Independent Art Curator

•The Fairy Palace community events (2014-2019) (Rosendale, NY)
• Chimera, Earthlands 2012 (Petersham, MA)
• Self-Made, art curator for The Last Supper Salon, 3rd Ward, 2010 (Brooklyn, NY)
• Visionary Sanctuary, permanent art exhibition for Mercy First, an adoption and foster care provider, connected by the
organization Art Connects New York, 2010 (Brooklyn, NY)
• Skinning, soothing art space, Windows Gallery, 2009 (Queens, NY)
• The Super Thing, DEVO inspired art exhibition, 3rd Ward, 2008 (Brooklyn, NY)
• Pseudoscience, summer art lab, HQ Gallery, 2007 (Brooklyn, NY)
• Wiggly World, a response to the 2004 election with MidWestern artists, Tyler School of Art, 2004 (Elkins Park, PA)
• Store-a-front, window installations by women, Lab Gallery, Roger Smith Hotel, 2004 (NY, NY)
• The Mouth Breathers, an exhibition about communication, NURTUREart Gallery, 2004 (Brooklyn, NY)
• POW!, a loft show of personal reflections, Kunstvaret, 2003 (NY, NY)
• Found a Job, everyone was invited to be a star and show their art on TV screens, Remote Lounge, 2003 (NY, NY)
• Goin’ Under, a study of the Persona, Aquatic Creations, 2002 (NY, NY)
• Replacement, I learned site-specific curation within the 2nd annual show, Brewster Project, 2002 (Brewster, NY)

Curating Bibliography, 2002-present

  • Alan Lupiani, “Five Alive!”-Emerging Curators of NYC, artblogNYC, November 2010
  • Meg Duig, Gotham Groove, ARTILLERY MAGAZINE, July/Aug 2008
  • Eudie Pak, Devo-inspired Art at 3rd Ward, VILLAGE VOICE, May 8-12 2008
  • Aaron Short, Devo announcement, BROOKYN COURIER, May 6 2008
  • Genocchio, Ben. Down by the River, THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 30 2006.
  • Genocchio, Ben. In Peekskill, It Takes a Community: An Art Program’s Theme Embraces Local History and Memory, THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25 2005
  • Iarocci, Mary. Art Festival a Cut Above the Rest, THE JOURNAL NEWS, September 25 2005
  • Elliot, Jon. The Mouth Breathers at NURTUREart, THE GREENLINE, Feb 11 2004

 

Publications

  • Coming Home, Broke Wide Open (Rock Wilk’s NYC play) Reality Sandwich, January 2013
  • Fuzzy Memory (Monkey Spoon group show, Kim Foster Gallery) Culture Catch, July 2011
  • Gallery Hops New York City, Various, ART SLANT, July 2008-September 2009
  • Interview with Center for Tactical Magic, Reality Sandwich, January 2009
  • Democracy in America, ARTILLERY MAGAZINE, November 2008
  • OsGemeos at Deitch Projects, ARTILLERY MAGAZINE, September 2008
  • Young at Art: Educating the precocious collector (Jenny Marketou’s Lounge of Ethereal Fun),
    ARTILLERY MAGAZINE, June 2008

 

Co-founder and Director of The Peekskill Project;s first three annual events (2004-2006), Peekskill, NY

  • Developed model and coordinated art exhibition and special programming of a dozen international curators and 50-100 artists for each event. Led art tours for the public.
  • Initiated and maintained platform of relationships between small city government, diverse community populations, organizations, businesses, and artists.
  • Problem solved with artists, local businesses, and government to situate individual artworks.
  • Managed logistics including artist and curator correspondence, installation, sought funding and fabrication assistance, grant writing, budgeting, interns, scheduled special programming, and led tours.
  • During this time, I taught at afterschool programs, teaching art programs in Westchester County and assisting in Brooklyn, “Art with Junk” with intermediate school age children and Videography with houseless teens.

Curator, The Brewster Project, Brewster, NY (2002)