MONICA DUNCAN

EDUCATION

EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

2007      
"Insatiable Streams," BS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China 
"Two Nights of Film Projection,"– Second Nature, Fette's Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
"Fingers + Codes: The Contemporary Portrait", curated by Alyson Laura, Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
"Recordings", curated by Stuart Horodner, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
"The Perpetual Body," curated by Chris Burkowski, [PAM] Cinema-Scope, Scope New York, New York.

2006      
"Monica Duncan: Video Work," curated by Aaron Miller,
"[PAM] Cinema-Scope Best of the Best," Scope Miami, Miami, Florida.
"AUX," Athica Arts Center, Athens, Georgia.
"Land-Tracking-Land," curated by Aaron Miller and Monica Duncan, Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, Rochester, New York.  (www.land-tracking-land.org)
"Glitch," curated by Dan Bayles, Douglas Green Anna Kim, Lara Odell, Gina Osterloh, Marco Rios, Eusebio Travis Sevilla, Jeff Sheng, Kristine Thompson, and Gordon Winiemko, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
"Technologized Bodies/Embodied Technologies," curated by Dave Burns and Legier Biederman, Boston CAA Conference at Art Interactive Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts and Silverlake Film Festival, Arclight, Hollywood, California.
"Resolutions 06," curated by Joanna Raczynska, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York.

2005  
"Local Lightworks," curated by Shana Wood, Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Sound in Video," curated by Alexandra Lakin, OASIS Informal Screenings at ZKM, Karlshrue, Germany.
"Bob Moog Tribute," Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Celebrating Women," curated by Maiza Hixon, Fraizer Museum and Norton Pavilion, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Regarding One Hundred," Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Eight Women: The Art of Collaboration," Watertower Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Depth Analysis," Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California.
"Evidence," performance installation, Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. A reprise was performed for "Beyond/In Western New York 2005," Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
"Evolutionary Girls," A/V Space, Rochester, New York.

2004      
"Celebrating Women," curated by Boshko Boskovic, Norton Pavilion, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Faculty Exhibition", Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Everything is Voltage Controllable", Fusion Home, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Digital Salon", Art Mission, Binghamton, New York.
"Ladyfest Ohio," Columbus, Ohio.
"Cinema Anonymous", Clifton Center, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Wings 10 x 10", Glassworks, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Borderlands", Evolutionary Girls Club Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, New York.
"The Unprofessionals", curated by Lindsay Sampson, screenings in Chicago, Illinois, Buffalo, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2003  
"Video Paintings," Smart Wall, School of Art and Design NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
"Visiting Artist Lecture and Screening", University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
"New Video Works", curated by Kim Beck, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee.
"Emerging Filmmakers Series", Little Theater, Rochester, New York.
<init.two>, Visual Studies Workshop Galleries, Rochester, New York.

2002      
"Examinants", curated by Caroline Koebel, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.
"Impatient Pixel," collaborative works included in Lara Odell’s solo show, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
"In Western New York 2002", Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
"Evolutionary Girls", Squeaky Wheel Media Resources, Buffalo, NY; Europride 2002, Cologne, Germany; Moon bow festival, Stockholm, Sweden; Rivinvali ri, Helsinki, Finland.
"Video Collaborative", curated by Peter Baldes, Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Virginia.
"BFA Thesis Exhibition", Binns Merrill Hall, School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
"V-Day" installation with Amy Karle, SMART WALL, School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
"Prominence 2002", curated by Amy Karle, School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.

CURATORIAL WORK

2006  
"Land-Tracking-Land" (Co-curator), Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, Rochester, New York.
"Evolutionary Girls Club Exhibition", (Co-organizer/Co-curator), Clifton Center, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Experimental Television Center International Summer Workshop Video Screening" (Coordinator), Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Experimental Independent" (Video Co-curator), River Bend Winery, Louisville, Kentucky.

2005   
"Video Shopping Cart", (Video Co-curator), Arts Electronic, Louisville, Kentucky.

