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 Anthony Luensman — Curriculum Vitae

BORN
1966
LIves and works in Cincinnati, OH

EDUCATION
1988 BA, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009

  • "ABRADE", Clay Street Press, Cincinnati, OH

2007

  • "Arenas", Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

2005

  • "Open House", Sapporo Artist-in-Residence (S-AIR), ICC Media Arts Exchange, Sapporo, Japan

2004

  • "Peeps & Bells", Phyllis Weston – Annie Bolling Galleries at M. Willis, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Ersilia", Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Taipei, Taiwan
  • "Tracings (in Enter/Exit)", Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan

2003

  • "Eolian", Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
  • "Zeloso", Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2002

  • "Irato", Weston Art Gallery / Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010

  • "Shapeshifter", Country Club, Cincinnati, OH

2009

  • "Between History and Memory", Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
  • "Fusion Folks BoPiArts", Sean Hu Arts (sponsored by the Taipei Cultural Bureau), Taiwan
  • Driftwood Sculpture Festival, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
  • Art Chicago, presented by Carl Solway Gallery in Chicago art fair
  • Bridge Art Fair, presented by PAC Gallery in New York art fair
  • "The Stars in the Sky Are Still Boss", Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati's College of DAAP, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Luminal Art", Gallery 100, Taipei, Taiwan

2008

  • "2008 Very Fun Park", Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
  • "The Distorting Mirror", VT Art Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
  • "emptysigns", Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
  • "Contemporary Works by Anthony Luensman and Shawna Guip", Phyllis Weston – Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2007

  • "Hot Fun! Vol. 1", curated by Jay Jordan and Linda Schwartz, New Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville, KY

2006

  • "Taipei: Views & Points", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 5th Penghu International Earth Art Festival, Penghu, Taiwan
  • "3D: An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture", Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Cincinnati Timeline", Phyllis Weston – Annie Bolling Galleries at M. Willis, Cincinnati, OH
  • Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • "Prism", Mary Baskett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Skirting the Line: Conceptual Drawing", curated by Kaytie Johnson, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

2005

  • "Clay Street Sculpture", Publico, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Ideas into Objects: Reinterpreting the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci", Weston Art Gallery / Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
  • "Contemporary Art in the Midwest: 2005 DePauw Biennial", curated by Kaytie Johnson, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
  • "Seeing Red", Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

2003

  • "Massive: Luminosity", SSNOVA, Cincinnati, OH

2000

  • "Stacked", curated by Matt Distel, Weston Art Gallery / Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008

  • Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery. Ideas into Objects: Reinterpreting the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Cincinnati, OH).
  • Grow, Scott. “Interview: Anthony Luensman,” www.onthecusp.org (Sept. 18).
  • Pearce, Sara. “Luensman wins $20,000 Efroymson fellowship,” www.Cincinnati.com/ Cincinnati Enquirer (Aug. 26), Eye Spy Column, Web site www.news.cincinnati.com/apps.

2007

  • Castro, Heather. “Getting Personal: Cincinnati Installations Blur Boundaries between Art and Viewer,” Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky) (April 27), Weekender, pg. 20.
  • Cincinnati Magazine Staff. “Best of the City 2007: Art Ambassador,” Cincinnati Magazine (December), pg. 158.
  • CityBeat Staff. “Best Transformation of Museum Space,” CityBeat (March 28 – April 3), pg. 56.
  • Durrell, Jane. Exhibition Review of “Arenas,” Sculpture (September), Vol. 26, No. 7, pp. 71-72.
  • James, Laura. “Blowing off the Dust,” CityBeat (March 7-13), Cover story and pp. 20-23.
  • Harkavy, Tamara with Cathy Wash, editors. Exposed: Secret ArtWorks (Cincinnati, OH), pg. 54.
  • Harris, Mark with foreword by Aaron Betsky. Arenas, Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, OH).
  • James, Laura. Exhibition Review of “Arenas,” Art Papers (July/August), pp. 57-58.
  • James, Laura. “To Do: CityBeat Recommends,” CityBeat (November 21-27), pg. 30.
  • James, Laura. “An Artful Year,” CityBeat (December 26, 2007 – January 1, 2008), pg. 29.
  • Pearce, Sara. “Creative Cincinnati,” Cincinnati Enquirer (Feb. 11), Arts & Entertainment, Cover and Section J.
  • Pearce, Sara. “Art as a Spectator Sport,” Cincinnati Enquirer (March 18), Arts & Entertainment, Cover and D1 & 4.
  • Spaid, Sue. Exhibition Review of “Arenas,” ArtUS (Summer), Issue 19, pp. 58-59.
  • WCET-TV CH48 (www.cetconnect.org) – “Arenas: A Conversation with Anthony Luensman,” hosted by Mark Harris for art:21 (March 19), 30:00 minutes.
  • WVXU-FM 91.7 – “Arenas at the Cincinnati Art Museum,” Cincinnati Edition: Focus on Technology, hosted by Ann Thompson (May 13), 5:00 minutes.
  • Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. GBOX: Containers of Childhood Memory, Su Ying-lung, editor (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

2006

  • ArtCo Staff. Exhibition Review – Container Arts Festival (in Chinese), ArtCo (Taipei, Taiwan), (Jan.), pg. 92.
  • Artist Staff. Exhibition Review – Container Arts Festival (in Chinese), Artist (Taipei, Taiwan), (Jan.), Vol. 368, pg. 251.
  • Bauer, Marilyn. “The Art of a Hip Hotel,” Cincinnati Enquirer (April 23), Travel Section F, pp. 1 & 4.
  • CityBeat Staff. “Best Arts Ambassador,” CityBeat (March 29 – April 4), pg. 56.
  • Pearce, Sara. “Arts Buzz – Local Artists Working Afield,” Cincinnati Enquirer (Jan. 29), Arts & Entertainment, D2.
  • POTS Staff. “Views & Points – Review,” (in Chinese), POTS: The Voice of Generation Next (Taipei, Taiwan) (Aug. 25 – Sept. 3), pg. 4.
  • Yalkut, Jud. “Videodrome,” Dayton City Paper (May 17-23), pg. 17.

2005

  • China Times. Exhibition Review of Container Arts Festival (in Chinese) (Dec. 19), pg. D8.
  • Durrell, Jane. “Looking for Leonardo,” CityBeat (May 11-17), pg. 41.
  • Lombardi, D. Dominick. “Decoding da Vinci – ‘Ideas into Objects: Reinterpreting the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci,’” NYArts (July/August), Vol. 10, No. 7/8, pg. 84.

2004

  • Hu, Sean. “Bravo – Expo,” Madame Figaro Taiwan (February).
  • Kendzulak, Susan. “Let There Be Light: Luensman in the Garden of Eden,” (Arts & Books), Taipei Times (May 23).
  • LeFevre, Camille. “Ballet’s Quirks Work Together to Please,” Star Tribune - Minneapolis/St. Paul (Oct. 2), pg. B2.
  • Intercross Creative Center. ICC Media Arts Exchange Program 2004, Intercross Creative Center - Sapporo, Japan (Winter 04-05), pg. 5 and 18-21.
  • O’Donnell, Kelly with introduction by Charles Desmarais. Anthony Luensman: Zeloso (Cincinnati, OH).

2003

  • Bauer, Marilyn. “Open Mind, Expect Surprises: 10 Works You Have to See,” Cincinnati Enquirer (May 31), Cover and pg. A6.
  • Hornick, Ted. “Monkey Meets Technology in Olin Gallery’s Current Exhibit,” The Kenyon Collegian (Oct. 23), pp. 1-2.
  • Muschamp, Herbert. “Rosenthal Center Grabs a Spot in History” (photograph of Singin’ and Ringin’ Chandelier), The New York Times reprinted in Cincinnati Enquirer (June 8), Tempo E4.
  • Vandenberg, Arie. “Anthony Luensman Interview – Part 1,” Art Spike (June 18-July 1), pp. 6-7.
  • Vandenberg, Arie. “Anthony Luensman Interview – Part 2,” Art Spike (July 2-15), pg. 14.
  • Distel, Matt. Anthony Luensman: Eolian, Olin Library, Kenyon College (Gambier, OH).
  • Hu, Sean and Susan Kendzulak. Anthony Luensman: Tracings, Taipei Artist Village (Taipei, Taiwan)

2002

  • Ramos, Steve. “Buzzing and Whirling,” (Voices/Arts Beat), CityBeat (April 25-May 1), pg. 5.
  • Roca, Octavio. “Foundry’s ‘Kid Thunder’ Makes a Bang at Fort Barry,” San Francisco Chronicle (Oct. 2), D2.
  • Barnhart, Michael and Steve Ramos. Irato by Anthony Luensman, Weston Art Gallery (Cincinnati, OH) (catalogue)

2001

  • Stearns, Robert. “Genius, Imagine What Could Happen,” Dialogue (Jan./Feb.), pp. 32-36.

 

SELECTED SOUND DESIGN/THEATER PROJECTS
2004

  • "Zenas", James Sewell Ballet, St. Paul, MN
  • Sound design for an original ballet choreographed by Christian Burns

2002

  • "OCEAn Music Festival", Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH
  • Multi-channel sound installation for Oberlin’s biennial electro-acoustic music festival
  • "Kid Thunder", The Foundry at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • Sound design for dance collaboration with contemporary dance ensemble, The Foundry. Voted one of the Top 10 dance performances of the year by The San Francisco Chronicle.

2001

  • "Insist/Resist", Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • Score, staging, and direction of an original dance performance; choreography by San Francisco dancer Marc Morozumi

2000

  • "Account Me Puppet", The Tour
  • Saw Theater production / multimedia performance based on John Milton’s Paradise Lost
    • Theater for the New City, New York, NY
    • Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
    • The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
    • Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA
    • Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH

1999

  • "The Tempter Ris’n", Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
  • Saw Theater production / multimedia performance
  • Faust, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati, OH
  • Saw Theater production of large-scale puppets for the Cincinnati Opera’s Gounod’s Faust

1998

  • "Account Me Puppet", The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
  • Saw Theater production / multimedia performance commissioned by The Detroit Institute of Arts, based on John Milton’s Paradise Lost
  • "Fallen Stages: Drawings, Pages and Chapters from Account Me Puppet", The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
  • Sound installation and exhibition of original instruments and objects in conjunction with Saw Theater performances of Account Me Puppet
  • "And the movement of hearts came at me like a storm…", Festival of International Puppet Theater, P.S. 122, New York, NY
  • Saw Theater production / multimedia performance

1997

  • "Stain: unconsummate acts", The Tour
  • Saw Theater production / multimedia performance
    • Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
    • The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
    • The Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY
    • Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH
    • Kenyon College, Kenyon, OH

 

SELECTED AWARDS/LECTURES
2008

  • Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship
  • Taipei Artist Village Residency, Taipei, Taiwan

2005

  • Sapporo Artist-in-Residence (S-AIR), InterCross Creative Center, Sapporo, Japan

2004

  • Summerfair Individual Artist Grant
  • Ohio Arts Council Artist Fellowship

2003

  • Individual Artist Grant, Cincinnati Arts Allocation Committee
  • Taipei Artist Village Residency, Taipei, Taiwan

2001

  • Headlands Center for the Arts Residency – Ohio Arts Council, Sausalito, CA

2000

  • Ohio Arts Council Artist Fellowship

1998

  • Individual Artist Grant, Cincinnati Arts Allocation Committee

1997

  • The Poetry Prize, Xavier University

1995

  • Individual Artist Grant, Cincinnati Arts Allocation Committee

1988

  • The Kenyon Art Prize, Kenyon College
  • The Ryerson Prize in Painting, Kenyon College
  • Hallstein Memorial Award for Sculpture, Kenyon College


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