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Solo Exhibitions

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

2008
*ARTery, public art exhibition, Ed Bader, curator, Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, Canada

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

* Catalogue Available


Video Screenings and Web Projects

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

2008
Outpost, Artist in Residence Program, New York, 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


Artist Talks

2008
“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


Collections

CBRE Development Corporation, NY, El Múseo del Barrío, NY, The Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY, The Bronx Museum of Art, NY, New York Historical Society, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New York, Singer Editions, Boston, MA, Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, SFMOMA Library, New York Public Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Rhode Island School of Design, Indiana University Fine Arts Library and private collections.


Education

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