February 19, 2010 - April 9, 2010
Artist Biography
Gianna Commito
GIANNA COMMITO
Born 1976, North Carolina
Lives and works in Kent, OH
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA
2002 MA, University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA
1998 BFA, Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Untitled (Painting), SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2009 The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
The Great Impression, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2008 Union Square, Taxter and Spengemann, New York, NY
Exquisitude, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Art on Paper Biennial, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Greensboro, NC
Recent Work, Moreau Art Galleries, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Perfect Strangers, Daily Operation, curated by Jon Lutz. Brooklyn, NY
2007 Fall Selections: Non-Declarative Drawing, The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
Side by Side, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Eight Hour Drawing Project, Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College. Meadville, PA
Thirty Women, Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery, Frederick Community College. Frederick, MD
2006 Artist of the Week, from Flatfiles, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Space-Domestic, Emerson Gallery, McLean Center for the Arts, McLean, VA
2004 Young Painters Competition, curated by Lauri Firstenburg, Heistan Galleries, Miami University of
Ohio, Oxford, OH
2002 Iowa Artists, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
COLLABORATIONS AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2008 Call and Response, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
The Last Book, compiled by Luis Camnitzer, housed in the National Library of Argentina
2006 Three-way, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2005 Listings, Collaboration with author Rick Moody, Indiana Review (Volume 27, #1) Summer, 2005
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
2005 Artist in Residence, Saint Michael's College Visiting Artist Program: Colchester, VT
Second Place, William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Young Painters Competition, Miami University of Ohio,
OH
2004 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Yaddo: Saratoga Springs, NY
The MacDowell Colony: Peterborough, NH
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: Omaha, NE
2003 Mildred Peltzer Lynch Fellowship, University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History: Iowa City, IA
COLLECTIONS
Pierogi Flatfiles: Brooklyn, NY
The Drawing Center Viewing Program and Slide Registry: New York, NY
White Columns Slide Registry and Website: New York, NY
Artist's Space Slide Registry: New York, NY
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics: Iowa City, IA
University of Iowa Thesis Collection: Iowa City, IA
Law Offices of Bernkopf, Goodman, and Baseman: Boston, MA
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Art on Paper 2008, Art Papers, Max Halperen, March/April 2009
Critic's Pick, Artforum.com, Lumi Tan, posted 17 July 2008
Recommendations, The Village Voice, R.C. Baker, 9 October 2007
Juxtapositions: Side by Side @ Moca, Angle: a Journal of Arts and Culture, Douglas Max Utter, Issue 31, March/April 2007
Daring Pairings, The Plain Dealer, Steven Lit, 30 January 2007
On View-Side by Side, The Cleveland Scene, Zachary Lewis, 6 February 2007, P. 27
Space-Domestic in McLean, The Washington Post, Jessica Dawson, 24 June 2006, p. C02
Space-Domestic, Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps, 30 June 2006, p.60
Collaboration/Collage, Indiana Review, Sima Rabinowitz, 19 October 2005.
Painting, Potential and Indeterminacy, Online catalogue introduction to Miami University Young Painters Competition, Lauri Firstenberg, www.fna.muohio.edu, posted Fall 2005.
SCOTT OLSON
Born 1976, New York
Lives and works in Kent, OH
EDUCATION
2008 MFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2000-02 Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan
1998 BFA, NYSCC, School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Galerie Nordenhake, Stokholm, Sweden
2008 Overduin & Kite, Los Angeles, CA
Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
2006 Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Untitled (Painting), SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2009 The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
Abstractionists Unite! Who Give You Just Enough To Last a Lifetime, Glendale College Art Gallery,
Glendale, CA
Modern Modern, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Paper, Scissors, Stone, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 The Wu-Tang/googolplex show (Congress), Gavin Brown's Enterprise at Passerby, New York, NY
2006 Grupe, Gavin Brown's Enterprise at Passerby, New York, NY; Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA
Cyclical States of Boredom in the Face of World Domination, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Void, Rice Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Void Archive, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitayushu, Japan
2001 Dedalic Convention, Museum fuer angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
PERFORMANCES
2004 Audio soundrack with Ned Colclough in conjuction with Rirkrit Tiravanija's "Untitled 2002 (he
promised)"
Liam Gillick Meets Scott Olson in Japan (audio cd) Whatness 001
1998 Primordial Lift written by Pauline Oliveros, Hallwalls Contemporary Art
Center, Buffalo
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Scott Olson, Galerie Nordenhake: Glodande kontraster vrider tiden bakat (Glowing Contrasts that Turn Back Time), Joanna Persman, Svenske Dagbladet, April 2009
