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ASTRIA
SUPARAK
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(at) astriasuparak (dot) com
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Printable resume in shorter
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EDUCATION |
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Syracuse University / Museum
Studies
Pratt Institute / BFA, Highest Honors, Drawing and Art History
School of the Art Institute
of Chicago / 16mm Film Production
The New School for Social
Research / Film Studies
California State Summer School for the Arts, at Cal Arts / Sculpture,
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Syracuse,
NY
Brooklyn, NY
Chicago, IL
New York, NY
Valencia, CA
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SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
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MILLER
GALLERY at CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY,
Pittsburgh, PA
Director, 2008 - Present
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Responsible
for the stewardship, management and curatorial programming of Carnegie
Mellon’s three-floor, 9,000 square-foot contemporary art gallery.
Plans and oversees all public gallery programs for various university
and community audiences.
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KEY EXHIBITIONS
AT THE MILLER GALLERY:
- YOUR TOWN, INC.: Big Box Reuse with Julia
Christensen
Aug. 29 – Nov. 23, 2008
Your Town, Inc. is an exhibition of photographs and installation work that examines
how communities are changing in the shadow of corporate real estate.
- KEEP IT SLICK:
Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men
Nov. 14, 2008 – Feb. 15, 2009
This is the first major exhibition of the artist-activist group the Yes Men. Through impersonating representatives from big corporations and government organizations such as ExxonMobil, The World Trade Organization, McDonald's, Halliburton, Dow Chemical, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, these culture-jamming activists have exposed dehumanizing business practices and enacted ethical “identity correction” since 1999.
- This exhibition premiered at the Feldman Gallery at Pacific Northwest
College of Art in Portland, Oregon, in connection with the Portland
Institute of Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art Festival.
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CITY
OF SYRACUSE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, Syracuse, NY
Founding Committee Member, 2007
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THE
WAREHOUSE GALLERY at SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY,
Syracuse, NY
Inaugural Director and Curator, 2006 - 2007 |
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Directed
a non-profit public art gallery.
- Oversaw the start up of organization. Conceived of and structured
programs and services. Hired and managed full-time staff and interns.
- Designed and curated international contemporary art exhibits of
emerging and accomplished artists, whose work “engages the community
in a dialogue regarding the role the arts can play in illuminating
the critical issues of our times” (from mission statement).
- Commissioned regional artists to create unique installations for
the Window Projects space.
- Curated and coordinated screenings, performances, lectures, receptions,
special events.
- Procured institutional funding and corporate sponsorship. Developed institutional
partnerships, outreach, audience.
- Designed website, logo, building signage. Designed and wrote publicity
materials, exhibition signage.
- Drew attendances of up to 4,000 per exhibition and 400 at receptions.
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KEY EXHIBITIONS
AT THE WAREHOUSE GALLERY:
- FAUX
NATUREL
9 November 2006 - 27 January 2007 @ The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse,
NY
4 July - 25 August 2007 @ Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop's University,
Sherbrooke, QC (Tour)
Installation, sculpture, video, collage, talks by: Alex Da Corte,
Emily Vey Duke + Cooper Battersby, Nick Lenker, Annie MacDonell, Allyson
Mitchell, Andrea Vander Kooij.
This exhibition toured to the Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec.
- EMBRACING WINTER
13 February - 31 March 2007
Installation, audio, sculpture, book, video, photography, talks by:
Janet Morton, Bruno Munari, Takeshi Murata, Collin Olan, Lisa M. Robinson,
Rudy Shepherd. Interactive displays produced by gallery.
Screening of Winter Light curated by B. Kashmere + A. Suparak.
Video event, Winnipeg Babysitter, by Daniel Barrow. Talks
by artists Murata, Shepherd,+ an earthscientist. Hot Cocoa Bar reception.
Special
Events:
WINTER LIGHT Film Screening / 8 March
2007 @ The Redhouse Arts Center
Film, video, audio by: Arnait Women's Video Workshop, Michael Bell-Smith,
Stan Brakhage, Thorsten Fleisch, Kurt Kren, Guy Maddin, Paper Rad
and Wolf Eyes, John Price, Joyce Wieland, more.
WINNIPEG BABYSITTER Video Event / 27 March 2007 @ The Museum
of Science & Technology, IMAX Omnitheater
Overhead projector and archived cable access video curated and narrated
by Daniel Barrow.
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NETWORKED NATURE / Organized by Marisa Olson, Rhizome
17 April - 14 July 2007
Robots, photography, sculpture, sound art, video, installation by:
C5 Corporation, Futurefarmers, Shih Chieh Huang, Philip Ross, Stephen
Vitiello, Gail Wight. Lecture by Marisa Olson, Editor and Curator,
and Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome. Bits + Bytes reception.
- COME ON: Desire Under The Female Gaze
24 August - 27 October 2007
Drawing, ephemeral sculpture, text works, video installation, talks
by: Jo-Anne Balcaen, Juliet Jacobson, Rachel Rampleman.
E ditioned Please poster by Balcaen. Artist talks by Jacobson,
Rampleman. Screenings: Emotional Realism curated by Emily
Vey Duke + Cooper Battersby, Daughters of Joy! curated by
Amber Goodwyn. Launch for Lickety Split pansexual smut zine.
Sweet Nothings reception with Black Heart stout by local brewery Middle
Ages, peach black tea vegan cookies by Roji Tea Lounge.
Special
Events:
DAUGHTERS OF JOY! Video Screening + Lickety
Split smut zine launch / 26 August 2007 @ Spark Art Space
Curated by Amber Goodwyn. Video and Audio by: Jo-Anne Balcaen, Lamathilde,
Scott Stark, Anita Schoepp, Peter Miller, Pomgrenade, more.
EMOTIONAL REALISM Video Screening / 18
October 2007 @ Watson Theater, Syracuse University
Curated by Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby. Video by: Miriam Backstrom,
LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dena DeCola and Karin Wandner, Amanda Baggs.
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CURATOR, 1999 - 2006 |
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Conceived programs, curated shows. Researched and selected artists.
• Has worked without budgets, equipment or staff.
• Created touring and distribution formulas.
• Built network of independent media venues, programmers, journalists,
artists, curators, audiences.
• Designed and wrote press materials.
• CLIENTS / EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
P.S.1, Knitting Factory, FACT Center, iEAR Presents!, Liverpool Biennial,
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, LTTR, Yerba Buena Center for the
Arts, Participant Inc., La Cinematheque Québécoise,
Argos Arts, Video Pool, OutFest, Yale University, Eyebeam, New York
Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, apexart, Ladyfest,
Pacific Film Archives, more.
• WORKED WITH THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS:
Peggy Ahwesh, Daniel Barrow, Animal Charm, Dearraindrop, Harrell Fletcher,
Jacqueline Goss, Dara Greenwald, Kathy High, Miranda July, Christian
Marclay, Bjørn Melhus, Matthias Müller, Paper Rad, Shannon
Plumb, Seth Price, Jon Rubin, Sonic Youth, Kirsten Stoltmann, swoon
+ toyshop, Naomi Uman, Steina Vasulka, Alex Villar, more.
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KEY PROGRAMS:
• QUANTUM LEAPS / Curated for IMPAKT,
Utrecht, Netherlands. 2006.
Videos by: Daniel Barrow, Philippe Blanchard, Dearraindrop, Emily
Vey Duke + Cooper Battersby, Jim Finn, Caroline Koebel, J. Macdonell,
Jim Munroe, Liz Rosenfeld, Seth Price, Andy Puls.
Mini-exhibition of silk-screened posters, journals, zines by: Celebrate
People’s History, Lady Scientist, LTTR.
Performative introduction, Audience survey, Publications by: Astria
Suparak.
• HOW TO BE A CANADIAN / Co-curated for
EYEBEAM with Brett Kashmere, New York, NY. 2004.
Videos by: Jeremy Bailey, Daniel Barrow, Dorion Berg, Shary Boyle,
Peaches + Kara Blake, Jubal Brown, Paige Gratland, Brett Kashmere,
Jake Kennedy, Jim Munroe, Jon Sasaki, Tom Sherman.
Canadian-to-American Dictionary, Annotated map, Red-and-white goodies
by: Suparak and Eyebeam.
Performative introduction by: Suparak and Kashmere.
• LET'S GET TESTED / Curated for Internationale
Kurtzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany. 2004.
Film, Video, Audio by: Alex Villar, Gabriel Fowler, Jeff Chapman,
Jennifer Schmidt, Jim Munroe, JoEllen Martinson + William Scott Rees,
Jon Sasaki, Kon Petrochuk, Mike Olenick, Miranda July, Paper Rad,
Patrick Martinez, Sandy Plotnikoff.
Performative introduction and Audience survey by: Astria Suparak.
• ELUSIVE QUALITY / Co-curated for LTTR
Art Journal with Lauren Cornell, New York, NY. 2004.
Video by: Lynne Chan, Mariam Ghani, Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe, Caroline
Koebel, Jeremy Laing + Will Munro, Math Bass + James Tsang of Marriage,
Tara Mateik, Seth Price, Chadwick Rantanen, Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson,
swoon + toyshop.
• ADOLESCENT BOYS, AND LIVING ROOMS /
Curated for Yale University School of Architecture. 2003-2004.
Video and audio work by: Jennifer Reeder, Jon Leone, Messieurs Delmotte,
Harrell Fletcher, Jon Rubin, Miranda July, Alex Villar, Jess Hilliard,
Jesse Sugarmann + Mike Long.
• BROKEN MUSIC / Curated for Knitting
Factory, New York, NY. 1999.
Video and film by: Sonic Youth, Christian Marclay, Steina Vasulka,
Voice Crack, Barry Schwartz.
Lecture by: Astria Suparak.
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RECENT WORKS BY RICHARD KERR, Montreal, QC
Copy Editor, DVD exhibition catalogue, 2004
• Exhibition and catalogue launch at La Cinémathèque
québécoise, Nov 2004 - Jan 2005.
• Co-curated accompanying film program, “TROUBLE”
with work by Matthias Müller, Martin Arnold, Virgil Widrich, Bruce
Conner, Lewis Klahr, Linda Christanell, Peter Tscherkassky, Richard
Kerr.
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MUSEUM
OF MODERN ART, New York NY
Intern Assistant, Department of Film and Media, 2001
• Assisted in administrative aspects of the "BIG AS LIFE: A
HISTORY OF 8MM" Film Series, curated by Jytte Jensen (MoMA) + Steve
Anker (San Francisco Cinematheque).
• Artist Liaison. Managed print traffic.
• Set the video rental fee standard for the program at MoMA.
• Researched, compiled, edited weekly program notes.
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PRATT
INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY
Director and Curator, Weekly Multimedia Series, "PRATT FILM SERIES,”
1997 - 2000
• Independently developed, programmed, organized and marketed
a twice-a-week multimedia series featuring guest artists, curated programs
of film, installations, live performances and music.
• Curated and introduced 91 programs in three years; Published
weekly program notes.
• Audience included students, professors, Fort Greene locals as
well as commuters from neighboring states.
• Shown work by / worked with the following artists:
Vito Acconci, Chantal Akerman, Alex Bag, John Baldessari, Craig Baldwin,
Sadie Benning, Stan Brakhage, Chris Burden, Bureau of Inverse Technology,
Abigail Child, Shu Lea Cheang, Bruce Conner, Ximena Cuevas, Valie Export,
Fischli & Weiss, Hollis Frampton, Su Friedrich, Guillermo Gomez-Peña,
Barbara Hammer, Gary Hill, Zhuang Huan, Ken Jacobs, Mauricio Kagel,
Mike Kelley, Lewis Klahr, Kurt Kren, George Kuchar, Chris Marker, Gordon
Matta-Clark, Paul McCarthy, Linda Montano, Tony Oursler, Charlemagne
Palestine, Chris Petit, Yvonne Rainer, Jennifer Reeves, Marlon Riggs,
Carolee Schneemann, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Jack Smith, Jan Svankmajer,
Leslie Thornton, Andy Warhol, more.
