Born in Ostuni, Italy, 1963.
Lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION
1986 Academy of Fine Arts, Lecce, Italy, MFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Because the World Is Cruel, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
Mortality's Alchemist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah,
Georgia; Traveled to Savannah College of Art and Design, Trois Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2008
Betrayed Witches, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Eros and Thanatos, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee
2007
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
2006
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2004
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
2003
Massimo Audiello, New York
Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2001
Massimo Audiello, New York
2000
Hurqualia, Art Resources Transfer, New York
Hurqualia, Omphalos Arte Contemporanea, Bari, Italy
1999
Art Resources Transfer, New York (Project wall)
1998
Queensborough Community College / CUNY, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Il Trucco e le Maschere, Byblos Art Gallery, Verona, Italy
185th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National
Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, New York
2009
Thread Baring: A Portrayal of Masculinity One Stitch at a Time, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
In Stitches, curated by Beth Rudin deWoody, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, New York
Flower Power, Villa Giulia, Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Verbania, Italy
Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, KAdE Kunsthal in Amersfoort, The Netherlands
The Garden at 4 AM, Gana Art, New York
Pretty Is As Pretty Does, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
En Découdre, Fondation d'Entreprise Espace Ecureuil, Toulouse, France
2008
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Texas; Traveled through 2009 to the Grey Art Gallery at New
York University, New York; and The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
Collection II: shell-shelter, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
A Year in Painting, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Expanded Painting, Space Other, Boston, Massachusetts
Black, G Fine Art, Washington D.C.
2007
M*A*S*H Miami: The Expanded Painting Show, Miami Design District, Miami, Florida
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
Senso Unico, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
4aXY: 10 Years of Gallery 4A, Gallery 4A – Asia Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
I Am As You Will Be: The Skeleton in Art, Cheim & Read, New York, New York
2ème Ete Culturel: Dialogues Mediterraneens, Citadelle de Saint-Tropez, Saint-Tropez, France
Shadow, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2006
The way of all flesh, BravinLee programs, New York
Arcadia, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Fresh! Contemporary takes on Nature and Allegory, Museum of Glass International
Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA (catalogue)
ARS 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue)
2005
Alternative Paradise, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa,
Japan (catalogue)
Hanging by a Thread, The Moore Space, Miami
Neo-Baroque!, Byblos Art Gallery, Verona, Italy (catalogue)
It's Not About Sex!, Luxe Gallery, New York
New Tapestries, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Mystery, Grace Li Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Surface, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York
Chronos, Il Filatoio, Caraglio, Italy (catalogue)
Filoluce, Museo della Permanente, Milan, Italy (catalogue)
2004
100% Acid free, White Columns, New York, Micaela Giovannotti, curator
Angelo Filomeno, Simon Periton, Philip Taaffe, Francesco Vezzoli,
Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
2003
Stop & Stor, Luxe Gallery, New York
Game, Salvatore Ferragamo, New York
Makeover, Massimo Audiello, New York
Il racconto del filo, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MART), Rovereto, Italy,
Francesca Pasini and Giorgio Verzotti, curators (catalogue)
City mouse, country mouse, Space 101, New York, David Hunt, curator
Fashion, Italian Style, The Museum at FIT, New York, Valerie Steele, curator
2002
Proper Villains, Untitled (space) Gallery, New Haven, CT, David Hunt, curator
Sew Fine, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, Karen Shaw, curator
2002
Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, Renato Barilli, curator (catalogue)
2001
