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EDUCATION
1993    MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1987    School of Visual Arts Studio Program, Urbino, Italy
1985    BA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005                
“Spore,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004                
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY          
“The Woodpecker Initiative,” Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

2002                
“groundwork,” Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY                                                          
“groundwork, ” Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ                                           
“When Uncle Vincenzo was a Fish,” Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY               

1997                
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
“Sycamore, ” Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA                                    

1996                
“Outdoor Works,” The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ                          

1995                
Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA

1993                
Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Sculpture garden installation “From the Woods”

1992                
“Sculptures,” SVA Gallery, New York, NY                                                   
“Vine Installation,” Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA      

1991                
“Public Proof,” Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY   

1987                
Gallery Patisserie, Jersey City, NJ                       

1986                
“Encaustic Relief,” Torn Awning Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS        
2005                
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY

2004                
“temporalscape,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Metamorphosis,” John Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI  
Kim Foster Gallery Summer Group Exhibition
SmART Gallery, Inaugural group exhibition, Munich, Germany
Inaugural Exhibition, The Red collaborative, Great Barrington, MA
The For-Site Foundation - Inaugural Exhibition, Grass Valley, CA
“Organics,” 2-person exhibition with Illia Barger, curated by Tricia Fagan, Mercer Community College,
     Trenton, NJ

2002                
“Made With Nature,” Curated by Robert Mattison, David Dorsky Foundation, Queens, NY                       
Eco Show, The Meeting House Gallery, New Marlborough, MA
“Hors D’oeurves”. Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
“Nature, a Different Perspective, Formed Objects, Low Relief,” MCS Gallery, curated by Tom Burke,
     Easton, PA
"Artists and the Art of the Book." Traveling exhibition, from the Experimental Print Institute, Lafayette College,     Easton, PA
Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
Foreland Street Studio, Cleveland, OH
Artists' Image Resource Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

2001    
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Member’s Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Black and White” Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
“3,” The Gruss Center of Visual Arts, Lawrenceville, NJ
“Selections from the Collection” Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA

2000    
“Where are the Books?” Lafayette College, Easton, PA

1999    
“A Book in Hand” Brooklyn Public Library & Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
“In View of Nature” Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
“Small Abstractions” Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Libreria Pegaso Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Kent State University Gallery, Kent State, OH
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

1998    
“Heinz Project” Skillman Gallery, Morris College, Randolph, NJ

1997    
"Drawings" Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Drawings On Paper and Off" Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

1996    
Il Politecnico XX Arte, Rome, Italy
Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

1995                
“Image and Text" Rathbone Gallery, Albany, NY
“Buoys” Bill Bace Renegade Space, New York, NY   

1994    
"Art of Italian Americans" Lehman College, White Plains, NY           

1993    
"Three Sculptors" Grossman Center, Lawrenceville, NJ

1992    
"Books by Artists" Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic MA
"Enigma" Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
"Rituals" The Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
"Breaking Space" A.J. Lederman Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
"Range” Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

1991    
"Dreams and Ambiguities" Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA

1990    
"Wallworks" City Hall, Jersey City, NJ
"New Jersey Arts Annual" Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ

1989    
"Prints and Multiples" Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
"Selections 1989" Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
The Milk Bar, New York, NY

1986    
“The Metro Show” City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
No Lo Contendere, New York, NY
The Torn Awning Gallery, New York, NY

1985    
“The Four Man Show Series” The Torn Awning Gallery, NY, NY
Red Spot Outdoor Slide Theater, New York, NY

REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2005                
Bing, Alison.  “Darren Waterston and Jim Toia at Haines Gallery,” Artweek, July/August 2005

2003                
Carol Rosen.  Sculpture Magazine, May ’03                   

2002                
Tova Beck-Friedman- NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 7 #7, NY, NY
William Zimmer- New York Times, 3/24                             
“Finding Meaning in Mushrooms Served Up as Art”
Dan Bischoff- Star Ledger , 3/31
“Nature Mushrooms into Art at Clinton Museum”
Susan Van Dongen- Princeton Packett, 3/21
“Magical Mushrooms”
Sculpture Magazine, 4/02                                                  

2001                
Erica-Lynn Huberty, Sculpture Magazine, Jan/Feb 

2000                
Ken Johnson, New York Times, June 21                         
Kim Levin, The Village Voice, June 19                         

1998                
New Jersey Network, Artist Spotlight, NJN TV                   

1997                
"Strokes of Inspiration"
Bill Zimmer- New York Times, Sept. 28                        
"Manhattan Avant Garde Galleries" Sept. 14
Kunstmarket Newspaper                                                         
Time Out New York, Sept.                                           
Review Magazine  Sept.                                                    

1996                
Lucio Cillis- Oct. 3 La Repubblica                                    
"Sculptor Who Collaborates With Nature"
Vivien Raynor-  New York Times, Sept. 1                             
David Gibson - Oct., Cover Magazine                                  
"Sculptor's Creations Are Second Nature"
Eileen Watkins- The Star Ledger, Aug. 21            

1994                
 "Italian-Americans Pose Questions about Ethnicity"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times, Dec. 25th                       

1992                  
"Two Artists Inspired by Nature"
Pat Nichols- The Advocate                                               
"Imagery with Surrealistic Accent"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times                                    
"The Transcendent Vine" Andrew Badalamente
Sound Effects Newsletter                                                         

1988                
Jackie Brody- Vol. X1X, No. 4
The Print Collector's Newsletter                                             

1985                
Beef Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 17, Winter 1985, p.8

COLLECTIONS
AT&T/Lucent, Basking Ridge, NJ
Frank and Barbara Peters, Corona Del Mar, CA
I.C. Deal Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Stephen and Naomi Antonakos Collection, NY, NY
The Lands Collection, Beverly Hills, CA
Phillip Smerling Collection, Great Barrington, MA
D’Agostino Collection, Rome, Italy
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ

RESIDENCIES
1999    Drury College, Springfield, Mo  Lecturer, artist in residence.
1997     Lafayette College, Easton, PA.  Artist in residence.
1994    The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ.  Artist in residence.
2002    A.P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc.
2001    New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant
1996    Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grant
1991-3    Merit Award, School of Visual Arts
1985    Suzanne Zimmer Award, Bard College