1970 Born in Schenectady, New York
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 
2009  Paper Collection, Art Association, Jackson Hole, WY
The Park, Madison Square Park, New York, NY
   
2008 The Corner, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Together, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
The Lift Series: Between Coming and going, The Kitchen, New York, NY
   
2007 Paper Collection, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
   
2006 20.21 Galerie Edition, Kunsthandel, Essen, Germany
City Gallery of Schwaz, Curated by Karin Pernegger, Tyrol, Austria
   
2005 Shannon Plumb: Behind the Curtain, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
The Black Box, selected by Anne Ellegood and Shamim Momin, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
   
2004 Black and White , Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
  Colette, Paris France
  Chasing Its Tale a collaboration with Mario Sorrenti
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
   
2002-3 HowTo
  Video Wall, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
   
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 
2009  Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video, Curated by Lauren Ross, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Alternating Beats, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820 - 2009, The National Academy Museum, New York, NY  
   
2008  We Interrupt Your Program, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Back to the Garden: Daily Life to Spiritual Vision, Crossing Art, Flushing, NY
   
2007 50,000 Beds, A Project by Chris Doyle, The Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield; Artspace, New Haven; and Real Art Ways, Hartfod, CT.
Body Double, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Je suis une bombe, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
T'what?, The Louisvile Photography Biennial, NuLu Gallery, Louisville, KT
Art Under Glass, Macy's, New York NY
   
2006 Human Game: Winners and Losers , Curated by Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi, Fondazione Pitti Discovery, Florence, Italy (catalogue)
Consumption Junction, Curated by James Voorhies, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Smart Ass , Curated by Kelsey Nicholson, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Welcome Home , Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
   
2005 i-Dentity , Fashion and Testile Museum, London, UK; Paris France; Tokyo, Japan; New York, NY; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Hong Kong, China; Beijing, China
Torino Triennale, Curated by Francesco Bonami and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Torino, Italy
Artkarlsruhe, video program Curated by Anita Beckers, Karlsruhe, Germany
e-flux video rental
, Kunste-Werke, Berlin, Germany
Greater New York 2005 , PS1, Long Island City, New York
Characters, Scene 2 , Curated by Helianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Characters, Scene 1 , Curated by Helianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Between You and Me , Curated by Anthony Huberman, Art House, Austin, TX
   
2004 e-flux video rental , e-flux, New York, New York
Aldrich at the Movies , Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Between You and Me , Curated by Anthoney York Huberman, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
Multiplex , Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
   
2003 One-on-One
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
   
  Rendered
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
   
2002-4 Videodrome II
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum Santa Barbara, CA; Weatherspoon Art Gallery Greenborough, NC; Bates College Museum of Art; Lewiston, ME
   
2002 Time-Share
Sara Meltzer Gallery
   
SELECTED SCREENINGS

2008  If Looks Could Kill, Fashion in Film Festival, Tate Britain, London, UK
   
2007 Forum Expanded, Berlin Film Festival, Berlin Germany
Ocularis at 10, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Sweet Sixteen, Curated by Marie Losier, Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
We Are Making Art Too: Renactments, BFI National Film Theatre, London, United Kingdom
   
   
2006 Olympics & other short works, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Olympics, 50th London Film Festival, London, United Kingdom
Olympics, New York Video Festival, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Olympics, 59 Festival Internazionale del Film, Locarno, Switzerland
Performance Anxiety, Curated by Maria-Christina Villasenor, The Artists Cinema, Freize Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Sagamore Video Program, Curated by Kimberly Marrero and Louky Keijsers, Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
   
2005 Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
Black and White, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
   
2004 Lyon Film Festival, France
  Lake Placid Film Festival, Lake Placid, NY
  Before Z
Rhode Island Film Festival, Rhode Island
  Elevator Series
New York Video Fest, New York, NY
  Before Z
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Mass Art, Boston, MA
   
2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  Anchorage Film Festival, AK
  Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
  The New York Video Festival
Curated by Graham Leggat
Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, NY
  Dialogue
Curated by Louky Keijers
Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
New York City Urban Experience
  New York, NY
  Ocularis
Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Looking is Better Than Feeling You
Curated by Astria Suparak
LadyFest Bay Area Film and Video San Francisco, CA: Washington DC, Texas
  New York City Urban Experience
New York, NY
  Combustive Arts, Brooklyn, NY
  Ocularis
Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
  Scope Art Fair
Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
  Super Lounge
Gale Gates et. Al., Brooklyn, NY
  Axis Company, New York, NY
  Commercials
Anthology of Film Archives NY, NY
Creative Review
Whiteley’s, London, UK
   
2001 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
  Gale Gates et. Al., Brooklyn, NY
  Dumbo Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
  Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
  Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Williamsburg Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
  Occult of Personality
Ocularis at Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
  Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
   
2000 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY
  The Pros Part 2
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Dumbo Arts Festival
  New New York
Texas Fine Arts Association at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas
  Dinner and a Video
The Performing Garage, New York, NY
  Gale Gates et. Al, Brooklyn, NY
  Uncut
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
   
1999 Void, New York, NY
  Zurich Art Fair, presented by Serge Ziegler Gallery , Switzerland
  Museum of Contemporary Art, Geffen Contemporary
Los Angeles, CA
  Simon Says Downtown Arts Festival, New York, NY
  Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Cinema Classics, New York, NY
   
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