Kristin resume (in word document)

Kristin M. Bly
of: newsense enterprises
1376 Fry Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44107
redundantredundant@ameritech.net

Kristin Bly is represented by JayJay (Sacramento, CA)

SELECTED EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS:

2009
There Goes the Neighborhood. MOCA Cleveland.Invitational group exhibition.Curator, Megan Lykins-Reich.

2008
Kristin Bly: More Work. Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center. Cincinnati, Ohio. Solo exhibition. Curator, Maiza Hixson.
At the Cellular Level. Brandt Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Daiv Whaley.

2007
FLOW (Miami International Art Fair). In conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach. South Beach, Florida. With gallery, JayJay (Sacramento, CA).
Midwest Biennial. Peeler Art Center. DePauw University. Greencastle, Indiana. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Kaytie Johnson
missed-measured-meant. JayJay Gallery. Sacramento, California. Two-person exhibition.

2006
Street Repairs. SPACES Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Don Harvey.
Into View: Celebrating 15 Years of Window to Sculpture. Cleveland State University Art Gallery in partnership with The Sculpture Center. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition (alumni artists having previously exhibited at The Sculpture Center).

2005
Incorporated. Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Mathew Distel.
Pan/Sonic. Northern Illinois University Art Gallery in Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Heather Weber.

2004
SUB: Cultural, Textual, Liminal. Space. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Sharmila Venkatasubban.
Finely Low: High Craft Workshop Series. Heights Arts. Cleveland, Ohio. Solo exhibition. Site specific installation with ongoing interactive performance. Curator, William Busta.

2003
drift:shift. Linda Schwartz Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Todd Pavlisko
Love Lots. Linda Schwartz Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio. Two-person exhibition / performance - installation.
Pandemonium. Cleveland Public Theatre. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group call for site-specific installation environments. Curator, Susan Umbenhour.

2002
Intermedia Series. Aronoff Center for the Arts. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational performance festival.
Land Marks: Territorial Interactions. Hawken Upper School Art Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Christopher Bedford.
Interchange: NYC. Continuation of Interchange curatorial project. Three-day collaborative effort with exhibition manifest in Bomb magazine. New York, New York - international distribution.
Parts and Labor. The Sculpture Center. Cleveland, Ohio. Solo exhibition / performance - installation.
48 Hours. B.K. Smith Gallery. Lake Erie College. Painesville, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Kristin Chambers.

2001
Intermedia Series. Aronoff Center for the Arts. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational performance festival.
Interchange: Simultaneity in Action. West-Indisch Huis. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Media performance event with following panel discussion moderated by Vicente Carretón.
Celebration of the Spirit. Lakeview Cemetery. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.

2000
Trail of Narratives. Here Here Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Frank Green.
Stacked. Weston Art Gallery. The Aronoff Center for the Arts. Cincinnati, Ohio. Group exhibition.
Let’s Get Physical. Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCA. Cleveland, Ohio. Performance event coordination in conjunction with the exhibition - Achieving Failure: Gym Culture 2000 - from Thread Waxing Space in New York, NY.
Painting Function: Making It Real. Spaces. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Saul Ostrow.

1999
Match Box. Everyday Places. Alfred, New York. Invitational group exhibition.
Collecting : Collecting. The Robert J. Shiffler Foundation. Greenville, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, Peter Huttinger.
Evacuation Piece and Wrestling Challenge. The Cleveland International Performance Art Festival at The Cleveland Public Theater. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational performance art series.
60 Seconds. Fox Network Television News. Cleveland, Ohio. Response for invitation to create a performative work on morning news segment. Coordinated with Thomas Mulready.
Built. Rike Center Gallery. University of Dayton. Dayton, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curators, Matthew Distel and Peter Huttinger.
Superheroes Never Sleep. The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art. Performance event/film screening involving a slumber party and pancake breakfast.

1998
Skim Graft. The Carnegie Galleries. Covington, Kentucky. Solo exhibition.
Recent Works. The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. New Harmony, Indiana. Two-person invitational exhibition.
Objects of Wonder. 840 Gallery. The University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.
Pre-Millennial Stress. DIRT Gallery. Kansas City, Missouri. Invitational group exhibition.
Carnival Midway. The Contemporary Art Center. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational performance event involving the replication of carnival culture. Organized in collaboration with the Cultural Machine Complex.
THEY. SPACES. Cleveland, Ohio. Mixed media conceptual office installed in conjunction with Agitprop: Printmaking Today curated by Wayne Draznin.
My Kid Could Do That. DiLeia Contemporary. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.
Snapshot. Art Orgy. Seattle, Washington. Invitational group exhibition.
Culture Wars Wrestling Series. Performance Time Arts Series at The Dance Hall. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational performance event in collaboration with the Cultural Machine Complex.
Is That All There Is? / A PMT Variety Show. Borders Books and Music. Beachwood, Ohio. Multi-media performance event responding to millennial hyper-hysteria.
Jackpot. DiLeia Contemporary. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition in conjunction with Seven Speed Vortex.
Paint the Town. The Pub. Glenville, West Virginia. Performance / social action involving spontaneous fingernail painting to local patrons of The Pub.

1997
Sell Out. INFUSION Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.
Projects.doc : works from the Robert J. Shiffler Foundation. Weston Art Gallery. The Aronoff Center for the Arts. Cincinnati, Ohio. Group exhibition of works in the collection of Robert Shiffler. Curator, Peter Huttinger.
The Lovely and the Fluffy. Semantics Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition. Curator, David Dillon.
Before Inventory. KZF Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.
Addendum. The Gallery of Wellage and Buxton. Cincinnati, Ohio. Solo exhibition.
Bordering on Conflict. Alternative site exhibition organized by gallerygreen. Oxford, Ohio. Curator, Todd Pavlisko.

1996
Small. Studio Paolo. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.
Spirit and Matter : Contemporary Artists and the Iconic. Mabee Gallery. Culver-Stockton College. Canton, Missouri. Invitational group exhibition.
Infidels. Dancing Crane Gallery. Covington, Kentucky. Two-person exhibition.
Evicted. Alternative site exhibition organized by DiLeia Contemporary. Oxford, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.

1995
Directions. Editions Limited. Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana University Faculty Exhibition.
Crust Parts. C.A.G.E. Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio. Two-person exhibition.
Fully Furnished. Dancing Crane Gallery. Covington, Kentucky. Invitational group exhibition.

1994
Icon, Can You Con?. The Charles Mayer Gallery. Akron, Ohio. Two-person exhibition.
All Beliefs Accepted. Artists Unlimited, Inc. Tampa, Florida. Nationally juried exhibition.
And How. Alternative Gallery. Wright State University. Dayton, Ohio. Solo exhibition.
All Wool and a Yard Wide. Machine Shop Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio. Invitational group exhibition.
Three for There for. North Gallery. Miami University. Oxford, Ohio. Three-person exhibition.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2005
Eat Sugar Spend Money. newsense gallery. Lakewood, Ohio.

2004
Your Ticket to Hell. Cleveland Public Theatre. Cleveland, Ohio.

2003
Scout (traveling). Glenville State College Art Gallery. Glenville, West Virginia.
target : audience. newsense gallery. Lakewood, Ohio.

2002
Scout. newsense gallery. Lakewood, Ohio.

2001
Interchange: Simultaneity in Action. West-Indisch Huis. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Domestic Bliss. newsense gallery. Lakewood, Ohio.
Relay. Art Gallery at Cuyahoga Community College (East). Highland Hills, OH.

2000
Let's Get Physical. Museum of Contemporary Art – MOCA. Cleveland, OH.
Greater Than or Equal To. newsense gallery. Lakewood, Ohio.

1999
Superheroes Never Sleep. Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCA. Cleveland, Ohio.
The Other Book. Cleveland State University Art Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio.

