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Solo, Two-Person and Museum Exhibitions

2012
Southern Exposure, Solo Exhibition, DPM Galería, (Guayaquil, Ecuador)

2011
Ask Me: Tell me, a public art project commissioned by the Laundromat Project, (NY, NY)

2010
There is always a cup of sea for man to sail, the 29th São Paulo Biennial, 2010
Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias, chief curators.Rina Carvajal, Sarat Maharaj, Chus Martinez, Yuko Hasegawa and Fernando Alvim, guest curators, (São Paulo, Brazil)
Memories of Development, excerpts, La Ex-Culpable (Lima, Peru)
Playlist, Rodolfo Kronfle-Chambers and Cristóbal Zapata, curators, Museo Municipal, (Guayaquil, Ecuador)

2008
North·East·South, Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

2003-2006
Backyards, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Video Lounge, video work, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
From the Woolworth, Drawing Room, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Escapes: Rendering the Landscape, StudioSOTO, Boston, MA


Selected Group Exhibitions

2011
"What matters now?" Aperture Foundation, Deborah Willis and Erin Donnelly, curators, (NY, NY)
Pasado Imperfecto: 10 presentes en el videoarte Ecuatoriano, Rodolfo Kronfle-Chambers,
curator, Centro Cultural São Paulo, (São Paulo, Brazil) and Lafayette College, (Easton, PA)
The Wrong Miracle, NoMinimo, Oscar Santillan, curator, (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Multiple, Limited, Unique: Highlights from Permanent Collection of The Center for Book Arts, Alexander Campos, curator, (NY, NY)
Exhibition, Carbon 14 Gallery, Katerina Lydon-Warner, curator, (Philadelphia, PA)

2010
Pasado Imperfecto: 10 presentes en el videoarte Ecuatoriano, Rodolfo Kronfle-Chambers, Curator, ASAB, Bogota, Colombia; Lugar a dudas, Cali, Colombia; Centro Fundación Telefónica en Lima, Perú; Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil
Lush Life, Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud, curators, Scaramouche Gallery, (NY, NY)
The Narcissism of Difference, A MICA exhibition conceived by Christopher Whittey and Gerald Ross, Decker Gallery, (Baltimore, MD)
Companion, Marisa Jahn, curator, EFA Project Space, (NY, NY)
Acting Out, Erin Lopez-Riley, curator, Bronx River Arts Center (BRAC), (Bronx, NY)
Recorded Stories, LMAK Projects, (NY, NY)

2009
Playlist, Rodolfo Kronfle-Chambers and Cristóbal Zapata, curators, Galeria Proceso, (Cuenca, Ecuador) (in conjunction with the Cuenca Biennale)
Finding Work, Labor in Contemporary Art, Keith Miller, curator, Gallatin Galleries, (NY, NY)
Area Artists, Ricardo Viera, curator, Lehigh University Art Gallery, (Bethlehem, PA)
Racism: An American Family Value, Amos Kennedy, curator, Center for Book Arts, (NY, NY)

2008
Over the Rainbow, Sisun Song, curator, Yoo Art Space, (Seoul, Korea)
*ARTery, public art exhibition, Ed Bader, curator, Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, Canada
Other, Other…, Wanda Ortiz, curator, Longwood Arts Gallery, (Bronx, NY)

2007
*50,000 Beds, video art commission, Chris Doyle, organizer, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT
*TERGLOBA, exhibition, Vagner Whitehead, curator, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
Infinitu et Contini: Repeated Histories, Reinvented Resistances, Denise Bergstrom, curator, Smack Mellon, NY
Audio Visual, New Installation Art, Carol Parkinson, curator, Harvestworks, New York, NY
Legal Aliens, Multiplex at Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Death Bizarre, Colette Copeland, guest curator, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Play, exhibition, Maddy Rosenberg, curator, Proteus Gowanus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
*10th Anniversary Exhibition, Institute of Electronic Arts, Beijing, China
Action/Interaction: Book/Art, Alexander Campos, curator, Colombia College, Chicago, IL
Interpreting Utopia, Samuel Dorsky Museum, Brian Wallace & Ariel Shanberg, curators, New Paltz, NY

