BIO

STATEMENT

EDUCATION
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
Master of Fine Art in Emerging Practices: 2013 Candidate
Deans Scholarship Recipient
GA Visual Studies Gallery, TA Intro to Photography
Founder of, The Grind Whisperer: informative presentations.
Creator and Archivist of YOU be #everyone Performance Series, 2011
Graduate Assistant to Jonathan D. Katz, PhD, Director of Visual Studies PhD., Art Historian, and Scholar of Queer Studies

Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Art, 2D Drawing/Conceptual Art focus, May 2002
Summa Cum Laude, Dean’s List 99- 02
Student Gallery, Founding Member
Auditorium Committee, Student Representative
Drawing Intensive, Summer ’01, Todi, Italy

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SELECT EXHIBITION RECORD
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LIKEARTBASEL, Workshop Collective, Miami FL
Parallax, 515 Gallery, Buffalo NY
Roamie View, a film by Ryan Trecartin, in collaborative performance as Liberty Lance and Average Katie
DISmagazine, Suite 6 Portraits Series, April 2011
Getting Closer: intimacy in the digital age, Fe Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Little Warsaw, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia PA
The Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study, The Queque, Philadelphia PA
Parking Gallery, 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Istanbul, Turkey, and Tehran, Iran
DCAC, Sloganeers, Washington DC
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Locally Localized Gravity, Philadelphia
The Myerson Gallery, Philadelphia PA Vernacular Spectacular
Yerba Buena Center San Francisco CA, Peer Pleasure, with Royal Art Lodge, Space 1026 and Instant Coffee
Joymore Gallery, Brooklyn NY Precious Moments
Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia Selections 5, Philadelphia, PA
Arcadia University, Works on Paper 2004, curated by Jordan Kantor, MOMA
The Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, The New Acropolis, An invitational exhibition of young Philadelphia artists, Philadelphia, PA
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Cindy Sherman Glamour Magazine Award Video, Emerging Artist “heir-apparent”, Woman of the Year Award 2011
Shaw, Kurt; Artists Consider Getting Closer On The Web, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, January 30, 2011
Cotter, Holland; “Precious Moments”, The New York Times, August 19, 2005 (with Illustration)
Burket, Brent; “Joy Found In Williamsburg”, artblog, www.artblog.com, August 2005 (with illustrations)
Pym, William; Rockpile magazine, Issue #102 (with illustrations)
Budget Living Magazine; August/September 2004 (with illustrations)
Sex Injury; 2010, www.thesexinjury.com
Erotic Economies; 2010
Philadelphia City Paper Choice Awards, 2008
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APPRENTICESHIP AND ASSISTANTSHIP
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Ryan Trecartin, filmmaker, performance artist
Graduate Assistant to Jonathan D. Katz, PhD, Director of Visual Studies PhD., Art Historian, Scholar of Queer Studies
Jim Drain, Sculptor
Angela Boatwright, Photographer
Adam Wallacavage, Photographer
Aaron Levy, Video/Conceptual Artist
Pepin Osorio, installation artist
Jesse Goldstein, writer, printmaker, installation artist

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
GA Visual Studies Gallery September 10
Instructor Digital Photogrpahy September 11-12
Phillips de Pury, New York, NY
Art Handler April 06-April 07
Space 1026 Gallery and Studio’s Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Administrator Oct 02 – Oct 06
Slought Foundation Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to the Director Oct 03- Oct 04
Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Philadelphia, PA
Instructor Sept 02- Sept 04

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VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
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BOB Pavilion Columbia University NY NY July 2011
IdeaJam DDMT Toronto Ontario CA July 2011
The Grind Whisperer, University at Buffalo, September 2010
Juniors Lectures Series with Jim Johnson, Moore College of Art and Design, April 2008
Foundations Lecture Series, Moore College of Art and Design, October 2006
Foundations Lecture Series, Moore College of Art and Design, October 2005
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PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Mission Designer, Play/Share Beyond/In Western New York Biennial,. Inter-media Performance Studio, UB
Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio, Philadelphia Print Collective Jury Representative
Muralist for The Village of Arts and Humanities, Philadelphia PA
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GALLERY AFFILIATION
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Space 1026 Gallery, Curating Member 2002-2006
The Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study, Founding Member 2006- 2008

EDUCATION
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
MFA Visual Studies in Emerging Practices

Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, 2D Drawing, May 2002

GALLERY AFFILIATION
Space 1026 VIEW: Profile
The Philadelphia Institute For Advanced Study VIEW: Profile
FREE NEWS PROJECTS VIEW: PROFILE

EXHIBITION RECORD
2011
BUTTERFAX, UB Art Gallery READ
GETTING CLOSER, Fe Arts Gallery VIEW READ
2010
LITTLE WARSAW, Little Berlin Gallery READ VIEW
EROTIC ECONOMIES JOURNAL
2009
THE QUEUE @ P.I.F.A.S, PHILADELPHIA PA VIEW
MY HOUSE GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA, VIEW
OFFERINGS, LITTLE BERLIN GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA PA
THE BARAT FOUNDATION, THE MULTIFACETED FEMALE, NEWARK NJ VIEW
2008
1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Istanbul, Turkey, and Tehran, Iran VIEW
2007
DCAC, Sloganeers, Washington DC VIEW
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Locally Localized Gravity, Philadelphia VIEW
2006
The Myerson Gallery UPENN, Vernacular Spectacular, Philadelphia PA VIEW
The Midwives Collective, Acting 101 Philadelphia PA VIEW
LIT Gallery, DRAW, NY NY VIEW
The Padlock Gallery, Exquisite Corpse, Philadelphia PA VIEW
Yerba Buena Center, Peer Pleasure: Group show with Royal Art Lodge, Space 1026 and Instant Coffee, San Francisco CA
2005
Joymore Gallery, Miami FL
Better Than Toast, Listen To Sweatheart, Saratoga Springs NY
Esther M Klein Gallery, The Faux Show, Philadelphia PA
VIEW REVIEW
Joymore Gallery, Precious Moments, Brooklyn NY VIEW
Space 1026, Santa Fe 2006, Philadelphia PA
Ashley Gallery, Lubrica Mi Vida, Philadelphia PA
The P4 Gallery, The Urban Edge Show, Milan Italy VIEW
2004
Antisocial Gallery, Everybody Rules Everything, Vancouver BC VIEW
Goldie Paley Gallery MCAD, Philadelphia Selections 5, Philadelphia PA VIEW
The Mockbee Gallery, Beaver College, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mimi Barr Gallery, Paper Awesome!, A drawing show, San Francisco CA
Arcadia University, Works on Paper 2004, Philadelphia PA VIEW
The Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, The New Acropolis, Philadelphia PA VIEW
Space1026, Man, I Feel Like a Woman, Philadelphia PA VIEW
2003
Repo Records, the Pornography of Emotion, a so-low drawing exhibition, Philadelphia PA
the bad touch, A Drawing Show, Curated by Lump Lipschitz
Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK, The Rose Museum, Boston MA, LUMP Gallery, NC, The Ukrainian Museum, Chicago IL

PERFORMANCES
SRI SLAVA, 2005-2007
VIEW IMAGES | VIEW VIDEO
Series of Live-Stage, Guerrilla, and Meta-Performances
ICA PHILADELPHIA WITH XPPL, DREAMHOUSE, AND BOBO 3/2007:: SPACE 1026, RAVE CAVE, 10/2006:: VOX POPULI, WITH MAN MAN AND BUFALLO STANCE, 9/2006:: BASEKAMP, 11/2006:: LONGWOOD GARDENS, 9/2006, DUNKIN DONUTS, SOUTH PHILADELPHIA, 8/2006
DUNKIN DONUTS, FOX CHASE, 7/2006, MILK GALLERY, NYC, AMANDA LUPORE, 7/2006

