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BORINQUEN GALLO

borinquengallo@gmail.com

art@alessandrobernigallery.com

www.artsy.net/partner/alessandro-berni-gallery/artists/borinquen-gallo

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

EDUCATION           

 

2010-14  EdD Art and Art Education Teachers College, Columbia              

             University, New York, New York

 

2005      New York State Teaching Certification in Art and Art Education

             Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.        

   

2000      MFA Concentration: Painting

             CUNY Hunter College, New York, New York

 

1997       BFA Concentration: Painting and Sculpture

             The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020       Adjunct Associate Professor, Pratt Institute

              Department of Art and Design Education

              Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2019       Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute

             Department of Art and Design Education

             Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

 

2014-19   Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute

              Department of Art and Design Education

              Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

 

2011-14    Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, (Full time non-tenure track)

              Department of Art and Design Education

              Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

GRADUATE COURSES

 

ED 660A  Thesis I

ED 660B  Thesis II

ADE 630   Media and Materials: From Studio to Classroom

ADE 521   Student Teaching: Saturday Art School

ADE 522   Student Teaching II: Saturday Art School

ADE 616C The Inclusive Art Room with Special Needs Populations

ADE 531   Student Teaching in the Public Schools (K-12)

ADE 532   Student Teaching Seminar

 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

 

ED 407    Curating Learning 

ED 400    Foundations in History and Philosophy of Art Education

ED 406    American Urban Education: Issues and Contexts

ADE 215   Fieldwork in Art and Design Education

ADE 302  Media and Materials I

 

SPECIAL TOPICS COURSES

ADE 414P/614 Community-Based Internship Pratt in Puerto Rico 

PIC Pratt Integrated Courses: Scientific Provocations (upcoming)

ADE 621: Reclaim Works: Community-Based Art & Design Education

http://www.myrtleavenue.org/pratt-middle-school-students-create-designs-bqe/

DEPARTMENT AND INSTITUTE SERVICE

2020-1   Member of the AICAD BIPOC Academic Leadership Institute

 

2021      Member of the Pratt Internationalization Lab Curriculum and Learning Committee 

2013-4   Art and Design Education Coordinator of Drawing Democracies

            Interdepartmental campus-wide event

            Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY   

            https://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrossprojectspace/sets/72157649017399575/

            http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrossprojectspace/sets/72157636872077994/     

 

2011-4   Member of the ADE Peer Review Committee

 

2011-4   Member of the ADE Curriculum Committee

 

2012-4   Member of the ADE Admissions Committee

 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXPERIENCE

2015-6   Studio Practice Program Head, National Academy School, New York, NY
            Duties included: strategic planning, faculty development, hiring and recruitment, organizing and leading faculty meetings, heading curriculum              committee, coordinating visiting artist and academician lectures and workshops

2011-4   Point Person of Saturday Art School, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
            Laboratory school on the campus of Pratt Institute that offers a range of art classes for children and adolescents ages 3-18; Duties included                scheduling meetings, training and supervising student teachers, planning and conducting professional development for students and                          teachers, designing assessment instruments to measure the progress of the program

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2020-1     Mentor, New York Arts Program, New York, New York 

2021        Juror, AIM Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY

2019       Panelist, Early Art Practitioners, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY

2018-19   Part-time Faculty, New York School of the Arts, New York, NY

              Courses: Sculpture and Professional Practice

2017       Panelist, Percent for Art Selection Panel, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY

2015-16   Part-time Faculty, MFA and PhD Studio Advisor, Transart Institute for Creative Research, New York, NY

2012-7     Part-time Faculty, Sculpture and Multimedia, National Academy Museum and School, New York, NY

              Courses: Remixing the Ordinary 

              Drawing, Installation, Site-specificity 
 

2012-18    Juror, Scholastic Art & Writing Award/Category: Sculpture, New York, NY

 

2005-11   Visual Arts Cluster Teacher (K-8 tenured), at P.S/I.S. 268, Jamaica, NY,           

              NYC Department of Education, New York, NY

 

2006-11   Professional Development Blueprint Facilitator, New York City

              Department of Education Department of Arts and Special Projects,

              New York, NY               

 

2004-5   Artist in Residence, at P.S/I.S. 268, Jamaica, New York,             

             Studio in a School, New York, NY

 

1998      Art Instructor, The Lab School, Bronx, NY

 

1997-8   Visiting Teaching Artist, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

 

1995-6   Art Instructor, The Cooper Union Saturday Program, New York, NY

 

1997      Italian Instructor, The Cooper Union School of Humanities, New York, NY

 

AWARDS

 

2016      Percent for Art Commission, New York, NY Public Art Commission for 40th Precinct Station House, Bronx, NY (upcoming in 2025)

 

2015      Sol Shaviro Award, Bronx Museum of the Arts. Bronx, NY

 

2015      Arts Fund Grant, Bronx Council of the Arts. Bronx, NY

 

2014     The BRIO Award, Bronx Council for the Arts. Bronx, NY

 

2010     The Marion Netter Fellowship. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

 

2009     The Doris Liebowitz Art Educator Award. The New York City Art Teachers Association/United Federation of Teachers

            Outstanding Art Educator Award, New York, NY

 

1997     The Ethel Cram Award, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY

 

RESIDENCIES

2019     Art Artists and You, Children Museum of Manhattan Artist in Residence, New York, NY

2016     Skidmore College Art Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY

2015     Artists In the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

 

2013     The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

 

2010     The Cooper Union Artist Residency, The Cooper Union for the

           Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY

 

1993     Seminars of Sacred Art, Istituto di Arte Sacra Beato Angelico,

           Rome, Italy

EXHIBITIONS

2021     Inside Art, Children Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY

2019    NY Latin American Art Triennial, Bronx, NY 

 

2019    Volta, Plan B, Malin Gallery hosted by David Zwirner Gallery, New York NY

2018    Solo Exhibition, Like an Orchid for a Love Struck Bee, Burning in Water Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

 

2018     Alchemy, BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY

 

2017     Uproot, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

 

2017     Solo Exhibition, Like an Orchid for a Love Struck Bee, Burning in Water Gallery, New York, NY

 

2017     Solo Exhibition, Be(e) Sanctuary, Wave Hill, Sunroom Project Space, Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, NY

 

2017     Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum, New York, NY (catalog)

 

2016     The Bee’s Knees, MoCADA and BQLT, Green Garden, Brooklyn, NY

 

2016     Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY (catalog)

 

2016     Summer Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

 

2016     BRIO VI- Material, Culture + Conditions, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

 

2016     Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum, New York, NY, (catalog)

 

2015     Scope Miami Beach, Alessandro Berni Gallery, South Beach, FL

 

2015     Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY (catalog)

 

2015     Behind Doors and Through Windows: Reflections on Contemporary Artistic Life, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY

 

2015     Bronx Calling: the Third AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NYb(catalog)

 

2015     Warsaw International Art Expo, Warsaw, Poland

 

2015     Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum, New York, NY(catalog)

 

2015     Repsychling, Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NYn(catalog)

 

2015     Clio Art Fair, The Anti-Fair for Independent Artists, New York, NY (catalog)

 

2015     Performing Education: When Pedagogy Meets Performance, Nancy Ross Project Space, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

 

2014      Feel Life, Kate Shin Gallery, New York, NY

 

2014      The Paradox of Sculpture, The National Academy Museum, New York, NY

 

2014      Clio Art Fair the Anti-Fair for Independent Artists, New York, NY

 

2013      An Inclusive World, Queens Museum, Queens, NY

 

2013      Italian Vibrations, Provenance Center, New London, CT

 

2013      An Inclusive World, Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, NY

 

2012      The National Academy Museum and School, Faculty Exhibition, The National Academy Museum, New York, NY (catalog)

 

