Carla Gannis CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 The Garden of Emoji Delights: Carla Gannis, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Garden of Emoji Delights : Carla Gannis (screening), Transfer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Carla Gannis, Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill, New York
2013 <legend> </legend> | Carla Gannis & Justin Petropoulos, Transfer Gallery, Brooklyn, New York in conjunction with book publication by Jaded Ibis Press of Gannis/Petropoulos collaboration
2012 The Multiversal Hippozoonomadon & Prismenagerie (solo), Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
Pop Noir: Carla Gannis & Sandra Bermudez (two-person), The George Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Non Facial Recognition (solo), Edelman Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Carla Gannis, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
2008 Jezebel, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
Jezebel, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Jezebel Inside, TZR Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
2007 Jezebel, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Everything That Rises Must Converge, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
Jezebel, Loop, Claire Oliver Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2005 I Dream of Jeannie Emerging From a Fresca Bottle, Christa Schuebbe Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004 Travelogue, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
2003 Travelogue, Wax Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 Convergence, Boston University School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA
Ways of Something, Transfer Gallery, curated by Lorna Mills, Brooklyn, NY
Coded After Lovelace, Whitebox Art Center, New York, NY
From the collection of Allen Thomas, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NY
influx (arrival & inward flow of a lot amount of something), CR10, Hudson, NY
Bring Your Own Beamer, Plus 81 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Merging Properties, Open Gallery Space, New York, NY
Ways of Something, Oude Kerk, curated by Lorna Mills, Amsterdam, Netherlands
RECONSTEllation, MANA Contemporary, curated by Snow Yunxue Fu, Tie Jojima, and Nhung Walsh, Chicago, IL
Separation Anxiety, Wallplay, curated by Lee Wells & Laura O’Reilly, New York, NY
FILTERED, Friesen Gallery Sun Valley, ID
Cultural Guerillas, Hudson Guild Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Anatomize, curated by Rollin Leonard, Transfer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Cake, George Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Close to Home, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Clusterfuck Zoo, curated by Lorna Mills, Transfer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Nature Does Not Knock, George Gallery, Laguna, CA
Hotter Than July, Savannah Spirit Projects, New York, NY
love, Melepere, Verona, Italy
“legend legend” at Writing on it All, (performance), Governors Island, NY
2012 Won Ocean, Neue Galerie, Gladbeck, Germany
Colliding Complexities, Extreme Feats of the New York-New Aesthetic, Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Art Fair, Larry Walczak Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Beauty Debate, Art Effect Gallery, Detroit, MI
Accomplished, The George Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2011Pandemonium, NY Center of Photography and the Moving Image, NY, NY
Off the Wall, Off the Floor, curated by Kasia Kay, Michigan City, IN
2010 2010 Salon, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, NY, NY
Salon, Gary Gissler Projects, NY, NY
Windows of Perception, CultureFix, NY, NY
Hunting Banquet, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY
Painting with Pictures, Casita Gallery, NY, NY
Art Chicago, KKAP, Chicago, IL
Constructed Photography, Queensland Centre for Photography, South Brisbane, Australia
2009 Black Madonna, HP Garcia Gallery, NY, NY
Drawings, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, NY, NY,
To Be or Not To Be, Rutgers University Department of Fine Arts, and Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, NJ
Desires, Chashama Gallery, NY, NY
Old School, Jack the Pelican Gallery, NY, NY
2008 Beyond Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Earth Night, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Chicago, Il
People and Places : Selections from the Allen Thomas, Jr. Photography Collection,
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC
Photo LA, represented by Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
TIAF, represented by TZR Galerie, Toronto, CAN;
Scope Art Fair, represented by Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL,