2006
Legal Aliens, exhibition, Ofri Cnaani & Rotem Ruff, curators, Smack Mellon Multiplex, New York, NY
NADA Art Fair Miami, represented by Momenta Art, Miami, FL
* PRC: The Next 30 Years, exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Deuces ex Machina, exhibition, Market Gallery, organized by Momenta Art, Glasgow, Scotland
(212) Contemporary Art Fair, represented by El Múseo del Barrio, Deborah Cullen, curator, New York, NY
Golden Hour, exhibition, Erin Donnelly & Susanna Cole, curators, Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY
Prevailing Climate, exhibition, Rachel Gugelberger & Jeffrey Walkowiak, curators, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Featured Artist, Recent Artists in Residence from the Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Tales of Places, International Group Exhibition, Zeljka Himbele, curator, Center for curatorial Studies, Annandale on Hudson, NY
* Headlines, Mary Birmingham, curator, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

2005
* S-Files, exhibition, Deborah Cullen, Miki Garcia, and Marysol Nieves, curators, El Múseo del Barrio, NY and Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Post No Bills, exhibition, Matthew Higgs, curator, White Columns, NY
*El Momentito, exhibition, Monica Montagut, curator, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Queens, NY
Video Forge, exhibition, Jessica Murray Projects, NY

2004
* American Visions and Revisions, exhibition, Susanna Cole & Erin Donnelly, curators, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
FRAME, exhibition, Ariel Shanberg, curator, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
* Tactical Action, exhibition, Lea Rekow, curator, Gigantic Art Space (GAS), New York, NY
Multiplex, video exhibition, Kathleen Gilrain and Eve Sussman, curators, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

2003
Hard Times, Tim Houlihan, curator, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Americana, Anne Ellegood & Rachel Gugelberger, curators, SVA Gallery, NY
No More Drama, Edwin Ramoran, curator, Longwood @ Hostos Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
[BLANK] In Pursuit of An American History, Stephanie Dinkins & Keith Miller, curators, Stony Brook University, NY
Exhibition Game, Leah Modigliani, curator, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, CA

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Video Screenings, performances and Web Projects

2011
Los poemas que declamaba mi Mamá, performance, Grossman Gallery, (Easton, PA)

2010
Los poemas que declamaba mi Mamá, performance, Acting Out, Bronx River Arts Center, (Bronx, NY)
Framing the Archive, video screening, The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts, McMaster University, (Hamilton, Canada)

2009
Alphabet Project, a photographic web project, Stuart Pilkington, curator, (UK)
Contemporary Art in the Book Fair of Quito 2009, Ana Rodríguez, curator, (Quito Ecuador)

2008
*Apportmanteau, Stuttgart Film Winter Festival, Torsten Burns, curator, Stuttgart, Germany

2007
*The 4th Busan International Video Festival, Torsten Burns, curator, Space Bandee, Pusan, South Korea
The Karma of War: A Screening of Contemporary Video Art, Carla Macciavello, curator, Stony Brook University, NY

2005
The 5th Ewha Media Art Presentation, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
Aftereffects, video screening, Erin Donnelly, curator, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
August 25 Video Art @ Circle Cinema, organized by Monica Montagut, Price Tower Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
Beyond Stills, video screening, Gallery Korea, NY

2004
Impakt Festival 2004, Cultural Autopsy Program, Film/Video Festival, The Netherlands www.artwurl.net, curated by Carlos Motta, PS 122, New York, NY

2003
10th Biennial of Moving Images, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Cyber-Folios, www.longwoodcyber.org, exhibition Longwood Cyber-residency Program, Bronx, NY


Residencies, Fellowships, Grants and Awards

2011
Laundromat Project: Create Change Residency, a social practice project, Jersey City (NY/NJ)
Artist Project Residency, Salisbury University, (Salisbury, MD)

2010
NYSCA (New York State Council on the Arts), Film and Electronic Arts Grant, (NY)
MacDowell Artist in Residence Program, (Peterborough, NH)

2008
Mellon Research Fellowship through Lafayette College, (Easton, PA)
Cuts and Burns Residency, Outpost, Artist in Residence Program, (NY, NY)

2006
Urban Artist Initiative Grant, New York, NY
NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts & Culture) Grant, San Antonio, TX
Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
Harvestworks New Work Residency, New York, NY