2012      The Hennessy Youngman’s Show: it’s a Small, Small World, Family Business Gallery,New York, NY

 

2012      Pool Art Fair, Flatiron Hotel, New York, NY

 

2011      Subtitled, Site 110 Gallery, New York, NY

 

2011      Pool Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY

 

2011      Queens: Multiple Visions, Queens Museum, Queens, NY

 

2010      Processes and Structures, Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

 

2010      NYCATA/UFT Artist/Teacher Exhibition, The Arts Horizon Leroy Neiman Art Center, New York, NY

 

2010     The Cooper Union A.I.R. Exhibition, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY

 

2010     NYCATA/UFT Spring 2010 Artist/Teacher Exhibition, The Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

 

2006     Artist as Teachers/Teachers as Artists, The Clarence Bunch Art Gallery, Powdermaker Hall, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY

 

2000     Solo Exhibition, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY

 

1997     Solo Exhibition, BFA Thesis Exhibition, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2019        Curating Learning, Nancy Ross Project Space, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2016        Exhibiting Education: Control and Resistance, Nancy Ross Project Space, Pratt Institute,

              Brooklyn, NY,  (co-curated with Heather Lewis)

 

2015        Exhibiting Education: (Re)Imagining Urban Myths, Nancy Ross Project Space, Pratt Institute, 

              Brooklyn, NY, (co-curated with Heather Lewis and Christopher Kennedy)

              https://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrossprojectspace/albums/72157669660590170

 

2015        Outbound, 103 Allen Street, LES, New York, NY

 

2014        Reclaim Works, BAM Fischer, Brooklyn, NY

              https://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrossprojectspace/sets/72157644952076873/

 

2013        Exhibiting Education, Dumbo Art Center, Front Street Galleries, Brooklyn, NY

              (co-curated with Heather Lewis, Lisa Capone, Amy Snider,Theodora Skipitares)

              http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrossprojectspace/sets/72157638550694094/

 

2013        Visualizing Inquiry and Representation: Artists as researchers and Educators, ADE Thesis

              Exhibition, Front Street Galleries, Brooklyn, NY (co-curated with Heather Lewis)

              http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrossprojectspace/sets/72157633211892767/

 

2012        (UN)Folding Visions: Artists as Teachers, PartII Nancy Ross Project, Space, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

              http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrossprojectspace/sets/72157633095888569/

 

2012        ADE Thesis Show: Inquiry and Representation, Nancy Ross Project Space, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

              (co-curated with Heather Lewis)

 

2012        (UN)Folding Visions: Artists as Teachers, Part I, Nancy Ross Project Space, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2018        Bronx Speaks: Dreamers, Weaves, Wisdom and Wayfaring, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

              A workshop series and participatory collaborative installation highlighting the

              importance of immigration and the struggle for equity for Dreamers in collaboration with the

              Bronx Museum and Angela’s Salon 

 

2018        Tree of Lucid Dreame(r)s, Community participatory sculpture Installation in collaboration with the  

              Bronx Museum and Idealist, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

 

2016        The Bee’s Knees, Community participatory installation in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary

              African Diasporan Arts and the Brooklyn Queens Land Trust, Green Garden, Brooklyn, NY

 

2015        Remixing the Ordinary: Imagination and Collaborative Art  Practice – "Bronx Utopias Workshop Series”

              in connection with the Art Fund Grant awarded by the Bronx Council for the Arts, Bronx, NY

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019        Nancy, Nesvet, “ Satellite Fairs During Armory Show 2019, New York”, Art Scope, March 11, 2019 

              https://artscopemagazine.com/2019/03/satellite-fairs-during-armory-show-2019-new-york/    

                                                           

2019        Paul Laster, “6 Artists to Discover at the Pop-Up Fair Plan B”, Galerie, March 8, 2019

              https://www.galeriemagazine.com/6-artists-discover-pop-plan-b/

2019        Deena, ElGenaidi, “Plan B Is a Fun Alternative During an Overwhelming Fair Week”, Hyperallergic, March 8, 2019

              https://hyperallergic.com/488794/plan-b-is-a-fun-alternative-during-an-overwhelming-fair-week/                              

