & Logs – Sculpture & Drawing

2007

• Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY –Fantasy Worlds - Sculpture (curated by: Aimee Burg)

• Atlantic Ave Art Walk, Brooklyn, NY – Outdoor Sculpture (curated by: Jim Osman)

2005

• Niagara, New York, NY - Femmevolution – Sculpture & Installation

•  Project Spaceman & A.W.O.L. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - Square Foot Show –Wall Sculpture & Drawings

• M.F.A. Show, Parsons School of Design, NY – Primed – Sculpture & Installation

• Heide Cho Gallery, New York, NY – This Time Next Year - Sculptures

2004

• Artists Space, New York, NY - Night of 1000 Drawings – Drawings

• A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, ON - Square Foot Show - Relief Sculpture

• A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY - Wish You Were Here – Collage

•  A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY - Generations ‘04 – Sculptures

• Graduate Faculty Building, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

SOLO SHOWS

2018   KAM, Kingsborough Art Museum, KCC, CUNY, NY – wonder*sense @ KAM, Large-Scale, Site-Responsive Installation and Sound Collaboration w/ composer Beau Kenyon

2011 The Mariboe Gallery, Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ – Little Systems: Taxonomy of a Cosmos, Sculpture, Installation, 2D Work

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2020 CODAwrx Public Art + Design Awards, River Constellation awarded Top 100 Finalists representing the best design art projects around the world

2018 Water Works Park, Des Moines, Iowa - Finalist w/ Beau Kenyon. Finalist chosen to make proposal for large-scale, outdoor, public multi-media permanent sculpture.

2017  Northern Lights Research, Northern Scandinavia – 3 week, self-made residency

2011-2014 Industry City, Brooklyn, NY - Incubator Studio Program for Emerging Artists

2008 Brooklyn Arts Council, NY - Grant recipient for outdoor, public installation

2004 Festival of the Arts Brandeis University - Grant recipient for outdoor sculpture

2002 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT - one month residency; scholarship

2002 Truchas, New Mexico - two month residency; scholarship

CURATORIAL PROJECTS @ the ART LOT Brooklyn

2011 -2021 Co-Curate the Art Lot - Brooklyn, NY — Managed and organized 3-4 shows a year. One show designated for artists new to an outdoor, public venue. Guide and ensure successful outdoor sculpture installation.

2019

• Court - SVA @ the Art Lot, MFA Students

2018

• hole histories, Sonya Blesofsky, Heechan Kim, Alison McNulty

• inForming, Anette Millington, Caleb Nussear, and Adrienne Reynolds

2017 

• Past Myth Future Form, Laura Bernstein & Anna Tsouhlarakis

• in balance / imbalance, CUNY @ the Art Lot – MFA Students

2016 

• Play Frame – Debbi Kenote, James Mulvaney

2015

• Fluid Means – Ken Millington, Richard Zimmerman, Carlos Vela-Prado, Al Freeman

• Stamping Ground – Junior Sculpture Class from Hartford Art School in Connecticut

2014

• Memory Field – Fritz Horstman & Aberaham McNally

• Peaks<Valleys – Patrick Cadenhead, Sara Mejia Krediler, Alex Phillips

2013  

• Structural Odes – Derek Haffar & Reade Bryan

• Curious Remains – Laura Marsh, Staci Offutt, Lizzy Sise, Maggie Sullivan

• Ruminate/Reflect SVA @ the Art Lot – MFA Students

2012

• POP Paradigms - Marin Abell, Kyla Chevier, Lorraine Dauw, Nate Heiges, Catherine Telford-Keogh,

2011

• All Jokes Aside – Aimee Burg, Erin Burke, Jessica Cannon, Phillip Stearns, Aricoco

COMMISSIONS

2007 * “Learning Skills Program” Designed & built sets and props for experimental performance piece by Johanna Linsley. - Ontological Hysteric Theater; New York, NY

2006 * “Encompassing” Multi-Media Installation/Environment – Brooklyn, NY - FishBird a Brooklyn Arts Council sponsored project by Katrina Toshiko

2003 * “Canopy” Installation – Brandeis University, MA - Women’s Studies Department 25th Anniversary Celebration

EDUCATION

• M.F.A.  Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

• Post-Baccalaureate Fine Arts - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

• B.A. Anthropology and Art History - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

“A River of Light an Sound”  - DSM Magazine, Michael Morain, Cover + Images, Jan/Feb 2020 - https://dsmmagazine.com/2020/01/14/a-river-of-light-and-sound/

“A Sculpture with Music” – Iowa Public Radio, Rob Dillard. Images, Oct 15, 2019 - https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/sculpture-music-water-works-park#stream/0

“Bringing Art + Tech Together.” BLDRfly (Boulder Art-tech scene), Tatyana Sharpton, Images, March 12, 2020 - https://bldrfly.com/art/2020/03/12/bringing-art-tech-together-in-boulder/

“Multimedia sculpture being assembled at DSM Water Works Park” – Des Moines Register, Sierra Porter, Oct 15, 2019. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2019/10/15/des-moines-water-works-park-multimedia-sculpture-coming-recognizing-donors-art-rivers-sculptures/3978614002/

“River Constellation art piece revealed.” We Are Iowa, Local 5, video, Dec 5, 2019. - https://www.weareiowa.com/video/news/river-constellation-art-piece-revealed/524-499c41c5-ca03-4895-a3b7-bf008488b2c6

“River Constellation” art installation to light up Water Works Park.” KCCI Channel 8, Oct 17, 2019 - https://www.kcci.com/article/river-constellation-art-installation-to-light-up-water-works-park/29498776

