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James Karpowicz
700 Old Route 17
Livingston Manor, New York
12758
studio 845.468.0148
cell 646.942.8421
email: powderphinger@hvc.rr.com
website: jameskarpowicz.com
Born: (02/13/68)
Education: 1991 BFA, The Cleveland Institute of Art
1990 Ellen B. Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University
Selected Resume:
2009:
"Artists against Gas Drilling", DCS Gallery, Damascus, PA
"The Artist's Book", Hamish and Henry, Livingston Manor, New York
"The Cat Show", Treadwell Museum of Fine Art, Treadwell, New York
"Deconstructing Spring", Willow and Brown, Livingston Manor, New York
"The Collections Exhibit: Indie Cinema Night", Outsiders Studio, Livingston Manor, New York
2008:
"Monitors on Main", Public Video Exhibit, Livingston Manor, New York
"The Truth", Video Documentary filmed outside Pittsburgh PA, sponsored by Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, multiple veiwings and locations
"From Jersey City to San Fran MOCA; one mysterious Painting"; Documentary in progress created by Authentic Films Cleveland, Ohio
2007:
"Self Portaits" Outsiders Studio, Livingston Manor, New York
"Make Art, Not War", Outsiders Studio, Livingston Manor, New York
"Altered Images" Snake Monkey Studios, New York, New York
2006:
“Friends of Friends” : The Outsider Gallery, Livingston Manor, New York
“Pink Evening” A Breast Cancer Benefit : Spotlights Theater,
Broadview Heights, Ohio
“Small Works / Big Ideas” : Winter Group Show, Snake Monkey Studios,
New York, New York
“Drawing Inaugural”: International Drawing Invitational asking,“ What is Drawing?”
Artspace Southwell, Southwell, UK
2005:
“Mingus Hole” : Video work in progress, Workprint Screening, Strip Mind Theater,
Parksville, New York
“Audio Sensitive” : Video as affected by Slab: Music and Video performance
collaborative piece with animator Phyllis Lehrer and experimental power trio Slab
(Shannon Dawson, James Dawson and James Karpowicz), The Creamery,
Jeffersonville, New York
Peck Residence: Site Specific Functional Sculpture, Onyx Lit from within Fireplace
Surround, New York, New York
Martin Residence: Site specific permanent installations including stain glass design
in conjunction with Barbara Arrindell and a geometric Art Deco Home Theater
Design, The Last Quarter Ranch, White Lake New York
“The River Reporter”: Art Direction/Set Design for 16mm film by
Zachary Stuart Pontier, Narrowsburg, New York (shown at multiple film festivals)
“Funky New York”: Group show, Snake Monkey Studios, New York, New York
2004:
“Powderphinger”: Group Show in Tribeca, Powderphinger Productions, New York, NY
“Antigone”: Set Design for The Pocket Opera Players of Chicago at the Tribeca
Performing Arts Center, New York, New York
“Showcase” : Group show of gallery artists, Snake Monkey Studios, New York,
New York
2003:
“Chatter”: Multi-projection Film, Video and Music Performance to benefit The
Collective Unconscious, New York, New York
“ Thorns and Borders”: Commissioned four panel painting for permanent
installation at the Ferrer Estate, Lincolnshire, UK
“America at a Glance”: Photographic portraiture of New York residents, post 9/11,
The Wythe Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
2002:
“Depthography” : Show of collaborative 3D lenticular animated images at The
Proposition Gallery, Chelsea location, New York, New York (JK image reviewed by The
New Yorker and selected for Whitney Bienniel review)
“Scope” : 3D lenticular animated images presented by The Proposition as part of a
larger Survey of International Artists and Galleries, Gershwin Hotel, New York, New York
2001:
“Sonntag’s Blick” : Photo layout and article in this popular Zurich, Switzerland
newspaper regarding New York artists and their work post 9/11.
“20,000 Leagues Under the Industry” : “Abducted!” a 16mm short film by James
Karpowicz is selected to be screened during this week long Film Festival organized by
Matthew T., The Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland, Ohio
“Hush Plus” : Several of Mr. Karpowicz’s short films are screened along with a
collaborative performance event that features live operatic accompaniment by Diane
Sintich of The Roman Opera, Scott Pffafman Center for Contemporary Photography,
New York, New York
2000:
“Secure Socket” : Museum installation piece by Willian Scarbrough, co-produced by Mr. Karpowicz, Karpocraft Productions, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
“Video Panorama” : Multiple video monitor wall and custom lighting installation at a unique video lounge and industry gathering point, Open Air, New York, New York
“Warm an Wet” : This modern day video takeoff on the story of Joan of Arc features surreal studio shots, eccentric costumes and an operatic soundtrack, Karpocraft Productions, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
“Harry on the Hudson” : A live multiple light and projection show featuring animations by Harry Smith projected onto a 40’ vapor screen over the Hudson River.
Orchestrated by M. Henry Jones and co-produced by Mr. Karpowicz and E.M. Donahue / Sousinski Gallery. New York, New York
“Primal Fear” : Group show curated by filmmaker Rachel Amodeo, Max Fish Gallery, New York, New York
1999:
“Size Matters” : An invitational survey of New York’s top 400 artists as curated by Michael Weiss. Gale Gates Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York.