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NEW
YORK FILM-MAKER'S COOPERATIVE, New York NY
Intern Assistant, for Director M.M. Serra, 1999
Film Curator, Personal Selections Series, "PLAYGIARISM," 1999
• Curated a film screening from the collection at the request
of the Director, which screened at Anthology Film Archives.
• Data entry: Placed catalogue online.
• Maintained video and film prints.
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BROOKLYN
MUSEUM OF ART,
Brooklyn, NY
AskMe Volunteer, "SENSATION: YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS FROM THE
SAATCHI COLLECTION," 1999
• Instigated discussions with viewers about the controversial
artwork.
• Provided tours of exhibition.
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SELECTED
CURATING AND PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES
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| BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE:
Live Musical Improvisation to Films, Europe + Texas, 2001 + 2004
Co-Curator with Braden King |
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includes work created for this event by Jem Cohen, Christopher Wilcha,
Grant Gee, Julie Murray, Garine Torossian, more. Films by David Gatten,
Naomi Uman, Peter Hutton, Guy Sherwin, Phil Solomon, Stephanie Barber,
Gustav Deutsch, Gerard Holthuis.
• Arranged each unique film line-up per city.
• Films were accompanied by live improvisation by seven musicians
from Australia, England, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York, whose
collective resumes include Wilco, Smog, Catpower, Calexico, Dirty Three,
Gastr del Sol.
• Upcoming DVD release.
• Co-booked the 10-city, five-country tour. Venues include FotoFest
Biennial (Houston), Doclands Festival (Dublin), The Horse Hospital (London),
4AD (Belgium), The Paradiso (Amsterdam), Belgie (Belgium).
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NEW YORK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, New
York, NY, 2000 - 2002
Associate Curator, “A NEW ROMANTIC T.V. SOUND”, “SEX
ON THE FRITZ”, "KEEP IN TOUCH!" |
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Curated and introduced film/video/sound screenings for three festivals.
• Organized multimedia gallery event including video installation,
performances, live music.
• Produced, managed three American tours independently of NYUFF.
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LADYFEST: Arts, activism and
education festival, San Francisco + Washington D.C., 2002
Guest Curator for Opening Night, "LOOKING IS BETTER THAN FEELING
YOU"
Tour Producer |
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Program exhibited for 10 weeks at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
• One of the most successful daytime screenings at YBCA with an
average attendance of 75 people per day. Schoolteachers brought their
students on field trips to this exhibition.
• Audiences at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo arrived two hours
early, lining up outside.
• 13-city tour included MIX Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Williams
College Museum of Art, Cinematexas.
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JOANIE 4 JACKIE: Alternative
distribution network, Portland, OR, 2000 - 2001
Curator, Co-Star Series, Videotape #3 "SOME KIND OF LOVING"
Tour Manager, "ALL
NIGHT LONG WITH MIRANDA JULY AND ASTRIA SUPARAK" |
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Three American artists, Rita Gonzales, Miranda July, and Astria Suparak,
were invited to each curate a special program for J4J's Co-Star Series.
• Tape is produced by Joanie 4 Jackie and distributed by K Records.
Available at The Whitney Museum, Printed Matter, Spoonbill and Sugartown
Books, La Centrale, DIA Bookstore.
• Composed and edited the informative poster included with the tape.
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ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES,
New York, NY
Guest Curator, "DIRGES AND STURGEONS," 2001
Tour Producer |
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Curated and introduced works new to AFA at the request of Director and
Founder, Jonas Mekas.
• Produced, booked, managed, and personally introduced two American
and one Canadian tours independent of AFA, reaching 21 cities in 11
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Freeform Independent Radio, Brooklyn + New Jersey
Programmer and Curator, "VERTIGO-GO: DJ/FILM BENEFIT," 1999 |
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Conceived, programmed and managed a 9-hour event including curated programs
of film + video, filmic + light installations, live film and music performances.
• Leveraged funds, identified sponsors. Coordinated resources
and artists without a budget.
• Over 1000 people in attendance.
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ART CENTERS,
MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, BIENNIALS
• Liverpool
Biennial of Contemporary Art 2004 / 5-week exhibition, “Elusive
Quality” / Liverpool, UK
• The Kitchen / New York, NY
• Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo / 2-part video cycle, “Panoramica
Series” / Mexico City, MEX
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts / 10-week exhibition, “Looking
is better than Feeling you” / San Francisco, CA
• EYEBEAM / “Panorama Screening Series” / New York,
NY
• P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center / 2-part Summer Outdoor Cinema
Series, “Dive-In Movies,” co-curated with Ocularis / Queens,
NY
• The Warehouse Gallery / Foundational year, 20 exhibitions
and events / Syracuse, NY
• FACT Center (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) /
Liverpool, UK
• The Museum of Photographic Arts / San Diego, CA
• Williams College Museum of Art / Williamstown, MA
• FotoFest Biennial 2004 / Houston, TX
• iEAR Presents! at The Sanctuary for Independent Media / Troy,
NY
• C-level Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
• Participant, Inc. / “Explosion LTTR”: Launch of
the art journal’s 2nd edition, “Practice More Failure”
/ New York, NY
• Space 1026 / Philadelphia, PA
• National Museum of Women in the Arts / Washington, DC
MEDIA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS,
FILM FESTIVALS
• Internationale
Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2004 / Commissioned to curate a Special Program
for the 50th Anniversary / Oberhausen, GERMANY
• Aurora Picture Show / Guest Programmer, Monday Night Series
(Jan - Mar 2006) / Houston, TX
• Argos Arts / Black Box Series / Brussels, BELGIUM
• La Cinémathèque québécoise / Screening,
“Trouble,” accompanied gallery exhibition, Industry: Recent
works by Richard Kerr (Nov 2004 - Jan 2005) / Montréal, QC
• Pacific Film Archives / Berkeley, CA
• San Francisco Cinematheque / San Francisco, CA
• Artists' Television Access / San Francisco, CA
• Video Pool Media Arts Centre / Winnipeg, MB
• Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center / Buffalo, NY
• CRASH: Arte Audiovisual Alternative Festival / Mexico City,
MEX
• Robert Beck Memorial Cinema / New York, NY
• Cinematexas International Short Film Festival / Austin, TX
• OutFest 2003 / Los Angeles, CA
• Independent Film Show 4th Edition 2004 / Napoli, ITALY
• MIX Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival / New York,
NY
• Festival MIX Monterrey 2005 / Monterrey, MEXICO
• Doclands Documentary Festival 2001 / Dublin, IRELAND
ACADEMIC VENUES
• Pratt
Institute / Directed weekly Pratt Film Series for three years (1998-2000)
/ Brooklyn, NY
• Yale University School of Architecture / “Moving Landscapes,
Capturing Time" / New Haven, CT
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Eye and Ear Series
/ Chicago, IL
• Harvard University / Cambridge, MA
• Carnegie Mellon University / Pittsburgh, PA
• Bard College / Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• Concordia University / Montréal, QC
• Columbus College of Art and Design / Columbus, OH
• Hampshire College / Amherst, MA
• Texas A&M University / College Station, TX
• GirlsFilmSchool at the College of Santa Fe / Santa Fe, NM
• Massachusetts College of Art / Boston, MA
MUSIC VENUES
• The Knitting
Factory / New York, NY
• The Horse Hospital / London, UK
• 4AD / Diksmude, BELGIUM
• The Paradiso / Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
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- Aurora
Picture Show / Advisory Board Member / Houston, TX
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation / Baltimore, MD
2007
- Creative Capital Foundation / Reviewer and Recommender: Media Arts
Grants / USA
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts / Awards Juror / Pittsburgh, PA
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Guest Critic: MFA Candidates Final
Reviews / Troy, NY
- National Museum of Women in the Arts / Film Festival Advisory Board
/ Washington, D.C.
