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Cornell University 2262 Slaterville Road
Department of Art Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14853
E-mail: rtf9@cornell.edu
Website: http://www.renateferro.net
2004 MFA Cornell University, Fine Arts/New Media
1982 MS Elmira College, Printmaking/Education
1976 BA Mercyhurst College, Fine Arts
2004 to present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Department of Art
Teaching: Digital, Conceptual
Solo presentations are denoted with an *
2007 Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, “Snap To Grid”,
installation still
Apex Art, New York, NY, “The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe”,
digital photography
AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Canada, “Square Foot”, digital photography
Tsing Hua University, Beijing China, “Critical Art: Faculty of Cornell
University Art Department”, One-channel video installation, Virtual Trunk
Hang Zhou Museum of Fine Arts, Hang Zhou, China, “Critical Art: Faculty
of Cornell University Art Department, One-channel video installation,
Virtual Trunk
*Finger Lakes Environmental International Film Festival (FLEFF), Ithaca
College, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca, New York, curated by Patricia Zimmerman and Thomas Shevory,
commissioned installation, Four- channel new media installation, Panic Hits Home
2006 * NEH/Boatwright Festival for the Arts, University of Richmond, Richmond,
Virginia, One-channel video installation, Anamnesis: Lyotard Revisited
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1
channel video installation, Anamnesis: Lyotard Revisited
2005 Schweinfurth Museum, “Made in New York” juried biennial, Auburn, New
York, installations: Virtual Trunk and The Cabinet
New York State Decentralization Light in Winter Festival, “Bodies Through
Technology”, Ithaca, New York, digital photography
2004 Mercyhurst College Faculty Invitational, Cummins Gallery, Erie, Pa,
digital installation, Mining Memory: The Cabinet
Ink Shop Printmaking Cooperative Juried Exhibition, Ithaca, NY,
Installation, My Mother Told Me So
2003 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Education Gallery, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY, new media installation, Moving Portrait,
2002 State of the Art Gallery Invitational Print Show, Ithaca, NY, prints
2001 Red Newt Cellars Winery presents Ithaca Art Trail, Hector, NY, prints
“The Inscribed Image” curated by Mary Zebell, Tompkins County
Public Library, Ithaca, NY, mixed media and text
2000 West Hartford Juried Arts Festival, West Hartford, Connecticut, print show
Mystic Juried Arts Festival, Mystic Connecticut, print show
1999 Gallery 210 Juried Print Show, Syracuse, NY, prints
1997 Upstairs Gallery Invitational, Ithaca, NY, print
1996 Albany Institute of Arts and Sciences, Rice Gallery, curated show
“ Women’s Choices, Albany, NY, drawings and mixed media
1996 * Cornell University Hartell Gallery, mixed media works on paper,
Birthworks
1994 * Hallwalls Women’s Window box Series, Buffalo, NY, installation
MANA Juried Art Exhibition “The Birth of Art the Art of Birth”,
Congress Hotel, Chicago, IL, mixed media
1992 State of the Art Gallery Invitational, “The Columbus Quincentennial Pre-
Constructionist Project, Ithaca, NY, mixed media print
1991 Upstairs Gallery Invitational Print Show, Ithaca, NY, print
1990 15 Steps Gallery Valentines Invitational, Ithaca, NY, prints
1989 New York Women’s Caucus Juried Show “In and Out of Bounds”, Green
Hut Gallery, Albany, NY, prints
1988 Memorial Art Gallery Juried Show, Rochester, NY, print
York Riverwalk National Juried Print Exhibition, York, Pa, print (Honorable
Mention)
Village Gate Art Center, “Portraits” curated by Danika Eskind, Rochester,
NY, prints
1987 Village Gate Art Center, Invitational curated by David Kwasigrow,
Rochester, NY, large-scale prints
Brand Art Gallery Juried Show, Los Angeles, CA, prints
Albany institute of Arts and Sciences Rice Gallery Invitational, Albany, NY,
prints
1986 New Acquisitions Gallery Invitational, Syracuse, NY, prints
1985 Atlantic Gallery Invitational Show, New York, NY, print show
Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco, CA., acquisitions department
Reiss Gallery, Denver, CO, acquisitions department