Scott Olson, Overduin & Kite, Sarah Lerher-Gravier, Artforum, September 2008, p. 470
Museums and Gallery Listings: Scott Olson, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, May 2, 2008
Is Painting Small the Next Big Thing?, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, Saturday, April 19, 2008, p. B7 and B11
Charley 01, ed. M. Cattelan, M. Gioni, A. Subotnick, 2002
Dedalic Convention, Karin Pernegger, Camera Austria, No. 76, 2002
Freejazz in der Grauzone, Doris Krump, Der Standard, September 26, 2001
Liam Gillick Meets Scott Olson in Japan, The Wire, No. 205, 2001
Primordial Lift, The Wire, No. 193, 2001
ZAK PREKOP
Born 1979
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2009 Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001 B.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Untitled (Painting), SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2009 Jon Pestoni and Zak Prekop, Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York, NY
Richard Aldrich, Zak Prekop, Lesley Vance, Roger Björkholmen Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Varda Calvano, Matt Connors, Thomas Hylander, Zak Prekop, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
Paul Bloodgood, Matt Connors, Ryan McLaughlin, Elena Pankova, Zak Prekop, Michael Wetzel,
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI
Creswell Crags, Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York, NY
Bianca Beck, Josh Brand, Matt Connors, Zak Prekop, Hayley Tompkins, Sue Tompkins, Shane
Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Rotations (One Work): Heather Guertin, Neil Infalvi, Zak Prekop, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ghost Art Is a Lie: Heather Guertin, Neil Infalvi, Zak Prekop, Gallery X, The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
You Are Many, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
IL
Bauhaus Art Show, Guertin's Graphics, Chicago, IL
2007 More or Less: Rodney Carswell/Zak Prekop, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
The Nature of Disturbance, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2005 Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
PROJECTS
2008 No Legs, Curated by Zak Prekop, Alogon, Chicago, IL
2006 Hurray, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA
Bring the War Home, Performance with Hurray, Elizabeth Dee, New York, NY
The Fact Abstract, Performance with Hurray, Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY
North Drive Press Presents NDP: The Movie, Performance with Hurray, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2005 Hurray, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
KA/VH : RA/AG, Peformance with Hurray and Amy Granat, Oliver Kamm 5BE, New York, NY
2003 Perfect If On, Performance with Peter Mandradjieff, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
Joan Mitchell M.F.A. Grant Nominee
Trustee Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Orendorff, Danny. Review: Zak Prekop/Shane Campbell Gallery. NewCity, December 9, 2008
Smith, Roberta. Museum and Gallery Listings: 'Creswell Crags.' New York Times, October 2, 2008
Wenzel, Erik. Unpainted - Recent Abstract Painting. Artslant.com. www.artslant.com/sf/articles/show/1612 (accessed June 23, 2008)
Wenzel, Erik. Review: The Nature of Disturbance. Time Out Chicago 101, 2007
Keegan, Matt. Top Ten: Matt Keegan. Artforum February 2006
Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: Greater Brooklyn. New York Times, July 8, 2005
BRIAN SHARP
Born 1974
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2001 MFA, University of Washington, Seattle WA, Painting and Drawing
1998 BFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Painting and Drawing
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Untitled (Painting), SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2009 1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
Wall Drawing, Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA
Bucks Chase Does, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Psychogeometry, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show with Andre Butzer, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Warhol and... , Kantor Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Paul's Myth and Other Lore (solo), Projects Gallery, Meyers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron,
OH
2005 The NEO Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Round Trip (solo) raw & co. Gallery, Cleveland, OH
ABSTRACTION/OBSTRUCTION, SOIL, Seattle, WA
2004 Seamless, Memphis College of Art Gallery, Memphis, TN
Case Studies, Art Museum, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
164 1/2 Apartment Show, 164 1/2 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
It's hard to swim with all this armor on. Second Floor Contemporary Gallery, Memphis, TN
2001 Emerging Artists New Work, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, OH
2001 five, SOIL, Seattle, WA
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Dave Muller in Los Angeles, Artinfo.com, Muller, Dave, April 2, 2009
On View: The Neo Show, Scene, Lewis, Zachary, July 13, 2005
Art Matters, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tranberg, Dan, July 29, 2005
Brian Sharp@Raw & Co., Angle, Utter, Doug Max, vol. 2 no. 20 (May/June)
Raw Details, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tranberg, Dan, April 8, 2005
Review, Number: An Independent Journal of the Arts, Behnke, Paul, (Winter 2005) 8-9
Seamless, Art Papers, Hall, David, January/February 2005, 44-45
Seamless, A Model of Beauty, Commercial Appeal, Koepple, Frederick. Memphis, TN, October 15, 2004
Seamless, exh. cat. Memphis College of Art Press, Thompson, Cynthia, 2002
Arts Review. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tranberg, Dan, January 29, 2002