Valerie Constantino

Education

1991 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1989 BFA, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1981-82, The Banff Center School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1973-74 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Areas of Specialization

Fibers and Material Studies, Contemporary Hybrid Forms, Two / Three-Dimensional Design, Creative / Critical Writing

One-Person Exhibitions, Installations, Performances

2008   house with song, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005   My Voice in the desert: a performative reading, Raices Taller, Tucson , AZ
2002   Hair-Flag / I was going to make a rabbit..., Pima County Community College, Tucson, AZ
2002   Valerie Constantino: Sough Beneath the Flame, Philip Alan Gallery, New York, NY
2001   The Irrational Qualities of Substance, Performance; Philip Alan Gallery, New York, NY
2000   Sine Materia, Installation / Performance, Third Street Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
1999   My Liquid Self, Installation / Performance, Galerie Caduta Sassi, Munich, Germany
1999   Transubstantiation: Particle Shift, Installation
            Installing Nature: Manifestations of Time, Parson's School of Design, New York, NY
1997   Nux Vomica 2, Performance, Magic Touch Studio, Brooklyn, NY
1996   Straw Into Gold, Installation / Performance, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1995   Domestic Ephemera, Installation, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
1994   Silent Zone II (Primordial Shift), Installation, The Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
1994   Vulnerable Locations (Recent Garden Carpets), Installation
            Laura Wagman Hall, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1993   Silent Zone (Primordial Recall), Installation
            Hunters Point Community Development Corporation, Long Island City, NY
1991   Occasional Labor, Installation, The Locker at Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
1990   The Laundry Room, Installation / Performance
            The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1989   Chameleon Woman, Installation / Performance
            The Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010   Robes, Invitational, Maloney Art Gallery, St. Elizabeth College, Morristown, NJ
2010   My Liquid Self, Juried Film Screening, The Water Project, The Screening Room, Tucson, AZ
2008   Contemporary Forum Grantees, The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2007   Valerie Constantino, Rainer Gross, Susan Schwalb, Graficas, Tucson, AZ
2005   Valerie Constantino, Travis Glaab, Ken Rosenthal, Louis Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005   Arizona Biennial, Juried, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2005   Woman, Women, Mujer: Voces y Visiones, Invitational, Raices Taller, Tucson, AZ
2001   10th Anniversary Exhibition, Invitational, Galerie Caduta Sassi, Munich, Germany
2001   Valerie Constantino / Robert George - New Works, Philip Alan Gallery, New York, NY
2000   Artification: Gallery Artists, Philip Alan Gallery , New York NY
1998   Nature: Point of Departure, Invitational, Delaware Art Center Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY
1997   Generations, Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996   Bilder, Briefe, Noten XXXIII, Invitational, Autoren Galerie I, Munich, Germany
1995   Summer Exhibition: Gallery Artists, Fulcrum Gallery, New York, NY
1994   The Symbolic Essence of the Flower, Invitational, The Culture Center, New York, NY
1993   Selfhood: Explorations, Teahouse Gallery, The New York Open Center, New York, NY
1992   Women and Surrealism, Women's Caucus for Art, Juried, 333 Wacker Drive, Chicago , IL

Awards / Honors

2008   Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2008   Artist-in-residence, Brisons Veor, Cornwall, England
2008   Artist's Grant, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2007  Contemporary Forum Artist's Grant, The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2005  Artist's Grant, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, Arizona
1996-   The Who's Who of American Women
1999   Creative Projects Grant, The Media Loft (Video/Computer Suite), New York , NY
1994   Research and Writing Grant, Empire State Crafts Alliance, Albany, NY
1994   The Betty Parks Publishing Award, Surface Design Journal
1989-91   Full Tuition Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1989   BFA with Honors, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1989   The Inter-Arts Council Grant, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1987-91   MFA and BFA Scholarships, The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, New York, NY
1985   The Leighton Artists Colony Fellowship, The Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1981-82   Full Tuition Scholarship, The Banff Center School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Bibliography

Tucson Weekly, "The More Things Change: 'house with song,' " by Josh Garvey, 8/8/08
Tucson Weekly,
"Blurred Boundaries and Random Juxtapositions," by Margaret Regan, 12/15/05
Abend Zeitung
, "Bilder, Briefe, Noten," 5/3/96
The New York Times, "Found Objects and On-Site Installations at Dowling College,"
          by Helen A. Harrison, 9/18/94
Windy City Times, "Memory, Mortality and Madness," by D. Travers Scott, 10/24/91


Professional Activities: Teaching, Lecturing

2002-  Faculty Associate, Department of Art and Humanities, Pima Community College, Tucson , AZ
2007-10  Founder / Studio leader, Troops Reports, Veteran's Administration Hospital, Tucson, AZ
2007   Lecture: Creativity and Post-traumatic Stress, Tucson Vet Center, Tucson, AZ
2005   Faculty Associate, Department of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe , AZ
2003   Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2003   Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Tucson Arts Brigade, Tucson, AZ
2001   Visiting Faculty, Department of Fiber and Material Studies,
            The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001   Visiting Artist / Lecturer, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001   Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1998   Lecturer, The Textile is the Text
            Symposium: Women, Art and Change, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1996-97   Faculty Associate, Fibers Department,  Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1996   Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1995   Lecturer, Art and Spirituality, The New York Open Center, New York, NY
1994   Lecturer, Threadlore, The New York Open Center, New York, NY
1994   Moderator, The Nature of Beauty in Contemporary Art, The New York Open Center, New York , NY
1994   Lecturer / Exhibiting Artist, The Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
1993, 1991   Visiting Artist / Lecturer, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Related Professional Activities

2009   Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, Tucson, AZ
2006-   Editorial Assistant, Video / Digital image production, Mara Carlson's Rincon del Tango, Tucson, AZ
2006   Designer - Editorial Assistant, Janice Gordon, New York, NY
2000-02   Research / Editorial Assistant, Eleanor Munro, Art Historian / Critic, New York, NY
1996-2002   Research / Editorial Assistant, Lenore Tawney Associates, New York, NY
1996   Co-curator, In Honor of Tibet, Group Exhibition, Donahue/Sosinski Gallery, New York, NY
1995   Designer, The Owl Answers, The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, New York, NY
1995   Textile: An Event In Time, Fiberarts magazine
1994   Threadlore, Surface Design Journal
1992-94   Gallery Director/Events Coordinator, The New York Open Center, New York, NY
1990-91   Studio Assistant, Cookie Gluck, Designer, Costumes and Props, Chicago, IL




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