SALLY CURCIO
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Selected Exhibitions & Projects
Selected Collections
Competions & Awards
Art Fairs
Presentations
Curating & Juroring
Portfolio Reviews
Employment
Education
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2024
Reeves House Visual Arts Center, Life in Miniature, Woodstock, GA
Edible Book Festival Judge, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2023
Smith College Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Art and Scale, Northampton, MA
Smith College Museum of Art, Winslow Teaching Gallery, Northampton, MA
Smith College Museum of Art, Interview with Artists from the SCMA Collection, Northampton, MA
Ep. 18: The Artful Audacity of Hope, Podcast conversation with Adam Zucker from Artfully Learning, Listen/Watch Here
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, 100 Mile Radius Juried Art Show, Keene State College, NH
Northampton Center for the Arts, Revelry, Northampton, MA
APE Gallery, Microworks, Northampton, MA
2022
Tableaux for the Future, MFA Thesis Paper, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Tableaux for the Future, SUAG, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
2021
I'm Not Done Playing with That: Artists who Refuse to Put Away their Toys, curated by Linda Griggs,
Equity Gallery, 245 Broome street, New York Artists: Amy Hill, Andrew Robinson, Barbara Friedman, Dominick Lombardi, John Arehart, Linda Griggs, Mary Jo Vath, Mary-Ann Monforton, Melanie Vote, Peter Drake, Phil Buehler, Sally Curcio, Steve Ellis, Takashi Murakami, Tine Kindermann, Toy Collectibles, Trenton Doyle Hancock
2020
Newport Art Museum, Complex Terrain(s), Newport, RI, June 20 - September 27, 2020
SOS (Summer On-screen Series) curated by Sally Curcio for Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
A Horse Walks into a Bar, Curator D. Dominick Lombardi, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
2019
Art Dubai - Lead Artist for the Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program, Dubai, UAE
Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art, The Fleming Museum of the Art, Burlington, VT
Where I may be, the sky is mine, Herter Gallery, Group Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Oh Beautiful Glass! Group exhibition curated by Sally Prasch, Levertt Craft & Arts, Leverett MA
Miniature Worlds Workshop, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, NYC
Voracious Eye, Curated by Linda Griggs, Abrazo Gallery, New York City, NY
VOL 6 (2018) Critical Thinking and Writing: Family Resemblances, Double Helix: A Journal of Critical Thinking and Writing. Cover Image by Sally Curcio
Orion Magazine, Life versus the Machine, Artwork by Sally Curcio, Great Barrington, MA
The “X” Factor: Works by XIV Women Artists, Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
The Bubble, Bubble Sculpture Art Commission, Northampton, MA
Girls Inc., Miniature Worlds Workshop, Holyoke, MA
Children's Museum of the Arts, Family Day - Miniature Worlds Workshop, New York City, NY
Al-Mizhar Boy's School, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE
Latifa School for Girls, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE
Al Nokhbah Boys Model School For Basic Education, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE
Mohammed Bin Rashed School for Girls, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE
2018
The Children's Museum of the Arts, New York City, NY
Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, Central Park & The Gapstow Bridge, Bubble Sculpture Art Commissions, New York, NY
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Nicaragua, Bubble Sculpture Art Commission, Northampton, MA
2017
Historic Northampton Museum, Laws Change. People Die. The Land Remains, Northampton, MA
Bruce Museum, Small Scales: Land of Enchantment, Greenwich, CT
2016
Nancy's Garden, Art Commission, Northampton, MA
Bruce Museum, Small Scales: Land of Enchantment, Greenwich, CT
Smith College Museum of Art, Lay of the Land, Northampton, MA
Peabody Essex Museum, Sizing It Up: Scale in Nature and Art, Salem, MA
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Take a Seat!, Amherst, MA
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA
2015
Peabody Essex Museum, Sizing It Up: Scale in Nature and Art, Salem, MA
Fitchburg Art Museum, Land Ho! Fitchburg, MA - Exhibition Catalog
Harmon Gallery, Sally Curcio, Wellfleet, MA
Bing Arts Center, Competitive Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Springfield, MA
2014
J. Cacciola Gallery, A Redefined Existence, China Marks, Rick Newton, and Sally Curcio, New York, NY
The Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Retroactive, Solo Exhibition, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA
Hampden Gallery, Recognition, Solo Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2013
Front Room Gallery, Mapping Heaven, Curated by Linda Griggs, Williamsburg, NY
APE Gallery, A Prize Every Time, Sally Curcio, Amy Johnquest, Anne LaPrade Seuthe, Northampton, MA
2012
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Pressing Matters, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Memorial Art Gallery, Extreme Materials 2, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Hampshire College Art Gallery, Sally Curcio's Bubbles, Amherst, MA
2011
A Novel Idea, Curated by Anne LaPrade Seuthe and Sally Curcio, Incubator Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
X Marks the Spot, DUMBO Arts Festival, Sally Curcio, Amy Johnquest, Anne LaPrade Seuthe, Brooklyn, NY
Kaleidoscope, Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA
2010
A.I.R. Gallery, At Her Age, juror Martha Wilson, Founding director of Franklin Furnace Inc., NYC, Brooklyn, NY
Morton Fine Art, Pretty Little Things, Washington, DC
Local Project, Autosemblematic, curated by Jennifer Junkermeier, Long Island City, NY
Art Jail, Lost Horizon, curator David Gibson, New York, NY
Hampden Gallery, Sweetness and Light, curator Linda Griggs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
LZ Project Space, The Back Room Biennial, selected by Linda Griggs, New York, NY
2009
Carroll and Sons, Aqua Art Miami (Wynwood), Miami, FL
10th Year Anniversary of the Drawing Project, Boston, MA
Sugarcraft, curator Wynter Whiteside, Wholly Craft!, Columbus, OH
Artcomplex Center of Tokyo (ACT), Wrapping Paper Design Competition,Tokyo, Japan
2008
Wunderarts, American Dream, Amherst, MA
Doual'art Gallery, AmericAura and AfricAura, Douala, Cameroon, West Africa
National Library of Cameroon,AmericAura, Yaounde, Cameroon, West Africa
Kasia Kay Art Projects, Sugarcraft, curator Wynter Whiteside, Chicago, IL
Titles, L'écume des Jours, Montreal, Canada
2007
Northampton Center for the Arts, Bling, Solo Exhibition, Northampton, MA
MPG Contemporary, NEW ART 2007, Juried by Raphaela Platow, Curator for Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, MA
AmericAura, Augusta Savage Gallery and Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
2006
The Cambridge Art Association's 2006 National Prize Show, juried by Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
20th International Juried Show, Juried by Patterson Sims, Director of Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (formerly of Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY), Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2005
Family Resemblances, Solo Exhibition, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2004
Limited Edition, Solo Exhibition, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2002
Stigmata: Period pieces, Solo Exhibition, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Hair Trigger, Solo Exhibition, Hampden Gallery, Incubator Project, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
A fence in bloom: Soaking up spring, Solo Exhibition, Smith College Museum of Art, Art on the Fence project, Smith College, Northampton, MA
2000
Hairwork, Solo Exhibition, Holyoke Community College Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
1999
Filament, Solo Exhibition, The Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
1998
A Lock of Hair, Solo Exhibition, The See Gallery, Springfield, MA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA
NYU Langone Medical Center Collection, NYC
Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, NYC
Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel, Charlotte, NC
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, Washington, DC
Jane Manus von Richthofen and Rene von Richthofen (descendant of Manfred Von Richthofen - the "Red Baron"), FL
COMPETITIONS & AWARDS
2017
Artist Fellowships Program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Finalist in Sculpture/Installation/New Genres, Boston, MA
2016
Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA
2015
Artist's Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Sheffield, MA
2013
Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA
2011
DUMBO Arts Festival, Collaboration with Amy Johnquest and Anne LaPrade Seuthe, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Blanche E. Colman Award, Boston, MA
At Her Age, juror Martha Wilson, Founding director of Franklin Furnace Inc., NYC, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007
New Art 2007, Juried by Raphaela Platow, Chief Curator, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
Gallery Award, awarded by Michael Price at “New Art 2007,” MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA.
2006
Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA
The Cambridge Art Association's 2006 National Prize Show, Juried by Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
20th International Juried Show, Juried by Patterson Sims, Director of Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (formerly of Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY), Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2005
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Juried by Joseph Thompson, Director of MASS MoCA, Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
The 6th A.I.R. Gallery Biennial, Juried by Maura Reilly, Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art - Brooklyn Museum of Art, A.I.R. Gallery, NY
Testifyin’ 2005 A National Competition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
2003
Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA
1998
Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, via Northampton Support Project for the Innovative Art, MA
1997
Western Massachusetts Juried Works on Paper and Sculpture Award, Northampton, MA
Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA
ART FAIRS
2019
Art Dubai - Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program, Dubai, UAE
2014
Southampton Art Fair, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Fountain Art Fair, E32, Curated by Linda Griggs, New York, NY
2009
Aqua Art Miami (Wynwood), Miami, FL
PRESENTATIONS
2023
Smith College Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Art and Scale, Northampton, MA
2019
Art Dubai - Lead Artist for the Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program, Dubai, UAE
2017
Artist Talk, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2016
Small Scales: Artist Panel, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, November 17th
2015
Artist Talk, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2014
What Were They Thinking?, Diorama Show talk with the artists, APE Gallery, Northampton, MA
2012
Artist Talk, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2010
E32, 5C Cultural Center Lounge, New York, NY
Women Artists, Hosted by Elizabeth Stone, presented to the Boston chapter of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Hotel Northampton, Northampton, MA
Lost Horizon, Artjail, Chinatown, NY
Autosemblematic, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
2009
Hillside Art Salon, The Chancellor’s House, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2008
In Conversation: 3 part salon series with Art Critic Gloria Russell, Wunderarts, Amherst, MA
Sugar Show, E32 Series, Gallerybar, NYC, NY
2007
Artist on Art, Smith College Museum, Smith College, Northampton, MA
2005
Family Resemblances, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
2004
Stigmata: Period pieces, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Stigmata: Period pieces, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2003
Fiber and Feminism, Slide Lecture with Deborah Kruger funded by The Fiber Art Center and Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, Jones Library, Amherst, MA
2002
Stigmata: Period pieces, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield, MA
CURATING & JURORING
2024
Edible Book Festival, Judge, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2018
Art Scope Magazine - In the Centerfold, Juror, Cambridge, MA
2017
Self Indulgence, Exhibition Curators: Sally Curcio, D.Dominick Lombardi and Anne LaPrade Seuthe, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Art Scope Magazine - In the Centerfold, Jurors: Sally Curcio, Hampden Gallery; Beth C. McLaughlin, Fuller Craft Museum; Diane Reed Sawyer: Milton Art Center.
2016
Juror, Annual Student Art Exhibit, (students elementary through high school), Hatfield Public Library, Hatfield, MA
2011
A Novel Idea, Curators: Anne LaPrade Seuthe and Sally Curcio, Incubator Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2010
The Northampton Center for the Arts, Selection Committee for Exhibitions, Northampton, MA
2008
The Northampton Center for the Arts, Selection Committee for Exhibitions, Northampton, MA
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
2016
International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts, Transcultural Exchange, Portfolio Review, Boston, MA
Hampden Gallery, Pick My Brain, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
EMPLOYMENT
2022-present: Associate Director, Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2021-2022: Interim Gallery Director, Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2015-2020: Gallery Manager: Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Preparator: (on-call), Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2018: Sam Gilliam in Dialogue, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2018: Kay Sage - Serene Surrealist, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2018: Anicka Yi, Our Love is Bigger Than an AIDS Quilt, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2018: Object Lab, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2018: "The Field Is the World:" Williams, Hawai'i, and Material Histories in the Making, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Preparator: (on-call), University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2017: 5 Takes on African Art / 42 Flags by Fred Wilson, University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2016: COBRA, University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2015: Chuck Close: Photographs, University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
EDUCATION
2022
MFA in Sculpture, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
1995
BFA in Painting, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
1994
American College in London, London, England
1991
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA