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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