CURRICULUM VITAE

 

NINA RIZZO

www.ninarizzo.net

ninajrizzo99@yahoo.com

 

 

EDUCATION

                                    M.F.A .  2004   The University of Texas at Austin

                                    B.F.A .  1997    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Areas of Specialization: Painting, Drawing, Contemporary Work on Paper

 

                                    2009 SIM, Residency, Association for Icelandic Visual Artists,

                                              Reykjavik, Iceland

                                    2008 Jentel Foundation Resident, Banner, Wyoming

                                    2008 Ragdale Foundation, Artist in Residence, Lake

                                              Forest, Illinois

                                    2007 Resident, Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary

                                              Arts, Miramonte, California

2005 Residency Fellow, Vermont Studio Center,

                                              Johnson, Vermont

                                    2005 Artist Residency, Chateau de La Napoule,

                                              La Napoule, France

                                    1999 Minnesota Center for the Book Arts,

                                              Minneapolis, Minnesota

1996   Study Abroad, Paris, France

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

                                   

2006- Present  Assistant Professor, School of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

 

2008 Juror, North Park University Scholarship Show at the Carlson Gallery, North Park University,

 

2007 & 2009 Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois

 

2005   Visiting Artist, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, New York

 

2004- 2006   Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin, Drawing Foundations, Two Dimensional Foundations, 2005 and 2006 (instructor of record)  Beginning Painting, Drawing for Non-Art Majors, 2004 (instructor of record)

 

2004 Studio Assistant to Michael Ray Charles, Austin, Texas

 

2004 Arthouse at the Jones Center, Teen Workshop Instructor

 

2003 Teaching Assistant, Italart Center, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy

 

2002 Assistant in Honey Flare, mural with Aaron Parazette

 

2001-2004 Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Advanced and Intermediate Drawing, Painting III, 2004, Drawing II, Intermediate and Advanced Lithography, 2003, Advanced Painting, Digital Arts Media, 2002, Digital Arts Media, Shop Assistant, 2001

 

2000 Art Instructor, Loring-Nicolette Alternative School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Drawing I, Life Drawing, (Instructor of Record)

 

1998-2000 Archival Intern, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

1996-1997 Painting Department Shop Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

AWARDS                  

                                    2007 Merit Award, Biennial 24, South Bend Regional

                                    Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana

           

2006 Honorarium, Department of Radio, Television and Film, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

 

2005 New Texas Painting Honorarium, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas

                                   

                                    2005 Texas Biennial JurorÕs Choice Award

 

                                    2004 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship

 

2003 DeanÕs Research Award, The University of Texas at Austin

 

2003 Presidential Award, The University of Texas at Austin

 

2003 Teaching Assistant in Italy Fellowship

 

2002 Michael Frary Endowed Scholarship in Painting

 

2001 Kelly Fearing Endowed Fellowship in Painting

 

2001 Elizabeth McGoldrick Endowed Fellowship in Painting

 

1996 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Outstanding Senior Award

 

1992 Castiglione Fine Arts Award

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

                                    2010     Perceiving Place, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred                                                         University, Alfred, New York

                                   

                                    2010     Ah-Wilderness, Ebersmoore, Chicago, Illinois

                                   

                                    2010     Texas National, Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin                                                      State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, Juror: Judy                                                      Pfaff

 

                                    2009     StArt!, Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles. California

                                   

                                    2009     AbstWACKtion!, Bad Dog Gallery DeKalb, Illinois.                                                       Curated by Frank Trankina

 

                                    2009     Gimme Baby Robots, traveling exhibition curated by                                                               Michael T. Rea, Seattle, Los Angeles and Chicago

                                   

                                    2008      Somewhere, Elsewhere, Linda Warren Gallery                                                             Chicago, Illinois

 

                                    2008     Prospect, Creative Research Lab, Austin, Texas

                                                  Juror: Jade Walker, Director, Creative Research                                                          Laboratory, Austin, Texas

                                                           

                                    2008     BitchinÕ, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, Curator

                                   

                                    2008    ArtChicago, with Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago,                                                         Illinois

 

2008      Of, On, And About Paper, Orange County Center        for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, Jurors:

                                                Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett, Editors. Art on                                                       Paper  magazine

 

2008   Built and Grown, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago,

 Illinois

           

2007   Faculty Biennial, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois

                                   

2007      Cool Sticky, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, 

Illinois, in conjunction with Sabina Ott, Light Blue and the Same Red Makes a Change, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois

 

2007   Zg Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,

                                                Curators: Meg Sheehy and Myra Casis, Co-owners,

                                               Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2007   50th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art,

Chautauqua center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York, Jurors: Barbara Luderowski and Michael Olijnyk, Directors, Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

                                    2007 House and Garden, a collaboration with Michelle

                                              Wasson, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois

 

2007 Paimiatki, Akademia Sztuk Piknych w    

                                              Katowicach, Katowice, Poland

                                   

2007 Biennial 24, South Bend Regional Museum of Art,

                                             South Bend, Indiana, (Merit Award)

                                             Jurors: Meg Sheehy and Myra Casis, Co-owners,

                                              Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2006 School of Art Faculty Biennial, Jack Olson Gallery,

                                                Northern Illinois University

 

2006 Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Jupiter Hotel, Portland

                                             Curator: Arturo Palacios, Director, Art Palace

                                          Austin, Texas

                                   

2006   Red Hot, Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin,

Texas

 

                                    2006 Wild and Bushy, Volitant Gallery, Austin, Texas

                                                Curator: Hana Hillerova

 

2006   Luck of the Draw, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas

Curator: Diane Barber, Visual Arts Director, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas

                                   

                                    2006 Seismic Shift, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2006   On the Horizon: Nina Rizzo & Stephanie Wagner, Art

Palace Gallery, Austin, Texas

 

2005 Casket Factory Õ05, at The Dallas Coffin Co., Dallas,     

Texas, with Art Palace Gallery, Austin, Texas

 

                                    2005 New Texas Painting, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas

Curator: Diane Barber, Visual Arts Director, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas

                                   

                                    2005 Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Jupiter Hotel, Portland,

Oregon, Curator: Arturo Palacios, Director, Art Palace, Austin, Texas

 

                                    2005 Texas Biennial, Dougherty Arts Center (venue), Juried

                                                Show, JurorÕs Choice Award, (catalogue)

 

2005 Sisters Show, Fresh Up Club, Austin, Texas, Curators: 

                                                David Bryant and Peat Duggins, Directors Fresh Up

Club, Austin, Texas

 

2004 Cha Cha Cha, Wormhole Gallery, Miami, Florida,   

            Curator: Pepe Mar, Wormhole Gallery, Miami, Florida

 

2004 Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois, Fresh Up Club, Austin,

Texas, Curator: David Bryant, Co-Director, Fresh Up Club, Austin, Texas

                                   

                                    2004 22nd Annual National Small Works Competition,

                                                Schoharie County Arts Council Gallery, Cobleskill,

                                                New York, Juror: Katharina Rich Perlow, Director,

                                                Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, New York

 

2003 Austin Powers, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston

                                                Texas, Curator: Sally Sprout, Houston, Texas

 

                        2003 Seven From Austin; Recent Post Pluralist Painting,

                                                Landmark Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas, Curator:

                                                Elizabeth Joblin, Director, Gallery 107, Austin, Texas

 

                                    2003 Superstring, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin,

                                                Texas

 

                                    2003 Italart Center Show, Italart Center at Santa Chiara,

                                                Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy

 

                                    2002 New American Talent 17, Texas Fine Arts Association,

                                                Austin, Texas, Juror: Kathryn Kanjo, Executive

                                                Director, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas (catalogue)

 

                                    2002 Jacket, Creative Research Lab, Austin, Texas,

                                                Curators: Merchant Adams, Atteqa Ali, Lynn Boland,

                                                M.A. Candidates, Department of Art and Art History,

                                                The University of Texas at Austin

                                                 

2002 The Unrestrained Creativity, Art and Charity, Finesilver

Building, San Antonio, Texas, Curator: David Freeman, Editor In Chief, Voices of Art

 

                                    1999 Women Create, Gus LuckyÕs Gallery, Minneapolis,

                                                Minnesota, Invitational

 

1998     Print Exhibition, May Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

1997   Student Exchange Show, The University of Vera Cruz,

Vera Cruz, Mexico, Invitational

 

                                    1996 Link Gallery Invitational, Link Gallery, Champaign,

                                                Illinois

 

BIBLIOGRAGPHY

Rachel Fumari, ÒLuscious Stains in PaintÓ, New City, October 11, 2007

 

Salvador Castillo ÒNina Rizzo and Stephanie Wagner, On the Horizon, Art PalaceÓ, Bout what I Sees, http://salvadorcastillo.wordpress.com/2006/02/ Ò, March 20, 2006

 

Dorothy Meiburg, ÒOn the Horizon at Art PalaceÓ,  Émight be good (website), mightbegood.org, March 10, 2006

                                   

Caitlin Haskell, Interview, ÒThree Hours of Road Trip TunesÓ, Émight be good (website), mightbegood.org/mbg, October 29, 2005

                                   

                                 Elaine Wolff, ÒDigitally Induced Angst and Sensory

                                    OverloadÓ, San Antonio Current, March 10, 2005

 

ÒBrushed with GreatnessÓ, Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin-

                                    American Statesman, March 8th, 2005

                                   

                                    ÒDes Artistes Inspires Ont Ouvert les Portes du ChateauÓ,

                                 Stephan Dudzinski, Nice Matin, 22 fevrier, 2005

 

ÒUn Grand Cru dÕArtistes, en Residence au ChateauÓ,             Stephan Dudzinski,  Nice Matin, 17 fevrier, 2005

 

                                    New American Paintings South West Edition 2004, Number

                                    54, Volume 9, Number 5, Juror: Lynn M. Herbert, Senior

                                    Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas

                       

                                    New American Paintings M.F.A. Annual 2003, Volume 8,

                                    The M.F.A. Annual, December 2003, Juror: Lawrence

                                    Rinder, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of

                                    American Art, New York, New York

 

                                    J. Marcus Weekley, ÒSeven From Austin: Recent Post

                                    Pluralist PaintingÓ, Artl!es, Number 39, Summer 2003, 86

 

                                     Charlotte Cousins, ÒA Collaborative ProcessÓ, Art Notes,

                                    Spring 2003, 13

                       

                                    K-EYE News Austin, Arts Story, Austin, Texas, September,

                                    7, 2003

 

                                    J. Marcus Weekley, ÒSeven from AustinÓ, Hub Stuff,

                                    Lubbock, Texas, August 2003

 

LECTURES   

                                    2008 Sheridan College, Sheridan, Wyoming

                       

                                    2007 Hot Rocks and Cool Blocks, Contemporary Issues in

                                     Painting and Drawing, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois

 

2007   Hot Rocks and Cool Blocks, Northern Illinois

University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois

 

2006 School of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

 

2006 Guest Lecturer, Advanced Digital Animation, Department of Radio, Television, and Film, The University of Texas  at Austin

 

2005   School of Art and Design at Alfred University,

Alfred, New York

 

 

COLLECTIONS

                                    Tim Doud, Washington DC

                                    Harris Bank 

Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts

                                    Kirkland & Ellis LLP, International

                                    Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri

                                    Neil GoldbergÕs Cirque

                                    K & W, Chicago, Illinois

                                    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

                                    Michelle Wasson, Chicago, Illinois

                                    Melissa W. Miller, Austin, Texas

                                    Michael Ray Charles, Austin, Texas

 

 

SLIDE REGISTRIES

 

                                    White Columns, New York, New York                            

                                    Texas Artist Registry, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas

                                    Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, Texas

                                    The Drawing Center, New York, New York