Guardaroba, Ex Monastero Santa Scolastica, Bari, Italy
Re:Duchamp, Traveling Exhibition, Istanbul Bienali, Venice Biennale, curated by NYArts
Magazine
2000
Le Jardin, Villa Medici, Academie de France à Rome, Italy
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Laurence Bossé, Hans Ulrich Obrist, curators (catalogue)
Re:Duchamp, Traveling Exhibition, Kulturbahnhof, Bremen, Germany
The Artists' Museum, Lodz, Poland
Emmanuel Heller Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by NYArts magazine
Inantartico, Omphalos Arte Contemporanea, Bari, Italy
1999
Whichkraft?, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York (curating)
Surface Structure, Nikolai Fine Art, New York
25 Years of Photography, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York
1998
Artist of the week, Pierogi 2000, New York
No England-No Amsterdam III, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Biennial works on paper, QCC/CUNY, New York, Marilyn Kushner, curator
New York State Biennial, New York State Museum, Albany, New York, Linda Weintraub, curator (catalogue)
1997
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas Sokolowski, curator
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
1996
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, New York
LECTURES
Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, New York
Queensborough Community College/CUNY, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Harris, Susan, Art in America, October 2006
Korotkin, Joyce B., ArtReview, May 2006
Mueller, Stephen, Gay City News, High/Low, Over the Top, February 16-22, 2006
Spears, Dorothy, New York Times, Costume Shop Boy Makes Good, February 12, 2006
Mitchell, Clare, Nylon, Dark Arts, February 2006
Neil, Jonathan T.D., Modern Painters, Epistemic Threads, September 2005
Baynard, Ed, Modern Painters, Going for Baroque, April 2005
Khemsurov, Monica, Surface, Dark Angelo, Issue #52, Spring 2005
Smith, Roberta, New York Times, Angelo Filomeno, Simon Periton, Philip Taaffe, Francesco Vezzoli, July 23, 2004
Korotkin, Joyce B., Tema Celeste, The Neo-barpque Era, Issue #104 July/August 2004
Finel Honigman, Ana, Tema Celeste, Issue # 101, p.95, 96
Levin, Kim, The Village Voice, November 19-25, 2003, p. 91
Moyer, Carrie, Gay City, November 20-26, 2003, p. 90
Fujimori, Manami, OCS News, November 7, 2003
Vogue Italia, October 2003,
Michelato, Stefania, Flash Art, August-September 2003
Rossi, Mariella, Tema Celeste.com, June 2003
D'Annunzio, Grazia, MM magazine, spring-summer 2003
Quaroni, Ivan, Flash Art, Reviews, April/May 2003, p.142
Flash Art, News, April/May 2003, p.79
Di Raddo, Elena, Tema Celeste, Issue # 97, April/May 2003
Bonazzoli, Francesca, Corriere della sera, February 21, 2003
Masoero, Ada, Il Giornale dell'Arte, February 2003
Memeo, Francesca, La Stampa, January 30, 2003
Korotkin, Joyce, NY Arts, November 2002, p.45
De Palma, Grazia, Corriere della sera, August 27, 2002, p.15
Korotkin, Joyce, The New York Art World, June 2002, p.15
The New York Times, Where fashion meets art, April 30, 2002
Harrison, Helen A., The New York Times, Art Review, March 17, 2002, p. 14 LI section
Paderni, Marinella, Tema Celeste, Issue # 90, March/April 2002
Pasquini, Stefano, NY Arts, March 2002, p. 140, 141
Chambers, Christopher, dArt, Winter 2002
Marino, Antonella, Flash Art, February/March 2002, p.132
Pasini, Francesca, Il Secolo XIX, January 30, 2002, p.15
Morera, Daniela, AMICA, January 30, 2002, p.44-49
Cotter, Holland, The New York Times, Art in review, November 23, 2001
The New Yorker, November 26, 2001, p. 26
Korotkin, Joyce, In the studio…, NY Arts, October 2001, p.40
Filomeno, Angelo, Self-portrait, Tema Celeste, October 2001, p. 72,73
Marino, Antonella, Flash Art, February 2001, p.138
De Palma, Grazia, Corriere della sera, December 20, 2000, p.15
Marino, Antonella, La Repubblica, November 25, 2000, p.17
Marino, Antonella, Flash Art, April 2000, p.66
Korotkin, Joyce, Whichkraft?, The New York Art World, November 1999, pp.12
Everett, Deborah, Whichkraft?, NY Arts, October 1999, p. 69
New York Magazine, Fall preview 99, Group show not to be missed – Whichkraft?, Sept 13, 1999,
p. 104
Nelson, Samantha, Pick 3, WaterfrontWeek, April 8, 1999, p. 8
Kushner, Marilyn, Songs of the Universe, Queensborough Community College catalog 1998
Jaeger, William, Art of the State, Art New England, April-May 1998, p. 18
Ducmanis, Ingrid, An Angel at My Table, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, May 1998, pp. 44, 45
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
The Lever House Art Collection, New York, NY
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
West Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence, Italy
Lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION
1986 Academy of Fine Arts, Lecce, Italy, MFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Because the World Is Cruel, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
Mortality's Alchemist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah,
Georgia; Traveled to Savannah College of Art and Design, Trois Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2008
Betrayed Witches, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Eros and Thanatos, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee
2007
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
2006
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2004
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
2003
Massimo Audiello, New York
Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2001
Massimo Audiello, New York
2000
Hurqualia, Art Resources Transfer, New York
Hurqualia, Omphalos Arte Contemporanea, Bari, Italy
1999
Art Resources Transfer, New York (Project wall)
1998
Queensborough Community College / CUNY, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Il Trucco e le Maschere, Byblos Art Gallery, Verona, Italy
185th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National
Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, New York
2009
Thread Baring: A Portrayal of Masculinity One Stitch at a Time, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
In Stitches, curated by Beth Rudin deWoody, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, New York
Flower Power, Villa Giulia, Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Verbania, Italy
Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, KAdE Kunsthal in Amersfoort, The Netherlands
The Garden at 4 AM, Gana Art, New York
Pretty Is As Pretty Does, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
En Découdre, Fondation d'Entreprise Espace Ecureuil, Toulouse, France
2008
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Texas; Traveled through 2009 to the Grey Art Gallery at New
York University, New York; and The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
Collection II: shell-shelter, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
A Year in Painting, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Expanded Painting, Space Other, Boston, Massachusetts
Black, G Fine Art, Washington D.C.
2007
M*A*S*H Miami: The Expanded Painting Show, Miami Design District, Miami, Florida
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
Senso Unico, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
4aXY: 10 Years of Gallery 4A, Gallery 4A – Asia Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
I Am As You Will Be: The Skeleton in Art, Cheim & Read, New York, New York
2ème Ete Culturel: Dialogues Mediterraneens, Citadelle de Saint-Tropez, Saint-Tropez, France
Shadow, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2006
The way of all flesh, BravinLee programs, New York
Arcadia, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Fresh! Contemporary takes on Nature and Allegory, Museum of Glass International
Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA (catalogue)
ARS 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue)
2005
Alternative Paradise, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa,
Japan (catalogue)
Hanging by a Thread, The Moore Space, Miami
Neo-Baroque!, Byblos Art Gallery, Verona, Italy (catalogue)
It's Not About Sex!, Luxe Gallery, New York
New Tapestries, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Mystery, Grace Li Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Surface, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York
Chronos, Il Filatoio, Caraglio, Italy (catalogue)
Filoluce, Museo della Permanente, Milan, Italy (catalogue)
2004
100% Acid free, White Columns, New York, Micaela Giovannotti, curator
Angelo Filomeno, Simon Periton, Philip Taaffe, Francesco Vezzoli,
Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
2003
Stop & Stor, Luxe Gallery, New York
Game, Salvatore Ferragamo, New York
Makeover, Massimo Audiello, New York
Il racconto del filo, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MART), Rovereto, Italy,
Francesca Pasini and Giorgio Verzotti, curators (catalogue)
City mouse, country mouse, Space 101, New York, David Hunt, curator
Fashion, Italian Style, The Museum at FIT, New York, Valerie Steele, curator
2002
Proper Villains, Untitled (space) Gallery, New Haven, CT, David Hunt, curator
Sew Fine, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, Karen Shaw, curator
2002
Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, Renato Barilli, curator (catalogue)
2001
Guardaroba, Ex Monastero Santa Scolastica, Bari, Italy
Re:Duchamp, Traveling Exhibition, Istanbul Bienali, Venice Biennale, curated by NYArts
Magazine
2000
Le Jardin, Villa Medici, Academie de France à Rome, Italy
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Laurence Bossé, Hans Ulrich Obrist, curators (catalogue)
Re:Duchamp, Traveling Exhibition, Kulturbahnhof, Bremen, Germany
The Artists' Museum, Lodz, Poland
Emmanuel Heller Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by NYArts magazine
Inantartico, Omphalos Arte Contemporanea, Bari, Italy
1999
Whichkraft?, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York (curating)
Surface Structure, Nikolai Fine Art, New York
25 Years of Photography, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York
1998
Artist of the week, Pierogi 2000, New York
No England-No Amsterdam III, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Biennial works on paper, QCC/CUNY, New York, Marilyn Kushner, curator
New York State Biennial, New York State Museum, Albany, New York, Linda Weintraub, curator (catalogue)
1997
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas Sokolowski, curator
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
1996
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, New York
LECTURES
Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, New York
Queensborough Community College/CUNY, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Harris, Susan, Art in America, October 2006
Korotkin, Joyce B., ArtReview, May 2006
Mueller, Stephen, Gay City News, High/Low, Over the Top, February 16-22, 2006
Spears, Dorothy, New York Times, Costume Shop Boy Makes Good, February 12, 2006
Mitchell, Clare, Nylon, Dark Arts, February 2006
Neil, Jonathan T.D., Modern Painters, Epistemic Threads, September 2005
Baynard, Ed, Modern Painters, Going for Baroque, April 2005
Khemsurov, Monica, Surface, Dark Angelo, Issue #52, Spring 2005
Smith, Roberta, New York Times, Angelo Filomeno, Simon Periton, Philip Taaffe, Francesco Vezzoli, July 23, 2004
Korotkin, Joyce B., Tema Celeste, The Neo-barpque Era, Issue #104 July/August 2004
Finel Honigman, Ana, Tema Celeste, Issue # 101, p.95, 96
Levin, Kim, The Village Voice, November 19-25, 2003, p. 91
Moyer, Carrie, Gay City, November 20-26, 2003, p. 90
Fujimori, Manami, OCS News, November 7, 2003
Vogue Italia, October 2003,
Michelato, Stefania, Flash Art, August-September 2003
Rossi, Mariella, Tema Celeste.com, June 2003
D'Annunzio, Grazia, MM magazine, spring-summer 2003
Quaroni, Ivan, Flash Art, Reviews, April/May 2003, p.142
Flash Art, News, April/May 2003, p.79
Di Raddo, Elena, Tema Celeste, Issue # 97, April/May 2003
Bonazzoli, Francesca, Corriere della sera, February 21, 2003
Masoero, Ada, Il Giornale dell'Arte, February 2003
Memeo, Francesca, La Stampa, January 30, 2003
Korotkin, Joyce, NY Arts, November 2002, p.45
De Palma, Grazia, Corriere della sera, August 27, 2002, p.15
Korotkin, Joyce, The New York Art World, June 2002, p.15
The New York Times, Where fashion meets art, April 30, 2002
Harrison, Helen A., The New York Times, Art Review, March 17, 2002, p. 14 LI section
Paderni, Marinella, Tema Celeste, Issue # 90, March/April 2002
Pasquini, Stefano, NY Arts, March 2002, p. 140, 141
Chambers, Christopher, dArt, Winter 2002
Marino, Antonella, Flash Art, February/March 2002, p.132
Pasini, Francesca, Il Secolo XIX, January 30, 2002, p.15
Morera, Daniela, AMICA, January 30, 2002, p.44-49
Cotter, Holland, The New York Times, Art in review, November 23, 2001
The New Yorker, November 26, 2001, p. 26
Korotkin, Joyce, In the studio…, NY Arts, October 2001, p.40
Filomeno, Angelo, Self-portrait, Tema Celeste, October 2001, p. 72,73
Marino, Antonella, Flash Art, February 2001, p.138
De Palma, Grazia, Corriere della sera, December 20, 2000, p.15
Marino, Antonella, La Repubblica, November 25, 2000, p.17
Marino, Antonella, Flash Art, April 2000, p.66
Korotkin, Joyce, Whichkraft?, The New York Art World, November 1999, pp.12
Everett, Deborah, Whichkraft?, NY Arts, October 1999, p. 69
New York Magazine, Fall preview 99, Group show not to be missed – Whichkraft?, Sept 13, 1999,
p. 104
Nelson, Samantha, Pick 3, WaterfrontWeek, April 8, 1999, p. 8
Kushner, Marilyn, Songs of the Universe, Queensborough Community College catalog 1998
Jaeger, William, Art of the State, Art New England, April-May 1998, p. 18
Ducmanis, Ingrid, An Angel at My Table, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, May 1998, pp. 44, 45
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
The Lever House Art Collection, New York, NY
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
West Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence, Italy