Resume & Bio
Resume organized by 2009 happenings, then by titles.
Thea Lanzisero, Huntington, NY 11743
2009:
"Vessels for Greek Light", environmental installation, ArtPark, Rhodes Greece, September 2009
4-Heads group show, "Armor for hydrothermal vents" installation at Governor's Island, NY, September 2009
Solo show, "Armor for Invertebrates", Northport Wine Cellars, Northport, NY, Aug -September 2009"
"Web", temporary interactive installation, Art in the Park, Northport Arts Coalition, Northport, NY, July 2009
Solstice Art Happening, A Midsummer Night Arts Event, Huntington, NY, June 2009
Tree Gems Collaborative traveling project: temporary outdoor environmental installation Bamboo/Solar/Post consumer material:
Opera Costumes, Paper sculpture, Opera Night, NY May, Oct. December 09
GRANTS/ COMMISSIONS:
2009 Body and Soul Yoga , sculpture commission, Huntington, NY
2008 JP Morgan Chase Individual Artist Grant, Bamboo Columns public art installation
2008 Heckscher Museum- Interactive sculpture for Family Day Celebration
2007 JP Morgan Chase Individual Artist Grant, Golden Spiral public installation
2007 NYFA SOS Grant
TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART:
2008 Town of Huntington Public Art Initiative, Bamboo Columns, Temporary Installation, June 08-Sept. 08, w/ S. Nightingale.
2008 Finalist: Scottsdale, AZ Public Art Program; temporary installation, Scottsdale Arts Festival
2008 Finalist: Town of Huntington, NY; Public Art Initiative, Waldbuams Mural Project
2007 Town of Huntington Public Art Initiative, NY, Starlight, triad of steel/solar light sculptures.
PUBLIC ART AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS
2008 Roanoke, VA, Percent for the Arts program, public art commission, steel/solar light sculptures
2008 Figment, sculpture at Governor’s Island, NY
2008 Art in the Garden, group sculpture exhibition, Reeves -Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ
2007 Golden Spiral, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
2007 Bamboo Wave Maze, Sculpture Key West Feb-April 07 and Exhibition Catalog
2007 Read My LIPSS, group show, S. Huntington Library, NY
2007 Rebirth, Project Eco-Vision, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY,
2006 Starlight, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn Bridge State Park, NY Aug-Oct 06
2005 a Maze-ing, NAC Art In the Park, Northport, NY Aug 05
2005 25th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show, Mather Hospital, NY
2004 24TH Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show, Mather Hospital, NY
INDOOR EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Visual Aids, group show/fundraiser, Metro Pictures, NY
2008 SOLO Show, Fresh Art LI, Toast, Port Jefferson, NY
2008 Group Exhibit, Summer Salon, Artes Gallery, 333 West 38th St., NY. NY
2008 Fresh Art LI, invitational group show, Brookhaven, NY, Catalog
2007 Fresh Art, invitational group show, Port Jefferson, NY
2007 Artist Residency maquettes from Heckscher Museum, Huntington Library, NY
2006 Small Works Group Show, OIA, Gallery 402, Tribeca, New York
2006 Reflections, Four person Show, Art-trium Gallery Space, March-June, Huntington Arts Council
2006 East End Arts Council, Group Show, Riverhead, NY
2005 Art League of LI, Group Show, painting, Huntington, NY
2005 HAC Art-trium Gallery, Group Show, Melville, NY
Selected COLLABORATIONS:
2008 Opera Costume for Lauren Haber, Opera Night Performances, Npt., NY
2007 Smooth Sailing: Beyond the Event Horizon, Mural on Racing Sail with S. Nightingale, Halesite, NY
2005 The Great Wall, collaborative mural with S. Nightingale, Eustis, FL.
2002 Orange Grove, mural collaboration w/S. Nightingale, Citrus Museum, Eustis, FL
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:
2007 Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
OTHER
07, 08 USDAN Creative and Performing Arts Camp, Whealty Heights, NY: Teacher/ kiln operator
2008 NYS Arts Alliance, Arts Summit 2008, Panel Member, “Green Art, Artists and the Environment
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts, MARK program
2008 NY Times, June 27, 2008, Figment at Governor’s island, NY
Selected CURATED shows
2000 Art Peace Exhibit, sponsored by NAC at the Northport Town Hall
2000 Beyond the Garden Wall, The Caumsett Foundation, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
1998 Everything Beautiful Under the Stars, Exhibit for The Nature Conservancy, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
1998 4 Artists, Four Weeks Exhibit SOMA Gallery, Northport, NY
1998 Turn of the Century 2000 A.D. Exhibit, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, NY
1994 BFA SUNY Purchase
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Bio
Thea Lanzisero makes art responding to her environment, personal as well as global.
With bamboo and jute rope she has been creating temporary outdoor environmental installations with a focus on public
participation and site specific presentation. These installations are imbued with community interaction and environmental themes
including the play of solar light.
Thea's private studio practice revolves around creating sculptural components for installation both indoor and out. These
sculptures are constructed of interconnected circular forms. Her most recent work made of cutouts using recycled paper,
reflects the spirit to protect nature with armor-like imagery that approach ethereal, ornamental and sometimes figurative.
In all of her work the balance of opposites are at constant play; Ancient vs. Modern; Masculine vs. Feminine and solid structure
vs open and ethereal form.
Thea received her BFA from SUNY Purchase in 1994 and has since been building her repertoire of objects and installations. She
has received grants from JP Morgan Chase, NYFA’s SOS Grant, and numerous commissions and public art installations in places
such as Huntington, NY, Roanoke, VA, the Brooklyn Bridge Park, Governor's Island, and Sculpture Key West. She was a panel
member in 2008 for “Green Art, Artists and the Environment”, with NY State Arts Alliance and was artist in residence in 2007
at the Heckscher Museum. She teaches and is head kiln operator at USDAN Creative and Performing Arts Summer Camp on Long
Island, NY.
Thea Lanzisero, Huntington, NY 11743
2009:
"Vessels for Greek Light", environmental installation, ArtPark, Rhodes Greece, September 2009
4-Heads group show, "Armor for hydrothermal vents" installation at Governor's Island, NY, September 2009
Solo show, "Armor for Invertebrates", Northport Wine Cellars, Northport, NY, Aug -September 2009"
"Web", temporary interactive installation, Art in the Park, Northport Arts Coalition, Northport, NY, July 2009
Solstice Art Happening, A Midsummer Night Arts Event, Huntington, NY, June 2009
Tree Gems Collaborative traveling project: temporary outdoor environmental installation Bamboo/Solar/Post consumer material:
- Spring - Fall 2009:
- Tree Gems, commissioned community interactive environmental installation, Art at First, First Presbyterian Church, NYC
- Tree Gems, Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ
- Tree Gems, Liberty State Park, Landmark Restaurant's outdoor sculpture garden, NJ
Opera Costumes, Paper sculpture, Opera Night, NY May, Oct. December 09
GRANTS/ COMMISSIONS:
2009 Body and Soul Yoga , sculpture commission, Huntington, NY
2008 JP Morgan Chase Individual Artist Grant, Bamboo Columns public art installation
2008 Heckscher Museum- Interactive sculpture for Family Day Celebration
2007 JP Morgan Chase Individual Artist Grant, Golden Spiral public installation
2007 NYFA SOS Grant
TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART:
2008 Town of Huntington Public Art Initiative, Bamboo Columns, Temporary Installation, June 08-Sept. 08, w/ S. Nightingale.
2008 Finalist: Scottsdale, AZ Public Art Program; temporary installation, Scottsdale Arts Festival
2008 Finalist: Town of Huntington, NY; Public Art Initiative, Waldbuams Mural Project
2007 Town of Huntington Public Art Initiative, NY, Starlight, triad of steel/solar light sculptures.
PUBLIC ART AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS
2008 Roanoke, VA, Percent for the Arts program, public art commission, steel/solar light sculptures
2008 Figment, sculpture at Governor’s Island, NY
2008 Art in the Garden, group sculpture exhibition, Reeves -Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ
2007 Golden Spiral, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
2007 Bamboo Wave Maze, Sculpture Key West Feb-April 07 and Exhibition Catalog
2007 Read My LIPSS, group show, S. Huntington Library, NY
2007 Rebirth, Project Eco-Vision, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY,
2006 Starlight, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn Bridge State Park, NY Aug-Oct 06
2005 a Maze-ing, NAC Art In the Park, Northport, NY Aug 05
2005 25th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show, Mather Hospital, NY
2004 24TH Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show, Mather Hospital, NY
INDOOR EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Visual Aids, group show/fundraiser, Metro Pictures, NY
2008 SOLO Show, Fresh Art LI, Toast, Port Jefferson, NY
2008 Group Exhibit, Summer Salon, Artes Gallery, 333 West 38th St., NY. NY
2008 Fresh Art LI, invitational group show, Brookhaven, NY, Catalog
2007 Fresh Art, invitational group show, Port Jefferson, NY
2007 Artist Residency maquettes from Heckscher Museum, Huntington Library, NY
2006 Small Works Group Show, OIA, Gallery 402, Tribeca, New York
2006 Reflections, Four person Show, Art-trium Gallery Space, March-June, Huntington Arts Council
2006 East End Arts Council, Group Show, Riverhead, NY
2005 Art League of LI, Group Show, painting, Huntington, NY
2005 HAC Art-trium Gallery, Group Show, Melville, NY
Selected COLLABORATIONS:
2008 Opera Costume for Lauren Haber, Opera Night Performances, Npt., NY
2007 Smooth Sailing: Beyond the Event Horizon, Mural on Racing Sail with S. Nightingale, Halesite, NY
2005 The Great Wall, collaborative mural with S. Nightingale, Eustis, FL.
2002 Orange Grove, mural collaboration w/S. Nightingale, Citrus Museum, Eustis, FL
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:
2007 Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
OTHER
07, 08 USDAN Creative and Performing Arts Camp, Whealty Heights, NY: Teacher/ kiln operator
2008 NYS Arts Alliance, Arts Summit 2008, Panel Member, “Green Art, Artists and the Environment
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts, MARK program
2008 NY Times, June 27, 2008, Figment at Governor’s island, NY
Selected CURATED shows
2000 Art Peace Exhibit, sponsored by NAC at the Northport Town Hall
2000 Beyond the Garden Wall, The Caumsett Foundation, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
1998 Everything Beautiful Under the Stars, Exhibit for The Nature Conservancy, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
1998 4 Artists, Four Weeks Exhibit SOMA Gallery, Northport, NY
1998 Turn of the Century 2000 A.D. Exhibit, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, NY
1994 BFA SUNY Purchase
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Bio
Thea Lanzisero makes art responding to her environment, personal as well as global.
With bamboo and jute rope she has been creating temporary outdoor environmental installations with a focus on public
participation and site specific presentation. These installations are imbued with community interaction and environmental themes
including the play of solar light.
Thea's private studio practice revolves around creating sculptural components for installation both indoor and out. These
sculptures are constructed of interconnected circular forms. Her most recent work made of cutouts using recycled paper,
reflects the spirit to protect nature with armor-like imagery that approach ethereal, ornamental and sometimes figurative.
In all of her work the balance of opposites are at constant play; Ancient vs. Modern; Masculine vs. Feminine and solid structure
vs open and ethereal form.
Thea received her BFA from SUNY Purchase in 1994 and has since been building her repertoire of objects and installations. She
has received grants from JP Morgan Chase, NYFA’s SOS Grant, and numerous commissions and public art installations in places
such as Huntington, NY, Roanoke, VA, the Brooklyn Bridge Park, Governor's Island, and Sculpture Key West. She was a panel
member in 2008 for “Green Art, Artists and the Environment”, with NY State Arts Alliance and was artist in residence in 2007
at the Heckscher Museum. She teaches and is head kiln operator at USDAN Creative and Performing Arts Summer Camp on Long
Island, NY.
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