Born in New Haven, CT, February 13, 1961, NYC resident since 1998.
1989 MA, philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
1984 BA, philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 “egglandia,” Go Fish Gallery, NYC, March 31 - April 21
2004 THE SKULL PROJECT, St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, NYC, October 11 – Nov. 10; public art ritual commemorating everyone killed in Iraq through making skulls eggs.
“Photography,” The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA, Sept. 3 - 28
2002 "New Erotica," The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA, July 26 - August 8
"Journeys," Gallery Ariodante, New Orleans, LA, April 5-30
2001 "Messengers," Alabaster, San Francisco, CA, November 15-29
"In Spirit," The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA, July 27-August 9
2000 “Images of Buddha," Alabaster, San Francisco, CA, December 1-15
"Eggshell Mosaics," The Schoolhouse, Provincetown, MA, August 27-Sept 7
"Mardi Gras," Gallery Ariodante, New Orleans, LA, February 5-March 31
1998 Attica Erotica," Alabaster, San Francisco, CA, April 4-23
New Orleans All-Around," Gallery Ariodante, March 7-29
1997 "Flushing Beauty," Walker's Wonders, Provincetown, MA, July 3-Sept 15; bathroom installation with floating (in toilet) ostrich shell, torn & mixed media.
"The Art of Pysanky," Gallery Ariodante, March 1-30
1996 "The Eggman: New Works," The Artful Hand, Boston, MA, May 1-28
"Glorifying the Egg," Gallery Ariodante, New Orleans, LA, March 2-30
1995 "Attica Erotica Series," Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena, SF, CA July 10-Oct 30.
"Provincetown All-Around," The Collections Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Sept 15-28.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 “small works,” 80 Washington Square East Galleries (WSEG-NYU), New York University, New York, NY, February 3-March 9, “Unwanted,” painted/gilded Ostrich shell, Jim Kempner, juror.
2006 “Thanks: Returning the Favor,” apexart, New York, NY, November 29 – January 6, 2007, “Children’s Globe,” pencil sketched ostrich shell.
“Modern Heretics,” Antebellum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, October 28 – December 2, egg erotica shown with fantasy art photography, Rick Castro, curator.
“American 7,” WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA, August 28 – September 16, “Laughing all the Way to the Bank,” eggshells & mixed media, David Duckworth, Fanny Retsek, Sandra Starkey Simon, curators.
“Erotic Art Show,’ The Kinsey Institute, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, April 14-June 30, “EROS KAOS,” eggshell collage, Betsy Stirratt, curator.
“The Studio Visit,” Exit/Art, New York, NY, January 7- March 25; “egglandia” window studio installation, Papo Colo & Jeanette Ingberman, curators.
“small works,” 80 Washington Square East Galleries (WSEG-NYU), February 4-March10, “Going Under,” painted Ostrich shell, Jack Shainman, juror.2005 “The Folk Show,” The Erotic Museum, Hollywood, CA, August 4 – November 25; “IO PAN,” etched Emu shell.
“small works,” 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, July 15 – August 29; “Globalization” & “THINK PINK” selected.
2004 “Dollhouses in the Dollhaus,” Dollhaus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, September 11 – October 10; “Skully’s at Home,” nested skull eggs in birdcage installation.
“Terrorvision,” Exit/Art, New York, NY, May 1 – July 31; “21 Skull Salute,” 21 skull eggs in a bowl, Papo Colo & Jeanette Ingberman, curators.
“small works,” WSEG-NYU, New York, NY, January 31 – March 12, “Globalization,” goose and chicken shell collage, Molly Barnes, juror.
2003 "Local Talent/Small Works," Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (WAHC); Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 6-28; "21 Skull Salute," installation of 21 skull eggs in bowl on marble slab on a pedestal. James Pinney, curator.
Group Show," The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA, August 29-Sept.12; 2 installations of skull eggs, Michael Carroll, curator.
2002 "Local Talent/Small Works," WAHC, Brooklyn, NY, Dec 7-29, 2 Buddha eggs and eggshell mosaic.
“small works," (WSEG-NYU), February 2 - March 8, "Eleven's #2," Barbara Millstein, juror.
2001 "And Lo! The Old Gods!" Leslie-Loman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY, April 3 - June 2, IW PAN series, Charles Leslie, curator
2000 "Reflections of Myself," All Out Arts Festival, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY, May 3-21, Self-Portrait, Arthur Burns, curator.
1999 “small works," WSEG-NYU, January 30 - March 5, Attic-black ostrich shell
"Hercules Labor #13," Ronald Feldman, curator.
1998 "Group Show," The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA, June 12-26, Attic-black ostrich hanging "Beach Chum," Michael Carroll, curator
"Members Juried," Provincetown Art Association & Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA, January 16-March 10, Batiked rhea shell "Rhythm," Aristides Logothetis, curator
1997 "Assisted Ready-Made," The Folk Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, June 5 - August 31, Attic-` black figure triptych "Man & Nature," on rhea shells.
“Multi-Cultural Exhibition," The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, December 8, 1996 - January 24, 1997, Joseph P. Gualtieri, curator
1996 “20/20: Emerging Artists," PAAM, Provincetown, MA, July 12-25, "A Prayer: God bring back the cod," batiked ostrich shell, Lee Musselman, curator.
"The Eggman: Exotic Eggs," Clark Art Gallery, S.E. Louisiana University, March 4-9.
1994 "Glitter, Gold & Myrrh," Leslie-Loman Gallery, New York, NY, June 10-July 25, Attic-black figure series "Pan-Athanaic Vases."
“Crafts National 28," Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, June 5 - July 24, Attic-black and geometric series goose shells.
1993 "Marvelous Miniatures," Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, January 3-15.
1991 "Democracy," Makeshift Gallery, Provincetown, MA, July 3-30, "War Poem," hanging goose shell, Patrick Clarke, curator
"New Face: Artistic Interpretations of Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon," District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC, May 10 - June 21,
"Warning," two goose shells in fishbowl installation, Thomas Steed Taylor, curator
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
Craft Magazine, #2, Winter 2007, “Eggcentric Art,” by Susan Brackney.
The New York Times, February 24, 2006, “The Studio Visit: Exit Art,” by Roberta Smith
The Village Voice, May 7, 2004, “Getting Personal, Political and Very Idiosyncratic at Exit Art,” by Jane Harris
The Wall Street Journal, 1/2/2003 & 1/2/2004 editions, year-end global market report illustration.
Decorative Eggs; Exquisite Designs with Wax and Dye. Jane Pollak, Sterling Lark Books, 1996.
"Works in Progress," radio interview with Diana Fabbris, WOMR, Provincetown, MA, aired 9/15/95.
"The Eggman Cometh," Squid magazine, Fall 1994.
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