1998
Is That All There Is? / A PMT Variety Show. Borders Books and Music. Beachwood, Ohio.
Kim Humphries [solo show]. Dileia Contemporary. Cincinnati, Ohio.

1997
Chaperone. Dileia Contemporary. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Talent Show. Dileia Contemporary. Cincinnati, Ohio.

1996
redundant redundant. Dileia Contemporary. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sorta Sordid. Dileia Contemporary. Cincinnati, Ohio.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006
- Utter, Douglas Max. Not so mean streets. Cleveland Free Times. September 20, 2006.

2005
- Recht, Stacey. The art of sedition. City Beat. February 9, 2005.
- Weber, Heather. Pan/Sonic. (catalogue w/ illus.). Northern Illinois University Art Gallery in Chicago.
- Tranberg, Dan. Shedding sweetness and light on our society's heavy subjects. The Plain Dealer. August 05, 2005.

2004
- Meyer, Ruth K. DRIFT:SHIFT confirms change at Linda Schwartz Gallery. I-Rhine. February 1, 2004
- Thomas, Mary. Artists illustrate their political feelings. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 1, 2004

2003
- Loughnane, Andrew K. Love Lots. ArtSpike Magazine. November 20 - December 2, 2003.

2002
- catalogue. 48 Hours of making art (catalogue, illus., and situational text. non-paginated bookwork). B.K. Smith Gallery. Lake Erie College.
- Dissell, Rachael. Creative spirit burns with energy. The Plain Dealer. October 7, 2002.
- Maier, Aaron. The cutting edge. City Beat. October 3, 2002.
- situational artwork. BOMB. Spring 2002.
- Tranberg, Dan. Scout Show demonstrates artists know the ropes. The Plain Dealer. November 15, 2002.
- Tranberg, Dan. With art, what you see isn't always what you get. The Plain Dealer. September 27, 2002.
- Utter, Douglas Max. Illusion and reality. Cleveland Free Times. October 2, 2002.

2001
- Demaline, Jackie. Pushing art's boundaries. Cincinnati Inquirer. May 3, 2001
- catalogue. Celebration of the spirit (illus. p16-17). Lake View Cemetery.
- Tranberg, Dan. New Views at Lake View. Cleveland Free Times. July 25, 2001.
- Tranberg, Dan. A couples affair 'Domestic Bliss' does the two-step. Cleveland Free Times.September 5, 2001.
- Tranberg, Dan. Artist-couples collaborate on 'Domestic Bliss'. The Plain Dealer. August 24, 2001.

2000
- catalogue. STACKED. Weston Art Gallery. The Aronoff Center for the Arts.
- Ostrow, Saul. Painting Function: Making it Real (catalogue, illus. p13). SPACES.
- Riddle, Kathryn. Let's get Physical. Currents. July 20, 2000.
- Tranberg, Dan. The object itself. Cleveland Free Times. January 19, 2000.
- Tranberg, Dan. An unruly mishmash. Cleveland Free Times. October 25, 2000.

1999
- Barber, Cindy. Performance art festival blows its horn for last time. The Plain Dealer. April 27, 1999.
- catalogue. The Other Book. Cleveland State University.
- unknown. Closing Sculpture. The Dayton Voice. February 4, 1999.
- Yalkut, Jud. Prints, paints, and 'Built' environments. The Dayton Voice. February 4, 1999.

1998
- Green, Frank. Stating the case. Cleveland Free Times. December 23, 1998.
- Marko, Andy. Jackpot. dialogue. May-June, 1998.

1997
- catalogue. Projects.doc. Weston Art Gallery. The Aronoff Center for the Arts.
- Marko, Andy. The art of endurance. Everybody's News. March 21, 1997.
- Campo, Amanda. Bordering on conflict calms the starving artist. Miami Student. April 27, 1997.



EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting. Miami University. Oxford, Ohio. August, 1994.

Master of Arts Degree in Art Education. Miami University. Oxford, Ohio. August, 1992.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art. Glenville State College. Glenville, West Virginia. May, 1991.