Gianna Commito

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b. 1976, Sea Level, NC

Lives and works in Kent, OH

 

EDUCATION

2003     MFA, University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA

2002     MA, University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA

1998     BFA, Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY

 

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023
Slip Lanes, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2022
Knot Garden, Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gianna Commito and Elise Ferguson, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH

2020

Gianna Commito & Giselle Hicks: In Place, Harvey Preston Gallery, Aspen, CO

2018

Dates, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
Gianna Commito, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2015           

Gianna Commito, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2011           

Gianna Commito, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2010          

Windows and Doors, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2008          

Recent Work, Moreau Art Galleries, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN

2006          

Artist of the Week, from Flatfiles, May 19-27, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Basic Matters: Substance in Contemporary Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH

Infinite Games, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA

2022

nido, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy

Enactive Architecture, The Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Columbus, OH

2020

Small Works, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2019
Tremble, River House Arts, Toledo, OH

Small Gestures, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018

Restraint and Limitation, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE

Ten Years, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, curated by Michelle Grabner, Cleveland, OH (catalogue)
Full Fathom Five, Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH
2017

Soft Geometries, curated by Andrea Myers, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Columbus, OH 

Restraint and Limitation, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2016 

New Geometries, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Finding Your Way, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL       

Gallery Artist Group Show, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

I Came So Far for Beauty, The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH         

2015          

Neo Geo, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH

Looms, Lucien Terras, New York, NY

Higher Learning, Lehman College Art Department, New York, NY                  

Pure Paint for Now People, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

2014         

de materia, Waterloo Arts Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Commito and Harnischfeger, Native Cleveland Annex, Cleveland, OH

2013         

AUGUST a Haze Amniotic Our Dream Aether & Lens of Distance, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Unhinged, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY

Tenth Anniversary Show, Wallspace, New York, NY

Poetics of Patterns, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH

2012        

Painting Painters Paint, MTSU Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.–The Symbiotic Relationship Between Teacher And Student, curated by Susan Chrysler White, Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Mount Vernon, IA

Flashback, curated by Elizabeth Blomster, Alfred University, NYSCC, Alfred, NY

2011        

Double Vision, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Ruptures, curated by Michael Wille, Hoffman Lachance Contemporary, St. Louis, MO

2010        

Metallika, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY

Anti-Anti/Non-Non, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY

Geometric Constructs, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Mustang Sally, curated by Bill Donovan and Kate Smith, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne, Australia

The 185thAnnual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy, New York, NY

Untitled (Painting), with Scott Olson, Brian Sharp, and Zak Prekop, Shaheen Modern and Contemporary, Cleveland, OH    

2009        

The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY

The Great Impression, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA  

2008        

Union Square, Taxter and Spengemann, New York, NY

Exquisitude, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Art on Paper Biennial, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC   

Perfect Strangers, curated by Jon Lutz, Daily Operation, Brooklyn, NY

2007         

Fall Selections: Non-Declarative Drawing, curated by Luis Camnitzer, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

Side by Side, curated by Ana Vejzovic, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

2006         

Space-Domestic, curated by Jiha Moon-Wilson, Emerson Gallery, McLean Center for the Arts, McLean, VA

 

COLLABORATIONS AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2008         

Call and Response, Patrick Brennan, Mary Lum, Carrie Pollack, Suzanne Silver, and J.D. Walsh, curated by Gianna Commito, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

The Last Book, compiled by Luis Camnitzer, housed in the National Library of Argentina

The Old Gold, online interview with independent curator Jon Lutz, August 24, 2008

2005         

Listings, collaboration with author Rick Moody, Indiana Review (Volume 27, #1) Summer 2005

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2022

Wayne P. Lawson Prize, Columbus, OH

nido, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy

2018

Artist in Residence, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH

2017

Ohio Arts Council Award

2015

Emerging Artist Award – Visual Arts, Cleveland Arts Prize

2009

Artist in Residence, Cite Internationale des Arts, November – December, Paris, France

2005

Artist in Residence, St. Michael's College, June – July, Colchester, VT

2004

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

Yaddo, January 5 – Februrary 22, Saratoga Springs, NY

The MacDowell Colony, Febrary 26 – April 19, Peterborough, NH

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, May 1 – July 28, Omaha, NE

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, OH
The Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield, OH

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2022
Blue, Max. “December gallery guide: Judy Chicago, Gabriel Kasor, Eamon McGivern”, San Francisco Examiner, December 9
Gilson, Nancy. “Visual arts: New Columbus gallery features exhibit exploring six artists’ concepts of ‘home’”, The Columbus Dispatch, May 28
2020
Alfred, Brian. “Conversations with Artists and Musicians: Gianna Commito”, Sound and Vision, December 3
Litt, Steven. “Diverse Abattoir Gallery offers a delightful exhibit of area artists”, The Plain Dealer: Art and Film, November 29
2019
Keh, Pei-Ru. “Talk Room — New York, USA”, Wallpaper, June 28
2018
Grabner, Michelle. An American City Vol. 1. FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2020 (catalogue)
Gedert, Roberta. "Unique art 'treasure hunt' spans dozens of Ohio venues”, The Toledo Blade, July 28
Litt, Steven. “FRONT’s ‘Great Lakes Research’ show, including 6 artists from NEO, may have a chip on its shoulder (photos)”, Cleveland.com, May 13
Litt, Steven. “A glimpse of Cleveland’s global exhibition in the making with FRONT director (photos)”, Cleveland.com, May 13
Wampler, Zach. “Architectural Balance: Paintings by Gianna Commito at Rachel Uffner”, PROVOKR, January 18
2016
Butler, Sharon. “New geometries: Embracing narrative and content”, Two Coats of Paint, October 2
“New Geometries at Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia”, ARTNews, September 30
Kuonen, Lily. “Art Review: ‘Finding Your Way’ at Monya Rowe in St. Augustine”, Burnaway, April 26
2015
“Neo Geo at Akron Art Museum explores geometric abstraction”, Akronist.com, November 17
Davis, Ben. “Ben Davis picks his 10 best booths at a bubbling EXPO Chicago 2015”, Artnet.com, September 18
Morris, Matt. “EXPO Chicago returns, with big ambitions, and some exhibitor turnover”, ArtNews, September 18
Usmani, Josh. “55th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards Set to Celebrate Dynamic Winners”, Cleveland Scene, June 22
Connors, Joanna. “Mike and Jules Belkin, Julian Stanczak among 2015 Cleveland Arts Prize Winners”, Cleveland.com, June
Torres, Jesus Manual Rojas. “WUM News NYC: Rachel Uffner’s First 2015 Exhibitions”, WUM.com, January
Smith, Roberta. “Gianna Commito”, New York Times, January 22, p. C28
2013
“Art in Review: Ten Years”, The New York Times, July 26
2011
Rosenberg, Karen. “Gianna Commito”, New York Times, March 25, p. C31
Vartanian, Hrag. “Jagged Strips of Paint, Two LES Shows”, Hyperallergic, March 16
Zevitas, Steven. “Body, Landscape, Space: Top Ten Painting Shows in the U.S.”, The Huffington Post, March 9
Harris, Gareth. “Lower East Side Story”, Financial Times, February 25
“Gianna Commito's Paintings At The Armory Show”, The Huffington Post, February 25
2010
Kurzner, Lisa. “Gianna Commito”, review of Windows and Doors, Art in America, September 10 Utter, Douglas Max. “No Way Out”, review of Windows and Doors, The Cleveland Scene, March 3
Litt, Steven. “Gianna Commito's works at William Busta Gallery,” review of Windows and Doors, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 18
Donovan, Bill. “Gianna Commito”, Beautiful Decay Magazine, January 2
2009
Halperen, Max. “Art on Paper 2008”, Art Papers, March/April
2008
Tan, Lumi. “Critic’s Pick,” Artforum.com, July 17
2007
Baker, R.C., “Recommendations”, The Village Voice, October 9
Utter, Douglas Max. “Juxtapositions: Side by Side at MOCA”, Angle: a Journal of Arts and Culture, Issue 31, March/April
Lit, Steven. “Daring Pairings”, The Plain Dealer, January 30
Lewis, Zachary. “On View-Side by Side”, The Cleveland Scene, February, 6, p. 27

 

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