2019        Annie Armstron and Claire Selvin, “It’s a Little Liberating: After Cancellation of Volta, Dealers Optimistically Sell Their Wares at Plan B”, Art                    News Mach 6, 2019

              http://www.artnews.com/2019/03/06/its-a-little-liberating-after-cancelation-of-volta-dealers-optimistically-sell-their-wares-at-plan-b/

 

2018        Jason Wyche, “Alchemy at BRIC, Brooklyn”, Art News, July 19, 2018

               http://www.artnews.com/2018/07/19/alchemy-bric-brooklyn/ 

 

2018      “BRIC Presents Alchemy, On View Through August 12. A Group Exhibition Featuring Artists Who

             Transform Non-Conventional Materials to Create Visually Layered Statements”, Hyperallergic,

             June  27, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/447490/bric-presents-alchemy-on-view-through-august-12/ 

 

2018       Grishma Khodaria, “Brooklyn: Alchemy Art Exhibition”, NY-Art News, August 1, 2018

             https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-fall-gallery-show-preview-1005836

 

2017       Thavma Phillips, “Uproot: Diversity and Discourse at Smack Mellon”, Arte Fuse, December 1, 

             2017 https://artefuse.com/2017/12/01/uproot-diversity-and-discourse-at-smack-mellon-125272/

 

2017       Sarah Cascone, “Here are the 51 New York Gallery Shows That You Need To (Somehow) See

             This September”, Art Net News, September 7, 2017

             https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-fall-gallery-show-preview-1005836 

 

2017       Amanda Acosta, “Borinquen Gallo’s Be(e) Sanctuary at Wave Hill”, Art Fuse, May 22, 2017

             https://artefuse.com/2017/05/22/borinquen-gallos-wave-hill-125064/

 

2017       Michelle Varinata, “Borinquen Gallo: A Heavenly Sanctuary at Wave Hill”, NY-Art News, April 14, 2017

             https://www.ny-artnews.com/single-post/2017/04/14/Borinquen-Gallo-A-Heavenly-Sanctuary-at-Wave-Hill

 

2017       “Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness at Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Through July 9, 2017 and 

              Wave Hill Sunroom Project Space Installation by Borinquen Gallo Through May 21”, 2017, Arts Summary, April 12, 2017 

https://artssummary.com/2017/04/12/outcasts-women-in-the-wilderness-at-glyndor-gallery-wave-hill-through-july-9-2017-and-wave-      hill-sunroom-project-space-by-borinquen-gallo-through-may-21-2017/ 

                   

2016        Allison Meier, “Harboring Art in Historic Spaces at the 2016 Governors Island Fair”, Hyperallergic, September 1, 2016

              https://hyperallergic.com/320176/harboring-art-in-historic-spaces-at-the-2016-governors-island-art-fair/ 

 

2015        Mike Tree, “Pursuit the Front Line at the National Academy”, Arts Life, June 3rd

              http://www.artslife.com/2016/06/03/pursuit-the-front-line-at-the-national-academy-museum

 

2015        Kemy Lin, “New York’s Armory Week Anti-Fairs: CLIO and (UN)Scene”, Hyperallergic, 

              March 8, 2015 https://hyperallergic.com/188432/new-yorks-armory-week-anti-fairs-clio-and-unscene/ 

 

2014       “L’Anti-Fiera Per Gli Artisti Indipendenti. Tante Immagini della Clio Art Fair, Alla Sua Prima

               Edizione Nell’Armory Week NewYorkese”, Artribune, 11 Marzo, 2014

https://www.artribune.com/tribnews/2014/03/lanti-fiera-per-gli-artisti-indipendenti-tante-immagini-della-clio-art-fair-alla-sua-prima-edizione-nellarmory-week-newyorkese/ 

 