2003   
<init.two>, (Video Co-curator), Visual Studies Workshop Galleries, Rochester, New York.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

01-07       Assistant to the Director and co-instructor, Experimental Television Center International Summer Workshop, Owego, New York.
04-06       Artist-in-Residence, Digital Video Department, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
2002    Teaching Assistant, Large Format Digital Print Workshop, Alfred University, Alfred, New York.

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

2006      
Max/MSP/Jitter Instruction, Experimental Media Course, Instructor: Sara hornbacher, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Performance-based Camouflage Videos", (Co-present session with Lara Odell) Camouflage: Art, Science, and Popular Culture Conference, organized by Roy Behrens, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

2003   
Artist Lecture, Art Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

BIBILIOGRAPHY

Erin Bransford, "Atlanta's Emerging Artists," Jezebel Magazine, March 2007 issue.
"City Choice", City Newspaper (Rochester, New York), October 18, 2006.
Tamara Ikenberg, "Girls on Film", The Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), July 15, 2006
Diane Heilenmen "Ideas Inform Images in Two Exhibits," The Courier-Journal, July 3, 2005.
Judith Edgerton, "Short Takes," The Courier Journal, April 25, 2004
Caroline Koebel, "Impatient Pixel," Art Papers, Sept./Oct. 2002 issue
"City Haul," The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), August 11, 2002
Richard Huntington, "The Essence of WNY," The Buffalo News, August, 2, 2002

GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

02-06  Artist Residency, Experimental Television Center, Owego, New York.
2006   Nominee, Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Atlanta, Georgia.
2004   Professional Development Grant, Kentucky Arts Council, Louisville, Kentucky.
2003   Artist Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville, Kentucky.
2003   Special Opportunity Stipend, (Greater Rochester Area) New York Foundation for the Arts, Rochester, New York.
2002   Best in Show, Alfred University BFA Thesis Exhibition, Alfred, New York. 
2002   Powell Campus Purchase Award, Alfred University BFA Thesis Exhibition, Alfred, New York.

LARA ODELL

EDUCATION

MFA 2007 Studio Art University of California, Irvine
MAH 2000 Media Study and English State University of New York at Buffalo
BFA 1998 Studio Art Alfred University, School of Art and Design (cum laude)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 37 Presidents, 37 digital prints. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2002 Impatient Pixel, large format Iris prints, ink-jet prints, and video. Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Out Side In. Video and Super 8mm animations and drawings. L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA
Insatiable Streams. Video animations. BS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
MFA Thesis Exhibition. Video and Super 8mm animations and drawings. Room Art Gallery, UC Irvine, CA
Recordings. “Living Pictures,” video installation.The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA

2006
MFA 2 Exhibition. “Wilderness Theater,” 2-channel video installation. University Art Gallery, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Technologized Bodies/Embodied Technologies. “Living Pictures,” video. Art Interactive Gallery, CAA Conference, Boston, MA
Fringe Fest. “Living Pictures,” video. ArcLight, Silverlake Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
Video Nightmare. “Living Pictures,” video. RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Catalyst 7: Drawings by UCI Graduate Students. Drawings. Catalyst Art Gallery, Irvine, CA

2005
Southern Exposure. “The American Precedents,” digital prints. Kinross Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Depth Analysis. “Living Pictures” and “The American Precedents,” video and digital prints. RAID Projects. Los Angeles, CA
So Far. “The American Precedents,” digital prints. University Art Gallery, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
8 Women. “Living Pictures,” video installation. Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY

2003
The White Bear and Other Unwanted Thoughts. Video installation and performance. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Video screening. Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, New York, NY
Water World. “One Feet Deep,” Iris prints. Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
New Video Works! Videos. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Curated by Kim Beck. Memphis, TN
Members Exhibition. Digital prints. Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Members Exhibition 2003. Digital prints. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2002
Examinants. “Antibodies,” video. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (CDAV). Curated by Caroline Koebel. Habana Viejo, Cuba
In Western New York, 2002. “Incident at Wal-Mart or Where’s My Daughter,” video. Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Video Collaborative. “Antibodies,” video. Virginia Museum of Art, Curated by Peter Baldes. Richmond, VA

