Artist Biography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Gallery Diet, Magical Powers, Miami FL.
VOLTA, Gallery Diet, New York NY
2008
Gallery Diet, A’Cappella, Miami FL.
2007
Sheldon Museum of Art, The Anatomy of Charley Friedman:10 year survey, Lincoln NE
2006
Barbara Mathes Gallery, Gross Anatomy, New York
Kantor/Feuer, Project Space Window, New York
2003
White Columns, White Room #1, New York
2002
Queens Museum, Ramp & Wedge, New York
1998
CRP Inc, Recent Work, New York
GROUP SHOWS/PERFORMANCES
2010
Artware Editions, Gross Anatomy/Anatomia Completa, New York NY
Parsons Hall Projects, Speculation (Elation), Holyoke MA
2009
Gallery Diet, Second Skin, Miami FL.
Kuf-Mold, Video Project, curators: B.Doherty, S.Batu, Rotterdam Holland
Black and White Gallery, Commune, curator: Dominique Nahas NYC NY
2008
PS 1/MOMA, Performance: Betsey Geffen tour of Gino De Dominicis,
Pulse Miami, Performance: Betsey Geffen ,Miami FL
Nebraska Museum of Art, RSVP, curator: Teliza Rodriguez, Kearney NE
Jan Colle Gallery, Küf/Mold, curators: B. Doherty, S. Batu, Ghent Belgium
Entrée, curator: Krista Saunders, NYC
Gallery Diet, Betsey Geffen: Gallery Tour, Miami FL.
2007
PS 1/MOMA, Site Specific Project, NYC
Sarah Meltzer Gallery, Ceci n’est pas… (This is not…),curators: Rachel Gugelberger/JeffereryWalkowiak, NYC
Dowling College, Inventory Control, curator: Judith Page, Islip NY
MASH, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud Amy Smith-Stewart, NYC
Feria International del Libro de Bogota , represented by Arte Dos Grafico, Bogota Colombia
PS1/MOMA, Emergency Room, Long Island City NY
Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, One Pill Makes You Small, curator: Sherry Bittle
2006
Exit Art, Renegades: A history of Performance Art, NYC NY
EAB Bookfair, PS 1 exhibitor, NYC NY
Frankfurt Book Fair, Ediciones Arte Dos Graficos, Frankfurt Germany
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Freight + Volume Gallery, Miami FL
NY Bookfair, Freight + Volume Gallery, NYC NY
Vox Populi, Parts of the Whole, curator: Elizabeth Grady, Philadelphi PA
Peekskill Project, curator: Alison Levy, Peekskill NY
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Signal Channel, Omaha NE
2005
Makor Gallery, Real Art; A Salon Celebebration, curator: Dave Gibson, NYC
La Rebeca, Wish You Were Here, curator: Michele Faguet, Bogota Colombia
Manhattan Borough Presidents Gallery, Method Makes Practice, NYC
Participant, HHORRRAUTICA, NYC NY
Cooper Union, Summer Exhibit, NYC NY
2004
Capsule Gallery, Sympathetic Nerve, New York NY
Aljira Center for Contemp.Art, Timesless, Timeliness, curator:Dominique Nahas, Newark,NJ
Vox Populi, Screwball, Philadelphia NY
2003
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Mother’s Day Install. w/store, New York, NY
Hallwalls, B-List: Brooklyn, Angst, Desire, Buffalo NY
CAA , Crossings, curated by Anne Ellegood/Rachel Gugelberger, Perf. as Betesy Geffen
2002
PS1/Institute of Contemporary Art, Performance, New York
The Soap Factory, Pretending to Pretend, Minneapolis MN.
White Columns, Face Value, New York
The Joymore, The Milk of Human Kindness, Chicago, ILL.
Scopes Art Fair: Curateor: Anne Ellegood , New York
Momenta Art, Enough About Me: Curated By Deborah Kass, New York
“Felix, Flowers, Flags & Poems”: Performance-corner of 22nd and 10ave; Chelsea, NYC
Exit Art, Reactions, New York & Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Soap Factory, Video Installation, Minneapolis MN.
