FRANC PALAIA Tel /Fax- 845-486-1378 Cell - 845-505-3123 21 Beechwood Park Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 - USA [email protected] 371 Fourth St. Jersey City, NJ 07302 - (studio ) www.francpalaia.com
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS- (SELECTED): 2011- Artist’s Project-Art Fair- Pier 92, New York, NY 2011 Samuel Morse Museum, Poughkeepsie, NY, “Points of View”, Photographs 2010- Queens College, John Calandra-Italian-American Institute, NYC “Dgital Polaroids” catalog 2010- G.A.S. Visual Art & Performance Space, .”100 Photographs” 2008- G.A.S. Visual Art & PerformanceSpace, Poughkeepsie, NY, “Mysterious Traveler” 2007- bau-beacon artist union, Beacon, NY, “Big Pictures” 2006 bau-beacon artist union, bau 24 , Beacon, NY , “Illuminated Polaroids” 2003- Vassar College,Poughkeepsie, NY Illuminated Landscapes, Photo-installation 2000- ArtWorks Space, Trenton, NJ , “Waterfall”, illuminated Photo- installation 1998- Velan Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy, installation, Illuminated Photo- Sculpture 1997- Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, TX. Aqueducts & Viaducts, II 1995- O.K.Harris Works of Art, NYC, Aqueducts and Viaducts, Illuminated photo works 1995- Whitney Museum Annex., NYC, Window installation, Photo-lamps and sculpture 1994- Erica Hartman Gallery, La Jolla, CA., Photo-Sculpture 1994- New Jersey City University, NJ, In a Political Light, installation 1993- Broadway Windows, NYC, Photo-Illuminations 1993- New Jersey State Museum, NJ, catalog,Photo-Sculptural-Illumination 1993- Barneys New York, NY, Photo-Lamps and Photo-Sculpture 6 window installation 1993- O.K. Harris Works of Art, NYC, Photo-Illuminations 1991- Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Photo-Lamps 1989- Galerie d”Eendt, Amsterdam, Holland, 20x24 Polaroids 1988- Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, Robeson Gallery, Italian Fresco Series 1988- Trabia-MacAffee Gallery, NYC, Cartellonismo, Mixed Media installation 1988- CS Schulte Gallery, NYC, Berlin Wall series, installation 1988- Kean University, NJ, Italian Fresco series catalog 1987- Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, NYC, Italian Fresco series, catalog 1985- Ferro Di Cavallo, Rome, Italy, Handpainted Photographs 1984- Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Fla. Frescoes 1984- Trompe L’eoil Gallery, NYC, Chinese Fresco series, catalog 1982- Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY Urban Archaeology 1982- Jersey City Museum, NJ, Great Walls of China, photographs 1979,80,81- Stewart Neill Gallery, NYC, installations, Frescoes American Relics 1978- O.K. Harris Works of Art, NYC, Photo-Substitutes, catalog 1976- Razor Gallery, NYC, Mixed Media installation, Lean-To's
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTED: 2011- Museum of Contemporary Art, (MOCA) Los Angeles, “Art in the Streets” catalog 2011- Daniel Aubry Gallery, Beacon, NY, “Small Works” curated by Carl Van Brunt 2010 – Collaborative Concepts, Saunder’s Farm Annual Sculpture Show, Garrison, NY 2010- KMOCA- Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, NY “Halo” 2010 G.A.S. Gallery & Performance Space, Poughkeepsie, NY “Triple Whammy” 2010 Open Spaces, Poughkeepsie NY, Window Installation 2010 College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, “New Classicism”, cur. Anna Butera-Fabbri 2009 Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY “Photo Bus Shelter in ¾ Scale” 2009 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Suny-New Paltz, NY “Ecotones” 2009- Opening Performance on Walkway Over the Hudson Bridge, Poughkeepsie, NY th 2009- “bau 60”, 5 Anniversary Show of bau gallery, Beacon, NY 2009- Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA. “Traveling Light” 2009- Power House Arena, Brooklyn, NY, “2,191 Days & Counting” 2008- Carl Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY, “Sitelines Hudson Valley Invitational” 2008- Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, “Selections from the Polaroid Collection” 2008- Jersey City Museum, N, “I Love Jersey City”, Photographic survey exhibition 2008- Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ 2007- Woodstock Biennial, Kleinert-James Gallery, Woodstock,NY 2007- Muroff-Kotler Gallery, Ulster County College, NY, “Earth Charter” 2007- Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, Photography Now 2007 2007- Kingston Sculpture Biennial, NY. “Solar Photo-Car” 