- LINKS Teen Art Competition at the Community Folk Art Center / Jury
Member / Syracuse, NY
- City of Syracuse, Dept. of Economic Development: Public Arts Task
Force / Advisor + Jury Member
2006
- NYU / Visiting Artist Series: Lecture and Studio Visits / New York,
NY
- Aurora Picture Show / Video Feedback: Guest Critic / Houston, TX
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Guest Lecturer + Collaborator:
Screenprinting / Boston, MA
- The University of the Arts / Paradigm Lecture Series / Philadelphia,
PA
- University of Pennsylvania / Guest Artist / Philadelphia, PA
2005
- The Program for Media Artists (Rockefeller and Ford Foundations) /
National Nominating Committee Member: Film and Video Fellowships / USA
- Impakt Festival: 16th annual / Awards Jury Member / Utrecht, NL
- Concordia University, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema / "La Creme
de la Creme" Awards Jury / QC
2004
- The Program for Media Artists / National Nominating Committee Member
/ USA
- GirlsFilmSchool at The College of Santa Fe / Visiting Faculty / Santa
Fe, NM
- Columbus College of Art and Design / Visiting Artist / Columbus, OH
- Video Pool Media Arts Centre / First Video Fund: Studio Visits / Winnipeg,
MB
2003
- Ohio Arts Council / Media Arts Fellowship: Juror / Columbus, OH
- Street Level Youth Media / Workshop: Alternative Exhibition / Chicago,
IL
- San Francisco Art Institute / Guest Lecturer: New Genres / San Francisco,
CA
- School of Visual Arts / Guest Lecturer: Video Culture / New York,
NY
2002
- Harvard University / Guest Lecturer: Experimental Strategies in Video
/ Cambridge, MA
- Yale School of Art / Guest Lecturer / New Haven, CT
- P.O.V.'s Mingle with the Maker Series with HBO's 5th Annual Frame
by Frame documentary showcase
/ Moderator: “Horns and Halos” / The Screening Room, New
York, NY
- University of Texas / Guest Lecturer: Transmedia and Performance Art
/ Austin, TX
- Temple University / Guest Lecturer: Experimental Video and Multimedia
/ Philadelphia, PA
2001
- New York Underground Film Festival / Juror: Awards Committee / New
York, NY
- Pitzer College / Guest lecturer / Claremont, CA
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Nomads and Homesteaders Symposium
/ Panelist / Chicago, IL
2000
- Village Voice / Panelist for Feature Article: "Tracking the Resurgence
of Experimental
Film: Attack of the Mutants" by J. Hoberman / New York, NY
- Mix Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival / Programming Committee
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AND HONORS
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Artist Grants: Personal Work
2000 Pratt Circle Award / Outstanding Academic Achievement / Brooklyn,
NY
1997 - 1999 Various scholarships for merit in the Fine Arts @ Pratt
Institute / Brooklyn, NY
General Art Fund, Davis Scholarship, Taylor Endowment, DE Forest Grant
1996 - 2000 Talent Search Tuition Scholarship to study Fine Arts / Awarded
for four consecutive years
@ Pratt Institute / Brooklyn, NY
1996 California Arts Scholar Award / State’s highest art award
/ Los Angeles, CA
Community and Research Work
2006 Canada Council for the Arts / Travel Grant for Media Artists
/ Canada
2006 Syracuse Post-Standard Winner of 2006 for "the presentation
of smart, contemporary art by local, national and international artists."
/ Syracuse, NY
2002 Experimental Television Center Grant to attend the 48th Robert
Flaherty Film Seminar @ Vassar College / Poughkeepsie, NY
2001 Helena Rubinstein Foundation Scholarship to study and work @ Museum
of Modern Art / New York, NY
2000 Outstanding Service to Pratt Institute Award, for the Film Series
/ Brooklyn, NY
1999 Outstanding Program Board Chair Award / Pratt Institute: Department
of Student Activities
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PUBLISHED WRITING, DRAWINGS, FILM
• LIVE CINEMA: A CONTEMPORARY READER
/ "In Pursuit of Northern Lights: Tracking Canada’s Living
Cinema" by Brett Kashmere and Astria Suparak / Edited by Thomas Beard
/ San Francisco Cinematheque, CA: 2008 forthcoming
• NY Arts magazine / "Conversations:
Astria Suparak talks to Marisa Olson"" / New York, NY: 2008
• INDUSTRY
Exhibition catalogue / "Trouble": Program text by Astria
Suparak and Brett Kashmere / Montréal, QC: Telecine Editions and
Concordia University, 2005
• OFFSCREEN FILM JOURNAL / "Beyond
Notes: On Music, Improvisation and Film, and Writing": by Brett
Kashmere and Astria Suparak / Canada, April 2003
• HEEB MAGAZINE
/ “Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Four experimental moviemakers. Elisabeth
Subrin, Naomi Uman, Miranda July, Diane Nerwin” by Suparak / USA,
2003
• THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE / "A
New Romantic T.V. Sound": Essay by Suparak / Special edition,
Ed. Miranda July / USA, 2002
• CINEMATEXAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CATALOGUE / "Peggy
Ahwesh": Essay on featured filmmaker by Suparak / Austin, TX: 2001
• SOME
KIND OF LOVING Videotape compilation / "Only
Loved at Night": Text poster by Suparak, Peggy Ahwesh, Stephanie
Barber, Jane Gang, Jennifer Reeder, Karen Yasinsky / Portland, OR: Joanie
4 Jackie, 2000
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PUBLISHED ARTWORK
• GRAFFITI
WOMEN: STREET ART FROM FIVE CONTINENTS by Nicholas Ganz / New York,
NY: Abrams Books, 2006
• LICKETY SPLIT / "What
Is Sex?" by Suparak / Montréal: 2005 + 2006
• BLACK DIAMOND
MAGAZINE / "American Girls"
by Suparak /UK: White Diamond Projects, 2004
• LTTR Feminist
Art Journal #2: Listen Translate Translate Record / "Diagrams from
Waiting": Editioned artist book by Suparak / Ed. Ginger Brooks-Takahashi,
Emily Roysdon, K8 Hardy / New York, NY: 2003
• I NY by Kelly
Burns / New York, NY: 4 am press, 2003
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• PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE,
"Director
of CMU gallery charts challenging course," By Mary Thomas. 2009.
• RHIZOME, "Interview
with Astria Suparak," By Lauren Cornell. 2008.
• PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER, "The
Miller Gallery's internationally renowned new curator, Astria Suparak,
debuts her first Pittsburgh show," By Bill O'Driscoll. 2008
• C MAGAZINE, “The
Politics of Cool: Astria Suparak,” By Emily Vey Duke and Cooper
Battersby. Issue 96, Winter 2007.
•A MICROCINEMA PRIMER: A BRIEF
HISTORY OF SMALL CINEMAS,"Individual
Group Experiences and Unusual Acts of Kindness: An Interview with Astria
Suparak, On Touring", By Brett Kashmere.Edited by Andrea Grover and
Ed Halter.2008
(forthcoming)
• CANADIAN ART, "Faux
Naturel: The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse." Review by R.M. Vaughan.
Fall 2007.
• FANZINE. "Desire
in Syracuse: the 'Come On' Controversy" Article by Yvonne Olivas.
2007.
• ARTFORUM, "ON
SITE: Repetition and Difference: LTTR," Review by Julia Bryan-Wilson.
Summer 2006, p. 109-110,
• CTV News, "Take One: Arts & Entertainment,” Interview
with Christine Long. Montréal, Spring 2005,
• RES MAGAZINE, "Programmed
to Stun: Astria Suparak,"
Profile by Holly Willis. 2003.
• THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE, "Astria
Suparak: Experimental Media Curator as Rock Star," Feature profile
by Matt Wolf. 2003.
• LOS ANGELES WEEKLY, "Signal to Noise," Review by Holly
Willis. 2003.
• CHICAGO TRIBUNE, "Screen Gems: Avant garde gets its due at
Video Mundi," By John Petrakis. 2003,
• SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, "Ladies nights, and days: Highlights
from Ladyfest," By Alissa Chadburn. 2003.
• IFC News: Independent Film Channel, “Desperate Blue Staters
Learn 'How to Be A Canadian',” Review by Andrea Meyer. 2004.
• SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, "Femme flicks-Festival tries to
create community, identity for women in film," By C. Meyer. 2003.
• THE INDEPENDENT, "A New Romantic T.V. Sound: Astria Suparak,"
Profile by Miranda July. 2002.
• ART VOICE, "Looking is Better than Feeling You: Interview
with Astria Suparak," Feature profile by Jan Nagle. 2002.
• VILLAGE VOICE, "Tracking
the Resurgence of Experimental Film: Attack of the Mutants,"
By J. Hoberman. 2000.
• RAI News 24: Italian television broadcast, "Shownet: Independent
Film Show", By Stefano Masi. 2004.
• INDUSTRY Exhibition catalogue, "Stealing from the Dream Factory:
Collage, Montage, Hollywood and the Avant-Garde," Review essay by
William C. Wees. 2005.
• TÉLÉRAMA MAGAZINE, "L'underground sur les toits:
Le 'microcinema' prend son envol sur les buildings de New York,"
Profile by Laurent Rigoulet. 2002.
• CHICAGO READER, "Critic's Choice: Broken Music," Review
by Fred Camper. 2000.
• CRUDELIA MAGAZINE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, "Astria
Suparak," Italy. 2000.
See PRESS PAGE and PROGRAMS PAGE for reviews
of shows and interviews
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Orange County Museum of Art / Newport Beach, CA
• Massachusetts College of Art / Boston MA
• University of California, San Diego / Library Collection / San
Diego CA
• FACT Centre / Liverpool, UK
• University of Iowa Libraries / Monographic Acquisitions / Iowa
City, IA
• Saint Louis Art Museum / Saint Louis, MO
• Northwestern University / Chicago, IL
• Concordia University / Library / Montréal, QC
• Syracuse University / Library Collection / Syracuse, NY
• University of Florida / Gainesville, FL
• Johns Hopkins University / Library / Baltimore, MD
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The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, Nomads and Homesteaders Conference. "Sunset in the City
of God" curated by Brian Frye, with films by Francois Boue, Bradley
Eros, James Fotopoulos, Kodak, Bruce McClure, Mike Olshan, Steve Polta,
A. Suparak. Chicago ILApril
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Anthology Film Archives. "Yet, there we are (a place not like home
II)" curated by Ken Miller. With films by Alfonso Alvarez, Jem Cohen,
Bill Daniel, Danny Plotnick, Jennifer Reeder, Greta Snider, A. Suparak.
New York NY
Robert Beck Memorial Cinema. "Eternal Return: 15 Films About Death,
or There and Back Again." With
films by Tom Comerford, Brian Frye, Lee Ellickson and Stuart Sherman,
Jeanne Liotta, Guy Sherwin, Zack Stiglicz, A. Suparak. New York NY
Firefly Cinema outdoor screening at the Community Garden. "Architectural
Gardens" curated by Brian Frye. With
films by Vincent Grenier, J. Hoberman, Lee Krist, Steve Polta, A. Suparak.
New York NY August
13.
Pratt Institute Film Series. "Last Dance, Last Chance", with
films by Stan Brakhage, Stephanie Barber, Peter Rose, A. Suparak.
Brooklyn NY
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 / The Schafler Gallery
/ "Juried Fine Arts Show" / Brooklyn, NY
1997 June 17 - September 15 / The Schafler Gallery / "Summer Invitational"
/ Brooklyn, NY
1997 / The State Capitol Governor's Council Room / "Exploration
and Discovery" / Sacramento, CA
1995 / University of Southern California / "Painting Now" / Los Angeles,
CA
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BIOGRAPHY (outdated)
http://www.astriasuparak.com/bio.htm
MORE PRESS
http://www.astriasuparak.com/press.htm
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS,
EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
http://www.astriasuparak.com/dates.htm
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