2013        Barbara A. MacAdam, “The Paradox of Sculpture”, Art News 112, no.5, (May 2013): 102

 

2013       Ruqing Pan Bliss, “La Democrazia del Disegno: Ecco Come A New York Avvicinano Bambini e Famiglie alla Creativita’:

             Tante Foto dalla Giornata al Pratt Institute”, Artribune, 2 Novembre, 2013

https://www.artribune.com/tribnews/2013/11/la-democrazia-del-disegno-ecco-come-a-new-york-avvicinano-bambini-e-famiglie-alla-creativita-tante-foto-dalla-giornata-al-pratt-institute/     

 

2013        Francesco Lecci, “I Magnifici 9 New York. Nove Studio Visit Italiani”, Artribune, 1 Novembre, 2013

              https://www.artribune.com/attualita/2013/11/i-magnifici-9-new-york-nove-studio-visit-italiani/ 

 

2013        Sarah Corona, “Tansoceanica. Italiani in Mostra negli USA”, Artriubne, 14 Aprile, 2013 

              https://www.artribune.com/report/2013/04/transoceanica-italiani-in-mostra-negli-usa/ 

       

2012       Oscar A.Laluyan, “Dive into the Deep End of the Pool Fair”, Arte Fuse, March 12,

             http://artefuse.com/2012/03/12/dive-into-the-deep-end-of-pool-art-fair/

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS

2019       Presented: “NY Latin American Triennial: Progressive Transition, Panel discussion”,

             Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

 

2019      Presented: “Engaging Barriers: Physical Safety Measures Reshaping the Public Realm”,

             Center for Architecture, New York, NY

2017      Presented: “Career Lab: MET Teens Workshop”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2017      Presented: Borinquen Gallo in conversation with Clarissa Dalrymple, Burning in Water Gallery, New York, NY

2017      Presented: “Meet the Artist: Borinquen Gallo”, a conversation with artist and Percent for Art Director Kendal Henry and curator

            Gabriel de Guzman, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

2017      Presented: “Be(e) Sanctuary” Family Art Workshop in connection to Sunroom project Space Installation, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

2016      Presented: “Visiting Artist Lecture: Borinquen Gallo”, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

2013      Presented: “ Designing Effective Art Units and Assessment Instruments” Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, FL

2010     Presented “Collaborative Inquiry for Effective Arts Teaching: Taking Time to Reflect, Question and Design”, Long Island City High School, LIC, NY

 

2009    Presented “Outstanding Art Educator’s Best Practices”, 29th Annual City-Wide Art Education Conference, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of               Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY

2009    Presented: PS Art 2009 Seminar “Children’s Art: Understanding Quality, Understanding Developmental Benchmarks”, other participants                       included: NYCDOE Coordinator of Visual Arts Karen Rosner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Studio in a School Tom Cahill, Museum                   Educator in charge of Youth Programs John Welch, The Uris Center for Education, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2009    Presented: Blueprint Workshop “Formative and Summative assessment” presented and co-Coordinated, with Karen Rosner, and Jennifer                     Hatche, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York, NY

2009    Presented: “Gathering the Evidence: Capturing Student Achievement in Visual Art”, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and                       Performing Arts, New York, NY

2008    Presented: “From Blueprint to Classroom Practice: Strategies for Excellence in Visual Arts Education” Long Island City High School, Long Island             City, NY

2008    Presented: “Planning and Assessing for Excellence in Visual Arts”, Integrated Curriculum & Instruction, co-presented with Dr.Eva Pataki and                 Tamar Laks, PS/IS 268, Jamaica, NY

2007    Presented: “Hey! What’s the Big Idea?”, Queens Museum, Queens, NY

2007    Presented: “Planning for Success/Part II”, Queens Museum, Queens, NY

2006    Presented: “Blueprint Professional Development” Queens Museum, Queens, NY

2006    Presented “Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Visual Art, Planning for Success: Part I”, Queens Museum, Queens, NY

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