2007- Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY, “In The Mix” 2007- Victory Hall, Jersey City, “About Photography” 2007- G.A.S. gallery and Performance Space, Poughkeepsie, NY 2007- Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY “Far Sighted” 2007- Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ “Outdoor sculpture Annual” 2 2007- Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, New Photography 2006- Silent Space Gallery, Kingston, NY, “East Village Show” - Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY , “100 Live works” - ArtsWalk-Hudson 2006, Hudson, NY - BAU gallery, Beacon/Bronx, Beacon, NY - Newburgh Sculpture Project, Outdoor sculpture exhibition, NY - Michael Ingbar Gallery, NY “New York Real Estate Show” - Art Expo, New York, NY Armory - Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, Florida - Vassar College, NY – Three Person show, w/ Barbara Segal, Yonkers/Poughkeepsie Timeline - Poughkeepsie Art Museum, Poughkeepsie-Then & Now –Co-Curator 2005- Montclair Art Museum, NJ, “ New Jersey Arts Annual” - Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY-New Paltz, NY, “Recycled-Revisited” - Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, “Photoworks’05” - Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY , catalog, Solar House Sculpture - Highland Cultural Center, Highland ,NY, “Friends” - Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, New Directions, Curated by Tina Kukielski, Whitney Mus. 2004- Brennon Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ, "Urban Complex" - Velan Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy, “deLIGHTed” 2004-5- Exit Art, NY, NY - "The Large Glass" Installation - Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ -4 Person Show "Handcolored Polaroids" 2003 - Fusion Art Museum, New York, NY, " Transformations" - G. Donskoj Gallery, Kingston, NY "Illuminated Art" 2003-04- Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY - The Luminous Image, VI, catalog - Mount Gulian Museum, Beacon, NY "Bridges" - Albert Shahinian Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY - "Eulogy" 2002-03 "100Prints by New Jersey Artists"New Jersey State Museum, Morris Museum , Noyes Museum - Asian-American Art Center, New York, "20th Anniversary Exhibition" - Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz, NY -Summer Show - Montclair University, NJ- Cycles and Recycles- catalog 2002- Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Photoworks' 02, curator Barbara Millstein - Jersey City Library Gallery,NJ, WTC-A History in Photographs,Curator, Robert. Costa - Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY - Egizio's Project, NYC, "Children" Summer Show - Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, catalog 2001- Long Beach Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, NJ, Post-Archaeology - Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emerites - Newark Museum, NJ, The Luminous Image V, color catalog (curator) - Southeast Museum of Photography, Fl., Fresh Color 2000, color catalog 2000- Printmaking Council of New Jersey, The Luminous Image IV, color catalog - Union City Art Center, Union City, NJ, American Sentences - Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Polaroids - Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, Lens - The Limelight, NYC, Let There Be Light, curator, Ombretta Agro - Cortland Jessup- Lamia Ink. Gallery, NYC, East Village Show - Seton Hall University Gallery, So. Orange, NJ Post Archaeology, catalog - Alternative Museum, NYC, Expansion Arts III - Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA 1999- Islip Art Museum, NY, Light Show 1998- Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, Form and Space:A Dialogue - Exit Art, NYC, The Grand Bazaar - Chamot Gallery, Jersey City, NJ - Porter-Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA., Sensorial Impressions - C.A.S.A. Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, curator, Abe Lubelski - Index Gallery, Osaka, Japan, Symbols and Words 1997- Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Al. Trashformations, catalog - Boise Museum of Art, Idaho, Trashformations, catalog - Knoxville Museum of Art, TN, Trashformations, catalog 1997- University of Iowa, ISIS Conceptual Laboratory, The Myth of ISIS, Virtual Reality - Gallery FunctionArt, Pontiac, Mi., Eclectic Electric - Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, TX 1996- Whatcom Museum, Wash. Trashformations, catalog - Westbeth Gallery, NY, Lumin-Essence, The Art of Science, The Science of Art 3 - Brenau University, Atlanta, Ga., The Shoe Show at The Olympics 1996 - Exit Art, The First World, NY, Sweat, curator-Papo-Colo - Fotouhi-Cramer Gallery, NY, The Box 1995- Printed Matter, NYC, Children’s Books - Fairweather Gallery, University of Virginia, catalog Kim Foster Gallery, NYC Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY - Port Authority of NY & NJ, Metrovision, Phosphor -Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY - Elga Wimmer Gallery, NY Wrapped & Unwrapped - Erica Hartman Fine Arts, Miami, Fla, Figuration - Studio Transfer, Miami Beach, Fla. - Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NYC - Lamp Exhibition - Temple University, Rome, Italy, Contemporary Photography - Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, New Jersey Annual, Catalog - Noyes Museum, NJ, Messages From the Planet - Polo Gallery, NJ, Post-Archaeology, catalog 1994- Alternative Museum, NYC, National Showcase - Nevada Institute of Fine Art, Las Vegas, Young Guns, Curator-Ivan Karp - Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX. Chasanoff Collection, catalog - Buckham Gallery, Flint, Mi. “China, June 4, 1989” - The Drawing Center, NYC, Exquisite Corpse, catalog - Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, Jersey Fresh, curator-Robert Costa - Palm Beach Museum of Art, Fla., Art, Money & Myth, curator-Roberto Mitrotti - Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Ma., Anxious Art 1993- Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, Ill. - Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, Nocturnal Sites - Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio, “China, June 4 1989” - North Miami Center for Contemporary Art, Miami, Fl. - Exit Art, NYC, Designer’s Show, curator-Jean-Noel Herlin 1992- Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, NYC , The Gift, catalog - Robin Rice Gallery, NYC - Jersey City State College, NJ, by foul subtraction, curator-Robert Costa - World Gallery, Miami Beach, Fl. - Henry Street Settlement, NYC The Fringe Festival 1992- AC Project Room, NYC, Polluted Posters - Fairfield College, Ct. New Jersey Artists - Humphrey Gallery, NYC, The State of the Object, catalog, curator-China Marks - Germans Van Eck Gallery, NYC, WFMU Auction - Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, Ma. - Barrett House, Poughkeepsie, NY 1991- Newark Museum, NJ, Regilded Age, catalog - Gloria Laguna Museum, Tx., Beyond Photography, catalog, curator-Charlotta Kotik 1990- Charles Lucien Gallery, NYC - Artists Space, NYC, Selections, catalog, curator-Carl Hazlewood - Hong Kong Art Center, “China, June 4, 1989” - Alternative Museum, NYC, Dia De Los Muertos, catalog - The Clocktower, NYC, Public Mirror, catalog - Studio Museum of Harlem, NYC, Decade Show, curator-Group Material - L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, Ca. - PS 1 Museum, NY, China, June 4, 1989 - Foster Goldstrom Gallery, NYC, Berlin Wall 1989- Photographer”s Gallery, London, UK - Blum Helman Gallery, NY, China, June 4, 1989 - Sidney Janis Gallery, NY, installatiion with CRASH - Bridgewater Gallery, NYC, Cutouts - LittlejohnSmith Gallery, NYC, Billboards - Emily Harvey Gallery, NYC, Extended Play, curator-Christian Marclay 1987- Whittier Museum, Ca. - Jersey City Museum, NJ , NJ Photography Biennial - Paterson Museum, NJ, Cutting Edge 1986- Galleria MR, Rome, Italy, Archaeology of the Future, catalog 4 - New Museum, NYC, MASS-Group Material - American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, catalog - B-Side Gallery, NYC , PopKorn Show 1985- Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC, Fashion Moda Show - Sala Uno, Rome, Italy, Chinese Garden, installation, catalog, curator-Ida Panicelli - Lenin Library, Moscow, USSR - Civilian Warfare Gallery, NYC - Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC, City Streets - E.M.Donohue Gallery, NYC, Illuminations 1985- North Miami Museum, Fla. The Real Thing - Vox Populi Gallery, NYC - Jayne Baum Gallery, NYC, The Razor Show - Grey Art Gallery, NYC, Precious, catalog, curator-Tom Sokolowski - The White House, Wash. DC, Holiday Exhibition - University Art Museum, Cal. State, Los Angeles, Ca., Art Quest, catalog 1984- Hudson River Museum, NY, 69th Annual Exhibition. catalog - New York Public Library, NY, Decade-Artists’ Books, catalog - Fashion Moda, NY, History of Graffiti - Franklin Furnace, NY, Curator-Daze - Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan - New York State Museum, Albany, NY - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY - Pratt Institute, NYC, Artists’ Books - Gracie Mansion Gallery, NY, Trade Show - Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Gold Illuminators, catalog - ABC No Rio, NYC, Artists’ Call - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland, Aerogramme Project, catalog - Greenville Museum of Art, South Carolina, Illusions 1983- Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Fl., Art Cars - Franklin Furnace, NY, Artists’ Books - Princeton Art Museum, NJ, New-Tech, New-Art - Bergen Museum, NJ, Artists’ Books - Printed Matter, NYC - Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC, The Money Show 1982- Milliken Gallery, NY - 3-Part Variety, curator; Richard Hambleton - City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, Metro Show - Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa., Bookworks”82 1981- Galerie Yves Arman, NY - Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, Emerging Italian-American Artists 1980- New York University, NY, American Vision 80’s, curator, Carlo LaMagna 1979- Morris Museum, NJ, New Jersey Sculpture Invitational, catalog - Monmouth Museum, NJ New Jersey Artists - Williams College Museum, Ma. Six Unconventional Photographers 1978- Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy - Basel Art Fair, Switzerland 1977- Newark Museum, NJ, New Jersey Biennial, catalog 1976- Farliegh-Dickenson University, Madison, NJ 1974- Rutgers University Museum, New Brunswick, NJ, New Jersey Photography, catalog, curator- Peter Bunnell
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS: 1983- New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Sculpture 1984- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Painting 1985- Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, Painting 1986-89 Polaroid Sponsorship, Boston, MA. 1988- Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, NY, Painting 1988 Rutgers University, NJ Innovative Printmaking 1989 Franklin Furnace, NY, Artist in Residence 1992- New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Photography 1993- The Painted Bride, Phila. Pa. Photo-sculptural installation 2002 New York Foundation for the Arts, SOS Grant- for "Olde Main Street Mural" 2004- Experimental Television Center for Luminous Image VI Panel Discussion 5 2004 Dutchess County Arts Council, Special Project Grant, Curator, "The Lumnous Image,VI" 2003 Walmart Grant for The Luminous Image VI exhibition 2005, Dutchess County Arts Council, NY for “Solar House sculpture” 2006- NYFA- SOS grant for the “Photo-Sail sculpture 2006- Dutchess County Arts Council, “Weekend on Main”, outdoor art festival 2008- Hudson-Fulton Quadricentennial Committee Grant, Albany, NY , curatied exhibition 2008- Hudson-Fulton Quadricentennial Committee Grant, for Public Banners, Poughkeepsie, NY
PUBLIC WORKS, COMMISSIONS & MURALS: 2008-09- Ulster County Transit Center, NY, 3 murals and one outdoor sculpture commission 2010- Collaborative Concepts- Saunders Farm , outdoor sculpture show, Garrison, NY catalog 2007- Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY - catalog 2006- Solar House Sculpture, installed at Cunneen-Hackett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 2005- New Jersey Transit, Mural and 3 glass windscreen designs for Woodbridge Train Station-mural 10’x60’ 2005- Mid Hudson Civic Center, Pok. NY, Mural for the Empire State Games 2005- 30’x40’ 2004- Celestial Ceiling, painted ceiling mural, Cunneen-Hackett Theater, Poughkeepsie, NY 2004 Johnson & Johnson, NJ Skillman Center, Commission of 7 large photo-Light boxes 2003-04- Poughkeepsie High School -mural- "Careers" 8'x132' 2002- City of Poughkeepsie -Olde Main St Mural, 140'x16' 1996-2000- New Jersey Transit, 2 Glass Windscreen commissions for the Hudson County Light Rail System , Bayonne, NJ ( 34th and 45th Street Stations) 1999- British Airways, Public Park in Newark, NJ, mural, 8’x50’ 1998- Ciasulli Honda, Jersey City, NJ, mural #1- 20’x60’ 1998- Ciasulli Honda, Jersey City, NJ, mural #2 -15"x50' 1998- Best Dental Group, Elizabeth, NJ, mural 10’x40’ 1996-97- Christopher Columbus Drive, Jersey City, NJ, mural 350’x60’ - Project Manager 1996- Hoboken High School, Hoboken, NJ 10’x40’
