JOHN CAPUTO


 

Education

M.F.A. (Printmaking /Painting) University of Florida Teaching Assistantship in Drawing and Printmaking

B.A.(Art Education) University of South Florida Recipient of Pell Grant & Work Study Scholarship

A.A.(Studio Art) Broward Community College Recipient of Art Scholarship

Experience

2000-Present SIENA COLLEGE Visiting Lecturer/Adjunct Instructor/Gallery Administrator

Responsibilities: 2004-05, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, 2001-04, Lecturer in Freshman Foundations, a College Wide Interdisciplinary Core Program that is Thematically Structured. 2000-04 Art Teaching included 2D Design, Digital Photography, Mixed Media, History of Photography, Introduction to Visual Art. Receipt and installation of exhibitions and artist lectures.

1993-2000 SKIDMORE COLLEGE Visiting Professor Painting & Drawing

Responsibilities: Teaching graduate, advanced, intermediate, and beginning levels in both Painting and Drawing in the Summer Six Program. Supervised Art Fellowship recipients (Secondary school teachers in 4 week residencies).

1994-1997 SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Art Instructor/Gallery Curator

Responsibilities: Teaching included Painting, 2D Design, Printmaking, Drawing, Photography and Art

Appreciation. The planning and coordination of a continuing program of exhibitions and related events within one professional gallery, in consultation with a Gallery Committee. Conducted programs for Secondary school teachers.

1989-1994 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA at Spartanburg


1989-1995 Responsibilities: Teaching included Painting, 2-D & 3-D Design, Drawing, Serigraphy, 20th Century Art History, Survey Prehistoric-Renaissance Art History. The planning and coordination of a continuous program at one professional gallery. Established Gallery Lecture Series. Committees included Strategic Planning, and Interdisciplinary Studies.

1987 - 1989 UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA Adjunct Instructor 1985 - 1986 Visiting Assistant Professor. Responsibilities: Teaching included Drawing, Life Drawing, Painting, 2-D Design, Printmaking and Photography I& II. Co-developed "Studio F Program" (residential collaborative monotype sessions with major artists, i.e. Sam Gilliam, Hollis Siegler).

1986 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE Adjunct Instructor

Responsibilities: Teaching included Serigraphy, Intaglio, Lithography and Relief. Overhauled and managed printmaking studio.

1982 - 1985 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA Assistant Professor of Art/Gallery Director

Responsibilities: Teaching included Drawing, Serigraphy, Intaglio, Relief and Introduction to Art. The planning and coordination of a continuous program of exhibitions and special events within one professional gallery. Published several newspaper articles in Florence Times Daily (New York Times affiliate) related to these exhibitions.

1977 - 1981 RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE Instructor of Art

Responsibilities: Teaching included Drawing, Life Drawing, Painting, 3-D Design, Serigraphy, Relief, Intaglio, Introduction to Visual and Performing Arts. Designed, built, and managed printshop. Committees included Humanities Faculty Forum, Co-Chair BFA Degree Development, Executive Faculty Senate, Continuing Education Curriculum Lectured extensively for Gallery. Note: Promoted to Assistant Professor in Spring of 1981.

1976 - 1977 FLORIDA FARM BUREAU Head Graphic Artist

Responsibilities: Produced all graphic work for state headquarters of the organization including image development, layout, and copy camera work.

Exhibition Record (I) Invitational or Group (J) -Juried (S) = Solo

-Solo Exhibition Scheduled, January-February 2007, RPI Chapel and Cultural Center, Troy, NY.

-“Nurturing the Edge” (I). Nurture Art. (Independent Gallery in Brooklyn)/ exhibited at Que Art Foundation. Chelsea, NYC. June, 2006

-The Fence Show (I) The Arts Center, Troy, NY. Summer, 2006.

-The Human Pixel Project. (I) Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University. April-May, 2006.

-Dreams That Never Were: A Selection of Digital Photographs, 2001-2006 (S)

Foy Theatre Gallery, Siena College, March 2-April 6, 2006.

-9-11: It’s Impact on Visual Artists (I) Firlefranz Gallery, Albany, NY. September, 2004.

-The Fence Show (I) The Arts Center, Troy, NY. Summer, 2004.

-Structure and Situation: Drawings and Paintings Related to Architecture (I). Department of Design Gallery, California State University, Long Beach. February 2003; Michael Folonis, AIA and Associates,
Oct-Dec. 2002; Environmental Design Exhibition Gallery, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Sept. 2002.

-Nurture Art. (I) Independent Gallery, Chelsea, NYC. January 2003.

-Group Exhibition. Main Street Gallery. Dobbs Ferry, NY. December 2002.

-Abstractly. (I) Curator: Bill Lane. Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA. February, 2002.

-Run With Run Against. (S) Hunter Gallery Center for the Arts, St. George’s Prep, Newport, RI.  2001.

-In the Abstract. (I) El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. September, 2000.

-Transfigured Ambiguities. (S) Yates Gallery, Siena College, Albany, NY. June-July, 2000.

-Summer Six Faculty Exhibition. (I) Schick Gallery. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. 1993-2000.

-Eighth Annual Davidson National Print Exhibition. (3) juror: Richard Field (Yale University). Elon College, North Carolina, March-May, 1997.

-Mid-America Print Council Annual Exhibition. (J) Juror: Robert Lee Mejer. Gray Gallery, Quincy University, Quincy. IL, October-November, 1995.

-Faculty Exhibition. (I) Seminole Community College, Orlando, FL, 1994-96.

-Dialogues With Complexity: Paintings and Prints, 1990-95. (S) Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL. September. 1995.

-New Voices, New Visions, (J) Internal Research and The Voyager Company Competition in Digital Imagery. Palo Alto, CA. September, 1995.

-Siggraph 1995. (J) National Computer Graphics Exhibition. Los Angeles, CA, June 1995. Also selected for international traveling version of the exhibit.

-The Arts Center of St. Petersburg Spring Juried Exhibition. (J) Juror: Curator of Art at the Polk Museum of Art. St. Petersburg, FL, May-June, 1995.

-8th National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition. (J) Juror: Lisa Corrin. Curator/Educator of the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD. College of Notre Dame at Maryland. March, 1995.

-Recent Paintings and Prints. (S) Manatee Community College. Bradenton, FL. January-February, 1995.

-Upstate Artists Invitational. (I) Greenville County Museum of Art. Greenville, SC. May, 1994.

-Environmental Art Exhibition. (I) Gallery 522, Spartanburg. SC. March-April, 1994.

-Paintings and Prints. (S) University of South Carolina at Spartanburg. January-February, 1994.

-Six Printmakers of the Upstate. (I) Jim Creal Gallery. Spartanburg, SC. January-February, 1994.

-Recent Paintings. (S) Fridholm Fine Arts. Broadway Arts Gallery. Asheville, NC.  1993.

-35th Annual Springs Art Show: Art of Carolinas. (J) Juror: Madeline Grynsztejn (Curator of 20th Century Art, Art Institute of Chicago). April, 1993.

-Spirit and Matter. John Caputo and Joyce Anastasia-Caputo (I). Milliken Art Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC. March 1993.

-Spirit and Matter. John Caputo and Joyce Anastasia-Caputo. Painter Art Gallery, Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, VA. January-February, 1993.

-Discovering America: Finding Many Faces. (I) Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. October, 1992.

-Aesthetic Intoxication. (I) Brad Cooper Gallery, Ybor City, FL. September-October, 1992.

-Three Painters. (I) Case Center Gallery. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. August, 1992.

-Monotypes. (I) Ubiquitous Art Space. Charlotte, NC. June -July, 1992.

-Faculty Exhibition. (1) Summer Arts Workshop Faculty, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.  1992.

-Paintings and Works on Paper. (S) Fridholm Fine Arts, Asheville, NC. March, 1992.

-Alternative Exhibition/Guild of South Carolina Artists. (3) The Guild Gallery, Spartanburg, SC. 1991.

-Inaugural Exhibition. (I) Brad Cooper Gallery. Ybor City, FL. October-November, 1991.

-33rd Annual Springs Art Exhibition. (I) Fort Mill, SC. October - November, 1991.

-Recent Paintings. (S) University of South Carolina at Spartanburg. September-October, 1991.

-Man and People at the End of the Second Millennium. (I) Brno Culture Centre, Brno Czechoslovakia. Summer, 1991.

-Farewell to the Civic Center. (J) Asheville Art Museum Regional Competition, Tom Stanley (Curator of the Winthrop Galleries) July - August, 1991.

-NCNB Regional Art Competition. (J) Jerald Melberg, juror (Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC). Spartanburg, SC. April, 1991. Honorable Mention.

-Face to Face: Contemporary Printmaking From Poland and the United States. (I) Krakow Art Academy. Krakow, Poland. February - March, 1991. University Gallery. University of Florida. October, 1991.

-Recent Paintings. (S) Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL.  1991.

-Recent Paintings. (S) Spartanburg Day School. Spartanburg, SC. January, 1991.

-Sexism, Racism, Classicism. (I) Chicago, IL. November, 1990.

-Recent Paintings. (I) Brad Cooper Gallery. Tampa. FL. September - October, 1990.

-Recent Works on Paper. (S) University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, March-April, 1990.

-NCNB Regional Art Competition.(J) Milton Bloch, juror. Spartanburg, SC. November, 1989.

-Faculty Exhibition. (I) Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa. Tampa, FL. December, 1988.

-Treasure Coast Artists. (I) North Miami Museum of Art, North Miami, FL. May-June, 1988.

-Gulf Coast Biennial.(J) Florida Gulf Coast Art Center. Bellevue, FL. Jane Kessler, juror (Curator of Art, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC). October, 1987.

-Recent Works on Paper. (S) Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Bellevue, FL, October-November, 1987.

-Faculty Exhibition. (I) Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa. Tampa, FL, 1988, 1987, 1985.

-Faculty Exhibition. (I) University of North Alabama ,Florence, AL. February-March, 1985.

-Recent Paintings and Works on Paper. (S) University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Oct-Nov 1984.

-Recent Works on Paper. (S) University of Texas at Tyler. September-October, 1983.

-Recent Works on Paper. (S) University of North Alabama, Florence, AL. February, 1983.

-Faculty Exhibition. (I) University of North Alabama, Florence, AL. January-February, 1983.

-27th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show.(J) Ball State University, Muncie, IN. May, 1981.

-3rd Annual Photography Regional.(J) Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY. Nathan Lyons, juror. March, 1981.

-43rd Annual Exhibition: Artists of Central New York, (J) Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Utica. NY Roy Gussow, Thomas Leavitt,jurors. November, 1980.

-Recent Prints. (S) , State University of New York, Albany, NY. September. 1980.

-Silkpurse III. (I) Printmaking Portfolio for the Hogtown Original Graphics Society, Thomas Art Center, Gainesville, FL. May, 1980.

-Creek Charlie and the Gates of Heaven. (S) The New Gallery, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY. April, 1980.

-Sculpture/Photography Invitational (I) College of St. Rose, Albany, NY. February-March, 1979.

-1st Annual Photography Regional. (J) Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy. NY Ralph Gibson, juror. March, 1979.

-41st Annual Exhibition: Artists of Central New York. (J) Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY. Nathan Lyons, juror. October, 1978.

-Three Printmakers. (I) University of Central Florida. December, 1978.

-Recent Works on Paper. (S) The New Gallery, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY. February-March, 1978.

-Young American Printmakers. (J) Pratt Institute National Competition. Exhibition traveled to twenty major universities from 1976 - 1978. Andrew Stasik, juror. Purchase Award.

-Recent Graduate Works. (I) Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, FL. September-October, 1977.

-Art in American Universities. (J) Organized under the auspices of the American Embassy and the United States Information Service. Exhibition traveled to twelve locations in the Middle East and Central America. 1976.

-M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. May, 1976.

-Recent Works. (I) Hogtown Original Graphics Society Inaugural Group Exhibition. Micanopy Center for Art, Micanopy, FL. March - April, 1976

Grants/Awards - External

Artists' Project Grant. South Carolina Arts Commission. To create a limited edition book utilizing computer-generated, collaged, and painted images printed with a color-laser-copier. 1992 -1993.

Artist-in-Residence/Painting. Skidmore College Summer Six Art Program. Saratoga Springs, NY . 1992 and 1991.

Major Project Grant: University of South Carolina System-Wide Research Grant. To explore lithographic monotype prints with Tamarind Master Printer and to execute a series of prints during a one week residency. Topaz Editions, Tampa, FL. May, 1990.

National Endowment for the Humanities Consultancy Grant. To assist in the development of an interdisciplinary program in the Humanities in order to enhance that program at Russell Sage College . Served on the committee that drafted proposal to obtain grant and later assisted in administration of the grant. Assisted fillip writing of N.E.H. Pilot Grant Proposal. This grant involved visiting several colleges throughout the northeast for intensive on-site program investigations, 1979-1981.

Grants/Awards - Internal

SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Productive Research Grant: To present paper at Foundations in Art,Theory, and Education National Conference in Richmond, VA, 1997.

Productive Research Grant: To present paper at Southeastern College Art Conference in Charleston, SC, 1996.

Teaching and Research Grant: To expand visual capabilities of Maclntosh Computer to include video, digital camera, and drawing programs. 1995-96.

Productive Research Grant. To present paper at Southeastern College Art Conference in New Orleans. LA, 1994.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG

Teaching and Productive Scholarship Grant: To study waterless lithography at Petersburg Press and to execute a series of intaglio Prints at the Bob Blackburn Print Workshop in New York City. 1994.

Teaching and Productive Scholarship Grant: To professionally photodocument my recent work and to assist in the exhibition of my work at the Fridholm Fine Arts Gallery. 1994.

Teaching and Productive Scholarship Grant: To provide assistance in the exhibition and documentation of new work, 1993.

Teaching and Productive Scholarship Grant. University of South Carolina at Spartanburg. To purchase a Macintosh Computer/Printer capable of introducing applications in three art courses and continued use in personal research.

Teaching and Productive Scholarship Grant: To research and develop presentation for Southeastern Colle~e Art Conference/Mid-American Conference in Birmingham, AL. 1992.

Teaching and Productive Scholarship Grant.: To participate at Southeastern College Art Conference in Memphis, TN as member of an Artists's Studio Panel, 1991.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA

Research Grant: To explore and execute works utilizing silverpoint, egg tempera and gold-leaf on wood panels. 1983 -1984.

Research Grant: To explore and execute large-scale prints combining Intaglio and Serigraphic techniques. Included construction of vacuum table, 1982-83.

RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE

Summer Research Grant: To produce a boxed suite of editioned Serigraphic prints. 1980.

Professional Activities

Publications

Don’t Call It a Comeback. Metroland. A critical review of the 2005 Mohawk-Hudson Regional Art Exhibition. July 2005.

Judging the Juror. Metroland. A critical review of the 2004 Mohawk-Hudson Regional Art Exhibition.  2004

Siena College MultiCultural Review. Reviewed the following book titles:

-Tina Modotti. Phaidon Books, 2006.

-Sudan: The Land and the People. University of Washington Press, 2005

-Painting Ethiopia: The Life and Work of Qes Adamu Tesfaw, UCLA Folwer Mus of Cultural History, 2005

-Speak Truth To Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World. Crown Publishers, 2004

-No Place Like Home: Echoses From Kosovo. Midnight Editions, 2001

-Camera Man’s Journey: Julian Dimock’s South. The University of Georgia Press, 2002

Southeastern College Art Conference: Delivered Paper “From Chemistry to Alchemy: Implementing a Digital Photography Program in a Liberal Arts College. Little Rock, AR, October 2005

Italian Art: Independent Research of various museums, galleries, sites in Florence, Venice, and Ravena.  2003.

Polish Art and Architecture: Independent Research of various museums, galleries, sites in Krakow, Wroclaw, and Poznan, Poland while teaching English in Krotoszyn, Poland. July-August 2003 & July, 2001.

University of California at Long Beach: Visiting artist lecture and slide presentation, followed by individual graduate painting student critiques. April, 2000.

Czech Art and Architecture: Independent Research of various museums, galleries, sites in Prague, Czech Republic, March, 2000.

Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Arranged for and hosted David True as Visiting Artist. Summer, 2000 and 1996.

Pyramid Atlantic Center for Printmaking. Conduct "Breaking the Rules of Silkscreen Printing: Monoprint and Digital Strategies", 3-Day Printmaking Workshop. Riverdale. Washington DC, July, 1997.

Foundations in Art, Theory, and Education. Delivered Paper “Teaching: The Genie and the Pirate”, Richmond, VA, February 1997.

Southeastern College Art Conference: Delivered Paper" Deconstructing the Deconstructionists: Turnaround is Fair Play" and Panel Participant in 'Postmodernist Attack On Modernism Debate" . Charleston, SC,October, 1996.

Desktop Publishing Conference, Orlando FL. Attended Sessions on Adobe Illustrator and Desktop Publishing Techniques. October, 1996.

Skidmore College: Videotaped Hugh O'Donnell Drawing Workshop and Michael Mazur Gallery Lecture on his Dante's Inferno Monotype Suite. Summer, 1996.

Skidmore College: Hosted April Gornick and Eric Fischl as Visiting Artists.Videotaped Paul Soldner Salt-Firing Workshop and Toshiko Takaezu Throwing Workshop, Summer, 1995.

Woodstack '95, University of Montana, Attended this international conference on wood-firing. Missoula, MT, 1995.

Southeastern College Art Conference: Delivered Paper "Photo-Printshop In a Box: The impact of One Macintosh Computer/Scanner on Printmaking and Design Courses at USCS". New Orleans, LA, October, 1994.

Winthrop University. Lecture, slide presentation, and graduate student critiques. December, 1993.

Skidmore College: Arranged for and hosted Juan Sanchez as Visiting Artist. Summer, 1993.

Adobe Photoshop Conference: Attended day-long intensive Photoshop Symposium . Baltimore, MD, 1993.

Virginia Western Community College, Visiting Artist, lecture and slide presentation. Roanoke, VA, 1992

Brad Cooper Gallery: Lecture and slide presentation on Contemporary Photo-Collage. Tampa, FL, December 1992.

Southeastern College Art Conference: Chaired panel and delivered paper “The Recycled Image: Strategies. Attitudes, Approaches of Contemporary Photo-Collage”, Birmingham, AL, 1992.

Broadway Arts, Asheville, NC. Thomas Wolfe Art Competition. Juror. October, 1992.

Winthrop University: Juror and Lecturer. Student Art Exhibition. May, 1992.

Converse College: Juror and Lecturer. Student Art Exhibition. May,1992.

Southeastern College Art Conference, Panel member, "New York: A Blessing or a Curse for Contemporary Artists." (Panel included Leon Golub). Memphis, TN, November, 1991.

University of South Carolina at Spartanburg. Lecture and slide presentation. October, 1991.

Jacksonville State University Visiting Artist, lecture and slide presentation. February, 1991.

Anasazi Architectural, Rock Art Sites and Museums: Independent research at various sites in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. 1990

Tamarind 30th Anniversary Conference on Lithography: Attended this national conference commemorating the work of this pivotal printshop. Albuquerque, NM, 1990.

Greenville Museum of Art: Lecturer on History of Photography. Greenville, SC, November, 1989.

Berghoff-Cowden Editions: Master Printer in Serigraphic Print Shop. Tampa, FL, 1989.

Gulf Coast Art Center:Lecture and workshop on silverpoint and gold leaf. Clearwater, FL, October, 1987.

Maine Arts Commission: Lectures and workshop for The Elder Circle, a community service outreach program for the elderly. October-December, 1986.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock: Lecture, slide presentation, and demonstration of silverpoint and egg tempera. November, 1984.

Huntsville Museum of Art: Consultant to Museum in Humanities grant application to Alabama Humanities Council.FaIl, 1984.

University of North Alabama. Lecturer on Computer and off-set printing in the fine arts". (In conjunction with Todd Walker exhibition), March, 1984.

Broward Community College: Lecture and demonstration of Non-silver photographic processes. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April, 1981.

Selected Collections

-Pratt Institute, New York, NY

-South Carolina Museum of Art, Columbia, SC

-Pyramid Atlantic Center for Printmaking, Washington D.C.

-Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY

-Virginia Western Community College Permanent Collection, Roanoke, VA

-Siena College Permanent Collection (Morrell Science Center: 5 works), Loudonville, NY

-Topaz Editions (Julio Jurristo), Tampa, FL

-Private Collection of: Toshiko Takaezu, Erich Fischl & April Gornik

 
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