TRACY ANN ESSOGLOU: 3 LISPENARD STREET. NYC. 10013. USA. TEL: 212 966 0380 Email: blueesso@aol.com
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1996 - INSTANT VISIONS: The New York Women's Foundation, NYC. 1995 - A WOMAN'S VIEW: EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE. TRIBUTE TO BEIJING: The World Bank, Washington, D.C. ART/LIFE: Internet website. INTERFACE 3 International Symposium, Hamburg, FDR. TIME CAPSULE: Artists anthology edited by Robin Kahn for S.O.S. Int'l and Creative Time. Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC. LOS PECADOS CAPITALES: Mexico City, Mexico. 1994 - RUINATION: Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. GARBAGE ANTHOLOGY: Proposed arts publication by BRAT: An Independent Arts Organization, NYC. INFORMATIONDIENST/INFORMATION SERVICE: Int'l Women Artists' Archive, Kunstlerhaus, Stuttgart, FDR. 1992 - IN YOUR FACE: POLITICS OF THE BODY AND PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE: Curator, author, and exhibitor. Cortland Jessup Gallery Provincetown, MA., and A/C Project Room, NYC. PROPAGANDA: A/C Project Room, NYC. 1991 - LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT: Momentary Modern, Amsterdam, Netherlands. LOST AND FOUND: Sculpture Center, NYC. SUMMER SHOW: Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, Maine. MICRO-COLONIZATION: A/C Project Room, NYC. SALVAGE UTOPIA: A/C Project Room, NYC. "ata girl!" [women in art, theory, action collective]: A/C Project Room, NYC. ARTWORKERS/ARTWORKS: A/C Project Room, NYC. 1990 - SUMMER GROUP SHOW: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, NYC. THE GREAT AMERICAN FAX ATTACK: Harvey Gantt Campaign Benefit. Andrea Ruggieri Gallery, Washington, D.C. ARTWORKERS/ARTWORKS: ArtCart, Inc. NYC. 1989 - ARTWORKERS/ARTWORKS: ArtCart, Inc. NYC.S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
1991 - TRACY ANN ESSOGLOU: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, NYC.A R T S / E N A B L E R
1989-96 - "Situation Design" DBA: Contractor: art installation, space planning and interior design for corporate, public and private entities including: Andersen Consulting, Banque IndoSuez, Battle Fowler Law Associates, Delta Consulting Group, Inc., Group W: Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc., George Little Management, Inc., Oppenheimer Funds Management Corporation, Price Waterhouse, Rosenman & Colin Law Associates, The Singapore Consulate, and Standard Chartered Bank. 1988-91 - Trucker/Art Installer: ArtCart, Inc., NYC 1987-91 - Assistant metal fabricator: art, furnishings, interiors, and architectural detail. S.F.W. Studios, Brooklyn, NY.A U T H O R
1995 - Author: "Louder Than Words: A W.A.C. Chronicle" in,"But Is It Art?:The Spirit of Art as Activism." Edited by Nina Felshin. Published by Bay Press. Seattle, Washington,1995. 1992 - Author/Presenter: "[Her] Absurd Existence: Feminism, Post Modernism, Irony." International Colloquium: "Kierkegaard and Post modern Irony," Association Descartes, Paris, France. Author: "Marilyn Minter: April 11 - May 9, 1992," exhibition statement, Max Protetch Gallery, NYC. Author/Curator/Exhibitor. IN YOUR FACE: POLITICS OF THE BODY AND PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE: Cortland Jessup Gallery Provincetown, MA., and A/C Project Room, NYC. Author: "The Silence of the Unmade: Shadow Works and Self-Censorship," unpublished submission to The Fifteenth Annual Whitney Symposium on American Art and Culture 1992, "Femininity and Masculinity: The Construction of Gender and the Transgression of Boundaries in 20th Century American Art and Culture." 1991 - Co-author/Presenter: "Dialogics of Negation: Gender and Subjectivity." Paulo Freire Symposium: "Cultural Politics and Critical Pedagogy," New School for Social Research, NYC.E D U C A T O R
1993 - Co-Facilitator: "Equations of Power: A Structural Understanding for Social Change," Anti-discrimination seminar. Berlin, Germany. 1993 - Professor: "Philosophy of Media and Communications Technology: Issues of Development, Representation and Media Literacy" Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo De Mexico, Mexico D.F. 1992 - Professor: "Developments in Media and Technology in the International Communications Arena," Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo De Mexico, Mexico D.F. 1991-95 - Guest Lecturer/Substitute Professor: New School of Social Research, NYC. 1991-94 - Academic Advisor: administrative council: Luxembourg University of Communications. 1979-81 - Teacher/Counselor: Summer camp for disadvantaged autistic children. Home Caregiver: children with disabilities, Springfield, MA.M E D I A
1994 - Consultant: "Rights and Wrongs" for Globalvision TV: The Global Center, NYC. 1994 - Associate Producer:"Stonewall 25: Premiere Int'l Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Awards," television news segment for "Rights and Wrongs," Globalvision, NYC. 1992-93 - Associate Producer: "NOTIFAX," a fax-newsletter on communications for government and business in Mexico, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo De Mexico and Sistema de Informacion Logistica [SILOG], Mexico D.F. 1992-93 - Media Liaison/Strategist/Spokesperson/National and Int'l Coordinator: Women's Action Coalition, NYC. National and international coordinator of WACNET. Media Engagements/interviews: [TV] ABC, BBC, CNN, Fox News, "Goodday New York," MTV, NBC, NY-1, VH-1, WPVI-TV: "AM / Philadelphia," Lifetime Cable: "The Jane Pratt Show." [Radio] WBAI: New York, WCBS: New York, CKLN: Toronto, Canada, "Radio Today": Japan, "Frequence Plurielle": Paris, France. [Print] The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, The Toronto Star, Newsday, The Washington Times, New York Magazine, Elle, Glamour, Sassy, Sacramento Bee, Liberation and Elle: Paris, France, El Financero: Mexico D.F. 1990 - Screener: "The Documentary Film Festival of New York," The Public Theater, NYC.C O N F E R E N C E P R E S E N T A T I O N S
1996 - Panelist: "Linking Feminist Arts and Activism," "National Feminist Exposition: Expo for '96 for Women's Empowerment," sponsored by The Feminist Majority Foundation, Washington, D.C. 1993 - Presenter: "The Politics of Direct Action," "The Scholar and the Feminist Conference," Barnard Center for Research on Women, Barnard College, NYC. Presenter: "Media, Direct Action and Gender." "Women Tell the Truth Conference," Hunter College, NYC. Presenter: "Feminism: the Future is Critical." Symposium: "Rebellion's Daughters Remember The Thomas/Hill Hearings: One Year Later," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. International Delegate: "Strategies For Change: National Action Committee on the Status of Women, 20th Anniversary Conference," Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.F O U N D E R / F A C I L I T A T O R
1990 - Co-Founder: "ata girl!" [women in art, theory, action collective]." 1989-92 - Co-Founder/Co-Director: A/C Project Room, alternative exhibition space, NYC. 1979-84 - Creator: Hampshire College Women's Center Abortion Support Services Network. Coordinator: reopening, funding and relocation of Hampshire College Women's Center. Facilitator: seminar and discussion series, including, "Lesbian / Non-Lesbian Dialogues," "Women and Intellect," "Issue Sensitization: Race, Class, Gender, Sexual Orientation." Organizer: "New England Regional Conference on Autism," Amherst, MA.E D U C A T I O N
1996 - Diploma: Building Construction Management, New York University, NYC. 1993 - Master's Degree: Communications: Media Studies. New School for Social Research, NYC. 1986-89 - Special Candidate: Master's Degree: Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Graduate Design/Drawing: Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. Paper Casting: Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, N.Y. Graphic Design, Welding, and Papermaking: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. 1984 - Bachelor's Degree: Liberal Arts: Hampshire College. Amherst, Massachusetts. Areas of Concentration: Semiotics, Political Anthropology, Cultural Studies. 1978 - INTERALP: Intercultural Action Learning Program Work/study semester in Kalymnos, Greece.