2005
Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
Institute of Electronic Arts Residency, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
MacDowell Artist in Residence Program, Peterborough, NH
Center for Book Arts, Artist in Residence, New York, NY

2004
Smack Mellon Artist in Residence, Brooklyn, NY
Community Arts Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council & Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY

2003
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Workspace, Woolworth Building, New York, NY

2002
Cyberart Residency, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY

1996—2001
Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Artist in Residence, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Artist in the Marketplace (A.I.M), Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY


Invited Artist Talks and Panels

2011
Panel Discussion, as part of Spectrum, an exhibition of photography professors of the Lehigh Valley, Moravian College, (Bethlehem, PA)
Panel Discussion, The Narcissism of Difference, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art (MICA), (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES), (Princess Anne, MD)

2010
Artist Talk, LMAK Projects, (NY, NY)
Visiting Artist, Ecuelab, a new media and community arts think tank, (Lima, Peru)
Dossiers, (artist talk), presented at Instituto Superior Tecnológico de Artes del Ecuador (ITAE), (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Artist Talk, Bruckner Bar and Grill, organized by Wanda Raimundo Ortiz, (Bronx NY)

2009
Panel Discussion, Area Artists, Zoellner Gallery, Lehigh University, (Bethlehem, PA)
Racism: An American Family Value, panel discussion, moderated by Nicole Caruth, Center for Book Arts, (NY, NY)
The Handmade Multiple, panel discussion, moderated by Alexander Campos, PS 1 Contemporary Arts, (NY, NY)
Panel Discussion, Finding Work, Labor in Contemporary Art, moderated by Keith Miller, Gallatin Gallery (NY, NY)
Artist Talk, Museum of Modern Art Summer Program for Digital Media students, (NY, NY)

2008
“Memories of Development”, Salon at Pocket Utopia, organized by Austin Thomas, (Brooklyn, NY)
“Tergloba”, panel discussion, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, organized by Vagner Whitehead, Denver, CO

2007
“El Espectacúlo”, artist talk, NY Electronic Arts Festival, New York, NY

2005
Inside the S-files, curator-artist talk with Marysol Nieves, El Múseo del Barrio, New York, NY
Video Art Panel, George Mason University, Society for Photographic Education, Fairfax, VA
Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Graduate Photography Department, New York, NY

2004
Panel, Society for Photographic Education Northeast Conference, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Syracuse University, Fine Arts Department, Syracuse, NY

2003
“The Observation Gallery”, Artist talk, McMaster University, Canada
“Evidence of Meaning”, Computer Art Panel, Regional SPE Conference, New Jersey College, NJ
“No More Drama”, Artist Talk, Longwood @ Hostos Gallery, Bronx, NY
“No Pain No Gain: the Athlete in the American Arena”, Artist Talk, National SPE Conference, Austin, Texas
"Symposium: [Blank]: In Search of an American History, Stony Brook University, NY

Publications

2011
Historia(s)_en el arte contemporáneo del Ecuador, book, Rodolfo Kronfle Chambers, 2011, (Ecuador)
2011, The Eleventh China Pingyao International Photography Festival, catalogue, (Pingyao, China)
Ecuador, 100, experimental audiovisual artists, 1929-2011, book, 2011, (Ecuador)
"Airing Laundry: Artist asks residents to recount memories of changing Jersey City landscape", newspaper article, Assata Wright, Hudson Reporter (Jersey City, NJ)
"Jersey City Artist Aguilera Skvirsky's Public Art Project Uses Downtown's Lucky Laundromat as Oral-History Hub", newspaper article, Jon Whiten, Jersey City Independent, (Jersey City, NJ)
"El fin de la Mirada inocente", Galeria de Arte, magazine article, Anamaria Garzon Mantilla, Revista Vanguardia, (Quito, Ecuador)
“El fin de la Mirada inocente”, Galeria de Arte, magazine article, Anamaria Garzon Mantilla, Revista Vanguardia, (Quito, Ecuador)
'Narcissism of Minor Differences' shows how fast intolerance turns to violence, The Narcissism of Minor Differences, MICA (Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art), review, Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post, (Washington, DC)
Visual Arts: Disturbing images are anything but 'Minor', The Narcissism of Minor Differences, MICA (Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art), review, Mike Giuliano, Hudson County Times, (Baltimore, MD)
VIDEOARTE NACIONAL RECORRE AMÉRICA: Entrevista a Rodolfo Kronfle, curador,
Pasado Imperfecto: 10 presentes en el videoarte Ecuatoriano, interview with curator,
Expresiones, (Guayaquil, Ecuador)

2010
There is always a cup of sea for man to sail, the 29th São Paulo Biennial, 2010, catalogue,
(São Paulo, Brazil)
The Lush History of the Lower East Side, news and opinion, Art in America, Jane Harris
On Site: New York: Lush Life Exhibitions on Display at 9 Lower East Side Galleries, online review, A. Daley and S. Swinder, artobserved.com
Artists re-imagine Richard Price’s “Lush Life”: The New Yorker Graphic Novel, The Talk of the Town, The New Yorker, Samantha Henig

2009
Playlist, catalogue, exhibition essay, Rodolfo Kronfle-Chambers, Galeria Proceso and Museo Municipal, (Cuenca, Ecuador)
Racism: An American Family Value, catalogue, Center for Book Arts, (NY, NY)
Artists capture good and evil in Lehigh University show, review, The Morning Call, Geoff Gehman, (Bethlehem, PA)
Area Artists, brochure, Siegel Gallery, Lehigh University, (Bethlehem, PA)

2008
Art Bistro, on-line magazine, interview with Valerie Atkisson, (San Francisco, CA)
Artery, catalogue, essays by Edward Bader and Robert Enright, Prairie Art Gallery, (Grand Prairie, Canada)
“North·East·South”, catalogue, essays by Professor Robert Mattison and Stephanie Dinkins,
(Easton, PA)
What We Think We See in Iraq, the Revealer, on-line review of Backyards, Jeff Sharlet
“Imaging War”, (Re)Framing the War in Iraq, Portfolio, Photographic Quarterly, Center for Photography at (Woodstock, NY)

2007
50,000 Beds, catalogue, Aldrich Contemporary Museum of Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
TERGLOBA, catalogue, Vagner Whitehead, curator, Meadow Brook Art Gallery,
(Rochester, MI)
“Strangers in Strange Lands”, Cleveland Free Press, review, Douglas Max Utter, (Cleveland, OH)
“Immigration’s many faces is focus of Spaces exhibit”, review, Cleveland Jewish News, Fran Heller, (Cleveland OH)
“PRC: Focus on the Future”, review, Art New England Magazine, Shawn Hill
‘PRC P.O.V.’ at Bu’s Photographic Resource Center, review, The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, Greg Cook

2006
PRC: The Next 30 Years, Loupe magazine, Photographic Resource Center, (Boston MA)
Gallery Report, Hungry Hyena, on-line Review of Prevailing Climate, Sara Meltzer Gallery, (NY, NY)
Tales of Places, exhibition essay and on-line catalogue, Zeljka Himbele, The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, (Annandale on the Hudson, NY)
“The Art of War”, Review, Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, (New Jersey)

2005
“Latino Art, and Beyond Category”, review, Holland Cotter, New York Times, (NY, NY)
“S-Files”, catalogue, exhibition essays, Deborah Cullen, Marysol Nieves and Miki Garcia, El Museo del Barrio, (NY, NY)
‘Capturing a Moment-ito’, Art Listings review, New York Times, Ken Johnson, (NY, NY)
“El Momentito”, catalogue, exhibition essay, Monica Montagut, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, (Queens, NY)

Collections

CBRE Development Corporation (NY, NY)
El Museo del Barrío (NY, NY)
The Center for Photography (Woodstock, NY)
The Bronx Museum of Art (NY, NY)
New York Historical Society (NY, NY)
Samuel Dorsky Museum (NY, NY)
Singer Editions (Boston, MA)
Museum of Modern Art Library (NY, NY)
Brooklyn Museum of Art (NY, NY)
SFMOMA Library (San Francisco, CA)
New York Public Library (NY, NY)
Whitney Museum of American Art (NY, NY)
Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
Indiana University Fine Arts Library (Bloomington, IN)

and private collections

Education

MFA 1996 Photography, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
BA 1991 Spanish Literature, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH