MECHELE MANNO
| EDUCATION | |
| 2003 | Master of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, (Film, Video and Performance Art) San Francisco, CA |
| 1999 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute (Sculpture) San Francisco, CA |
| EXHIBITIONS | Solo |
| 2005 | Be Ball, (video installation) Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA |
| 2001 | W.E, (premiere screening) Timken Hall, San Francisco, CA |
| 1998 | Man, No, (live performance) Central YMCA Historical Theater, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 | Second Coming (paintings), Raindance Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1992 | Screens, (lobby installation) Spirit Square Arts Center, Charlotte, NC |
| EXHIBITIONS | Group |
| 2007 | Alternative Visions, Film and Video at CCA: Relational Aesthetics, curated by Lynn Marie Kirby and Kathy Gertiz; Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA |
| · | autodelete (collaboration) contributed video artwork; screenplay by Honor Molloy, original music by Eve Beglarian, New Dramatists Theater, New York, NY |
| · | Mind Over Manner curated by Jose Ruiz, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY |
| 2006 | Episode 3, Moon, www.publicduck.com |
| 2005 | Songs From a Book of Days, Michael’s Spoon, (collaboration) contributed video artwork; original music by Eve Beglarian. New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2004 | Artists for Political Awareness, (contributed Sympathy for Sam) California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA |
| · | Art To Go, (contributed Sympathy for Sam) King King, Hollywood, CA |
| · | Songs From a Book of Days, Michael’s Spoon (collaboration) contributed video artwork; original music by Eve Beglarian. Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA; California State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA; Lit Moon Theater Festival, Center Stage, Santa Barbara, CA |
| · | 27th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, (selected visual artist for autodelete) curated by Antigone Trimis and Elizabeth Oppenheimer. Screenplay by Honor Molloy. Magic Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA |
| 2003 | Dustpan Collection, Curated by Samira Soled, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| · | Intervals: Relational Space, curated by Kathleen Quillian for ATA, San Francisco, CA |
| · | Time Tells, curated by Elizabeth Block. Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | Ladyfest2002, Filmmakers Library, (contributed “Belt-in-Hand”) San Francisco, CA |
| · | Charts and Grafts Film Festival, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY |
| 2001 | Graduate Introduction Exhibition, Shepard/Pollack Graduate Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | Blueprint, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA |
| · | London Biennial 2000, (collaboration with Jann Nunn) London, England, UK and SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
| · | IN-stall @ the Presidio, (curator/artist), NIKA Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| · | Tree, NIKA Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1999 | Hover: 118th Annual Group Exhibition of the Artists Committee, (contributed Character-logical Exchange) San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| · | Juried Exchange Show, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1998 | Juried Student Exhibition, (show title, Stainless), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| · | Juried Student Exhibition, (show title, Salire le Scale), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1997 | Le Artista’, Karan Studio, Florence, Italy |
| INTERVENTION | |
| 2007 | N2P2B by Mechele Manno, launch of project on July 4th at Liberty Island, New York, NY and unauthorized attendance at Columbia University on September 24th for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lecture, New York, NY |
| FILMOGRAPHY | |
| 2008 | Livin’ on a Prayer, (post-production, editor) Wally Wingert, Producer; Premiere Screening, Silent Movie Theater, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2005 | Secret Life of Superfans, (post-production, editor) Sam Okun, Producer, Deverill Weekes, Director. Sam Okun Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, CA |
| CURATORIAL | |
| 2007 | Nightwatchers-A Night of Video on the Lawn, (Principal curator and live VJ), Winslow Garage, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2000 | IN-Stall @ the Presidio (curator/artist) Nika Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2007 | The Gallery Guide, Press Release, Mind Over Matter, by Jose Ruiz |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Times, Review – Eclectic Minimalism Works Wonders, by Josef Woodard. October 6, 2004 |
| 2003 | Crawlingtext, Performance Overview, first printing March, 2003 |
| 2000 | i Magazine, Spring 2000 Vol. 3, No. 3; (p. 21) San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, London Biennale listing |
| · | San Francisco Art Institute-Catalog 2000-2001, (p. 1 insert) |
| 1999 | i Magazine, Spring 1999 Vol. 2, No. 2; (p. 21) San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Hover Group Show listing |
| AWARDS | |
| 2003 | Dennis Leon Award, faculty nomination, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 1999 | Harold E. Weiner Memorial Award, Sculpture Honor, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1998 | Honor Studios, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1993 | Honorable Mention, Juror, Juan Logan, Annual Juried Exhibition, Central Piedmont College, Charlotte, NC |
| AFFILIATIONS | |
| 2003 | Gallery Representative Program, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| · | Art Advisory Committee, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | Curator, NIKA Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| LECTURES | |
| 2008 | Guest Lecturer, Senior Thesis Projects, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA |
| · | Guest Lecturer, Art Forum, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY |
| 2004 | Guest Lecturer, Performance Art, taught by Margaret Mackenzie, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2003 | Teaching Assistantship, Core (specializing in conceptual and performance art) TA to Lynn Marie Kirby, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| COLLECTIONS | (Public, Corporate and Private) |
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Eve Beglarian, New York, NY |