“Music for Des Moines Sculpture.” Creston News Advisor, Dustin Maeder, Oct 24, 2019 - https://www.crestonnews.com/2019/10/23/creston-native-composes-music-for-des-moines-sculpture/ad75lbp/

“Tapping into a sense of wonder: An Interview with Artist Natalia Zubko” -Online Arts Journal: Anit-Heroin Chic, 9/6/2017 http://heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/tapping-into-a-sense-of-wonder-an-interview-with-artist-natalia-zubko

“NEFA's Creative City Announces THE SOUND By Beau Kenyon” - https://www.broadwayworld.com/boston/article/NEFAs-Creative-City-Announces-THE-SOUND-By-Beau-Kenyon-20180906 9/16/2018

“Bushwick Open Studios Crawl-Must See Show: Space Available”-Sharon Butler’s blog:Two Coats of Paint, 6/9/2015

“Concise Guide to 2015 Bushwick Open Studios” Space Available Show.  Hyperallergic, Benjamin Sutton. 6/1/ 2016

“Your Guide to the Bushwick-ocalype: Open Studios” – Space Available Show.  ArtF City, June 3, 2015

“24 Hours in Brooklyn” Space Available Show. BMoreArt.com – Baltimore Arts and Culture Blog, Cara Ober, 6/5/2015

“Wandersense Exhibit at Spiva Gallery.” The Chart, MSSU. Review, Kjersti McDonald, 1/30/2015

“The Psychic Triangle” Exhibition Catalogue - Nurture Art. Essay by Jessica Cannon. Images pp 12-13

"One Hundred Dollars Reworked," Huffington Post, July 13, 2012 - Article of Group Show - Image of my work included

D’Agostino, Paul, “Boarder Disputes, Art, Drinks,” The L Magazine, May 8, 2012 – Article of Group Show – My work mentioned

TEACHING + Service

2008-Present    * Part-Time Adjunct Assistant Professor – New York, NY Parsons The New School for Design: Foundations/First Year Student Faculty – Space/Material, 3D Studio I, 3D Studio II: Body & Place, Body & Form

2013- Present    * Adjunct Assistant Professor – New York, NY - City College New York: CUNY – 3D Design for Art & Non-Art Majors, Intro to Sculpture, Sculptural Object/Functional Art, and MFA Graduate Critique & Seminar

2023  * First Year Program Electives Coordinator - Parsons, NY- Coordinate 50 Faculty

2022 * Coordinate pilot-program for a Parsons-Wide Workshop series- Parsons, NY - Develop and implement making workshops across multiple departments, Making center labs, and divisions. Set up digital and physical infrastructure to sustain the program.

2020  * Online Transition Team for Parsons First-Year Making Classes – Develop strategies, produce content or quick and effective transition to online teaching format for Space/Material 3D Design classes

2016- Present  * Faculty Peer Mentor - Parsons, New York, NY – Mentor new faculty to the First-Year Program.

2013 & 2018       *Visiting  Artist – New York, NY - School of Visual Arts, MFA program – Discuss Public Art and conduct critics + studio visits

2008-2019   * Part-Time Assistant Faculty – New York, NY (summer) Parsons HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program) Instructor – Intro to 3D Design.

2015 & 2016  *MFA Thesis Committee Member, City Collage New York: CUNY

2015  *First Year Summer Facilitator – Parsons, New York, NY- Coordinate summer session faculty

2011  *Admissions - Parsons, New York, NY - Review and make decisions on incoming applications.  3D Foundations representative available to students during Accepted Students events in the Spring

2009-2011      * Faculty – Springfield, MO (summer) @ MSU - Missouri Fine Arts Academy Faculty – 2 Core classes: Team-Taught Interdisciplinary Class with Musician & Dancer, and 3D Principles of Design, Developed  Sculpture-Based classes: Mapping Time, To Grasp : To Expand : To  Modulate, The Space Between, Bridges/Tunnels/Forts

2006- 2008     * On-Call Substitute Instructor – New York, NY - Long-term and short-term teaching for 3D Studio - Parsons’ Foundations Department. 

2007 – 2008 * Head-Shop Technician - Parsons, New York, NY – Foundations

2006-Present   * Guest Lecturer – New York, NY - Facilitate workshop on concepts of linear materials and use of line in art and design projects for first-year students in Parsons’ Foundations Department.

2006-2011     * Guest Lecturer – New York, NY - Facilitate workshop on concepts of light, lighting materials, and use of light in art and design projects for first-year students in Parsons’ Foundations Department.

2005-2007  * Instructor – New York, NY - Parsons’ Pre-Academy Summer intensive program – Drawing

2005    * Guest Instructor – New York, NY - Conduct individual studio visits for Junior Sculpture students at Parsons in their Fine Arts Department.

2004-2005 * Teaching Assistant - New York, NY - Parsons’ Fine Arts Department  - BFA Junior Sculpture

2002-2003  * Teaching Assistant – Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - Fall: 3-D Design/ Spring: Beginning Sculpture

2002-2001      * Fall – Spring: 3-D Design - Emphasis on Visual Thinking - Aid in a Beginning Sculpture and two, 3-D Design courses. Work with diverse, liberal arts students with a wide range of art experience.

LECTURES/ARTS ORGANIZATIONS/ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019 * College Arts Association Panelist: University Galleries: Strategies for Active Engagement, NYC

2005-present   * Artist Assistant/Studio Manager – New York, NY – Sculptor: Heide Fasnacht

2014-2017  * Art Committee Member – Art@Renaissance – through St Nicks Alliance, Brooklyn, NY– Develop programing for newly built space, write grants, establish community bonds through the  Arts.

2002       *  Committee Member - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - Appointed as a student representative to plan and implement a new Office of the Creative Arts.