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Bio
Antonio Serna is an artist living and working in New York. With art as a tool, he is constantly comparing and contrasting the human construct of progress with the animal instinct of survival. The results of which have been exhibited in New York, Spain, Mexico, Amsterdam, and Texas. Antonio has also taught and lectured at Parsons School of Design, St. Johns University, and at Brooklyn College as a teaching fellow. Outside of his studio, Antonio Serna enjoys rummaging through the social anthropology of art and visual culture via vizKult.
Additionally, Antonio has been fortunate enough to work with Masters Seminar Professor Vito Acconci while obtaining his MFA at Brooklyn College, and on various projects with seminal artistic New York figures such as Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, and Trisha Brown.
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curriculum vitae
b.1974, San Antonio, Texas
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
- 2010 MFA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
(CUNY), Brooklyn, NY.
- 1997 BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
- 1995 Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1993 University of Texas in Arlington, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2007 Three Stories Deep, NYPL Mulberry Branch, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2012 Defeat the Future, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
- 2011 Deck the Walls, Sardine Gallery & Goods, Brooklyn, NY
- 2011 Sick, Leo Kogan Project Space, Amsterdam, NL
- 2011 Read the Rules Before You Use the Pool, Index Festival, NY
- 2011 Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011 Incongruent Sum, Mathematics Collective, New York, NY
- 2011 Pretty Vacant, Mathematics Collective, New York, NY
- 2011 Discrete Power, VizKult + Anarchist Book Fair,
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
- 2011 Voices from the Outside, Books Through Bars & Just Seeds,
Not An Alternative/The Change You Want To See Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011 Moonlight, Mai Tais, and Magic, The Wassaic Project,
Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011 VV2: Toxic Body, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
- 2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Cabinet, NY & MASS MoCA, MA
- 2010 Bedlam, Bank Iran, New York, NY
- 2010 Composition/Entropy, vizKult Transient Exhibition, Bucharest, Romania.
- 2010 Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition,
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2010 Denatured, The Gershwin, New York, NY.
- 2010 Prints, Politics & Democracy, Soap Box Prints 2. American Print Alliance at
University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, MI
- 2009 Higher Ground, curated by Astrid Honold, Metis NL, Amsterdam, NY.
- 2009 Evolution of a Revolution, Encuentro 2009, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2009 The Wassaic Project 2009, Wassaic, NY.
- 2009 Prints, Politics & Democracy, Soap Box Prints 2. American Print Alliance at
Wayne & Lynn Hamersly Library, Western Oregon University, Atlanta, GA
- 2009 Will it Happen?, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY.
- 2009 Art Under the Stars, Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship Program
Benefit Exhibition & Auction c/o Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY.
- 2009 After-Image, 315 West 39th St, New York, NY
- 2008 Freedom of Expression, Encuentro 2008, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
- 2008 OUT NOW! e-flux Project Space, New York, NY, (n.b. running inclusion)
- 2008 Prints, Politics & Democracy, Soap Box Prints 2. American Print Alliance at
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
- 2008 It's Not Easy, Exit Art, New York, NY
- 2008 Works on Paper Benefit Exhibition, Cuchifritos, New York, NY
- 2007 Working Artists, The New School, New York, NY
- 2006 International Globus Dislocator, Passport/Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
- 2004 Centro+Media, Centro de Diseño, Cine y Television, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2002 Infomera 2002, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2001 Triangles d'Art, A Les Palace de Grácia, Pl. del Sol, Barcelona, Spain
- 1999 Longwood Studio Fellowship Exhibit, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY
- 1998 Subtec I, Gallery Taranto, New York, NY (catalog)
- 1998 Subtec II, Deutches Haus, Columbia University, New York, NY (catalog)
- 1997 About Time, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
- 1996 The Other America Film Festival, Esperanza Gallery at
The Guadalupe Theater, San Antonio, TX
- 1995 Cinematique, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
- 1994 Pivot, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
PRESS
- 2009 “Emerging Artist & Awards,” Brad Freeman. The Journal of Artists’ Books.
Fall 2009, p. 48
- 2009 “Five Minutes with...” Around the Quads, V15, No.1. Fall 2009, p. 6
- 2004 “Sorprende Con Arte Digital De América,” Ernesto Vargas. El Universal,
Año 2 Nu.160, ¡Porfin! Aug 20-26, pg. 35
- 2002 The Complete Guide to Japanese Electronic Mail, Asahi Press, (illus.)
- 1999 “Way Up in the Bronx, A Hardy Spirit Blooms,”
Holland Cotter. New York Times, May 7, pg. E29, E33.
- 1998 “Creativity - It’s A Bronx Thing,” Matthew Corey.
Norwood News, Dec 31- Jan 13, pg. 14.
- 1998 Subtec I & II, Exhibition catalog, Introduction by Payam Sharifi
and Orianne Kets De Vries, New York, NY.
TEACHING, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, & PANELS
- 2012 Art & The Commons w/Maria Byck et al., Making Worlds: A Forum on the Commons,
Church of The Ascension, Greenpoint/Brooklyn, NY
- 2011 Re-Inscribing the City: Unitary Urbanism Today, Anarchist Book Fair,
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
- 2010 Baudrillard Camp, Organized by Andrea Liu, Trade School, New York, NY.
- 2010 Art and Teaching, Panel Moderator, Brookyln College, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2010 Teaching Fellow, Fine Arts Department,
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2008 Making Sense of It All, Visiting Artist Lecture Series,
Fine Arts Department, St. John’s University, Queens, NY.
- 2005-2008 Parsons School of Design, Adjunct Faculty,
Communication Design & Technology Department, New York, NY.
- 2003-2005 Visiting lecturer at Parsons School of Design,
Department of Design & Management Summer Sessions, New York, NY.
WRITING & PUBLICATIONS (contributions, etc.)
- 2009 “Oh, Don’t Get Carried Away,” KP Poetry Volume 1, Kunst Projects,
Berlin
- 2009 After Image: Propositions, a collaborative essay with
Ama Saru and John Meyer.
- 2008 Approaching Systems I, Spring ‘08 semester.
Language of Presentation, compilation of student work.
Handbound, 255pgs, Limited Edition.
- 2003-present PetiteMort, editor/producer/writer.
Various essays and interviews with Artists & Musicians:
Cory Arcangel, Matmos, O.blaat, Lamar Paterson, M.T.A.A.,
Amy Sarkisian, Hisham Bharoocha, Archangel Constantini, et al.
GRANTS & AWARDS
- 2010 Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award, Brooklyn College MFA Dept, Brookyln, NY
- 2010 Skowhegan Nomination, Brooklyn College MFA Dept, Brookyln, NY
- 2009 Teaching Fellowship, Brooklyn College Art MFA Program, NY
- 2009 Travel Grant, Graduate Investment Program,
Division of Graduate Studies, Brookyln College, NY
- 2009 Research & Materials Grant, Graduate Investment Program,
Division of Graduate Studies, Brookyln College, NY
- 2009 Emerging Artist Award, The Journal of Artists’ Books at The Hybrid Book
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- 2008 Travel Grant, Graduate Investment Program, Brookyln College, Brooklyn NY
- 2008 Research and Materials Grant, Graduate Investment Program,
Brookyln College, Brooklyn NY
- 1998 Studio Fellowship, Bronx Council on the Arts, NY
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