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Bio
Antonio Serna is an artist, editor/writer, educator, and designer working in New York City. His work has been exhibited in New York, Spain, Mexico, and Texas. In additon to art-making, Antonio has had the pleasure to collaborate on various web projects with many seminal artistic figures in New York such as Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, and Trisha Brown. Currently he is pursuing his MFA at Brooklyn College and teaching at Parsons School of Design.
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b.1974, San Antonio, Texas
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
- 2010 MFA Candidate, 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
- 2008 Encuentra, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
- 2008 OUT NOW! e-flux Project Space, New York, NY, (n.b. running inclusion)
- 2008 Soap Box Prints 2: Prints, Politics & Democracy, American Print Alliance at
2008 Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
- 2008 It's Not Easy, Exit Art, New York, NY.It's Not Easy, Exit Art, 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 & PUBLICATIONS
- 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 & LEXTURES
- 2008 Making Sense of It All, Visiting Artist Lecture Series,
Fine Arts Department,
St. John’s University, Queens, NY.
- 2005-present 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 (by the artist)
- 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
- 1998 Studio Fellowship, Bronx Council on the Arts, NY