BIOGRAPHY
Carla Gannis, Digital Artist & Assistant Chair of Digital Arts @ Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Carla Gannis is a transmedia artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received a BFA in painting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MFA in painting from Boston University.
Gannis is the recipient of several awards, including a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Grant in Computer Arts, an Emerge 7 Fellowship from the Aljira Art Center, and a Chashama AREA Visual Arts Studio Award in New York, NY. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her solo exhibitions include “The Multiversal Hippozoonomadon & Prismenagerie” at Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, NY; “The Non-Facial Recognition Project” at Edelman Gallery, New York NY; and “Jezebel” at The Boulder Museum of Art, Boulder, CO.
Features on Gannis’s work have appeared in Art Critical, NY Arts Magazine, Res Magazine, Animal Magazine, 11211, and Collezioni Edge, and her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The LA Times, The Miami Herald, The Daily News, The Star Ledger, and The Village Voice. She is currently Assistant Chair of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
SELECTED SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013
<legend> </legend> | Carla Gannis & Justin Petropoulos (two-person), 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
What is not on my mind? : Carla Gannis, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
2008
Jezebel (solo), Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
Jezebel (solo), Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Jezebel Inside (solo), TZR Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
2007
Jezebel (solo), Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Everything That Rises Must Converge (solo), Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
Jezebel (solo), Loop, Claire Oliver Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2005
I Dream of Jeannie Emerging From a Fresca Bottle (solo), Christa Schuebbe Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004
Travelogue (solo), Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
2003
Travelogue (solo), Wax Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
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, Governors Island, NY
Benefits: Aljira, Bailey House, UNC-Greensboro Art Dept
Fairs: Fountain
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
(Benefits: Flux Factory, Nurture Art, Cuchifritos, Momenta, Haunch of Venison)
2011
The Winter of Our Disk Content, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, NY, NY
Geo Loco | The Reimagined Landscape, Outpost Artist’s Resources, Ridgewood, NY
Find and Combine, Abrazo Interno Gallery, NY, NY
The Medium and the Message, Byrdcliffed Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Picture This, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, NY, NY
Pulse Art Fair, Represented by Pablo’s Birthday, NY, NY
Pandemonium, NY Center of Photography and the Moving Image, NY, NY
Off the Wall, Off the Floor, curated by Kasia Kay, Michigan City, IN
(Benefits: As Vision Move Sideways, The Hole)
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, Cambden, 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 LECTURES/INTERVIEWS
2013
Beyond the Algorithm: The Content of Tech Art, #ArtsTech, New York, NY
Lecture on Work, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2012
Colliding Complexities, Extreme Feats of the New York-New Aesthetic, Pratt Dept of Digital Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Death Match, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Lecture on Work, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Lecture on Surrealism & New Expressions in Digital Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Lecture on Social Media & Its Impact on Art & Design Disciplines, What’s Happening That Made you this Way? School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011
Lecture on Work, LISA (Leaders in Science and Art), New York, NY
Lecture on Social Media, We’re friends on and I’m following you, Muse Fuse/Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
Lecture on work, What Happened That Made you this Way?, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
Panel Discussion, Find and Combine, Abrazo Interno Gallery, NY, NY
Panel Discussion, Mediated Behavior in Art and Society, Brydcliffe Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Interview with Daniel Durning @ Pulse Art Fair, artonair.org
2010
Panel Discussion, Comments…A Gallery Conversation, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, NY
2009
Lecture 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
2006
Lecture, 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
2005
Multiple Partners, a panel discussion (moderator), Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, NY
2001
Talk on work, Dorkbot NYC, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
The L Magazine “Yes, Bushwick, You’re Getting a Net Art Gallery”
2012
Art Critical “Carla Gannis: The Multiversal Hippozoonomadon & Prismenagerie at Pablo’s Birthday” by David Cohen, October 5
Weird Fiction “Carla Gannis: A Carny’s Explosion in a Pixel Factory” by Nancy Hightower, October 9
Art: 21 “Colliding Complexities_Extreme feats of the New Aesthetic” by Nettrice Gaskins, October 2
Pulse Art Fair, “Carla Gannis: The Multiversal Hippozoonomadon & Prismenagerie Pulse Choice of the Week” October 1
Planet 3D “Pixillation – From the Teal, Back to the Real – Knitting, Masking, Tweeting” by Ellen Pearlman, September 28
OC Weekly “Pop Noir, The George Gallery On Princesses and Perversions” by Stacie Davies, June 21
“Non Facial Recognition” brochure with essay by Katarina Wong, May 5
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
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 WRITINGS
2012
The New Aesthetic Revisited – The Debate Continues on The Creators Project
“A Code for the Numbers to Come”
by Carla Gannis
2011
“That Big Red Button Was Irresistible”: Play Station at Postmasters, by Carla Gannis and Peter Patchen, http://www.artcritical.com/2011/12/16/play-station/, Dec
2009
“14 February 2030″ by Tom Klinkowstein and Carla Gannis / An interview in the future, Feb
2008
NY Arts Magazine, “Pre-pubescent Bosch, The Mechanical Dolls of Yuliya Lanina,” Feb
2007
ArtNotes, “Global Feminisms,” Fall; Perfect Eight, “Global Feminisms,” July
2005
LIC Magazine, “Interview with Artist Afruz Amighi,” Nov
EDUCATION
MASTERS OF FINE ARTS IN PAINTING, 1995
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
BACHELORS OF FINE ARTS IN PAINTING, 1992
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC