- Resume -Venessa Monokian www.monokian.com Teaching 2008 - Introduction to B&W Photography Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL Introduction/Intermediate/Advance Color Photography Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL Two Dimensional Design Broward Community College, Central Campus, Davie, FL 2007 - Introduction to B&W Photography Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL Art Appreciation Broward Community College, Central Campus, Davie, FL Education 2004-2007 - Masters of Fine Arts Florida International University, Miami, FL 2004-2007 - Graduate Teaching Assistant Florida International University, Miami, FL 2002 - BFA, Minor in Art History Florida International University, Miami, FL Solo Exhibitions 2005 - Momoges Photography Gallery, Miami, FL 2004 - Everything But The Kitchen Sink Graham Center Gallery, Miami, FL 2003 - It's All About Me Tessie Fernandez Gallery, Miami, FL 2002 - The Hightlight Miami Dade County Public School Region IV, Miami, FL Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 - One-Minute Film Festival, Animation Aarau, Switzerland Sixth Annual Bogotá Film Festival, Animation Curators: Bonnie Clearwater and Patrick de Bokay Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL Ninth Annual Optic Nerve Film Festival, Animation Bogotá, Colombia The Sky is Yellow, Curator: Renée M. Cagnina Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL TOA in Brasil, Curator: Tonietta A. Walters Centro Cultural, Casarão das Artes, São Paulo, Brasil Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial, Juror: Claire Breukel Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL Deviant Behavious, Juror: Alette Simmons-Jimenez Artformz, Miami, FL Navel Frost Museum, Miami FL Ten or Less Film Festival Invitational, Portland, OR Capture, Burn & Blow-Up Artformz, Miami, FL TEN Edge Zones, Miami, FL Inter-Sections: Nature and the City, ART MIAMI Curator: Carol Damian, Co-Curator: Mirta Kozolchik Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL 2006-07 - Zero Gravity Martin and Pat Fine Center for the Arts, Miami, FL Curator: Lilia Fontanta and Ingrid Elliason 2006 - Inter-Sections: Art and the City Curator: Carol Damian, Co-Curator: Mirta Kozolchik Downtown Miami, FL Portland Independent Short Short Film Festival Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR POST - A collaborative body of work Off The Map Gallery, Miami, FL It's Gonna Be a Long, Hot Summer - Photography, Transfers and Other Journeys Off The Map Gallery, Miami, FL Proyecto Almacén / Warehouse Project, Havana Bienale Wifredo Lam Gallery, Havana, Cuba DV8 Off The Map Gallery, Miami, FL 2005 - off the map Curator: Bernice Steinbaum Off The Map Gallery, Miami, FL 2005 - República de Artistas, Arte Correo Wifredo Lam Gallery, Havana, Cuba 2005 - Agenda: Studio 2005 Curator: Hugo Moro GS Space, Miami, FL 2005 - Open Ground Miami Art Gallery, Miami, FL 2005 - birth•mark Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL 2005 - Borders Twelve Borders Gallery, Miami, Florida 2005 - Full Load The Loft Building, Miami, FL 2004 - Masterful Beginnings Graham Center, Miami, FL 2004 - Masters' Mystery Art Show, Invitational Ritz-Carlton, Miami Beach, FL 2004 - Masters' Mystery Art Show, Invitational Ritz-Carlton, Miami Beach, FL 2004 - Open Studio, W-10/Room 109 Miami, FL 2003 - Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial Juried by Eduardo del Valle and Mirta Gomez Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, FL 2003 - South Goes North, Invitational Curators: Isabel Moro and Carlos Rigau Tessie Franzblau Gallery, Miami, FL 2003 - Alumni, 25 Years of Photography, Invitational Curator: Tiffany Chestler Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami, FL 2002 - BFA Exhibition Frost Museum, Miami, FL 2002 - Annual Student Exhibition, Juried by Ralph Buckley Graham Center Gallery, Miami, FL 2001 - Annual Student Exhibition, Juried by Jeffery Knapp Graham Center Gallery, Miami, FL 2001 - Greed Door Gallery, Miami, FL 2001 - Casting and Molding, Juried by Ana Beatriz Galano Graham Center Gallery, Miami, FL 2001 - Student Art Show, Juried by Alberto Meza Frost Museum, Miami, FL 2001 - Annual Student Exhibition, Juried by Aramis O'Reily Graham Center Gallery, Miami, FL Awards 2001 - Jurors Award, Annual Student Exhibition Graham Center Gallery, Miami, Florida 2001 - Thomson Photo, Award, Annual Student Show Frost Museum, Miami, FL 1997 - Scholastic Art and Writing Award Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida Memberships and Organizations
2007-2008 One-Three Residency at South Florida Art Center 2005-2007 Women in the Visual Arts 2004 to date College Arts Association 2004 to date FIU Graduate Student Organization 2003 to date One-Three, artist collective 2001-2002 Secretary and Treasurer, Fine Arts Student Association Special Activities 2007 - Fundraising Coordinator for FIU's MMAS, Miami, FL 2006 - Art instruction at Lotus House, Miami, FL 2003 - Commissioned work for Nancy Guggenheim 2003 - Photography Assistant to Maritza Molina 2002-2003 - Instructor work at Fairlawn Elementary 2002-2003 - Employment at Fairlawn Elementary as a Para Professional 2002 - Produced lecture series on art and culture by Dr. Manuel Torres, Art History Professor at Florida International University 2001-2002 - Press secretary for Fine Arts Student Association, Florida International University 2001-2002 - Produced critique series for Fine Arts Student Association, Florida International University 2001 - Produced membership drive for Fine Arts Student Association 2001 - Produced slide lecture by Barbara Zeigler, from the University of British Columbia Collections Mary Anderson, Coral Gables, Florida Dean Juan Bueno, Miami, Florida William Burke, Miami, Florida Martin Cosuso, Miami, Florida Kathy Dumbach, Miami, Florida Carol Damian, Miami, Florida Natasha Duwin, Miami Beach, Florida Ann De Rosa, Mount Laurel, New Jersey Ludovic Dupont, Paris, France Susan Espinosa, Arvada, Colorado David Freilack, MIT Visual Art Center, Boston, MA Adana Garrote, Miami, Florida Isabel Gooveia, Lantana, Florida Carolyn Gentry, Miami Beach, Florida Ruth Hamilton, Miami, Florida Quinn Johnson, Export, PA Fred Karrenberg, Miami, Florida Jacek Kolasinski, Miami, Florida Kate Kretz, Hollywood, Florida Flavia Lowenstein, Miami, Florida Amanda Muson, Miami, Florida Peggy Nolan, Hollywood, Florida Peggy Nolan, Hollywood, Florida Chris Pannunzio, Miami, Florida Gal and Mark Weber, Miami, Florida Talmage Thornhill, Miami Beach, Florida Manuel Torres, Miami, Florida Daniel Viñoly, Miami, Florida Wifredo Lam Art Center, Havana, Cuba Gal and Mark Weber, Miami, Florida Yomari Silva, Miami, Florida Juan Carlos Zaldivar, Miami Beach, Florida |