2001
Ladyfest Midwest, “Power Haircut,” video. Chicago, IL
The Central Academy of Fine Arts, “Grandma Baba and Little Boris,” video. Beijing, China
Festival of Actual Kino, “Grandma Baba and Little Boris,” video. Novosibirsk, Russia
Pandemonium 2001. “Grandma Baba and Little Boris,” video. The Lux, London, England
The Paris/Berlin International Meetings. “Grandma Baba and Little Boris,” video.

2000
Ground Zero. Digital print. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1999
Joanie4Jackie Video Chain Letter. The M.I.A. tape, part of the series of travelling videotapes, organized by Miranda July. “Diver,” video. Portland, OR
Emerging Artists Show. Series of large format ink-jet prints and video. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1998
Not Still Art video festival. Cooperstown, NY

1997
Not Still Art video festival. Cooperstown, NY


PUBLICATIONS & ONLINE PROJECTS


2007
Outlimb, Winning Woman and “Artist Statements.” Animations, drawings and fake artist statements.
Nanomajority, an online journal. http://www.nanomajority.com

2006
Ask Gertrude. Advice column. http://www.askgertrude.net
The Opiate of Words. [Drawings.] With poems by Logan Esdale. New Haven, CT: Phylum Press.

2005 The White Bear and Other Unwanted Thoughts. http://www.criminalanimal.org

2002 The Opiate of Words. [Drawings.] With poems by Logan Esdale. Alfred, NY: IEA-Flaw Press. http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~esdale/opiate.html

2001 Texts/Drawings. How2 I.5, (March). http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/however/v1_5_2001/current/index.html


CONFERENCE


2006 Camouflage: Art, Science, and Popular Culture, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Presentation of camouflage-based performance videos.BIBLIOGRAPHY
Art Voice (Buffalo, NY), "Face to Face, Soldiers and presidents at CEPA Gallery," review of 37 Presidents, August 31, 2006
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), “Ideas Inform Images in Two Exhibits,” review of Video Paintings, July 3, 2005
The Buffalo News, “Fuzzy feelings: Make-believe bears cozy up to the psyche” review of The White Bear and Other Unwanted Thoughts, November 7, 2003
Art Papers, review of Impatient Pixel, by Caroline Koebel, September/October 2002 issue
The Buffalo News, "City Haul," review of In Western New York 2002, August 11, 2002


GRANTS/AWARDS


2007
Graduate Travel and Research Grant, UC Irvine

2006
Tom and Elizabeth Tierney Scholarship, UC Irvine
Medici Circle Scholar Award, UC Irvine
Graduate Travel and Research Grant (two), UC Irvine

2005
Graduate Travel and Research Grant, UC Irvine

2004-2007
Teaching Assistantship and full tuition scholarship, UC Irvine, Department of Studio Art

2003
NEA ArtWorks! award, a funded month-long artist residency at CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Best of Show Award, Digitally generated Iris prints
Selected by Steven and Cecile Biltekoff, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2002
New York Foundation for the Arts Special Opportunity Stipend Award

2001
Best of Show Award, Digitally generated Iris print
Selected by Aldele Henderson, Art Department Chair, SUNY at Buffalo. Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Best Folklore Experiment, “Grandma Baba and Little Boris,” Festival of Actual Kino, Novosibirsk, Russia

2000
Board of Directors Award, Digitally generated ink-jet print
Selected by Douglas Dreishspoon, curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Director’s Award, Digitally generated ink-jet print
Selected by Lawrence Brose, executive director of CEPA Gallery. Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1999-2000
Teaching Assistantship and full tuition scholarship, SUNY Buffalo, Department of Media Study CURATORIAL

2006
Glitch. Co-curated a video screening of new work, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Drawings By UCI Graduate Students. Catalyst Art Gallery, Irvine, CA