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Artist Statement:
No Place:
Wonders From that World
is a part of an artistic investigation exploring the relationships
between fantasies of imperial power and imagined utopian
configurations of race, class, and gender. The title is derived from
the English word, “utopia,” coined by Thomas More from the Greek “no”
(ou) and “place” (topos)--literally, no place. The audience is invited
to look at a series of tourist destinations from No Place that are
based on the seven wonders of the ancient world. Each place is a
mixture of the real and mythological, and begins to map the edges of
an empire.
Somewhere between toys, fetishes, and carnivalesque objects, the
objects and bodies in this exhibition are brought from No Place to
perform outlandish functions. Through ritual and masquerade, they
provoke the imagination of alternative narratives and worlds. |
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RESUME |
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Education: |
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2006 |
Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY,
Studio Art |
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2004 |
M.F.A. The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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2001 |
B.A.
Brown University, Providence, RI |
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Awards: |
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2005 |
Fulbright IIE Grant: Brazilian Fulbright Commission-for the study of
folk performance & craft
Jerome Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts
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2004 |
Joan Mitchell
Foundation MFA Grant Recipient |
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2003 |
World Studio
Foundation Fellowship
Art Institute of Chicago Academic Incentive Scholarship |
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2002 |
World Studio
Foundation Fellowship
Art Institute of Chicago Academic Incentive Scholarship |
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Residencies |
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2005 |
Jerome
Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Artist in Residence, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY |
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2004 |
Artist in Residence,
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan,
ME
Artist in Residence, The Millay Colony of the Arts, Austerlitz,
NY |
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Exhibitions: |
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2007 |
Jamaica Flux,
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Queens, NY
Whitney ISP,
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
nature/nurture,
Miami Botanical Gardens, Miami Beach, FL curated by AJ Japour
Saya Woolfalk,
Heidi Cho Gallery, NY, NY
Saya Woolfalk, No Place: Wonders from that World,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2006 |
Treemendous,
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY curated by Karen Shaw
Works on Paper,
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of NC, Greensboro, NC curated by
Xandra Eden
The Jaundiced Eye,
Scope-NY, entrance installation, curated by David Hunt
Dead of Winter,
Hudson
Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY curated by Dan Fuller
Zg Summer Show 06’,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Joan Mitchell Foundation 2004-2005 MFA Grant Recipient Exhibit,
CUE Art
Foundation, New York, NY
YEA! Young Emerging Artists,
Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY
d’Afrique d’Asie,
Artist Commune, Hong Kong, China
Art Chicago in the Park,
participating artist with Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Saya Woolfalk & James Fotopoulos,
Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
Winner Take All,
Scope-Art, New York, NY
Chimaera,
Group Show curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, Tenri Cultural Institute of New
York, NY
The Studio Visit,
Group
Show, Exit Art, New Work, NY
National Psyche:
Feminine Vision, Thought & Action during Wartime, The LAB, San
Francisco, CA |
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2005 |
d'Afrique d'asie,
group show, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY
Faketure,
group show,
Macalester Art Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Saya Woolfalk: New Work,
Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
Greater New York 2005,
P.S.
1/MoMA, Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
Saya Woolfalk: Terra de Lixo,
Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Saya Woolfalk: New Sculpture & Performance,
Federal Univ. of Maranhao, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil
Sinister,
group show, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois
University, Charleston, IL
Zg Summer Show 05’,
Zg
Gallery, Chicago, IL
What Did Puck Say,
group show, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago in the Park,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mardi Gras,
Performance Event, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Production of Escapism -
a
project by Rashid Johnson, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, IN
Trousseaux: Love Object,
Solo Exhibit, SubCity, Curated by Candida Alvarez, Chicago, IL
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2004 |
Paradise Imagined,
12x12: New Artists / New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Summer Show '04,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
One
Night Stand,
Performing Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lovescape,
Installation and Performance by Saya Woolfalk, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
(read reviews)
Saya Woolfalk,
Richard Levy Gallery, Scope Art, New York, NY
Social Seduction,
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
The Chicago 11,
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL |
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2003 |
As Small As
Possible,
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Show,
Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL
The Chicago 11,
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
MFA 2003, New American Painting, Boston, MA, Curator: Lawrence
Rinder,
Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art
National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Eat Me,
65 Hope Street, Williamsburg, NY
The Anti-Spacesuit Show,
Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Art Hotel 2003,
Embassy Suites, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition,
2003, Stray Show, Chicago, IL
Artwindows 2003,
G'Bani, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
National Juried
Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY Curated by:
Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum,
NY
Kink or Pink,
Dollhouse Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fieldwork; in honor of national women's history month, 1926 Halstead,
Chicago, IL |
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2001 |
The List Art
Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
Annual Group Exhibition, The Museum at F.I.T., NY
Juried Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University,
Providence, RI
unfoldingobject: critical selections.
Miranda Fine Arts &
Henaine Fine Art, Port Chester, NY
EA50: HEREart’s 6th Annual Emerging Artists Show,
HEREart, New York, NY
Emerging
Artists,
The Hell's Kitchen Show, New York, NY
Exhibition to Benefit Breast Cancer Research,
Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
Sarah Doyle Woman's Center, Providence, RI
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Publications: |
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2005 |
The New York Post
online,
“They’re Unknown, Under 30 and from
New
York,”
James Gardner, New York, NY, March 21, 2005
The New York Times online
"Youth and the Market:
Love at First Sight,"
Michael Kimmelman, New York, NY, March 18, 2005. slide show (pictured)
Observer Dispatch “Feature: Saya Woolfalk,” Jorge
Hernandez, Utica, NY, February 15, 2005. p (pictured) |
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2004 |
"Breakout
Artists, Chicago's Next Generation of Image Makers"
by Michael Workman,
New City,
May 6, 2004
(read
review)
"Love Toys" Eye Exam
by Michael Workman,
New City,
March 18, 2004
(read
review)
"Artists Explore the
World..." The Chicago Tribune,
March 12, 2004, no. 72, sec. 7, pg. 25
(read
review)
"Sex Politics & Soft Sculpture" by Jackie Lupo, The Scarsdale
Enquirer, March 12, 2004, page 15
(read
review)
"Performing Desire,"
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate
Catalogue (2004) |
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2003 |
"Performing Desire,"
Fiberarts Magazine, vol. 30, no. 2 (Sept/Oct 2003): p 48
“Karmen Gei: Political Sex Icon,” essay in
africanfilmny.org |
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2001 |
Nostalgia,
Icon Magazine, New York
“Paragon Girls: A Taste of Perfection,” essay in RISD/Brown
Independent, Providence, RI
“Sexual Objects,” essay in pinkonline.com |
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