Marjorie Vecchio – Curated Exhibition details, catalogues available upon request
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1999 – 2005 Independently Curated Exhibitions
The Grotesqueness of Desire
Co-curated between Clodagh Kenny and Vecchio. Included Barbara DeGenevieve, Martina Galvin, Joan Goldin, Michelle Handelman, Richard Koenig, Susan MacWilliam, Alice Maher, Patricia McKenna, Michael Merrill, Gary Nakamoto, Ellen Shershow, Dan Shipsides, Martin Wedge, and Grace Weir. Catalogue included essays by Tim Griffin and Mary Murphy. Performance by Jennifer Trowbridge. Installed at InsideART Gallery, Chicago IL. April 2 – May 1, 1999
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Exhibition included Joan Goldin, Pam Hastings, Mary Pinto, Gary Nakamoto, Tina Schneider, Ellen Shershow, Hiroshi Tachibana, Mary Tobin and Grace Weir. Catalogue essay by Ann Lauterbach. Installed at Artemisia Gallery, Chicago IL. April 6 – April 29, 2000
Arranged Marriage: Outer Space(s)
Group exhibition of invited collaborators from different fields in art, architecture, fashion design, performance, etc. Commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Council, Chicago Illinois. Participants included Jennifer Riley and Taylor Davis, Ayana Evans and Chi-Jang Yin, Joan Goldin and Robert Kalka, Anjelika Krishna and Mahendra Sambandon, Laura Nash and Joel Felix, Eleanor Wallace and Jim Trainor, Kristine Thompson and Shawn Decker, Joe Walker and Pat Walker, Jason Gozy and Trevor Paglen, Hiroshi Tachibana and Trevor Stafford, and Edyta Stepien and Chuck Przybyl. Catalogue designed by Edyta Stepien and Chuck Przybyl, essay by Vecchio. Installed at River East Plaza, Chicago IL. April 26 – May 18, 2002
Politic of a Moment
Exhibition included Lucy Mueller, Larry Lee, Sarah Wild and Jeffrey Grauel, brochure with essay by Vecchio. Installed at Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL. January 9 – February 13, 2005
Baker’s Dozen
Exhibition included members of the WAC critique group: Fawn Krieger, Keiko Narahashi, Leslie Cornell, Elizabeth Castagna, Nicole Parcher, Andrea Ellison, Karen Revis, Karen Schifano, Mary Ucci, Tina Vurgaropulou, Mary Tyson, Alicia Wargo, Donna Ruff. Ceres Gallery, NY, NY. 2005
2006-07 Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery Season, University of Nevada, Reno
Hilary Harkness
Visiting artist and lecture, Oct. 24 – 27, 2006
The 1st Reno Interdisciplinary Festival of New Media
Juried by Joseph DeLappe, Dan Ruby and Marjorie Vecchio. Conference included numerous participants, while exhibition included Jolanta Lapiak, So Jung Kwon, Pam Kray, Melissa Grey &Robert Kirkbride, and Si Jae Byun. Poster design by Ellen Drewes. Nov. 9 – Dec. 15, 2006
New Films and Filmmaker Residency. SILVIA: Margo Pelletier and Lisa Thomas, for their documentary on political prisoner Silvia Baraldini. Feb. 22 screening at the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno. Introduction by Howard Rosenberg, with post-screening panel moderated by Paul Mitchell, with Geralda Miller, Joseba Zulaika, Emma Sepulveda, and Scott Maryott. Poster design by Ellen Drewes. Feb. 20 - 28, 2007
2007-08 Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery Season, University of Nevada, Reno
Orion’s Belt: Technology, Health and Mythology
Group exhibition between Sabrina Raaf, Virgil Wong, Joy Garnett, Deborah Aschheim & Lisa Mezzacappa, Project Moonshine, Brian Knep, Sonya Clark, Lenore Malen & the New Society for Universal Harmony, and Dr. Merrill Garnett & Bill Jones. Keynote performance lecture by Alluequere Rosanne “Sandy” Stone. Invitation designed by Anthony Alston. Aug. 20 – Sept. 21, 2007
Whole Fragment
Group exhibition of Polly Apfelbaum, Chakaia Booker, Nina Bovasso, Jennilie Brewster, Arturo Herrera, Fawn Krieger and Losang Samten. Catalogue designed by Michael Eric Scott, essays by Kirk Robertson, Ann Lauterbach, poetry by Joel Felix and Tim Griffin. Title inspired by essay by Lauterbach, who gave a poetry reading during residency. Panel moderated by Brett Van Hoesen. Oct. 1 – Nov. 2, 2007
Walker & Walker
Solo exhibition by identical twin brothers Joe Walker and Pat Walker. Catalogue designed by David Walker included new essays by William L. Fox, Claire Daigle and Vecchio. Feb. 25 - April. 4, 2008
2008-09 Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery Season, University of Nevada, Reno
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Two-person exhibition between Siebren Versteeg and Eunjung Hwang. Aug 25 – Sept. 26, 2008
Eco-Sophia: The Artist of Life
Group exhibition. German philosopher Wolfgang Schirmacher wrote an essay of the same name, Eco-Sophia, in 1989. Exhibition included the following artists and collaborative pairs: Allora & Calzadilla, Ann Hamilton, Kahn & Selesnick, Lynn Richardson, Andrea Polli, and Paul Stout. Catalogue designed by Omar Pierce, essay by Thomas Zummer, Schirmacher and Vecchio. Panel moderated by Stacey Wittek. Oct. 2 – Nov. 7, 2008
Susan Murrell: …arising from natural inclination
Solo exhibition. Brochure included, designed by Anthony Alston. Nov. 17 – Dec. 17, 2008
I Like Winners: Sport and Selfhood
Survey exhibition included Tad Beck, Mara Bodis-Wollner, Marie Watt, Judy Linn, Rob Carter, Chris Carnel, Jonathan VanDyke, Benjamin Coonley, Charles Fairbanks, Arthur Gibbons, Young Jang, James Jaxxa, David King, Jennifer Locke, Jeffrey James Mohr, Project Moonshine, William Lamson, Caitlin Parker, Matthew Slaats, Lucas Michael, Adam Taye, Carlin Wing, Jim Finn and Lisa Young. Catalogue designed by Ellen Drewes, essay by Jesse Aron Green and Vecchio. Jan. 19- Feb. 13, 2009
Perform Perform Perform
Collaborative exhibition between Allison Lacher and Victoria Calabro. Brochure included. Feb. 23 – March 22, 2009
2009 – 2010 Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery Season, University of Nevada, Reno
Planes of Consistency: Dean Burton, Thom Heileson and Tamara Sconce
Catalogue designed by Thom Heileson, essay by Vecchio, August 24 – Sept 25, 2009
Stephen Eakin
Solo exhibition. Catalogue designed by Chelsea Otakan, Oct 5 – Nov 6, 2009
Project.2: Reno International New Media Festival
Nov 12 - Dec 16, 2009
Iraqi Memorial: Winning Proposals from www.Iraqimemorial.org
Panel moderator for Joseph DeLappe, Bernadette Buckley, Ann Keniston, David Simpson, Feb. 15 – March 12, 2010
2010 - 2011 Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery Season, University of Nevada, Reno
Autolust: Solo installation by Craig Smyres
Catalogue designed by Chelsea Otakan, essay by Vecchio, July 1 – 30, 2010
Scatter and Heap: Lauren DiCioccio and Paho Mann
Two-person exhibition. Brochure included designed by Megan Stanphill, Aug 23 – Sept. 24, 2010
Every Distance is Not Near
Three-person between Debra Baxter, Dawn Cerny and Jenny Heishman, Catalogue designed by Gretchen Bennett. Essay by Vecchio, Oct 4 – Nov. 5, 2010
Margo Pelletier and Lisa Thomas: Short-term Filmmakers Residency Part Two
Poster designed by Christine Karkow, November 8-14, 2010
Ryan Pierce: Fear of Dogs and Water
Solo exhibition, catalogue designed by Daniela Molnar, essay by Ryan Pierce, Nov 15 – Dec 15, 2010