William Contino CV
Education
1988 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, M.F.A.
1986 Alfred University, Alfred, New York, B.F.A.
Selected Exhibitions:
2021 Art Show International Finalist, Los Angeles, California
2020 Sternchen***** Werkstadt Graz, Graz Austria
2019 100% Synthetic, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 100% Synthetic, Coaxial, Los Angeles, CA
2019 East Sussex Print Exchange, and exhibition 2019: Hastings Arts Forum, UK
2019 Local Alumni Invitational, Cohen Gallery at Alfred University, Alfred New York
2019 6 x 6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York
2019 Fractured Habitats 2019, AC Gallery, 798 Beijing, China
2019 100% Synthetic, DVD release of sound and Video work by various artists, a collaboration with Matthew Underwood. Estuary Ltd. Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2018 Keepers of the Chroma, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, New Jersey
2016 1st International Printmaking Alliance Invitational Exhibition, The Working
People’s Cultural Palace (The Imperial Ancestral Temple), The Forbidden City, Beijing
2016 Alfred Print Media Tsing Hua University in Beijing
2016 Open Studio Artist Proof, Toronto, Canada
2016 New American Cinema Group Screening of “Memories Unwoven”, William Contino with You Qi, New York, New York
2016 Chronodrift, Alfred Print Media Print Alumni Exhibition, lumber room, Portland, Oregon
2015 Variantology The Work by Faculty and Staff from The Division of Expanded
Media, Fosdick-Nelson Alfred University
2014 Cattaraugus County Arts Council’s Jurors' Choice Exhibition
2014 Cattaraugus County Arts Council’s 2014 Member Show
2014 A Benefit for Peace by Pseudo Empire, Brooklyn Fireproof, New York
2014 Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center 2014 Members Exhibition, Buffalo, NY
2013 “Global Fold: 43° Latitude”, Jilin University, Changchun, China
2013 Sheriff Im/ At the Zollamt, Bad Radkersburg, Austria
2013 Exploding Boundaries: Faculty and Staff Explorations in Drawing, Alfred, NY
2012 European Cultural Capital of 2012, Maribor Slovenia
2012 Passing Through: Landgasthauss Schreiner Pöllau, Austria
2012 Traveling East: Gallery Grazy, Graz Austria
2012 Liberation 45 Stadt Museum, Graz, Austria
2012 Faculty Work: William Contino, Diane Cox, Nick Kuder, Alfred, New York
2011 Present Tense: LAFA Gallery, Dalian China
2011 Werkstadt Graz Selection of International Artists. Graz, Austria
2011 SGC I Print Conference, 40 years of Alfred Printmaking, New Orleans, LA
2011 “Chicken” A short film by William Contino, Loop Festival: Barcelona, Spain
2010 The Logic of Paper- American Works on Paper, He Xiangning Art Museum
2010 Obsession: Australian and US Printmakers: Sydney, Australia
2010 Hoopoes and Camels, William Contino and Gerar Edizel: Random Room Gallery, Alfred, New York
2010 Loop Festival: Barcelona, Spain
2010 Group show: Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2010 Concurrence: Philagraphica/SGC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Patent Pending: Philagraphica/SGC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009 White Elephant , Chicago, Illinois/ Jackson, Mississippi
2009 Members Exhibition CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2008 Prints by William Contino, Ceramic Forms by Harriet Ross, Scarborough, New York
2008 6x6: Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York
2008 Pixels: Artworks Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2007 Material Matters: GE World Headquarters, Fairfield Connecticut
2007 Insatiable Streams: Beijing Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
2007 Snap to Grid: Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
2007 Tadu Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 Think Ink: Prints from the Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, New York
2006 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
2005 Main Redux: Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York 700
2005 Annual Members' Exhibition: CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2003 Iterations Revisited, Work from the Institute of Electronic Arts: Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York
2002 Signals from the Electronic Cloud, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York
2001 Open Source: Central Academy of Fine Art Beijing, China
2001 Museum of Art, Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China
2001 New Digital Prints: Millsaps College, Jackson Mississippi
1999 Prints from the Institute for Electronic Arts: the Design Center, Aspen, Colorado
1996 New Visions: Interlochen, Michigan
1993 Identities: Maureen Napi, Tomas J. Gloya /Stork and William Contino;Adams Art Gallery
1991 In Western New York 1991: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1991 Fire and Ice: Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York
1990 Visual Aids: Museum for Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1988 Resolutions: Harriet Ross and William Contino; Hudson River Gallery, Ossining, NY
1986 41st Western New York Exhibition; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2009 New Print Work by William Contino Artist Inn Residence, Washington, DC
2008 Twitter: Alfred State College Alfred, New York
2008 Waking Dreams: Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi
2002 Drawings by William Contino: The Arch Gallery, London, England
1992 New Works on Paper: Goldman, and Carolyn Greenfield Art Gallery at Damen College, Buffalo, New York
1991 Recent Work of William Contino; Villa Maria College Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1991 William Contino: Paintings and Drawings; Ashland Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1990 New Work by William Contino; Ashland Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Awards, Publications and Reviews and Residencies
2018 “100% Synthetic”, DVD Published by Estuary Ltd.
2016 “Memories Unwoven”, William Contino with You Qi, DVD Published by New American Cinema Group/ The Film- Makers’ Cooperative
2016 “1st International Printmaking Alliance Invitational”, China Forestry Publishing House
2015 Signal Culture, A collaboration residency with You Qi
2013 “Liberation in Progress” Published by Herausgeber, Graz Austria
2013 “Global Fold: 43° Latitude”, Published by Jilin University, Changchun, China
2010 The Logic of Paper- American Works on Paper, Published by He Xiangning Art Museum
2007 Insatiable Streams Catalog, Beijing Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
2002 Buffalo News, “Science meets Art” Review by Richard Huntington
2002 Artvoice “Signals From the Electronic Cloud”
2000 Open Source, Institute for Electronic Arts and the Central Academy of Fine Art: New York and Beijing, Published by, China Light Industry Press
1996 Print Magazine: Digital Illustration Award, August, 1996
1992 The Roycroft Review, Volume 2
1991 Buffalo News, “No Shaman;” Review by Richard Huntington
1991 Vox Magazine, Featured Artist: Paintings and Drawings by William Contino