REVIEWS-Selected: 2010 Hudson Valley Magazine, the Pulse section, “Triple Whammy” GAS Gallery 2007- Poughkeepsie Journal, NY, Photography Annual, Center for Photography in Woodstock 2007 – Taconic Press, NY, “GAS –Visual Art & Performance Space” (cover article) 2006- Weekly Beat, Poughkeepsie, NY, Poughkeepsie-Then & Now show (cover photo) 2005- Pulse Magazine, “Franc Palaia-profile” 2004- The Weekly Beat, Poughkeepsie, NY "Chronogram Cover Show" 2004- Newark Star-Ledger, NJ, Dan Bischoff, Pierro Gallery, NJ (photo) 2004- Hudson Valley Magazine, Editor's Choice, The Luminous Image, VI" 2003- New York Times, Benjamin Genocchio, "The Luminous Image, VI" 2003 & 04- Taconic Press, Milbrook, NY, Weekend magazine, John Nelson 2002- Poughkeepsie Beat, Stephan Densmore, The Gallery Shop and Mural 2002- Montclair Times, Montclair, NJ Cycle and Recycle 2001- Poughkeepsie Journal, NY, Enjoy Section Nicole Edwards 2001- Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ, Michelangelo Conte, WTC Exhibit 2001- Newark Star-Ledger, NJ "Grounds for Sculpture", Dan Bischoff 2001- Newark Star Ledger, NJ "Bergen County Light Rail" 2000- Princeton Packet, Centerfold, Time Off ,Daniel Shearer 1999- New Jersey Monthly Magazine, Out & About, October 1999- Philadelphia Inquirer, PA, Lens, Cheltonham Art Center, Ed Sosinski 1999- Newsday, NY, The Light Show, Islip Art Museum 1998- La Stampa, Torino, Italy, The Luminous Image, Velan, July 1998- Tema Celeste Magazine, Italy, The Luminous Image, December 1997- Artlies, Texas Art Journal, Houston , Tx. Summer Issue, Randy Watson 1997- Homenet Magazine, Hong Kong, Hiram Ta, The Luminous Image 1997- New York Soho Magazine, January, Susan Brooks, The Luminous Image 1996- New York Times, Cybertimes, Dec. 12, Matt Minpaul, CD-Rom Catalo 1996- Village Voice, Voice Choice, Dec. 4, Vince Aletti, The Luminous Image 1995- Cover Magazine, Dec., Kay Kenny, Solid State 1995- New York Times, NJ section, Vivien Raynor, 1994- Parachute Magazine, Canada, Franc Palaia, Susan Douglas 1993- Newark Star-Ledger, Sunday Edition, Eileen Watkins, Photo-Illuminations 1993- Miami Herald, Fla., Terrific Trash, Helen Kohen 6 1988- New York Press, December, Robert Mahoney 1988- New York Paper, Art Bytes, December, John Carlin 1985- New York Times, Hal Bromm Gallery, City Streets, Vivien Raynor 1985- La Repubblica, Italy, November 1985- Details Magazine, December, Cookie Mueller 1985- L’Espresso Magazine, Italy, November 1984- New York Times, Sunday NJ, Great Walls of China, David Shirey 1984- New York Times, Sunday NJ, Gold Illuminators, Metropolitan Museum, NY,D. Shirey 1985- China Post, NY, Great Walls of China 1985- Newark Star-Ledger,Franc Palaia- Rome Prize, Carol Jacobson 1985- The Villager, NY May, The Razor Show 1982- Artweek, Los Angeles,California 1982- New York Times, NJ, Great Walls of China, Jersey City Museum, John Caldwell 1980- Village Voice, Voice Choice, Street Video Performance, Ann Sargent-Wooster 1980- Arts Magazine, Robert Yoskowitz 1979- Village Voice, Peter Frank, Urban Archaeology 1978- Arts Magazine, Bill Zimmer, American Relics 1977,78,79- New Yorker Magazine, John McMillan 1976- Arts Magazine, March, Ellen Lubel
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Selected: 2011- New York Times, Sunday Westchester section, color photograph 2010- Hudson Valley Magazine, Franc Palaia-“Best Friend of the Arts in Poughkeepsie”, NY 2009 - Hudson Valley Magazine, NY- “The Quad Goes Postal, by Jessica Friedlander 2008- Almanac, New Paltz, NY, “Franc Palaia-Profile, “0Traveling Light”, by Paul Smart 2007- Dutchess Magazine, Taconic Press, “Poughkeepsie” 2007- Hudson Valley Magazine, Franc Palaia -“Guided Walking Tours of Poughkeepsie Murals”” 2005- Weekly Beat, Cover photo,July 11, Empire State Games mural 2005- Poughkeepsie Journal, Cover photo of mural, Sunday edition 2004- The Poughkeepsie Beat, NY, Ian MacFarland, "City Murals" 2004- Art World News, NY, Jo Schwartz, "Art in the Hudson Valley" 2003- Art Scene, Dutchess County Arts Council, Poughkeepsie, NY 2003- InFocus Magazine, Dutchess County, NY, Olde Main Street Mural 2003- Hudson Valley Magazine, Denise Vaughn, Franc Palaia's "Olde Main St Mural" 2002- Poughkeepsie Journal, Rob Seetoo," Main St Mural" 2002- Chronogram Magazine, Cover Photo – June 1998- Roman Art, Cambridge Press, Photographs 1997- New York Times, Metro Section, Oct. 12, Jersey City Mural 1996- See Magazine, San Francisco, Ca., Seen, Photo-Lamps 1995- Kobe Aid Fund:World Photo Exhibition, catalog, Earthquake Relief, Tokyo, Japan 1994- Fenway Court, catalog, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, photographs 1993- Jersey Journal, Profile, Beth Kissinger 1993- Hudson County Magazine, Profile, George Point 1993- Private Lives, Imperial Virtues, Princeton Press, photographs 1992- Long News in the Short Century, Cover photograph 1991- Next Magazine, Italy, Franc Palaia-New Works, Eve D’Ambra 1987- Downtown Magazine, profile, Baird Jones 1986- East Village ‘86 Magazine, New York 1986- Arts New Jersey Magazine, Cover and article 1985- ABC No Rio Dinero, New York 1985- New Look Magazine, Guccione Publisher, Street Art 1985- Art in America, September, Precious, Aimee Rankin
