Calcagno Cullen

calcagno.cullen@yahoo.com

Teaching and Work Experience

2009 - present

• Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View, California – Program Coordinator, Art4Schools

2010 – present

• Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, California – Teacher/Presenter

2009 - 2011

• Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View, California – Art4Schools Faculty

2008 - 2009

• Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio – Assistant for School-Based Learning

2007 - 2008

• Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio – Floor Team Leader
• Chatfield College, Cincinnati, Ohio – Adjunct Professor

2006 - 2007

• University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio –Teacher of Record
• Episode Gallery, Northside, Ohio – Co-Founder and Curator

2005 - 2006

• University Galleries on Sycamore, Cincinnati, Ohio – Gallery Staff

2004 - 2006

• Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio – Visitor Services Assistant

2005

• Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio – Curatorial Department Intern
• Art Works, Cincinnati, Ohio – Teaching Artist

Solo Exhibitions

2011

• My Heart is a Telephone – Million Fishes Gallery, San Francisco, California

2009

• 100% – Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2008

• Teeth Ritual – Fountain Square Macy’s LED Screen, Cincinnati, Ohio

2007

• Potent – Sassafras Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Coverings – Sycamore Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2005

• Oh, What Big Eyes You Have –Base Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Group Exhibitions

2011

• TEDxSF – ALIVE!, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
• WORD! – Backspace Gallery, Peoria, Illinois
• Drawing the Line: The Art of Comics, Animation, Illustration – University of Cincinnati Clermont College, Batavia, Ohio
• Cyberfeast II - Transcultural Artist Exchange Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
• Co is for Collaborative – Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

2010

• Fresh Work – Kala Art Institute and Gallery, Berkeley, California
• Independent Artist’s Week – Filmore District, San Francisco, California
• Shopping for Micah – Rande vu Gallery and Lounge, Oakland, California
• Visual Poetry Mailart – SKYLAB Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
• DISTANCE: A weekend of performance over distance – Stoke Newington International Airport, London, UK
• DeYoung College Art Satellite Exhibition – 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, California

2009

• Tributaries – Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, New York
• WET! - 2009 Film Festival, Peekskill, New York
• Losing Our Faculties – Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
• EXPOSED: Top 100 Secret Artists – ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Kreft National Juried Exhibition – Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Fragile Bodies – National Juried Exhibition at NKU Galleries, Highland Heights, Kentucky

2008

• Secret Artworks – Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Gas – Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2007

• Secret Artworks – Westin Hotel, Fountain Room, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Once Upon A Time In The Midwest – Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Open Source – Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1:1 – UC – OSU – Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

2006

• Episode – Episode Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
• M.F.A. Candidates Exhibit – Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Fluff My Pillow – Inns of Virginia, Richmond, VA
• Everyone’s an Artist – House installation in Northside, Cincinnati, Ohio

2005

• Space is the Place - Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Art and Beer, Adam and Eve – House installation in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

2004

• Artifice – Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• 10 @ King – Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Curatorial Experience As Independent Curator

2009

• Greener Grass – Juried Traveling Exhibition, Cincinnati, Atlanta, New Orleans, Denver, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, and San Francsico – www.greenergrass09show.blogspot.com
• Everyday – Group Exhibition at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

2007

• The Constant . . . – Juried Exhibition at Episode Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Achievements and Freelance Projects

2012 (upcoming)

· Artist in Residence at Lo Studio dei Nipoti, Calabria, Italia

· February Featured Artist at Childrens Creativity Museum, San Francisco, California

2011

• Awarded Embark Grant from False Profit, LLC and Million Fishes Gallery to support a solo show at Million Fishes Gallery, San Francisco, California
• Kala Art Institute Artist in Residence, Berkeley California; 2010 - 2011
• Winner of TEDxSF video art competition, Yeurba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
• Published New York City Letters, a book of the first 500 letters sent to New York
• Workshop Presenter at the 9^th Annual Arts in Your Classroom Conference, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California
• Awarded a NextGen Arts Professional Development Grant through the Creative Capacity Fund to attend the College Art Association Conference in New York, New York

2010

• Workshop Presenter at the Marion Cilker Conference for Arts in Education, San Jose, California
• Emerging Arts Professional Fellow - San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco, California
• Arts Integration Workshop Presenter for Alum Rock School District, San Jose, California

2008

• Published 100%, a book of art and happiness
• Presenter at “Making Connections,” the annual conference held by the Cincinnati Association for the Education of Young Children
• Designer of Northside Community Street Banners, Cincinnati, Ohio

2006

• Featured artist in Gallery Talk at Episode Gallery

Education

§ Masters of Fine Arts, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; June 2007

§ Graduate Museum Studies Certificate, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; December 2005

§ Bachelors of Fine Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; May 2004