ARTISTIC RESUME’: Franco MARINAI
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions of Books, Photographs, Photogravures and Mezzotints:
“CELEBRATING PRINT CHALLENGE” BBLA GALLERY AT BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL, NYC (December 2015)
"FIRST NY INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (November 2015)
"EMBRACED: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY" CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, NYC (July 2015)
“EROTICA” MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (May 2015)
“WANDERLUST” Umbrella Studio, TOWNSVILLE (Australia) (May 2015)
“LIGHT SENSITIVE 2015” ART INTERSECTION, GILBERT (AZ) (March 2015)
“UNDONE” MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (April 2014)
“UNBOUNDED: 67 PRINTS BY 53 ARTISTS” HOLLAR GALLERY, PRAGUE (September 2013)
“THIRD ANNUAL JURIED SHOW” MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (July 2013)
“SQUARE DEAL” MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (June 2013)
“TEXT MESSAGE” MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (April 2013)
"SECOND ANNUAL JURIED SHOW" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (July-August 2012)
“RIP OFF!” MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (June 2012)
"GEOMETERS UNITE" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (May 2012)
"MULTIPLE ENCOUNTERS 2" LALIT KALA ACADEMI, New Delhi, India (January 2012)
4HEADS' "GOVERNORS ISLAND ART FAIR", NYC (September 2011)
"FIRST ANNUAL JURIED SHOW" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (August 2011)
"THE UN[FRAMED] PHOTOGRAPH" CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, NYC (July-September 2011)
"MULTIPLE, LIMITED, UNIQUE: SELECTIONS FROM THE CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, NYC (Summer 2011)
"MGC MEMBERS GROUP SHOW" Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (April 2010)
"PHILAGRAFIKA" and Southern Graphics Council Conference, UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIA (March 2010)
"OUT OF THE DARK" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (March 2010)
"NEW PRINTS 2010/WINTER" IPCNY, NYC (January 2010)
"ORDER AND CHAOS" NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FLORENCE, ITALY (July - October 2009)
"IPCNY NEW PRINTS 2009/WINTER" Southern Graphics Council Conference, CHICAGO (March 2009)
"STIMULUS PACKAGE" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (March 2009)
"NEW PRINTS 2009 / WINTER" IPCNY, NYC (January 2009)
"TIME FRAMES" MILLENNIUM GALLERY, NYC (December 2008 - February 2009)
"NEW PRINTS / THE ARTIST'S COMMENTARY" IPCNY, NYC (Summer 2008)
"DECK THE WALLS" CANIO'S, SAG HARBOR, NY (December 2007 - January 2008)
"WHO ARE WE?" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (September 2007)
"SAG HARBOR BIG BLUE GAS BALL DISMANTLED" CANIO'S, SAG HARBOR, NY (June 2007)
"ALL CLOUDS REMIND ME OF ICELAND" HUNOGHUN, REYKJAVIK, ICELAND (July 2006)
"PHOTOGRAVURES" IL CHIASSINO, PISA, ITALY (August 2005)
"PHOTOGRAVURES" LA CORTE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, FLORENCE, ITALY (May 2005)
"WISH YOU WERE HERE" MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER, NYC (May 2004)
Screenings, Festivals and Awards:
"LITTLE HISTORIES OF THE AVANT-GARDE: DOWNTOWN NEW YORK”, Rio de Janeiro (Nov. - Dec. f2014)
"LIFE IS LIVE" EBBEL UM UFER, BERLIN (June 2011)
"NO WAVE RETROSPECTIVE" OBERHAUSEN FILM FESTIVAL and VIENNA FILMMUSEUM (May 2010)
LOWER EAST SIDE ARTS FESTIVAL, NYC (2003) MILLENNIUM, NYC (2001)
"NO WAVE CINEMA" TOUR: AUSTRALIA and EUROPE (1998-1999)
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART "NO WAVE CINEMA" (1996)
ALBANY SHORT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVAL (1995)
MILL VALLEY FILM/VIDEO FESTIVAL (1995)
MILLENNIUM, NYC (1995)
GALLERI, REYKJAVIK (ICELAND) (1992)
INDEPENDENT FOCUS, PBS (1989, 1990)
ODENSE FILM FESTIVAL, DENMARK (1989) BRONZE AWARD ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL (1988) FIRST PRIZE
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE FESTIVAL (1988) INTERFORMAT AWARD
USA FILM FESTIVAL DALLAS (1988) FINALIST
MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL FILM WEEK (1988)
BUCKS COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL and TOUR (1988) JUDGES' COMMENDATION
COLLECTIVE FOR LIVING CINEMA, NYC (1988)
THE KITCHEN, NYC (1985)
ST.MARK'S POETRY PROJECT, NYC (1984)
HALLWALLS, BUFFALO (1984)
P.S. 122, NYC (1984)
8 B.C., NYC (1984)
INTERNATIONAL WITH MONUMENT GALLERY, NYC (1984)
Residencies and Fellowships:
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP (FILMMAKING) (1989, 2005)
EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER RESIDENCY, OWEGO, NY (1994, 1995)
JEROME FOUNDATION FILMMAKING FELLOWSHIP (1989)