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