Katerina Lanfranco
KATERINA M. LANFRANCO
Born in 1978
EDUCATION
2006 Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, M.F.A. in Studio Art
2001 University of California at Santa Cruz, B.A. in Art
University of California at Santa Cruz, B.A. in Visual Theory and Museum Studies
1998, 99 Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
1998 Sierra Institute, University of California Extension, Santa Cruz
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 “Below a Sea of Stars,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2006 “The Creation of Ursus Horribilis,” Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York
“Ursus Horribilis,” Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2001 “Biting Birds and Bees,” Baskin Senior Gallery, Santa Cruz
“Re-Seen Park I),” Running Dog Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
“Re-Seen (Part II),” Stevenson Coffee House, Santa Cruz, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010-11 “All That Glitters,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2010 “REAL(ist),” Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
2009 “Artists Respond to ‘An African in Greenland,’” Arctic Book Club, Flux Factory and EFA Project Space, New York
“Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
“Nature,” Fahnemann Projects, Berlin
“5x20x20,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
Summer Group Exhibition, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
“tART Summer Salon at AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008 “Generation 6,” A.I.R. Gallery, in collaboration with CODEPINK, New York
“Grizzly Proof,” Trinity Square Video Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“Summer Salon Show,” Rabbit Hole Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2007-08 “Images and Words,” Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
“New York, New York, New York,” Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York
2007 Flux Factory Annual Benefit Auction, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York
“Flying the Coop,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
“Grizzly Proof,” Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York
“Inner Child: Good and Evil in the Garden of Memories,” Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey
L.I.C. (with Flux Factory), Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York
“Night of 1,000 Drawings,” Artists Space, New York
Summer Group Show, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin
2006 “Collectors Show,” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
tART Salon Spring Art Show, New York
2005 “Night of 1,000 Drawings,” Artists Space, New York
“Salon Art Show,” 147 Bowery Gallery, New York
tART Salon Fall Art Show, New York
“25 Years Fahnemann”, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
2004 “Arbeiten auf Papier/Grafiken Part 1,” Fahnemann Projekte, Berlin
“Arbeiten auf Papier/Grafiken,” Fahnemann Projekte, Berlin
“Night of 1,000 Drawings,” Artists Space, New York
2003 “Harlem Art Project” Saatchi & Saatchi benefit auction, New York
“Love Art and War,” Altman Building, New York
“Night of 1,000 Drawings,” Artists Space, New York
2002 “Open Studios,” Hunter College, New York
2001 “Anti-Human: Human,” Bridge Gallery, Santa Cruz
” Banter,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, California
“Displacements and Anxious Objects,” Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
“Irwin Show,” Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz
“Postcards,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco
“7$ Portrait Show,” Penny Arcade Gallery, Toronto
“Silent Night Auction,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, California
“W.E.T.,” Kresge Town Hall
21st Annual Fall Auction, ICA Gallery, San Jose, California
2000 “JaRReD,” Baskin Mini Gallery, Santa Cruz
WINDow,” Baskin Mini Gallery, Santa Cruz
AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Residency in Japan with US-Japan Friendship Commission, Washington, D.C.
2009 Krasner-Pollock Foundation Fellowship, Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Program, Woodstock, New York
2006 Tony Smith Award, Hunter College, New York
2004 William Graft Memorial Fund Travel Grant Award
Hunter College Exchange Scholarship, Universitat der Kunst, Berlin
2002 ArtsBridge Excellence Award, University of California Santa Cruz
2001 University of California Santa Cruz: ArtsBridge Research Award; Eduardo Carrillo Painting Scholarship; Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship; College Honors; Dean’s Award for Senior Thesis; Susan Benteen & William Hyde Irwin Art Scholarship; Major Honors; Merit Scholarship; Parnassus Art Scholarship;
2000, 01 University of California Santa Cruz: ArtsBridge Scholarship; ArtsBridge Teaching Scholarship; Merit Scholarship
1999 Cabrillo College Academic Scholarship, California
COLLECTIONS
Kupferstichkabinett Museum of Prints and Drawings, Berlin
Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawing Collection
Special Collections Library, University of Santa Cruz, California
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007-08 Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, Nw York
Instructor, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
2006-present Adjunct Professor, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York
2005 Course Assistant, Hunter College, New York
2003-05 Teaching Assistant, Hunter College, New York
2002 Harlem Tutorial Program Arts Teacher, International House, New York
2001 Art Teacher, San Jose Museum of Art, California
Workshop Designer and Teacher, University of California Santa Cruz
2000- 02 Teaching Assistant, University of California Santa Cruz
LECTURES
2009 “5x20x20,” Public Programs Speaker in conjunction with the exhibition “Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
2007 College Art Association Conference, New York, presenter of paper “Myths of Nature in Art, Science and Religion: From Dioramas to Dioramas to Dogmas,” to panel discussion, “Constructed Realities: Dioramas as Art”
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2008 “Summer Salon,” Rabbit Hole Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003 College Art Association MFA Exhibition Coordinator, Times Square Gallery, New York
2001 “Instant Art Event: Just Add Water,” J.B. Hall Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
“Lure,” J.B. Hall Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
“MEDIAte,” Student Film and Video Night exhibition, Santa Cruz, California
2000 Assistant, “Dis-splacements and Anxious Objects,” Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of Santa Cruz, California
“JaRReD,” Baskin Mini Gallery, Santa Cruz
UCSC Research and Curatorial Assistant to Professor Joyce Brodsky and the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery
WORK EXPERIENCE
2005 Artist Assistant to Valerie Jaudon
2003 College Art Association Conference Assistant, New York
Graduate School Workshop Leader, University of California Santa Cruz
2002 Gallery Assistant, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York
2001 ArtsBridge Scholar Mentor and Administrative Assistant, University of California Santa Cruz
Research Assistant, MFA program proposal
2000 Assistant to Coordinator/Director of ArtsBridge Program
Chancellor’s Undergraduate Intern, ArtsBridge Program
Gallery Attendant, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California Santa Cruz
Research and Curatorial Assistant to Professor Joyce Brodsky and the Mary Sesnon Porter Gallery
1999 Assistant to the Vice President of Instruction, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
1998 Gallery Attendant, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
OTHER
2004-05 M.F.A. Student Representative, Hunter Gallery Committee, Hunter College, New York
Student President, Master of Fine Arts Student Organization, Hunter College, New York
2003 College Art Association, M.F.A. Exhibition Coordinator, Time Square Gallery, New York
2003 Entomology Department Volunteer, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
Graduate School Workshop Leader for Art Students, University of California, Santa Cruz
2002 Art Department Alumni Representative, University of California Santa Cruz
2001 Panelist, Taking Power—Fall Orientation for First Year and Transfer Students, Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz
2000 Co-President, Student Art Movement, University of California Santa Cruz