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Milwaukee WI United States
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Statement of Work
ARTWORK for the Digital Registry of 9/11-related Art and Artifacts
Pacia Sallomi, Ode to Classicism, 2001, oil on canvas, 60” x 70”
Pacia Sallomi, Council, 2002, oil on canvas, 70” x 60”
Pacia Sallomi, Burka Dance, 1999, oil on canvas, 70” x 60”
Statement:
These paintings are part of a series I worked on from 1999 until 2002 called “Iconic Fictions”. These paintings are fictions: non-truths that create a “self-contained system” one that “generates its own peculiar time and space, at a concerted distance from the reality that inspired it”. The reality that inspired these paintings is always initially related to a single image, something iconic, around which events influence the space in which these images inhabit. For example, in Ode to Classicism I was working with two figures drawn from the traditions of western aesthetics, founded on ideas of beauty in ancient Greece. They are alabaster white. Emaciated children and poverty surround them. They look down upon it, impassively. The figures are laid in. I struggled with the landscape for several days prior to September 11. The landscape became the rubble of the fallen towers. Each painting in this series is a story unfolding in its making.
Modern Madonna Series: Africa, Darfur, Iraq, Afganistan, USA… 2003-present, mixed media drawings on concrete, approx 12” x 9” x 1+”.
Much of my work is related to the feminine principle, but this series more than any other, challenges modern conservative notions of “family values”. I am horrified by the lack of reverence for the mother and child relationship in the world today and in these drawings I use press photographs of women and their children in various parts of the world left to fend for themselves in poverty and war-torn lands. They are reminiscent of both shrines and tombstones.
In One Voice Summary:
In One Voice is a 10-minute looped sound piece. it is displayed in a dark room with a concrete tower/pedestal in the center. The top block has a bowl shape. it is filled with water and has a lit candle in the center. This is the only light in the room. The first voice heard is in Arabic. Slowly other voices enter while others fade out...Hebrew, Swahili, French, Spanish, Haitian, Russian, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Albanian, Japanese... The last voice heard is American.
The test is a fragment of an Akkadian document, a prayer to the goddess Ishtar. The prayer is for the bringing back together of the scattered clan. (from Mesopotamia, approximately 4-5000 years old).
I completed this work in 2001 and it was first exhibited as part of a four-person exhibition called, "In the Rooms of our Ancestors" at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The show opened on September 11, 2001. The opening receptions wa that Friday, the night of the national candlelight vigil.
For more, please see my website: www.paciasallomi.com
Respectfully Submitted,
Pacia Sallomi
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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EDUCATION
M.F.A. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
M.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
B.S. University of California, Davis, CA
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS:
Japanese Exchange Show, July, 2008, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 New Work, February 22 – March 21, Rowe Art Gallery, Waukesha, WI
2007 Touchstones, May 2-19, Le Passerelle, Paris, France
Tango Tableaux, 10-July 6, L’Academie Tango Esprit, Paris,France
Touchstones, June 1 – July 5, Zagros, Paris,
FranceShield/Le Bouclier, March 9-April 21, Walker Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2006 L’Immanence, June 11-July 10, Scoop Café, Paris, France
2004 France paintings, June-August, Gallery E, Jupiter, Florida
Zero & Other Difficulties, Jan1-30, Claremont Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003 Shield, March 30 - May 5, CAMAC, Marney-sur-Seine, France
2002 In One Voice, September 1-30, UW-Waukesha, WI
Iconic Fictions, March 1-29, Wisconsin Academy Art Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Recent Work, April 6-21, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, WI
Diptychs & Dialogues, February 4-28, Artemesia Gallery “D”, Chicago, IL
1998 Mythwalk, December 13 - January 30, Unitarian Universalist, Brookfield, WI
Investigations, September 11 - October 3, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
1997 Emergence, September 5-25, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Incantations, April 25-May 2, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, TTU, TX
1996 Evocation, September 30-October 24, Options Gallery, Odessa College, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 The Tango Paintings, (2-per.), Sept 24-Nov. 16 WI Arts Board Lobby Exhibit, Madison
2006 Member’s Show, May 19-July 1, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
2005 Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee
Juror: Elizabeth Smith, chief curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Prints, Oct 17-Nov 13, Fine Arts Gallery, UW-Waukesha, WI
Faculty Show, Oct 1-22, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Japanese Exchange Exhibition: Sept 21-Oct 30,West Bend Art Museum, WI
Japanese Exchange Exhibition: Sept 16-Oct 9,Union Galleries, Madison, WI
Walker’s Point Art Center Members Show, May-June, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Spiritual in Art, November, Unitarian Church, Evanston, IL
Looking for America, Sept 10-Oct 4, Washington Gallery, Besthesda, MD
A Decade of Art, Sept 18-Oct 31, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI
Wish you were here III, June 22- July 17, AIR gallery, NYC, NY
Member’s Show, July, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Elaine Erickson Gallery Group Show, April 8-May 20, Milwaukee, WI
Carroll College Faculty Show, Jan 18-Feb 13, Unitarian, Brookfield, WI
2003 Ghoullery Night Show, October 24-25, The Hide House, Milwaukee, WI
Exchange Show, March 2-21, Mt Mary College, Milwaukee, WI
2002 Elements, Oct 23-Nov 16, Crossman Gallery, WU-Whitewater, WI
Celebrating Spirituality, Sept 9 - Oct 8, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Faculty Show, June3-Sept 15, Gallery II Touchstone Center, Framington, PA
Elements, July-August, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Faculty Show, June 3 - October, Gallery II, Touchstone Center, Farmington, PA
Member’s Show, June 13-July 15, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Then and Now, April - June, Harper College, Palatine, IL
2x2x2, Feb 15-April 4, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Juror: Kathryn Hixon, editor New Art Examiner
2001 Faculty Show, Nov. 3-21, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Barking Dogma, October, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
In The Rooms of Our Ancestors, Sept 11 - Oct 6, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Member’s Show, June 14-July 15, Walker’s Point, Milwaukee, WI
2000 New Directions ‘2K, Nov. 4 - Dec 2, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Juror: Lisa Messinger, Curator of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum, NYC
Rendering Symbols and Codes Sept 6 - Oct 15,West Bend Art Museum, WI
Homecoming Show Sept 15 - Oct 14, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Member’s Show, June 16 - July 23, Walker’s Point Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
23rd National: Small Works, April 3 - April 28, Harper College, Palatine, Illinois
Postcard-sized Art Competition, Jan 9-Feb 27, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Pacia Sallomi & Peggy Farrell, Jan 28-March 5, Waukesha Civic Theatre, WI
Pointing Fingers, Nov 1-Jan. 30, juror: Ken Kwint, Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee
1999 Broadway Gallery, 1999-2001, work on consignment, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Faculty Show, Nov 5-24, Roe Art Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Homecoming Show, Oct 7-26, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Mixed-up, Sept 20 - Oct 15, Four-person, Indiana University Purdue, Fort Wayne, IN
v.1, electronic media, Sept 6-Nov 17, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Member’s Show, June 4 - July 16, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Computer Generated Art, May 4-June 11, Appleton Art Center, WI
First National FATE, March 17-April 4, Harmony Park Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
1998 Photographic Mannerisms: The Eclectic 90’s, November 17-December 15
Curated by James Colby, Forum Gallery, SUNY, JC, Jamestown, NY
Wisconsin Collection Opening, November 5, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Grounded, Sept 19-October 13. Izzo’s Artery, Chicago, IL
Member’s Show, July 24-August 27, Walker’s Point Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
1997 New Directions in Contemporary Photography, November 4-December 7
curated by Joann Brennan, NYSC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Faculty Show, November 2-25, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha WI
SPE Student Exhibition, March 3-8, Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, TX
1996 Verities and Fictions, Nov 2-Nov 30, Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX
Annual MFA Exhibition, September 13-18. FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
On The Horizon, April 5-26, Juror: Susan Kraut, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Invitational, April, Lubbock Fine Arts Festival, Lubbock Convention Center, TX
Salon of the Included, April, Coincided with Arts Festival, Lubbock, TX
Sculpture, February, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
1995 A Show of Hands, November-August 1996, Regional Competition, Lubbock, TX
Art for Humanity, October, Group Show & Auction for AIDS research, Lubbock, TX
Significant Formal, September 29-October 12, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
Photo Invitational, April, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University
Invitational, April, Lubbock Convention Center, TX
1994 Concept/Precept, September, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
1992 MA Group Show, May, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1991 Self-Reflection in Contemporary America, April 19- May 10, ASA Gallery, UNM,NM
Jurors: William Peterson & Dave Hickey
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997-current Carroll College, Associate Professor, Waukesha, WI
1994-97 Texas Tech University, TA, Lubbock, Texas
1994-96 Albuquerque Academy, Instructor, summer session, New Mexico
1994 New Mexico State University, Grants, Instructor
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
1982-92 Midwife and childbirth educator, Albuquerque, NM
1982-86 Articles Editor, Mothering Magazine, Santa Fe, NM
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2003 residency, March, CAMAC, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
2000 purchase award, 23rd National Exhibition, Harper College
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Wisconsin Collection, Carroll College
Harper College Foundation Art Collection
Percent for the Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board, Fine Arts Capital Renewal Collection
SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2003 Faculty Development Grant, Carroll College
1998-01 Annual Faculty Development Grant, Carroll College
1997-99 Teaching Fellowship, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1996-97 Texas Educational Grant
1994-97 David Dickey Scholarship Award for Photography
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Shield/Bouclier, by Phyllis Stowell & Pacia Sallomi, FootHills Publishing collaborative book project, three-part poem and 10 artworks. Article (nutfactory open house): http://www.susceptibletoimages.com/eyespy.html#eyespy1
2006 Book Cover Image: Arc of Grief, by Phyllis Stowell, FootHills Publishing
2004 Florida International Magazine, October, image, pg 76
2002 Book Cover Art: Appetite A collection of poetry on women & food, BOA editions, Rochester,NY
Madison paper: Critic’s Choice, March 1, “Iconic Fictions”
WHA (PBS-Madison station) Review of “Iconic Fictions” on “WeekEnd” aired: March 22 & 24
Reader, Starr: Reviews of “2 x 2 x 2”
2001 Shepard Express: Critic’s Choice, Sept 11, 2001 “Rooms of our Ancestors”
Chicago Reader, Starr: Review of “Barking Dogma”
1999 Review of Computer Generated Art exhibit in Appleton, newspaper
CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
1998 Reviewed manuscript for upcoming 3rd edition textbook: A Short Course in Photography & Digital Imaging, by Barbara London & Joseph Ciaglia, HarperCollins Publishers
Wisconsin Collection Catalogue
1997 American Poetry Review, photograph
Waukesha Freeman, newspaper article about Emergence show
Rooms, a poetry collective project, published quarterly, If you see no reflection, in collaboration with poet, Phyllis Stowell
1996 Odessa American, newspaper photo and statement about Evocation show.
1989 Who Is Alice? Poems by Phyllis Stowell, Pennywhistle Press, SF, CA (book cover photograph)
1982-86 Midwifery and the Law, Co-author of two editions (published by Mothering Magazine)
PUBLIC LECTURES/GALLERY TALKS
2007 Shield / Le Bouclier, Reading: April 19, Alliance Française de San Francisco, CA
Shield / Le Bouclier, Alliance Française de Berkeley, CA, March 9 (bilingual
reading and presentation of book project), also presented in San Francisco 4/19.
2002 “The Technological Revelation”, Opening Workshop talk, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1999 Comparative Scholarship Series: Artistic, Faculty Panel, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1998 Gallery Talk on the work of NY artist Josette Urso, Humphrey Gallery, Waukesha, WI
1997 Dialogues in Time, Gallery talk at opening, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1996 Constructions, MFA public lecture and slide presentation, Texas Tech University, TX
REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST