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JESSICA CIOCCI
was
born in Kentucky in 1976. She attended college in Wellesley, Massachussetts
and has since lived in Massachussetts working as a member of revolutionary
multi-media artist group Paper Rad, touring the country with music,
self-taught animation and videos, distributing home-made comics and
publications, taking pictures, and installing art shows at renowned
institutions and community art enclaves alike, online at www.paperrad.org
Education
B.A. in Studio Art
and Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 1999
Solo Exhibitions
P.E.A.C.E.: Jessica Ciocci at Foxy Production, New York, NY, 2006
Mixtape Clubhouse:
Paper Rad solo show, Space1026, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
3D Paper Rad
solo show, Foxy Production, New York, NY, 2004
Troll
Haven store-front installation, 3 Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh,
PA, 2004Paper Rad: 10, Canada: 0: Bathroom Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
2002
Selected Group Exhibitions
and Screenings
Cosmic Wonder: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. 2006
Panic Room: Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.
2006
Take It To The Net: Vilma Gold, London, UK. 2006
The Gif Show: Rx Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2006.
More Artists To Be Announced!!: New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA. 2006
Paper Rad, Chad Hopper, Cory Arcangel: And/Or Gallery. Dallas, TX. 2006Welcome
To The Real World: screening at BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan.
2006.
We Made It: Second Gallery, Boston, MA. 2006.\Chippendale,
Hong, Lyon, Paper Rad: Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI. 2006
Rotterdam
International Film Festival: screening of "P-Unit", Rotterdam,
Netherlands. 2006Psychic
Friends Network: Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA. 2006
WITH US AGAINST
REALITY, OR AGAINST US!: Willy Wonka, Inc., Oslo, August 26-Sept. 25,
2005, and at Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway, Nov. 4-Dec. 18, 2005.
Super Mario Movie: Cory Arcangel/Paper Rad solo show. Deitch Projects,
New York, NY. 2005Stay
Warm: Atilier Frankfurt Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany. 2005
Ish: Samson Projects, Boston, MA. 2005
Whoever Sees This Will Live Forever: Compact/Space, Los Angeles, CA.
2005
The Art Review
25: 25 emerging artists, Phillips de Pury, New York, NY. 2005
Armory Show:
EAI presents Paper Rad, New York, NY. 2005
Miracles:
Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. 2005
Reverse Engineers:
Carnegie Arts Center, North Tonowanda, NY. 2005
Collage Party:
Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY (curated by Scenic in conjunction with
Paul Butler and the othergallery). 2004
Big Hand at the Dice Game: Horse Hospital Gallery, London. 2004
Daydream Nation:
Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. 2004
The Liverpool
Biennial : Liverpool, UK. 2004
Face Off:
Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY. 2004
Abracadabra:
Worm Hole Laboratory at Rocket Projects Gallery, Miami, FL. 2004
Exit Art,
New York. 2004
tuxdog.org:
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York, NY (online project and live
performance). 2004
Drunk vs.
Stoned: Gavin Brown's enterprise at Passerby, New York, NY. 2004
Beaver College (in conjunction w/ Beautiful Losers show at CAC), The
Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH. 2004
Reverse Engineers:
Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH. 2004
Shazam: Contemporary
Artists and the Influence of Comics: Creative Alliance Baltimore, MD.
2004
(K-RAA-K)3 Festival
Belgie, Hasselt, Belgium. 2004
What's Up
With Milwaukee? screening, Ocularis Cinema, Brooklyn, NY. 2004
Golden Limo:
traveling art exhibit curated by Frankie Martin. 2004
Project Bookmobile:
traveling exhibition of hand-made books/doll across US & Canada.
2004
Microrave: (curated
by Paper Rad) Flywheel, Easthampton, MA. 2004
T's 4 Me 2 Wear &
U 2 C Tour: traveling exhibition of artist-made T-shirts, at Art Basel
& NADA, Miami, FL and San Francisco, CA. (Curated by Jose Diaz,
Worm Hole Laboratory). 2004
New Counter-Media-Culture
Collectives: Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI. 2003
Blinky 2: The Screening:
Tate Britain, London (curated by Foxy Production). 2003
Radical Entertainment:
Institute of Contemporary Art, London (screening, curated by Lauren
Cornell and Lina Dzuverovic-Russell). 2003
Another Bad
Creation: (screening & curated video) Deitch Projects, New York,
NY. 2003
Psyche-Out:
New York Underground Film Festival 2003, Anthology Film Archives, New
York, NY
Blinky:
Foxy Production, Brooklyn, NY. 2003
The Stray
Show: Chicago, IL (presented by Milhaus Collective). 2003
Project: Bookmobile:
various locations across US & Canada. 2003
Paper Rodeo Freak
Zone: Space1026, Philadelphia, PA. 2003
A Smiling Hunger:
Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. 2003
No Assholes Allowed:
Your Face Gallery, Kansas City, MO. 2003
Save The Raves: spotlight
on turbulence.org, New York, NY. (online project). 2003
Andrew Jeffrey Wright: De 'Classe: collaborative drawings and exhibition
of videos, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. 2003
The Bedroom
Show : John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. 2002
Project: Bookmobile:
Spring/Summer Tour 2002: various locations across US and Canada
Boston Underground
Film Festival: screening at ONI Gallery, Boston, MA. 2002
Unknown Pleasures:
Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY. 2002
Somerville Comix
Festival: Washington Street Arts Center, Somerville, MA. 2001
Selected
Performances
Albright-Knox Art
Gallery : Doo Man Group (& video screenings). Buffalo, NY. 2005VTedious
Limbs: Doo Man Group at Anthology Film Archive, (as part of NYUFF),
New York. 2005
Transmodern Age : Doo Man Group at Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD.
2005
Movies With Live Soundtracks Tour: various music/art venues across the
Northeast US & Canada. 2004
Year
of the Troll Tour : Foxy Production, NY and various other music/art
venues across the country. 2004
Free Music Video
Freakout: Teen Night at the Whitney Museum of American Art (collaboration
with Cory Arcangel/BEIGE and teen participants), New York, NY. 2004
Ever Danced
with Garf?, collaborative free music video booth at Pitt University.
A part of Pitt/Mattress Factory's Artful Wednesdays. Pittsburgh, PA.
2003
Foxy Production, Brooklyn, NY. 2003CPaper
Rad vs Beige Records Rave Battle
Computer Language and Coding Symposium, Big Orbit Sound Lab, Buffalo,
NY. 2002
Selected
Publications
"Paper Rad,
BJ and Da Dogs": 224 pg color, Picture Box Inc., New York, NY.
available September 2005
"Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is": edited & published
by McSweeney's, CA. 2005
"Live Through This": edited by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson,
Deitch Projects, New York, NY. 2005
"Kramer's Ergot 5": compilation of comics, Avodah Books, Beverly
Hills, CA. 2004
"Black, White, and Read All Over": free open-source newsprint
by Paper Rad. 2004
Paper Rad\: wide selection of hand-made self-published comics, zines,
and books. 2001-present
Paper Rodeo; contributions to drawing newspaper of Providence, RI. 2001-present
Selected Bibliography
Apfelbaum, Sue. "Paper Rad: Rainbow Bright," RES magazine,
vol. 8 no. 4, 2005
BB. "Jessica Ciocci P.E.A.C.E." flavorpill, July, 2006, issue
no. 320, 2006-07-25
\cf0 Cotter, Holland. "Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together,"
The New York Times, 01-19-03
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Blinky," The New York Times,
6-27-03
Cotter, Holland. "THE CRITICS/10 MOMENTS," The New York Times,
12-29-2002
Green, Rachel. "Internet Art (World of Art Series)," Thames
and Hudson, London, 2004
Johnson, Ken. "Jessica Ciocci: P.E.A.C.E.," The New York Times,
July 28, 2006: E30
Kunitz, Daniel and Jo\'8bso Ribas. "The ArtReview 25: Emerging
US Artists," ArtReview, Vol. V3N3, 2005
Laster, Paul. \'d2One To Watch: Paper Rad,\'d3 on ArtKrush, www.artkrush.com,
issue #13, August 24, 2005
Lyon, Raphael. "What's Wrong With Miss Piggy," Comics Comics,
July 2006: 4-5
McPheerson, Jerry. "Crazy Cartoons: Paper Rad Scare The Shit Out
Of Cute," Vice Magazine, Vol.9, No.9
"Feel The Heat: What's Hot Now?" Paper Magazine. August 2004.
Papararo, Jennifer "Paper Rad: The Rainbow Graffiti Will Fade,"
C Magazine, Issue #85, Spring 2005
Smith, Roberta. "The Infinite Fill Group Show," The New York
Times, 6-6-04
Venkatassuban, Sharmila. "Rad-Ical Thoughts," Pittsburgh City
Paper, 6-12-03
Watson, Simon. "Post Bubble" Issue, Issue #7, Fall 2003
White, Ian. "Hacker\'d5s Delight," ArtReview, September 2003
White, Ian. "Romancing the Black Box," Mute Magazine, Autumn
2003
Young, Terry, "Lost in Space," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6-21-05
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