1984 * Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY, print show YBOR City Print National
Juried Print Show curated by Mauricio Lasansky, Ybor City, Florida, prints (Color Print Award)
1983 * Ithaca House Gallery, Ithaca, NY, print show
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Acquisitions Invitational, Rochester, NY,
2007 to present
Co-Moderator, for –EMPYRE-- soft-skinned space, New Media List Serve, based at College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia, featured as an on-line journal at Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany June 16 – September 23, 2007 http://magazines.documenta.de/frontend/index.php?IdMagazine=59
2005 to present
Art Editor, diacritics, Journal of Literary Criticism, Johns HopkinsUniversity Press, curated work of Lynn Hershman, Xu Bing, Antoni Muntadas, Diana Cooper, Jen and Kevin McCoy, Maurice Benayoun, Rachel Harris, Mary Kelly, Phillip Mallory Jones
2005 to present
International Advisory Board –Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media
2007 Women Direct Anniversary Installation Grant, Ithaca, New York
2006 Experimental Television Center Residency, Owego, New York
1998 NYS Council for the Arts Grant- Direct Support Grant
1992 Tompkins County Community Arts Partnership- Direct Support Grant
1988 Artist’s Space Installation Grant, New York, New York
1984 YBOR City National Print Show, Color Print Award, Ybor City, Florida
CATALOGS/ ESSAYS/REVIEWS
2007 "Critical Art: Faculty of the Cornell University Department of
Art", full color exhibition catalog with essay for China Exhibition,
essay and illustrations p 22-25
2007 Apex Art, New York, NY, “The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe”,
pamphlet
1989 “Artists Redefining Printmaking Rules” by Louise Krazniewicz in The
Albany Times Union, review p d2
1988 “The Last Picture Show” by Judith Reynolds in The Rochester City
Newspaper, review p7
1986 Syracuse Herald American Stars Magazine, review by Sherry Chayat
P.9-10
2007 Conference Director, Feminist Visualities, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
March
Artist’s Talk, Feminist Visualities, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March
2006 Panel Chair, Thinking the Surface, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, October
2005 Curator, Bodies Through Technology, Public Library, Ithaca, NY funded by
The NYS Council for the Arts/ Decentralization, January
Conference panelist, “Bodies Through Technology”
2004 Conference Participant, L’Art a-t-il besoin de l’informatique? (Does Art
Need Computing?) Centre Culturel de Cerisy-la-Salle, France, July
Conference summary panelist, Subjectivity, Embodiment, and the
Transformation of Cinematic Practice in Contemporary New Media
Art, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, April
Invited Alumni Artist’s Talk, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania
2003 Conference Panel Chair, Sound Cultures, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
September
1988 Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, Common Learning
Program on Public Art
1987 Resident, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France, Fall 1987
Public Lecture, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis France, November
2004 Cover Art, Cornell University Press, History In Transit by Dominick La
Capra
1997 Cover Art, University of Michigan Press, Mimesis, Masochism, and Mime
by Timothy Murray
1993 Cover Art, Routledge Press, Like a Film by Timothy Murray
1989 Cover Art and 5 Illustrations, Johns Hopkins University Press, diacritics
1987 Cover Art, Oxford University Press, Theatrical Legitimation by Timothy
Murray
1984-87
Cover Art, Theatre Journal. Johns Hopkins University Press,
Volumes 36 to 39
1985 Cover Art, Epoch, Cornell University Press
1985 Critical Art Reviews, Nine Art Reviews written for Critique, Issues
Nos. 2-10 Volume 1
Canadian Pacific Limited, Tompkins County Mental Health, Statler Inn, Mount Sinai Hospital, City of Ithaca Centennial Collection, Tompkins County Human Services, YBOR City Florida Chamber of Commerce, Borg Warner Corporation, and selected private collections in the United States, Canada, France, Australia, and Germany.
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