BONNIE SHOWCASE, 2006-2008
VIEW IMAGES | VIEW VIDEO | VIEW VIDEO | VIEW LIVE PERFORMANCE
Series of Live-Stage, Guerrilla, and Meta-Performances
JOHNNY SHOWCASE CABARET, WORLD CAFE LIVE::JEFFERY AND RICK SHOW, WORLD CAFE LIVE, 2006::CHRISTINA AGULERIA, PUSSY CAT DOLLS, AND DAINTY KANE, WEST ENTRANCE TO THE WACHOVIA CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, 2006::LA MAMA, NY NY, 2007::NEEDLES JONES AND THE MONDAY NIGHT CLUB, THE BALCONY, 2008::THE SOUTH PHILADELPHIA BIENNIAL, 2008

BRENDA, 2003-2005
Series of Live-Stage, Guerrilla, and Meta-Performances
INITIAL PERFORMANCES IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST AND FILM MAKER TOM RUTH
VIEW IMAGES

WHITE RICE BROWN HEART, MAN MAN, 2003-2007
Live stage performances, Meta-Performance
VOCAL PERFORMER, The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face
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VARIOUS PERFORMANCES
VIEW IMAGES
LISTEN: WHITE RICE BROWN HEART

OTHER: Daily Miltonian: WATCH IT HAPPEN
Average Katie, for Ryan Trecartin, I-BE AREA VIEW

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS

 

  • Erotic Economies VIEW
  • Getting Closer VIEW
  • SPACE IS THE PLACE VIEW
  • Philadelphia City Paper VIEW 7/22/10
  • PRINT LIBERATION INTERVIEW BY KATIE MILLER VIEW
  • Design Public VIEW
  • Philadelphia City Paper Choice Awards, 2008 VIEW
  • Philadelphia Magazine VIEW
  • Cotter, Holland, “Precious Moments”, The New York Times, August 19, 2005 VIEW
  • Change Agent VIEW
  • Burket, Brent, “Joy Found In Williamsburg”, August 2005 VIEW
  • Zarro, Jennifer, “Thanks To An Awesome Tribe”, 2006 VIEW 1,VIEW 2,VIEW 3
  • Shafrir, Doree, “Space Odyssey”, The Philadelphia Weekly, July 2005
  • Rice, Robin,” Shiny Happy People”, The City Paper. August 26, 2004 VIEW
  • The Philadelphia Independent, “The SEPTA Letters”, Issue 14-21
  • Budget Living Magazine, August/September 2004 (with illustrations)

EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2011

YOU be #everyone Performance Series  Coordinator and Archivist.  VIEW

StopAnimations, Erin Marie Dunn a solo exhibition, VIEW
2010
Bad Manor, Logan White a solo exhibition, UB VS Gallery VIEW
2009
Goodiepal, RADICAL COMPUTER MUSIC, The Star Garden
2008
Art of the Invisibles, NONGRATA: Estonian performance art,
PIFAS Philadelphia PA
2006
XPPL, D.Mocean, Nathan Whipple, Bunny Brains, and
Mutation Collapse, Space 1026
2005
320×200:: DA SHOW, Cory Arcangel, Joe Beukman, Joseph Bonn, and Paul B. Davis:: Beige Programming Ensemble, Space 1026 VIEW
Paper Rad: Mixed Tape Clubhouse, Space 1026 VIEW
Diane Cluck, Toby Goodshank, Meg Baird; Solo Acoustic Show, Space 1026
From the Ground-Up, Space 1026, (curated from the online project by, www.learningtoloveyoumore.com, created by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July)
The Kind Be Cause, a solo exhibition by Luke Ramsey, Space 1026 VIEW
2004
Corporacist, a solo exhibition by Albo Jeavons, Space 1026
Paradise, A solo exhibition by Lily Frisco, Space 1026
New Money, a meta-history of the 20th century, solo exhibition by Josh Kline, Space 1026 VIEW
2003
The Dirty Projectors, Really Fucked American Music, Space 1026
Poverty Jetset; Hosted by Jonny Makeup. Showcasing Clothing and Accessories by Redwagon, Crystal Stokowski, and Leroys Girl. Space 1026
Baby Girl Put It On Me, a tattoo show showcasing The Baby Girl Tattoo Project by Sherri Wood, Space 1026

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