“Baby Room” : Paintings and sculpture with overt childhood resonance as curated by filmmaker Rachel Amodoeo. Max Fish Gallery, New York, New York
“When X met Y” : A 16mm short dealing with genetic cycles as previewed at The Karpocraft International Film Festival featuring avante-garde shorts from Russia, Germany, Italy and America. In Situ, London, UK and The Knitting Factory, New York, New York
“A Harry Smith Re-Creation Tour” : A post humous recreation of Grammy Award Winning artist Harry Smith’s Multi-Projection show as co-ordinated by his former managing assistant M. Henry Jones. Co-produced by Mr. Karpowicz, the show tours Swarthmore College, Bard College, The Knitting Factory “Afro-Futurism” series with Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky) and Kodwo Eshun, and George Bush’s Masonic Lodge in Austin, Texas with Daniel
Johnston. A subsequent mini-documentary regarding the tour airs on PBS.
1998:
“Abducted!” : Mr. Karpowicz presents this 16mm sci-fi short about an abducted earthling that his alien abductors just don’t understand. The first cut of the film is premiered at “The New York / London Film Festival”, a series designed to encourage a Trans-Atlantic dialogue amongst emerging contemporary filmmakers. In Situ / London, The Knitting Factory / NYC.
“Sourpuss” : A show of malice and discontent. Curated by Christopher Chambers. Abraham Lubelski Gallery, Soho, New York, New York.
“The Line that Picked Up a Thousand Babes” : Mr. Karpowicz creates an interactive set for this barely Off-Broadway spoof comedy in which live charaters interact with larger than life cut-out figures. Midtown, Third Eye Rep., New York, New York
“Works in Progress” : Workprint preview of “Abducted!” curated by Bradley Eros.
Collective Unconscious, New York, New York.
1997:
“Man versus Himself” : A 16mm short film shot in Scotland regarding a man battling his own Demon’s. Clavering Estate, Edinborough, Scotland.
“Galactic Image: Aquarian” : Commissioned interior residential mural, The Stan Residence, Hanover, Germany.
“In Your Face” : An exploration of contemporary portraiture as presented by Mr. Karpowicz and Art without Walls. Here Gallery, Soho, New York, New York
(*Note: Art Without Walls (AWOW) was co-founded by Mr. Karpowicz in Cleveland, OH in 1990 as an experimental Arts Organization presenting contemporary artwork in non-traditional spaces).
1996:
“Jack or Jill” : An Art without Walls show presented in Chelsea in conjunction with Gen Art exploring gender tendencies in contemporary artwork. Chelsea Market Properties, New York, New York.
“Desolation and Glee” : Group show curated by Gina Bonati, 450 Gallery, Soho, New York, New York
1995:
“Recoil” An Art without Walls / Fourth World Production presented in conjunction with The Soho Arts Festival, accompanied by a full color catalogue, New Era Building, Soho, New York, New York
1994:
“Recent Works” James Karpowicz and Claire Coleman, Cleveland Independent Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“Grand Opening” Opening exhibit for The Massilon Museum of Art, Massilon, Ohio
“SEEMAN” : AWOW / Fourth World presentation of Survival Research Laboratories robot Monkey Man with Seeman musical performance, Freakshow by Circus Apocalypse, Pats in the Flats, Cleveland, Ohio
1993r:
“Du-Du DaDa” Interior painted Collage/Mural, Staude Residence, Hanover, Germany
“Cleveland X, Artists from a Post-Industrial City” Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
“Les Mains / The Hands” Cleveland Independent Art, Cleveland. Ohio
“Cleveland’s March to the Sea” Art Without Walls at The Progressive Culture Works Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey.
“Non-Traditional Materials” Works in Progress Gallery, Del-Ray Beach, Florida
1992:
“IDEA” Interactive outdoor sculpture and live performance by AWOW, The Idea Garage, Cleveland, Ohio
“Lost in Soho” Awarded Top Art Show 1992 by The Pittsburgh Press, AWOW, Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“AWOW welcomes Thomas Ruller” Performance by Legendary Czeck performance artist Tomas Ruller and AWOW installation, Cleveland, Ohio.
“AWOW invades the Rubber City” 90,000 square feet of art extravaganza, award winning AWOW show, Canal Place, Akron, Ohio
“3D Doings of the Time” AWOW Sculpture Show, Gillespie Building, Cleveland, Ohio
“AWOW goes AWOL” Powerhouse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1991:
“Tragic Odds and Ends” AWOW Above Mr. Alberts, Cleveland, Ohio
“The good, the Bad and the Ugly” AWOW, The Flats, Cleveland, Ohio
“Currents on the Cuyahoga” AWOW Waterfront Performance/Installation, Cleveland
“Art without Walls” Initial non-tradtional show. Gallery 72, Cleveland, Ohio
“Joint Venture” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art., Cleveland, Ohio
1990:
“A Final Beginning” Yale School of Art, Stoeckel Gallery, Connecticut
“Art Now” Stanley Yulish Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
1989:
“Drawing Invitational” Stanley Yulish Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1989 thru 2006: Selected Publications:
Art News, The New Art Examiner, The Jersey Journal, New York Press, The New Yorker, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Pittsburgh Press, The River Burns, Scene Magazine,
Simon Says, Knotes Magazine, The Free Times, New York Staat Zeitung, Sonntag’s Blick,
Cover, Gallery Guide, Link Magazine and numerous others.
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