Photo Miami, represented by TZR Galerie
2007 Winter Exposure, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Chicago, Il
Femme Fantastique, Volitant Gallery, Austin, TX
Notions of Wilderness, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Chicago, IL
Summertime Blues, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
Cuchifritos Benefit, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
New ’07, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
Bridge Art Fair, represented by Kasia Kay Art Projects, Miami, FL;
Red Dot Art Fair, represented by Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2006 E7: Aljira Emerge Exhibition, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
On Tenterhooks, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, NY
Young American Blood, At Home/Stephanie Ferrario, London, England
Scenic Detour, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ
The Social Body, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
Atmospheric, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
Secretive, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI
fresh stART, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Flow Art Fair, represented by Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami, FL
Scope Art Fair, represented by Kasia Kay Art Projects & TZR Galerie, Miami, FL
Toronto Art Fair, represented by TZR Galerie, Toronto, Canada
Scope Art Fair, represented by Kasia kay Art Projects, New York, NY
DIVA Art Fair, represented by Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, NY
Miami Art Fair, represented by Christa Schuebbe Galerie, Miami, FL
2005 Beautiful Dreamers, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Dark Nature, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
Culture Vulture, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY
Multiple Partners, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
Nurturing the New, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
Chashama Group show, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA
Groundswell Benefit, Artists Space, New York, NY
Nurturing the New, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
Art Brussels Art Fair, represented by Christa Schuebbe, Brussels, Belgium
FEVA Pantheon Gala, Capitale, New York, NY
Style Sessions, Milk Gallery, New York, NY
Expressions Replay, auction honoring Claudio Buziol, New York, NY
Scope Art Fair, represented by Pablos Birthday, New York, NY
2004 Intimacy, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
New American Story Art, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY
File 2004, Cultural Center of Cesi, Sao Paolo, Brazil
In the Face of Others, LMCC Gallery, New York, NY
Groundswell Benefit Auction, White Columns, NY
Shared, Streit’s Matzo, New York, NY
Scope Art Fair, represented by Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
Group Show, Transplant Gallery, New York, NY
2003 ID_ENTITY, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Alliance Open Studios, 2003, Curator’s Choice, New York, NY
Groundswell Benefit Auction, White Columns, NY
Presence, Scope NY Art Fair, curated by David Gibson, New York, NY
2002 Digital Dumbo, M3 Projects, Brooklyn, NY
No Live Girls, Lusty Lady, Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
Open Zone 8, Ocularis at Galapagos Art & Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
ServicioEjecutivo, http://www.servicioejectivo.com
2001 coLABoratory, Gale Gates, Brooklyn, NY
Digital Media Festival, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
A Collaborative Fusion, 450 Broadway Gallery, NY, NY
Duchamp Traveling Exhibition, Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
Politics and Justice, Festival de Unita, Modena, Italy
Digital Dumbo, Mastel + Mastel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Suk, Sesto Senso, Bologna, Italy
Refrigerate After Opening, The Cool Show, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
New Media Underground Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Everything Nice, Baktun, New York, New York
Film Video Club, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY
OPEN HOUSE, organized by Steve Rogenstein, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Sugar & Spice, The Space @ Media Triangle, New York, NY
Mayonese, curated by Stefano Pasquini, Sesto Senso, Bologna, Italy
Fantasy and Identity, Star 67, Brooklyn, NY
Duchamp Traveling Exhibition, New York Arts, New York, NY
Article Magazine – online gallery, featured artist, selected by David Gibson, New York, NY
1999 Take a Holiday, curated by Claudia Michael Brown, Star 67 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hit & Run, Six Emerging Artists, curated by Ed Winkleman, New York, NY
Emerging Artists’ Show, Here Art Gallery, New York, NY
No Dumb Bunnies, curated by Tod Jorgensen, Jorgensen Gallery, New York, NY
Fuori del Commune, Modigliana, Forli, Italy
Save the Teens, Benefit Scholarship Fund, curated by Mike Weiss, China Club, New York, NY
WAR, Benefit Exhibition for War in Kosovo, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
MegaSalon Portrait Show, 2nd Annual, curated by Brandon Ballengee and Tod Jorgensen, Jorgensen Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Bibliography
2014 Hyperallergic, “Tracing a Lineage of Tech-Minded Women” by Jillian Steinhauer, September 2
AQNB, “Poetical Science” August 30
ArtFCity, “This Week’s Recommended Shows” by Corinna Kirsch, August 25
ARTnews, “7 Contemporary Works Inspired by Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights” by Layne Goldman and Stefanie Waldek, July 3
Arte Fuse, “The Merging Properties Exhibition” by Naomi Lev, July 15
Art Critical, “Big in Bushwick: Bushwick Open Studios is this Weekend” by the Editors, May 30
Technical.ly/Brooklyn, “Bushwick Open Studios: 4 tech picks at 8th annual neighborhood arts crawl” by Brady Dale, May 30
Policy Innovations, “Information Technology: The Power of Responsible Business”, February
2013 Anti-Utopias, “Carla Gannis: The Garden of Emoji Delights”. By Sabin Bors, December 28
Huffington Post, “How One Artist Turned a Hieronymus Bosch Masterpiece into An Emoji Explosion” by Katherine Brooks, December 13
Wired, 7 Cute and Clever Art Pieces Made Using Emoji, December 16
#ARTNYC, “Emoji Art & Design Show Q&A #1: Carla Gannis”, by Freja Dam, December 12
Huffington Post, “Emoji Art Reveals The Dark Side Of The Smiley Face”, by Bianca Bosker, December 13
Wall Street Journal, “At a Chelsea Gallery, It’s All Smiles”, by Rebecca Bratburd, December 11
Animal, ”Emoji Bosch:The Garden of Earthly Delights Redux”, by Marina Galperina, November 26
Fraulein, “Im Wandel Der Zeit: Launch Der Pop-up Show Vibe”, November 7
Pratt Gateway, “Expert Faculty: Carla Gannis, Assistant Chair of Pratt Digital Arts”, October 13
Hyperallergic, “The Shape of the Earth and Other Artistic Fictions”, by Hrag Vartanian, September 30
Art F City, “This Week’s Must See Art Events” for <legend> </legend> exhibition opening and for “String Literals” with Anthony Tognazzini & Anthony Antonellis and “String Literals” with Faith Holland and Sara Jane Stoner
The Mantle, “Orders of Occupation” selected by Shaun Randol, September 11
Animal, “Artist’s Notebook”, by Marina Galperina, July 1
Art F City, “The AFC Guide to Bushwick Open Studios, by Whitney Kimball, May 29
The L Magazine “Yes, Bushwick, You’re Getting a Net Art Gallery” by Whitney Kimball
2009 Black Madonna, exhibition catalog, published by HP Garcia Gallery
New York Arts Magazine, “Carla Gannis” interviewed by Leah Oates
New York Arts Magazine, “The Sacred Geometry of the Feminine” by Ed Rubin
2008 Jezebel | Carla Gannis, exhibition catalog, published by Boulder Museum of Contemporary
Art with essays by Senior Curator: Joan Markowitz, Associate Curator: Kirsten Gerdes and Jane
Harris;
Beyond Representation, exhibition catalog, published by Jenkin Johnson Gallery;
Westword,“Now Showing” by Michael Paglia, August 21;
Rocky Mountain News, “Chandler” by Mary Voelz Chandler, July 24
CS Interiors “Home Front Art” by Rebecca Mazzei, Spring
…In Rheinkultur, “Vertrautes Fremd, Verfremdet Neues,” April 10
Beyond Representation, exhibiton catalog, published by Jenkin Johnson Gallery
2007 The Austin Chronicle, “Femme Fantastique” by Salvador Castillo,
October 12
Perfect 8, “Devil in a Red Dress” by John Haber, July 20
Art Info, “Chelsea Art Pick” April 12
LA Times, “Art That Eyes 21st Century Feminism” by Suzanne Muchnic,
March 4
2006 The New York Times, “Tristate Talent Search Hits a High Note”
by Benjamin Genocchio, August 5
res Magazine, “America The Beautiful: Carla Gannis” by Shana Ting
Lipton, July/August
La Vanguardia, “The City of Videos (Spanish)” by Terese Sesé, May 20
Flash Art Online, “LOOP 2006” by Paola Nicita, August/September
The Star Ledger, “Artists on the Rise” by Dan Bischoff, July 30
Miami Herald, “Critics Pick: The Social Body” by Elisa Turner, May
Hoboeye.com Arts Journal, featured artist, April
New City, “Wall Text” by Michael Workman, February
2005 I Dream of Jeannie Emerging from a Fresca Bottle, exhibition catalog,
published by Christa Schuebbe Project Room
Beautiful Dreamer, exhibition catalog, published by SPACES Gallery,
Animal Magazine, featured artist, issue 6, September
LIC Magazine, featured artist, September
Opium Magazine, cover image, issue 1, August
NY Arts Magazine, “The New Pop Art: Culture Vultures” by Leah Oates,
July/August
The Daily News, “Expression Replay,” April 28
The Village Voice, “Culture Vulture,” Voice Pick, April 27
2004 Travelogue | Carla Gannis 2002-2004, exhibition catalog, essays by Grady Turner, David Gibson, and Judith Barry
Flavorpill, “New American Story Art,” November
New Yorker, “New American Story Art,” November
2003 NY Arts Magazine, “It’s Good to Be Back” by Stefano Pasquini,
Nov/Dec issue
2002 Wired.com, “Peepshow Gets an Artistic Implant” by Robin Cloley, January
2001 Collezioni Edge, “Carla Gannis” by Stefano Pasquini, November
11211, “Carla Gannis” by Bevin Cummings, August
The New York Times, “The Cool Show” by Holland Cotter, July 27
Village Voice, “Refrigerate After Opening/The Cool Show,” July 20
Awards
2005 NYFA Grant in Computer Arts, New York, NY
Emerge 7, Fellowship, Aljira Art Center, Newark, NJ
Chashama AREA Visual Arts Studio Award, New York, NY
2002 SXSW Interactive Festival, Website Finalist
1995 Nan Travel Art Scholarship
1992 Jastrow Art Scholarship
Selected Lectures/Interviews/Permformance
2014Artist’s Talk, Parsons The New School, New York, NY
<legend> </legend>, artist’s talk, Praksis New Media Art Festival, Chicago, Il
Wordhack: An Exploration of Language & Technology, performance with Justin Petropoulos & Eric Rieper, Babycastles, New York, NY
Christopher Vroom, Carla Gannis, Marisa Olson & Christopher Eamon in Conversation on New Media Art, panel discussion, ArtSpace & Café Society, New York, NY
<legend> </legend>, artist’s talk, RE/Mixed Media Festival, New School, New York, NY
Artist’s Talk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Il
Internet of our dreams, digital panel moderated by Anthony Antonellis and Arjun Ram Srivatsa, the internet & Transfer Gallery, NY
Decoding Digital, (panel moderator), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
To Selves, (panel discussion in conjunction with two person show of Susan Silas & Joy Episalla), Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Artist’s Talk (in conjunction with Carla Gannis solo exhibition), Center for Digital Arts, Peekskill, NY
Panel on Digital Art (panelists include Cory Arcangel, Clement Valla, Julia Kaganskiy, myself and Met Curator Mia Fineman), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Neo New York (speaker), Cooper Union, New York, NY
Lecture on Work, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2013 Terms of Use: The Creation and Experience of Digital Art, (moderator, panelists included Mark Tribe, Kelani Nichole, Daniel Leyva, Chris Romero, and Paul Galloway), Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Internet Communities, UES 24, Mellow Pages Book Store, Brooklyn, NY
Lecture on Work, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
<legend> </legend> (class presentation of collaborative project with Justin Petropoulos), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Remixing the Book, &Now Festival, (moderated by Mark Amerika) University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
<legend> </legend> (performance of collaborative project with Justin Petropoulos), &Now Festival, Boulder, CO
Tennyson on the Tweetdeck: The Future of Authorship in the Metaverse (moderator) PHATT-B, Pratt Institute, Dept of Digital Arts, Brooklyn, NY
a cups, (hosted by Angela Washko & Ann Hirsch), podcast interview, New York, NY
New York Arts Practicum, (Michael Mandiberg), studio visit with NYAP participating students, Brooklyn, NY
Beyond the Algorithm: The Content of Tech Art, (moderator) #ArtsTech, New York, NY
Lecture on Work, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2009Lecture on work, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Panel Discussion, “Static Cling: Painting and New Media”, Rutgers Rutgers University Department of Fine Arts, Cambden, NJ
Lecture, “Queens and Whores, Jezebel According to Gannis” Bennett Media Studios, New York, NY
2008“Jezebel,” Lecture, Art Department, School of Visual Arts,
New York, NY
“Carla Gannis – Works 1999-2008,” Lecture, Computer Arts
Department, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2006Lecture, Digital Arts Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Lecture and Visiting Artist, Stephanie Ferrario Contemporary, London, England
“Fine Art in the Age of Digital Manipulation,” Lecture, Manhattan Art
Program, IS95, New York, NY
“Art & Technology”, Radio interview with Daniel Durning, PS1 Radio, New York, NY
“Fine Art in the Age of Digital Manipulation”, Lecture, Department of Art & Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
“Fine Art in the Age of Digital Manipulation”, Lecture, Art Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Troy, NY
Education
MASTERS OF FINE ARTS IN PAINTING
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
BACHELORS OF FINE ARTS IN PAINTING
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