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Polaroid Corporation Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Museum of Modern Art Library, NY Port Authority of NY & NJ Newark Museum, NJ New Jersey State Museum, NJ Lenin Library, Moscow Prudential Insurance, Newark, NJ McDonald’s Corp. Hdqtrs, Ill. Brooklyn Museum, NY, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, NJ Morris Museum, NJ Fusion Art Museum, NY Cunneen-Hackett Theater, Poughkeepsie, NY New Museum, NY Zimmerli Museum of Art, New Brunswick, NJ Check Point Charlie Museum, Berlin Merck Corporation, NJ , 7 Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Tx. Rutgers University, NJ Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, NJ Smithsonian Institute, Wash. DC Broad National Bank, NJ Standard Broadcasting Corp., Canada Coopers & Lybrand, NJ Norton Museum of Art, Florida Continental Insurance, NJ Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston Johnson & Johnson, Hdqtrs, NJ Holland Mark Martin Agency, Boston WFMU- Radio, Jersey City, NJ New Jersey Transit Authority, Pershing Corp., Jersey City, NJ Shariah Art Museum, United Arab Republics University of Cincinnati, Ohio American Academy in Rome, Italy Kean University, NJ McGraw Hill Inc., New York, NY Jersey City Museum, NJ
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Diana Ross, Cal. Richard Ekstract, NY Ida Panicelli, Rome Frank Gannon, NY Barry Hochfield, Pa. Paul & Joann Schnell, NY Ariadne Getty, NJ Rand Castile, Ca. Arman, NY Samuel Miller, NJ Peter Frank, Ca. Frank Bernarducci, NY Peter R. Stern, NY Duncan Hannah, NY Grace Graupe-Pillard, NJ John Carlin, NJ Richard Roth, London Jonathan Schwartz, NY Emma Amos, NY Robert Orton, Ca. Paul Bowen, Mass. Oscar Hijuelos, NY Tony Zwicker, NY Helen Harwood, NY Bianca Lanza, Fla. Jean-Noel Herlin, NY John & Alice Rubinstein, NJ Jacqueline Astor, NY Robert Einaudi, Rome Christina Del Gatto, NY Elizabeth Hess, NY Martin Wong, NY Jeanette Kahn, NY Karina Werner, NY Natalie Kampen, NY Marcia Rafelman, Toronto,Canada Michael Bzdak, NJ Darryl Graff, NY Bill & Catherine Plumb, NY Henry Chalfant, NY Jean-Michel Basquiat, NY Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Wash. DC Carl Hazlewood, NY CRASH, John Matos, NY DAZE, Chris Ellis, NY Nila Aronow, NJ Don Celender, Mich. Lucy Lippard, Calif. Elaine & Julian Litvack, Tucson Franco Mondini Liza Zimmerman, NYC Ron English, NJ Billy Name, NY Lisa Paravisini, NY Vezio Tomasinelli, Torino, Italy
CURATORIAL: 2009- “Bridges and the Span of Time”, G.A.S. Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, CD catalog 2008- “Let Them Eat Art”, G.A.S. Visual Art & Performance Space, Poughkeepsie, NY 2006- Poughkeepsie Art Museum, NY, “Poughkeepsie-Then and Now” 2004- The Gallery Shop, Poughkeepsie, NY, "The Chronogram Magazine Cover Show" 2003- 04 Collaborative Concepts Gallery, Beacon, NY, The Luminous Image,VI, CD- CD-ROM Catalog Essay by Charles Stainback 2000- Newark Museum, NJ, The Luminous Image V, catalog 2000- Printmaking Council of New Jersey, The Luminous Image IV, catalog 1998- VELAN: Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy, The Luminous Image III, catalog 1997- Abraham Lubelski Gallery, NY, The Luminous Image II 1996 Alternative Museum, NY, The Luminous Image, CD-ROM catalog, Introduction by A.D. Coleman 1991- Aljira Arts, Inc., Newark, NJ, Preview-Review 1986- American Academy in Rome, Italy, Artisti a Roma 1985- Jayne Baum Gallery, NY, The Razor Show 1983- City Without Walls Gallery, NJ, The Metro Show, catalog 1981 Tweed Gallery, NJ, Photo-Eclectic 1982 City Without Walls Gallery, NJ, Instant Gradification, SX-70 Polaroids
PUBLIC LECTURES, SLIDE LECTURES, WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIA: 8 2011- Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, lecture on curating, Woodstock, NY 2008, 09- Rockland County College, Suffern, NY 2008- Marist College, Center for Advanced Studies, “Franc Palaia- works 1990 -2008” 2007- Jersey City Museum, NJ ,Lectures series on Illuminated artwork. 2007- Vassar College, Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY Murals and Public Art 2006- bau-beacon artist union, Beacon, NY, “Illuminated Polaroids” 2004 Vassar College, NY, Panelist, “Yonkers& Poughkeepsie Timeline” 2004- Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY "History of Illuminated Photography" 2004- Vassar College, Field Work, Poughkeepsie, NY, "Murals and Public Art" 2004- Cunneen-Hackett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY - "Photo-Mirrors" 2004- Pierro Gallery of South Orange, NJ Hand painted Polaroids 2004- - Highland Cultural Center, NY -Workshop/ Panelist-"Murals" Career Development Initiative 2003-04- Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY - Panelist, The Luminous Image, VI 2005 Vassar Alumnae Association, Venice, Italy, "Roman Aqueducts" 2002- Montclair University, NJ, Panel Discussion of Cycles and ReCycles 2001 - The History of Murals, slide presentation -Barrett Art Center, NY 2000- Vassar College, Croatia, Vassar Alumni, “Roman Aqueducts” 1998- Hunterdon Museum of Art, NJ, Form & Space: A Dialogue 1996- City University of New York, NY, Art & Language 1996- Artists Talk on Art, NYC, Panel Moderator- Jersey City, The Left Bank 1996- Cornell University, Rome, Italy, Roman Aqueducts 1995- ASCI Artist Lecture Series, Cooper Union, NYC 1992- Parsons School of Design, NY 1990,91- School of Visual Arts, NY. 1989- Franklin Furnace, NY, Artist in Residence 1987- Artists Talk on Art, NY "Artists who use unconventional materials" w/ Fred Wilson 1986- Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 1985- Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy 1983- Storefront for Art & Architecture, NYC 1982- Jersey City Museum, NJ, Contemporary China 1981- University of Cincinnati, Ohio
EDUCATION: 1971- B.A. - Newark State College, NJ- (now-Kean University) 1973- M.F.A.- University of Cincinnati, Ohio, Full Scholarship, Fellowship, Teaching Assistant
PUBLISHED BOOKS, VIDEOS, CDs & CATALOGUES: 2011- NightLife, Photographs of the wall paintings of Richard Hambleton, color edition of 200. 2011- Polaroids 1986-2011, edition of 100, color book 2009- Bridges and the Span of Time, CD catalog for curated exhibition, G.A.S. Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY 2008- Public Art in Poughkeepsie”, color catalog/ booklet, 30 images,12 pages, Dutchess Arts Council, Publ 2003-04 The Luminous Image, VI, color CD-Rom catalog, Collaborative Concepts, NY (edition 200) 2000- The Luminous Image V, color catalog, Newark Museum, NJ 2000- The Luminous Image IV, color catalog, Printmaking Council of NJ 1999- ACSI Artist"s Catalog, NYC, Color laser book of artists in Art and Science Collaborations, Inc, NYC 1997-98- The Luminous Image,I Video Documentation, 30 min., color, VHS 1996- The Luminous Image,I CD-ROM exhibition catalog, Alternative Museum, NYC, edition 1000, essay by A,D, Coleman 1994- The Do-It-Yourself Coloring Book Calendar, Black & White xerox, spiral bind, edition 100, two sizes. 1991- Berlin Wall Coloring Book, edition 300, Black & white xerox. 1986- The Italian Series, Carta Segrete, Rome, color catalog of Fresco paintings and photographs at the American Academy of Rome, edition, 1000, introduction by Ida Panicelli, English and Italian text 1984- The Great Walls of China, Eastview Editions, color photographs, edition 5,000, Forword by Peter Frank, introduction by Richard Haas, English and Chinese text. 1982- Jon Waine, Audio/ Floppy Disk, 2 songs, edition 500, Evatone Records 1982- Nightlife, book, black & white xerox photo documentation of the shadow wall paintings by Richard Hambleton., edition 300. 1978- Photo-Substitutes, Limited edition, 5, color xerox, hard bound, exhibition catalog O.K. Harris Works of Art, NYC 2006 Documentary of Salvador Dali’s Holographic movie., Super 8 - 15mins. 9
TELEVISION & RADIO: 1975- Futurevison, Cable-TV, Eatontown NJ, Cameraman, Programmer, On Air host 1978- Newark and Reality, WOR, Ch. 9, TV, NYC- Cameraman 1978- Thirteen Collection, PBS-TV, Ch. 13, live auction 1984- WFMU-FM Radio, NJ 1984- WNYC-Radio FM, Artists in the City w/ Jenny Dixon Interview 1984- News at Noon, WOR-TV, Ch. 9, NYC 1984- WCBS-TV, Ch.2, Nightly News, NY 1983- WNET-TV Ch. 13, Style Wars, Graffiti documentary by Henry Chalfant 1984- WABC-TV Ch. 7, Evening News, interview , Big Boom Box 1984- LIVE! with Regis & Kathy Lee. Interview and Performance 1985- Radio Citta Futura, FM, Rome, Italy, interview 1985- State of the Arts, NJ Network TV, Ch. 50, profile w/ Nila Aronow 1996- Cable-TV, Hackensack, Interview 1996-Phosphor, Hoboken, NJ, NJN Nightly News, WNET w/ Anisa Mehdi 1997 - RNN TV News, CH 12- Jersey City mural project 1986- Cablevision Ch.39, Talk of the Town”, Bayonne, NJ - NJ Transit project 2000 Discovery Jersey Arts, New Jersey Network News, Wnet 13, w/ Anisa Mehdi, NY Luminous Image V, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ 1983 State of the Arts, NJ Network, Ch 13, WTC-A History in Photograph Jersey City Public Library - Main Gallery, Jersey City, NJ 1974 -Time Warner Cable TV , Ch. 23, Documentary, Poughkeepsie Renaissance, NY 2002 -WKIP-FM Radio, Peter Leonard Show, Poughkeepsie, NY 2003 -Poughkeepsie Live!, Live interview on Time Warner Cable TV, Poughkeepsie. NY 2004 -Hudson Valley Views, w/ Nancy Cozean - Franc Palaia -profile, Ch 23, Time-Warner 2005 -Hudson Valley Nightly News, Ch 6, Cable TV, Empire State Games mural 2006 -WKIP-1450 fm, Peter Leonard Show, Feb 2006 Poughkeepsie art scene 2007 -WAMC-FM, Radio, Hudson Valley, Maheekantuck, Vassar Timeline 2007 -ArtsFocus, Time Warner Cable TV interview program, Cablevision, Franc Palaia host and producer. Ch 23 and Cablevision Ch. 21. 2008 Time Warner –channel 6 Evening News, “Poughkeepsie Mural Tour” 2009 Cablevision, NY – Nightly News- Bridges and the Span of Time, GAS Gallery 2010 Discovery Channel, “Construction Intervention” provided a mural for the show
PERFORMANCES, COLLABORATIONS & RELATED EXPERIENCE: 1970- Stage Ensemble Performance with Robert Wilson, Newark State College, NJ 1974- Assistant to Salvador Dali for Holographic movie film production 1980- Set Designer, Actor’s Studio, NYC, play- “L’Escurial” 1980-84- Drummer with musical group, Jon Waine, & William Pope L. performances: Danceteria, CBGB’s, Kenny’s Castaways, The Bitter End, Rutgers Univ. Princeton Univ. and others 1982- Painting collaborations and exhibitions with CRASH, John Matos & DAZE, Chris Ellis 1983- Danceteria, Music performance, drummer with Jon Waine Group 1988- Set and Backdrop Painter for Annie Liebovitz’ Photography Studio, NYC 1997 Phosphor, Video projections in PATH transit stations, Hudson County & NYC 1975 Window installation of Light Boxes, Macy's, New York 1993- Six Window installations of Light Boxes, Barneys New York 2002 GalleryShop, Gallery and Retail store, Co-Owner and curator, Poughkeepsie, NY 2001-2006 - Board of Directors, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 2011 "Jimmy's Café", Set Design, Roger Simon Studio, Riant Theater, NYC, 2006 Designed US Postal First Day Cover stamp, “Alexander Hamilton” Feb, 23, 2006 2007 Cabaret Voltaire, Poughkeepsie, NY – DaDa performance for Geoff Hendricks 2009 Performance on Walkway Over the Hudson Bridge, Opening ceremonies, Pok. NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2008 – Vassar College, Summer School for gifted students, Poughkeepsie, NY 2003-05- Poughkeepsie High School and Mill St. Loft, Mural Painting, Poughkeepsie, NY 1973- University of Cincinnati, Ohio, Painting and Drawing, Graduate assistantship 1975- Kean College, NJ Painting, adjunct Instructor (now Kean University) 1975 Essex County College, Newark, NJ, Art History, adjunct Instructor 1975 Upsala College, NJ Sculpture, adjunct Instructor 10 1978-82- Kean College of New Jersey, Intro to Art, adjunct Instructor
GRANTS PANELIST and JUROR: Mid-Atlantic Council on the Arts, Baltimore, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Dutchess County Arts Council, NY, Barrett Art Center, WAAM-Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY
AWARDS and CITATIONS: “Friend of the Arts” Award from Mill Street Loft, Poughkeepsie,NY 2007 Dutchess County Executive Arts Award, 2003, 2006 from Dutchess County Arts Council Poughkeepsian of the Year, from The Weekly Beat, 2004 , New York
DEALERS & WEBSITE LINKS Woodward Gallery, NYC, www.woodwardgallery.net Pro Arts, inc. Jersey City, NJ www.proartsjerseycity.org Art Society of Kingston, ASK, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY www.ASKFORARTS.org Art 4 Business, Philadelphia www.Art4Business.inc Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon St. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, 845-4712550, www.barrettartcenter.org Franklin Furnace, New York, NY www.FranklinFurnace.org Velan- Arte Contemporeana, Torino, Italy, [email protected] Saatchi Gallery, London, England, www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/dealers_galleries/