Education
2005 MFA Hunter College, New York, NY,
2004 Exchange Program, Slade College of Fine Art, London, U.K.
2000 BFA The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Treasure Trove, Jack the Pelican Presents, NY
2006 Little Vanities, Realform Gallery, NY
2001 Tara Giannini: Recent Paintings, Heistand Gallery, Miami, OH
2000 Tara Giannini: Gaudy Paintings, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Memento Mori, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2010 A Painter’s Journey, Luis De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Tart @ A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Alchemy: Transmutation From Base To Precious, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
2009 Reclaimed, Target Gallery at the Torpedo Center For Contemporary Art, Alexandria, VA
2008 Summer Guests, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Summer Exhibition, Rabbithole Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Bloom, Gallery 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA
2008 Hocus Pocus, Curious Matter Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2008 Rites of Passage: The Mortality of Time, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art, Fox Gallery, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (curated by Sharka Hyland, Martha Lucy and
Shayna McConville)
2007 Culture Pundits, Tristan Media LLC, NY
2007 The Artists of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, St. Nick’s Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Drawing the Line,Helen Mills Theater, NY (curated by Renee Vara)
2006 tART/Creative Time Salon Show, 380 Broadway, NY
2005 Beautiful Dreamer, September 2005, SPACES Gallery,
Cleveland, OH (curated by David Gibson)
2005 Beautiful Debris Part 2, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2005 Beautiful Debris, July 2005, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Breaking Ground, New York Horticultural Society, NY (curated by Jodie Vicenta
Jacobson)
2005 tART Salon Show, Bowery, NY
2005 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, NY
2000 Space Odyssey, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts Review, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2000 Cold Exchange, Ice Millhouse Gallery, Akron, OH
1999 After School Special, Joseph McCollough Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1999 Summer Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Bibliography
2010 “ A Contemporary Vanitas Exhibition”, by Kristin Cronin, Beaconcitizen.com
2009 “ Re-using Materials in Recession Art”, BBC News, May 5, 2009
2009 “ And Then There Was Art”, by Kevin Mellema, Northern Virginia Art Beat, April 15, 2009
2008 “ Art is in Full Bloom at MCLA Gallery 51”, by Veronica Bosley, The Berkshires, April 2008
2008 “ In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art”, Catalog Essay by Martha
Lucy, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (curated by
Martha Lucy and Shayna McConville).
2007 “Tara Giannini: Featured Artist”, OvationTV.com, August 2007
2007 “The Art of Tara Giannini”, by Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, August 2007
2006 “Summer Emerging Artist Series: The Art of Tara Giannini”, by Paddy
Johnson, Art Fag City, July 22, 2006
2006 “Inspiration SuperHighway”, by Paddy Johnson, Art Fag City, February 10, 2006
2005“Perchance to Dream: Nocturnal Fantasies Enchant in SPACES’ Beautiful Dreamer”,
by Lyz Bly, The Cleveland Times, October 2005
2005 “Beautiful Dreamer Awakens Romantics”, by Dan Tranberg, The Cleveland Plain
Dealer, October 2005
“Beautiful Dreamer”, forward by Susan R. Channing, catalog essay by David Gibson,
September 2005, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
2005 “Beautiful Dreamer”, by Zachary Lewis, Cleveland Scene Magazine, September 2005
2005 “Beautiful Debris”, by Glen Helfland, Artforum Magazine, August 2005
2005 “Trashed: Artist’s Treasures” by Nirmala Nataraj, San Francisco Weekly, July 2005
2005 “Beautiful Debris”, by Alison Bing, San Francisco Gate, July 2005
2001 “Gooey, Gaudy, Glitzy: The Paintings of Tara Giannini”, By Kristin Chambers, Tara
Giannini: Gaudy Paintings exhibition catalog, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary
Awards and Honors
2001 Winner of the National Young Painters’ Competition, Miami University
2000 Recipient of the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Miami Universtiy
2000 The Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Award, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art
2000 Otto F. Egge Award for Scholastic Excellence, The Cleveland Institute of Art
2000 The Carroll Sockwell Memorial Award for Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art
1999 The Carroll Sockwell Memorial Award for Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art
1999 The Liza Noble Award for Excellence in Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art
1998 The Eastman Bolton Award in Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art
1995 Morse Graphics Award for Artistic Excellence
Membership
· College Art Association
· tART (Women’s Artist Collective, over 40 members)
