Monday, November 5, 2007
Innocents Project~ part of the DUMBO art under the bridge festival, September 29th, 2007.
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Tara Parsons
taraleeparsons@gmail.com
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
DUMBO art under the bridge festival, “Innocents Project,” interactive installation, Brooklyn, NY.
Fashion Center, “ (white) columns,” public art installation, New York, NY.
Rochester Contemporary Museum, “Blown-Up,” Rochester, NY.
2006
Washington Square Windows, NYU, “Blown Up,” NY, NY.
Pratt Institute, “BLOWN-UP,” Brooklyn, NY.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Rochester Contemporary Museum, “Absense, Excess, Loss” Installation, Rochester, NY.
Aljira, “A Day in April Never Came So Sweet,” Newark, NJ.
Gallery 461 Inaugural Exhibition, New York, NY.
Cooper Union, “Artist in Residence Exhibition,” New York, NY.
artHarlem HOAST, “chashama artists,” New York, NY.
2006
Dam, Stuhltrager, “One is Better,” curated by Devrim Kadirbeyoglu Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.
Mushroomarts, “Art for Healing,” Queens, NY.
IPCNY, “New Prints 2006,” NY, NY.
Schaffler Gallery, “Missing Link, Integrating Science and Art” Brooklyn, NY.
!63, “Friends of !63,” Brooklyn, NY.
NYU Washinton Square East Galleries, “SMALLWORKS,” New York, NY.
111 Front Street Gallery, “Point of Departure,” DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt / Hunter Collaborative, Brooklyn, NY.
WhiteBox Annex, “The Annex Show,” curated by Kim Thompson, New York, NY.
Steuben West Gallery, “D= M/V,” Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Gallery, “Photography and Contemporary Tactics,” curated by Meredith Wisner, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, “MFA 2006,” New York, NY.
2005
Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charite, "Missing Link", Berlin, Germany.
Aljira, “Emerge 6,” Newark, NJ, curated by Lilly Wei.
McCaig Welles Gallery, "19 Artists," Williamsburg, NY.
Art in Chaos, “Lost,” DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.
Gallery MC, "Found Wanting," New York, NY.
McCaig Welles Gallery, "Underground," Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.
NYU Washinton Square East Galleries, “SMALLWORKS,” New York, NY.
Annenberg Center, "Renewal and Remembrance," Philadelphia, PA
Annenberg Center, "Art Endures," Philadelphia, PA.
Bradley University, Heuser Art Center, “30th Bradley International,” Peoria, IL.
Broward County Library, “Florida Artist’s Book Prize,” Miami, FL.
Steuben South Gallery, “Pratt in Tuscany,” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2004
Marsh Art Gallery, “6th American Print Biennial,” University of Richmond Museums, VA. Curated by Marjorie B. Cohn, Curator of Prints, Harvard University Art Museums.
Sumei Arts Center, “National Print Exhibition,” Newark, NJ.
Curated by David Kiehl, Curator of Prints, Whitney Museum of Art.
Barrett Art Center, “New Directions 04,” Poughkeepsie, NY. Curated by Tina Kukielski, Assistant Curator,Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
Gallery 32, London Biennale 2004, "draw_drawing_," London, Great Britain.
Vermont Studio Center, “Resident’s Show,” Johnson, VT.
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Ink Under Pressure,” Santa Ana, CA.
Studio2Gallery, “Home, Sweet, Home,” Austin, TX.
2003
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, “Venezia Arte,” Venice, Italy.
210 Eleventh Avenue Gallery, “Artworks FY”, New York, NY.
2002
Tribecca Rooftops, “ASB,” New York, NY.
TD Alternative Space, “From Here to There,” Brooklyn, NY.
2000
Althea Exhibition Space, “Group Show,” Williamsburg, NY.
1996
National Arts Club, “Beyond Bard,” New York, NY.
1994
Proctor Arts Center, Solo Show: "Idle Hands Do the Devil’s Work," Bard College, Annandale, NY
Warren Street Gallery, “Reinventing Nature,” Hudson, NY.
DNA Gallery, “Re-Generation: found and assembled,” Provincetown, MA.
Falmouth Artists Guild, “Juried Show,” Falmouth, MA.
Proctor Arts Center, "Senior Show," Bard College, Annandale, NY.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Honors. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Printmaking/ Sculpture, 2006
B.A. Bard College, Annandale, NY; Dual Degree: Fine Art, Sculpture; Environmental Science
RESIDENCIES, PROGRAMS, HONORS AND AWARDS
2007
Chashama Mink Studios Residency, Harlem, NY.
Cooper Union, Teaching Artist Residency, NY, NY.
2006
Chashama one year Studio Residency, New York, NY.
Alternate Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center Residency, NY, NY.
Outstanding Merit Award, by nomination, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Graduation Honors, summa cum laud, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Institute, Graduate Merit Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY.
2005
SMALLWORKS exhibition juror’s award
Graduate Assistantship, Pratt's Tuscany Program.
Pratt Institute, Graduate Merit Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY.
2004
Vermont Studio Center, Residency (Printmaking), Ludlow, VT.
Vermont Studio Center, Artist’s Grant, Ludlow, VT.
Aljira Emerge 6, Emerging Artist Program, Newark, NJ.
Pratt Institute, Pratt Grant, Brooklyn, NY.
2003
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Printmaking, Venice Italy.
Peters Valley Craft Center, Tintypes, Layton, NJ.
1998 – 2000
Crafts Student League, Tablesaw and Router Techniques, New York, NY.
1987
Pennsylvania Governor’s School of the Arts, Full Fellowship, Lewistown, PA.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007
Visiting Lecturer, RIT graduate program, Rochester, NY.
Visiting Artist, undergraduate fine arts. University of Rochester, NY.
2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Etching, Undergraduate Relief, and Graduate Lithography, Pratt Institute, NY, NY.
Graduate Assistant, Pratt In Tuscany Study Abroad Program, Lucca, Italy.
1996- present
Art and Woodshop Teacher, The Allen-Stevenson School, NY, NY.
1994 – 1996
Assistant Woodshop Teacher, Village Community School, NY, NY.
PUBLICATIONS
2007
AGNI online literary magazine, essay by Brenda Miller, http://www.bu.edu/agni/
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Shirley Dawson, pp 1C and 5C, May 6, 2007.
Environs, newsletter of the Fashion District, Winter 2007.
Absence.Excess.Loss. catalogue, essay by Patricia Mathews.
2005
Aljira Emerge 6: on locations, catalogue, essay by Lilly Wei.
2005
Berliner Art Info, number 43, July 2005, pp 26 – 27.
2005
30th Bradley International catalogue, Peoria, IL.
2004
Arts and Culture: Bipolar Biennial in Style Weekly pp 25-26, 06/09/04, Richmond, VA.
2004
Sumei National Juried Print Exhibition 2004 catalogue, essay by David Kiehl.
1994
Word and Image, Ginger Shore, ed. Bard College Publications.
1989
School Arts Magazine, David Wisdom, ed. p. 6, February 1989
COLLECTIONS
Annenburg Center, Lanakau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Montrose Area High School, Montrose, PA.
OTHER PROJECTS
Work featured in film, "Clear Blue Tuesday."
taraleeparsons@gmail.com
_________________________________________________________________________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
DUMBO art under the bridge festival, “Innocents Project,” interactive installation, Brooklyn, NY.
Fashion Center, “ (white) columns,” public art installation, New York, NY.
Rochester Contemporary Museum, “Blown-Up,” Rochester, NY.
2006
Washington Square Windows, NYU, “Blown Up,” NY, NY.
Pratt Institute, “BLOWN-UP,” Brooklyn, NY.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Rochester Contemporary Museum, “Absense, Excess, Loss” Installation, Rochester, NY.
Aljira, “A Day in April Never Came So Sweet,” Newark, NJ.
Gallery 461 Inaugural Exhibition, New York, NY.
Cooper Union, “Artist in Residence Exhibition,” New York, NY.
artHarlem HOAST, “chashama artists,” New York, NY.
2006
Dam, Stuhltrager, “One is Better,” curated by Devrim Kadirbeyoglu Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.
Mushroomarts, “Art for Healing,” Queens, NY.
IPCNY, “New Prints 2006,” NY, NY.
Schaffler Gallery, “Missing Link, Integrating Science and Art” Brooklyn, NY.
!63, “Friends of !63,” Brooklyn, NY.
NYU Washinton Square East Galleries, “SMALLWORKS,” New York, NY.
111 Front Street Gallery, “Point of Departure,” DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt / Hunter Collaborative, Brooklyn, NY.
WhiteBox Annex, “The Annex Show,” curated by Kim Thompson, New York, NY.
Steuben West Gallery, “D= M/V,” Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Gallery, “Photography and Contemporary Tactics,” curated by Meredith Wisner, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, “MFA 2006,” New York, NY.
2005
Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charite, "Missing Link", Berlin, Germany.
Aljira, “Emerge 6,” Newark, NJ, curated by Lilly Wei.
McCaig Welles Gallery, "19 Artists," Williamsburg, NY.
Art in Chaos, “Lost,” DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.
Gallery MC, "Found Wanting," New York, NY.
McCaig Welles Gallery, "Underground," Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.
NYU Washinton Square East Galleries, “SMALLWORKS,” New York, NY.
Annenberg Center, "Renewal and Remembrance," Philadelphia, PA
Annenberg Center, "Art Endures," Philadelphia, PA.
Bradley University, Heuser Art Center, “30th Bradley International,” Peoria, IL.
Broward County Library, “Florida Artist’s Book Prize,” Miami, FL.
Steuben South Gallery, “Pratt in Tuscany,” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2004
Marsh Art Gallery, “6th American Print Biennial,” University of Richmond Museums, VA. Curated by Marjorie B. Cohn, Curator of Prints, Harvard University Art Museums.
Sumei Arts Center, “National Print Exhibition,” Newark, NJ.
Curated by David Kiehl, Curator of Prints, Whitney Museum of Art.
Barrett Art Center, “New Directions 04,” Poughkeepsie, NY. Curated by Tina Kukielski, Assistant Curator,Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
Gallery 32, London Biennale 2004, "draw_drawing_," London, Great Britain.
Vermont Studio Center, “Resident’s Show,” Johnson, VT.
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “Ink Under Pressure,” Santa Ana, CA.
Studio2Gallery, “Home, Sweet, Home,” Austin, TX.
2003
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, “Venezia Arte,” Venice, Italy.
210 Eleventh Avenue Gallery, “Artworks FY”, New York, NY.
2002
Tribecca Rooftops, “ASB,” New York, NY.
TD Alternative Space, “From Here to There,” Brooklyn, NY.
2000
Althea Exhibition Space, “Group Show,” Williamsburg, NY.
1996
National Arts Club, “Beyond Bard,” New York, NY.
1994
Proctor Arts Center, Solo Show: "Idle Hands Do the Devil’s Work," Bard College, Annandale, NY
Warren Street Gallery, “Reinventing Nature,” Hudson, NY.
DNA Gallery, “Re-Generation: found and assembled,” Provincetown, MA.
Falmouth Artists Guild, “Juried Show,” Falmouth, MA.
Proctor Arts Center, "Senior Show," Bard College, Annandale, NY.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Honors. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Printmaking/ Sculpture, 2006
B.A. Bard College, Annandale, NY; Dual Degree: Fine Art, Sculpture; Environmental Science
RESIDENCIES, PROGRAMS, HONORS AND AWARDS
2007
Chashama Mink Studios Residency, Harlem, NY.
Cooper Union, Teaching Artist Residency, NY, NY.
2006
Chashama one year Studio Residency, New York, NY.
Alternate Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center Residency, NY, NY.
Outstanding Merit Award, by nomination, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Graduation Honors, summa cum laud, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Institute, Graduate Merit Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY.
2005
SMALLWORKS exhibition juror’s award
Graduate Assistantship, Pratt's Tuscany Program.
Pratt Institute, Graduate Merit Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY.
2004
Vermont Studio Center, Residency (Printmaking), Ludlow, VT.
Vermont Studio Center, Artist’s Grant, Ludlow, VT.
Aljira Emerge 6, Emerging Artist Program, Newark, NJ.
Pratt Institute, Pratt Grant, Brooklyn, NY.
2003
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Printmaking, Venice Italy.
Peters Valley Craft Center, Tintypes, Layton, NJ.
1998 – 2000
Crafts Student League, Tablesaw and Router Techniques, New York, NY.
1987
Pennsylvania Governor’s School of the Arts, Full Fellowship, Lewistown, PA.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007
Visiting Lecturer, RIT graduate program, Rochester, NY.
Visiting Artist, undergraduate fine arts. University of Rochester, NY.
2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Etching, Undergraduate Relief, and Graduate Lithography, Pratt Institute, NY, NY.
Graduate Assistant, Pratt In Tuscany Study Abroad Program, Lucca, Italy.
1996- present
Art and Woodshop Teacher, The Allen-Stevenson School, NY, NY.
1994 – 1996
Assistant Woodshop Teacher, Village Community School, NY, NY.
PUBLICATIONS
2007
AGNI online literary magazine, essay by Brenda Miller, http://www.bu.edu/agni/
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Shirley Dawson, pp 1C and 5C, May 6, 2007.
Environs, newsletter of the Fashion District, Winter 2007.
Absence.Excess.Loss. catalogue, essay by Patricia Mathews.
2005
Aljira Emerge 6: on locations, catalogue, essay by Lilly Wei.
2005
Berliner Art Info, number 43, July 2005, pp 26 – 27.
2005
30th Bradley International catalogue, Peoria, IL.
2004
Arts and Culture: Bipolar Biennial in Style Weekly pp 25-26, 06/09/04, Richmond, VA.
2004
Sumei National Juried Print Exhibition 2004 catalogue, essay by David Kiehl.
1994
Word and Image, Ginger Shore, ed. Bard College Publications.
1989
School Arts Magazine, David Wisdom, ed. p. 6, February 1989
COLLECTIONS
Annenburg Center, Lanakau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Montrose Area High School, Montrose, PA.
OTHER PROJECTS
Work featured in film, "Clear Blue Tuesday."
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