Valerie Constantino*
www.valerieconstantino.net
Education
1991, MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1989, BFA, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1981-82, Studio Participant, The Banff Center School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Selected Exhibitions, Installations, Performances
2024, Process, invitational, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2023, The New Geologic Epoch, juried online exhibition and publication, https://issuu.com/ecoartspace/docs/thenewgeologicepoch
2021-22, Love Letters, online project space, www.lovelettersproject.net
2021, 2019, Sacramento State University, College of Arts & Letters Faculty Exhibition, Juried, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2021, All About Paper, Juried, Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2019, American River College Art Faculty Exhibition, Sacramento Metropolitan Art Commission and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018, ‘True Poems flee;’ These Words are free, Participatory Performance, The Crocker Art Museum, The International Rose Garden for Peace, State Capitol and Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
2017, Crossing Sublime (After 'After Nature'), One-person Exhibition, The Robert Else Gallery, Sacramento State University, CA, Performative Reading, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2015-18, Instinct Extinct, The Great Pacific Flyway, Collaborative Exhibition, The Design Museum, Univ. of California, Davis, CA, Stanislaus State University, Turlock, CA, other locations
2017, 2016, Faculty Exhibition, Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA
2015, Surrealismo: An Homage to Surrealism, Juried, Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2015, Desert/ed Bodies, Juried Exhibition for Open Embodiments Conference, Center for Critical Studies of the Body, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2015, 2014, Bilder, Briefe, Noten, Invitational, Autoren Galerie, Munich, Germany
2014, Corpus 2014, Juried, Level 25 Artjournal
2012, Lo Studio dei Nipoti, Invitational, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
2010, My Liquid Self, Juried Film Screening, The Screening Room, Tucson, AZ
2008, house with song, One-person Exhibition, The Joseph Gross Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005, My Voice in the desert, Performative Reading, Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002, Pelt / Rabbit, One-person Exhibition, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
2002, Valerie Constantino: Sough Beneath the Flame, One-person Exhibition, Philip Alan Gallery, New York, NY
2001, The Irrational Qualities of Substance, Performance, Philip Alan Gallery, New York, NY
1999, My Liquid Self, One-person Exhibition, Galerie Caduta Sassi, Munich, Germany
1999, Installing Nature: Manifestations of Time, Juried, Parson's School of Design, New York, NY
Selected Awards, Publications and Professional Activities
2023, The New Geologic Epoch, online and print publication, https://issuu.com/ecoartspace/docs/thenewgeologicepoch
2020, Research and Creative Activity Faculty Award for Love Letters, interdisciplinary project, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
2020, College of Arts and Letters Scholarly and Creative Activity Award for Signposts, ongoing public installation project, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
2019, Published, Signpost: engage, About Place Journal, Vol V, Issue IV, October, 2019,
https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/infinite-country/
2019, Published, Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway, Leonardo Journal, Vol. 52 No. 1, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
2018, College of Arts and Letters Scholarly and Creative Activity Award for ‘True Poems flee,’ These Words are free, public performative project, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
2018, Professional Development Award, American River College, Sacramento, CA for participation in Leonardo: The Convening at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2018, Published, After Valentina Tereshkova 4, Make8elieve, #13 Graphs & Charts & Grids, http://make8elieve.com/
2017, Published, Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway, exhibition catalog essay, California State University, Stanislaus, CA
2016, Research and Creative Activity Faculty Award for Crossing Sublime (After ‘After Nature’), interdisciplinary project, Sacramento State University,Sacramento, CA
2016, Published, Deference and Vigilance, About Place Journal (of the Black Earth Institute); Vol. IV Issue 1, May,
http://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/reimagine/section-2/valerie-constantino/
2013, Artist Residency, Morris Graves Foundation, Loleto, CA
2013, Published, Harem Pool, Make8elieve, #3 Oil, http://make8elieve.com/
2009, Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, Juried Participant, Tucson, AZ
2008, Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2008, Artist Residency, Brisons Veor, Cornwall, England
2008, 2005, Artist’s Grants, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2007, Artist Grant, Contemporary Forum, The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1995, Published: Textile: An Event in Time, Fiberarts Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 2 and in support, The Empire State Crafts Alliance, Research and Writing Grant
1994, Published: Threadlore, Surface Design Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1 and in support, The Betty Parks Publishing Award
Teaching, Lecturing
2014- , Lecturer, Art Department, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA
2022, Lecturer / Webinar Presenter, Love Letters in collaboration with The Endangered Species Coalition
2015-21 , Part-time Faculty, Fine and Applied Arts Department, American River College,Sacramento, CA
2016, Lecturer, Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA
2013-14, Part-time Faculty, Department of Art and Humanities, Yuba Community College, Marysville, CA
2012, Lecturer, Alternative (Art) Histories, Lecture series, Academia de Arte y Cultura, La Raza Galeria Posada, Sacramento, CA
2002-11, Part-time Faculty, Art and Humanities Department, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
2007-10, Founder / Studio Leader, Troops Reports: Art Studio for Disabled Veterans, Southern Arizona Veteran's Administration Health Care System, Tucson, AZ
2007, Lecturer: Creativity and Post-traumatic Stress, Tucson Veteran’s Center, Tucson, AZ
2005, Faculty Associate, Department of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2001, Visiting Faculty, Department of Fiber and Material Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998, Lecturer, The Textile is the Text for the Symposium: Women, Art and Change, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1996-97, Faculty Associate, Fibers Department, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1992-94, Lecturer / Curator; The New York Open Center Art Gallery, New York, NY
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