Marisa Tesauro

Via Mentana 24, 10133, Torino, TO, Italia

Education

2001 Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Providence, RI


Solo Exhibitions

2015 Hunter’s Point South, Construction Burial Sites, Site-specific Installation, Queens, NY

            Bay Ridge SAW Public Art Program, Inclinations, Site-specific public art, Brooklyn, NY

2014  La Specola Museum of Natural History, Miti Oggi Ruderi Domani, Florence, Italy

2012  Catoio Add’u Padizzu, Via Roma 2, Site-specific Installation, Monasterace, Italy

2011  Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Specchi, New York City, NY

2010  Milk Studios, MEMPHIS, Site-specific Installation, New York, NY

2009  Eyebeam Gallery, Crystalarium, Site-specific Installation, New York City , NY

2006  La Escocesa, “Deja Tú Marca Aquí”, Site-specific Installation/Performance, Barcelona, Spain 

2004  Topic Magazine, 100 Pounds of Dick Cheney, Performance, Table 50, New York City, NY

  Old American Can Factory, Field, Site-specific Installation, Brooklyn, NY


Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 Stand4 Gallery, Form Re-Formed, 3 person exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

    Martina Simeti, There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in, Milan, Italy

2019 Project:ARTspace, Surrogate Histories/ Projected Remains, New York City, NY

    Andrew Edlin Gallery, Big Ringer, New York City, NY

2017 Stand4 Gallery, The Way We Were, Brooklyn, NY

2016 Queens Museum of Art, Chance Ecologies, Queens, NY 

    Dickinson Roundell Gallery, Scent, New York City, NY

    Radiator Gallery, Chance Ecologies, Queens, NY

2014 ARTECHO, A Remix of Abundance:Constructing Sustainability, New York City, NY

2013 John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 4 Artists, New York City, NY

  Bronx Museum of the Arts, BRONX CALLING:THE SECOND AIM BIENNIAL, Bronx, NY            

   AS Studios at 526 West 26th Street, Real Time, New York City, NY

2012 NARS Foundation, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

        Newton Art Center, Out of the Ruins: Reimagining the Romantic Tradition, Newton, MA             

             Hillyer Art Space, Lo Studio dei Nipoti, Washington D.C.

             No Longer Empty at The Andrew Freedman Home, This Side of Paradise, Bronx, NY

2011    NARS Foundation, Sunset Rising, Brooklyn, NY

    NARS Foundation, Bridges, Trees, Skulls, Pies and Other Treasure Trails, Brooklyn, NY                      

             ARTBLOGARTBLOG, ¨If you like it take it home.¨, NYC, NY

             Samson Projects, Chain Letter, Boston, MA

             Galapagos Art Space, Talented Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

2010    Partners & Spade, Lawn Project, New York City, NY

             One Story Press, One Story Press and Selected Artists, Brooklyn, NY

2008   Casaborne Gallery, Born III, Antequera, Spain

2007   Patio de la Hospedería de Monasterio de San Benito, Bienal de Escultura, Valladolid, Spain 

2004   Staygold Gallery, Threads, Associations and Implications, Brooklyn, NY 

2003   4th ave., Pulpo de las Calles, Public Intervention, Brooklyn, NY

2001   Woods Gerry Hall (RISD), Pod, Providence, RI

             Benson Hall (RISD), Façade, Providence, RI

2000    Apt. 3 Gallery, 6 Artists/6 Rooms, Site-specific Installation, Providence, RI


Related Projects

2019    La Romanizzazione Dell’Italia Ionica, Aspetti e Problemi, featuring Miti Oggi Ruderi Domani, Lepore, Lucia, Università degli studi di Firenze, Museo Di Storia Naturale

2017   Guest host with Catherine Grau, Contamination on -empyre-, Cornell University

2016    Artist Book, Relics in the Construction of Place., In Conjunction with Chance Ecologies, Queens Museum, NY

2014   Artist talk at the Museum La Specola in conjunction with the archeology  conference,

             La Romanizzazione Della Citta’ dei Centri e Dei Territori dell’Italia Ionica,Florence,Italy

2012   Artist Book, Strutture, published by Content Series, Brooklyn,NY, available at Printed Matter

             Performer, “Spartacus Chetwynd: Homemade Teasers”, The New Museum, New York, NY 

2011   Sculpture Edition Project, Ruminations, commissioned by Worthwhisland,  Brooklyn, NY


Selected Residencies/Awards

2024   Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant

2017    NYFA Artist As Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program

2016   Queens Museum Studio in the Park Residency, Chance Ecologies, Queens, NY

2015    Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant

             Site-specific installation project, Aieta, Calabria, Italy

             Bay Ridge SAW, selected artist, Brooklyn, NY

2014   Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant

2013   Artist Pension Trust, Participating Artist

             Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Guest Curator Picks, Betti-Sue Hertz, Director of Visual Arts, San Francisco, CA

             Montclair Art Museum, Guest Curator Picks, Alexandra Schwartz,Curator, Montclair, NJ

2012    Bronx Museum of the Arts, Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program, Bronx, NY

             AS Artists, Artist Registry curated by Jill Conner, New York City, NY

             Monasterace Artist in Residence, Monasterace, Italy

2011   Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Award, Johnson, VT

2008   XO Projects, Artist in Residence, Brooklyn, NY

2003   XO Projects, Artist in Residence, Brooklyn, NY

2001   Yvonne Force Award

1997   Rhode Island School of Design, Award of Excellence Scholarship 1997-2001


Selected Bibliography

2024   Nwonukwue, Ada, I like Your Work Podcast, Studio Visit Artist, August

            Rivera Amin, Lakshmi, Hyperallergic, A View from the Easel (238th Installment)

2022  Galbiati, Matteo, Oltre La Perfezione, Attraverso Una Crepa… Sei Artisti Reinterpretano La Realtà, EspoArte, February 10

            Vallorani, Vinicius Jayme, T-Mag IMO: Art Experience (January 2022), t-mag, February 4

2019  Lepore, Lucia, La Romanizzazione Dell’Italia Ionica, Aspetti e Problemi, Monograph, the work and writing of Marisa Tesauro from the exhibition

Miti Oggi Ruderi Domani, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Museo Di Storia Naturale

2016  Alvarez Fernandez, Maximino, Hunters Point, January 26

2015  D’Agostino, Paul, L Rex: Art, The L Magazine, June 6

            Malone, Başak, The New Collectors Book 2015

2013  Briscese, Rosangela, Italics, The Italian American Television, Calandra Institute

            Sciorra, Joseph, Il Bollettino, In Piazza, Vol. 6, Issue 1

2012   Raco, Vincenzo, Artisti a Monasterace, Il Quotidiano della Calabria, May 5

2010  Cano, Jorge and Orozco, Marta, Textos Elásticos, Visualización Dínamica de Textos,

            La Imagen es un Texto, Centro de Arte y Creación Industríal Laboral de Gijón, February

2009  Mankin, Jen, “The Cut”, New York Magazine, February 16

2008  Robles, Ana, Se Ruega No Tocar,“La Ciudad Ideal de Marisa Tesauro”,  La Fresa Magazine