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CarianaCarianne

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Born: 1971�
Lives: New York; lives and works in Chicago

Education
2003 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2001 MFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1997 BFA, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
2007
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, New York, NY

2006
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Residency Program, Omaha, NE
Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY

2005
The Hungarian Multicultural Center Residency Program, Budapest, Hungary
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
Contemporary Artists Center Studio Residency, North Adams, MA

VISITING ARTIST
2009
Performance Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2007
College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Performance Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2006
Photography Department, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
Department of Visual Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2005
Department of Radio/Television/Film, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

2004
First Year Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2003
Fiber Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Relational Compositions, Ispace Gallery: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, IL

2007
Oaths of Signature, University Galleries - Illinois State University, Normal, IL
The Embedded Body, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
She in Me, Polvo Gallery, Chicago, IL
Drawing and Being Drawn: Preliminary Sketches, Polvo Gallery, Chicago, IL

2006
Selected Works, Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium
CarianaCarianne, Zarathustra, Nietzsche and the Son of God, Polvo Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004
Offerings, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Borders, Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium

2003
She In Me/Where Our Eyes Meet, Polvo Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001
EXPRINC, Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC


Group Exhibitions
2008
Interact, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA (curated by Hannah Israel)

2007
The Believers, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA(curated by Nato Thompson and Liz Thomas)
The Body, the Individual, and the State, organized by Insight Arts, Riverside, IL
DePauw Biennial: Contemporary Art in the Midwest, Depauw University, Greencastle, IN
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca, NY

2006
Haunted States, GrandArts, Kansas City, MO (curated by Stacy Switzer)
Empathetic, Tyler School of Art - Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (curated by Liz Thomas)

2005
Lineage, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (curated by Luis Camnitzer)
Art At the Edge, (project with Temporary Allegiance), Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

2004
Occurrences: the performative space of video, Gallerie Soleil, Lexington, KY/Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Assembled Line, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago

2003
European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany
Light Plays Tricks Short Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Small Victories, Modest Contemporary Art Projects, Chicago, IL

2002
Split International Film Festival, Split, Croatia
Zeitgeist Film Festival, San Francisco, CA

2001
New Currents in Contemporary Art, Ackland Museum, NC

Bibliography
2008
CarianaCarianne, Chicago Tribune, Alan G. Artner
CarianaCarianne: Recommended, Newcity, Rachel Furnari
An Artful Headcase, Live Journal, Fengi
Human Identity, The Praxis Journal, IV:VII PT. 2, May, Jaime Wilsnack

2007
Double Vision, Bitch Magazine, Singular+Plural #37, J.B. Rabin
The Believers: MASS MOCA, Modern Painters, 82 July/Aug, William Kaizen
Reality is Relative, Metroland New York Weekly, Meisha Rosenberg
Leaps of Faith, The Boston Globe, Ken Johnson
The Art of the True Believer, The Brattleboro Reformer, Christine Holderness
Two Artists for the Price of One, North Adams Transcript, John E. Mitchell
The Art Museum of Chicago, Nathaniel McLin, WHPK 88.5 fm Chicago
The Embedded Body, Jason Foumberg, NewCity
Reality in 13 Ways, Berkshire Eagle, Charles Bonenti
The Believers, The Republican, Ronni Gordon
Believe in yourself, North Adams Transcript, John E. Mitchell
Haunted States, Review Magazine, Nick Malewski
Biennial art exhibition showcases top collaborations, The DePauw, Liz Kindig

2006
ASPECT Vol.7: Personas & Personalities, DVD publication, Blackchair, commentary by Julie Rodrigues Widholm
CarianaCarianne: Borders, essay by Trevor Martin, Croxhapox Press
A Crisis of Self, The Kansas City Star, Alice Thorson
Feel the Pain, Philadelphia Weekly, Roberta Fallon
On Seeing Double and Being Dust, Haunted States essay by Stacy Switzer
Empathetic, Empathetic essay by Elizabeth Thomas
Open Studios, Omaha City Weekly, Michael Joe Krainak

2005
Drawing Papers 55, The Drawing Center, essay by Julie Rodrigues Widholm
Art in Review � Lineage, The New York Times, Ken Johnson
Lineage, The Village Voice, R.C. Baker
Break Through Artists, New City, Michael Workman
Group Effort, New City, Michael Workman

2004
Artist Has Visitors Seeing Double, Or Maybe Not, WBBMNewsradio780, JohnCody
I Feel This Way Sometimes, Too, Chicago Tribune, Internet Edition, Eric Zorn�s Notebook
On the Scene: So Many Selves, So Few Presents, Chicago Journal, Kristin Gehring
The Duality of CarianaCarianne, Chicago Tribune, Jenn Goddu
Never Lonely, New City, Michael Workman
Can of Culture, Red Streak : Center Stage, Benjamin Zoltak
New Exhibitions in Chicago, Chicago Works, Chicago Municipal Television
A Spotlight on Living Artists, Crow Woods Publishing, Ivy Sundell
Occurrences: the performative space of video, essay by Trevor Martin

2003
Is Fiber�s Foundation Firm?, Fiberarts, Sept/Oct 2003, Sunita Patterson
The Faces Behind the Spaces, Mouth-to-Mouth, Fall 2003, Julie Farstad
The best of Chicago�s art scene, Red Streak � Centerstage, Benjamin Zoltak2004
Polvo Art Studio declares anti-war with new show, Xpress, Samantha �Amae� Washington

2002
Me Unarodnog Festivala Novog Filma Split, Slobodna Dalmacija, JakovKosanovia

Grants/Awards
2008
Studio Grant, Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, New York, NY

2007
CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL

2006
Art in General: New Commissions Grant, New York, NY (short-listed)
CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Artist-in-Residence Grant, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Artist-in-Residence Grant, Jentel Residency Program, Banner, WY

2005
Artist-in-Residence Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2003
Art Institute of Chicago Academic Incentive Scholarship

2001
Dean Smith Graduate Research Grant, University of North Carolina

Projects
2008
Purple States, Dowd Gallery, SUNY - Cortland, Cortland, New York (with satellite locations in CA, VA, WA, IL, TN, TX, AZ, MA, NC, and OH)

2007
Drawing and Being Drawn, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

2005
Witness to a Social Drawing, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

2004
Management of Expectations: How does one become what one is?, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

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