Clifford/Smith Gallery, Project Space, Boston MA.
2001
Ten In One Gallery, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Recession, New York
Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, Performance, New York
Knoedler Gallery/Skowhegan, Auction, New York
White Columns, Silent Auction, New York
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, 20 of Excellence, Omaha NE
2000
Meat Market Fair, Chelsea; New York
White Columns, Posers, New York
Makor Gallery, In Its Own Way, New York
Site Simpatico, Performance, New York
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Documenting Performance/Preserving Idea. U. of NE.
Creiger/Dane Gallery, New Work/New York, Boston
Exit Art, The End, SoHo, New York
1999
CRP Inc, Trauma, New York
Jack Tilton Gallery, performance, New York
P.S. 122, avantegardearama, New York
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Recent Acquisitions, University of Nebraska/Lincoln
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Selected Alumni Work, Omaha NE
CRP Inc, Hottenanny, New York
Double Pleasure, Mountainslide, New York
EDUCATION
1996
MFA: School of the Museum of Fine Arts ,Boston/Tufts University
1990
BFA: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
1995
Skowhegan School of Art, Skowhegan ME.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nancy Jones, Art Slant, February 2010
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, New Miami Times, February 2010
Brett Sokol, The Miami Herald, Feb. 8, 2008, p.F2
Adriana Herrera, El Nuevo Herald, Feb. 24, 2008 p.2D
Chris Bors, Art Info, March, 2008
Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, January 28, 2007 p.11
Dan Bischoff, The Sunday Star-Ledger, August 15, 2004, p. 3
Cynnie Gaasch, Art voice, April 20, 2003, p.16
Richard Huntington, “Art Reviews”, Buffolo News, May 2 ,2003, p.19
Joelle Shrestha, “Arts”, Night & Day, April 17, 2003, p.11
Johnson, Ken, “Reviews”, New York Times, Feb 21, 2002 Weekend Sec. p. 5
Johnson, Ken, “Reviews”, New York Times, Dec 4, 1998 Weekend Sec. p. 4
Walgamott, L. Kent, “Reviews”, Lincoln Journal Star, June 3, 2001 p. 16H
Walgamott, L. Kent, Sunday Journal Star, Nov 1998, p. 6
Smith, Roberta, New York Times “Terra Bomba, A Performance View of Installation”, January 31, 1997, Sec C, p.28
Freedman, Matt, “Terra Bomba, Exit Art” Review, January 15, 1997, p. 18
Levin, Kim, “Terra Bomba”, Village Voice, December 24, 1996, Choice Section
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum, Artist Books Collection, Brooklyn NY
Goldman Collection, New York NY
New York Public Library, Prints & Drawing Collection,, New York City
Amherst College, Amherst MA.
Sheldon Memorial Museum, Lincoln NE
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2008
Fountainhead Residency, Miami Fl.
2006
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient
Tallier Arte Dos Grafico, Bogota Colombia
2005
Rema Hort Nominee
2005
Cooper Union, AIR Summer Studio
2004
Rema Hort Nominee
2003
Aljira Program, Emerge, Newark NJ
2002
Eastern Frontier, Norten Island ME.
2001
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE.
2000
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough NH.
1998
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE.
VISITING ARTIST & LECTURES
2010
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2008
University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY
Mont Clair State, Mont Clair NJ
Buffalo State, Buffalo NY
New York Studio School, Panel Coordinator: John Tomlinson
2007
Cooper Union, Guest Artist, NYC
2006
New York Studio School, Panel Coordinator: Dominique Nahas
Makor Center, Guest Panel, Panel Coordinator:Dave Gibson, NYC NY
2005
Makor Center, Guest Panel, Panel Coordinator:Dave Gibson, NYC NY
2004
University of Tennessee, Visiting Artist; Sculpture Deparment
2003
New York University, Guest Lecture
2000
The MacDowell Colony, Guest Lecture
1998
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Guest Lecture
