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1018 Manhattan Avenue                                           314 West 100th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11221                                             New York, NY 10025
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Education
1987 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Summer Scholarship
1986 Whitney Museum Studio Program One Year Scholarship
1980-1984 State University of New York at Purchase BFA Sculpture
1977-1980 High School of Music and Art New York City

One Person Exhibitions
02/04 Coraggio Home Space NYC
10/02 Aprillia Showroom NYC
10/01 Deepdale Gallery NYC
10/00 Deepdale Gallery NYC
10/00 Bruce Estate Middletown CT
1/00 414 West Broadway Space NYC
12/98 414 West Broadway Space NYC
11/97 Landiar Gallery NYC
7/96 Vanhann Galleria Helsinki, Finland
1/96 Paul Stuart Store Chicago, Illinois
9/95 Space 2B NYC
4/95 Liquid Sky Store NYC
7/93 Alleycat Gallery NYC
9/90 Polish American Arts Center NYC
5/90 A Gallery NYC
3/88 Space 2B NYC
11/86 B-Side Gallery NYC
5/86 Vanhann Galleria Helsinki, Finland
1/86 No Se No NYC
5/85 A&P Gallery NYC
10/84 Avenue B Gallery NYC
5/84 The Experimental Lab. SUNY Purchase Purchase, NY

Grants and Awards
1984 SUNY Purchase, Dean's Commendations; Printmaking and Sculpture
1986 University of Helsinki, Finland: Travel Grant (with Kevin Wendall a.k.a. FA-Q)
1986 Rotterdam Arts Festival, Holland: Sculpture Grant
1987 New York Public Art Fund: Sculpture Grant
1988 Hankyu Five Department Stores, Osaka, Japan: Travel Grant
1989 Chelsea College of Art; London, England: Travel Grant
1989 NYC Dept. of Transportation Materials Grant (signage)
1990 Helsinki Peace Conference; Helsinki, Finland: Travel Grant (with Ken Hiratsuka)
1990 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Art Award
1991 Estonia Artists Group, American Center; Finland: Travel Grant
1991 Sculpture Space, Utica, New York, Funded Residency
1992 Sapporo Company, Hokkido, Japan: Commission
1995 Organization of Independent Artists, Warren F. Tanner Sculptor's Grant
1995 Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art Center: Funded Project

Work in Collections
Enrico Bai Collection
The John W. Hechinger Collection (National Museum of Building) Washington D.C.
Santa Barbara Museum; Santa Barbara, California
University of Massachusetts; Amherst, Mass.
Stetson University, Florida
Hankyu Five Department Stores; Osaka, Japan
Seibu Department Store; Tokyo, Japan
Nagoya College of Art, Nagoya, Japan
University of Helsinki, Finland
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artist Book Collection; New York City
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont

Selected Exhibitions
2004
5/04 World Financial Center NYC Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Winter Garden Benefit Auction
2003
6/03 Town of Andes Andes, NY Outdoor Sculpture Show
6/03 Copacabana Club NYC Charity AIDS Art Auction
6/03 Altman Building NYC RUB-U-LAD Art Party
6/03 Tom Guerra Design Studio South Salem, NY Group Show
5/03 New York Harley Davidson NYC Motorcycle Sculpture Display
3/03 Javits Convention Center NYC 2003 Motorcycle Expo
2002
8/02 Margaretville Fairgrounds Margaretville, NY "Outdoor Group Sculpture"
3/02 Allentown Art Center Allentown, PA "9/11 Show"
2001
12/01 Kenkelba House Gallery NYC "Conference"
6/01 Lower East Side Ecology Ctr. NYC "Artists at the Turn of the Century
4/01 Firehouse #5 Gallery NYC "911"
2000
12/00 Deepdale Gallery NYC "Dating Game"
10/00 Anthology Film Archives NYC Documentary film on Space 2B
9/00 Gallery 113 NYC "Nerve Center"
1/00 Deepdale Gallery NYC Portrait Show
1999
12/99 Deepdale Gallery NYC 2 Man Show with Eve Prince
12/99 Here Art Gallery NYC Emerging Artist Show
11/99 Emerging Collector NYC 1980's Retro/Real Street Art Show
10/99 Gerswin Hotel NYC "Sex, Death & Religion"
9/99 Ed Winkleman Arts NYC "Hit & Run 3"
9/99 Jorgensen Gallery NYC "Chunk 3"
9/99 East Village Art in Sites NYC "Tour & Auction"
6/99 Jorgensen Gallery NYC "2nd Annual Portrait Show"
5/99 Life Café NYC "Outer Circle"
4/99 Jorgensen Gallery NYC "No Dumb Bunnies"
2/99 Vibrant Gallery NYC "Triad"
2/99 Cooper Hewit Museum NYC Christie's Design Auction
1/99 42nd Street Funeral Home NYC Group Show
1998
10/98 David Beitzel Gallery NYC "A Skowhegan Decade"
7/98 Williams Butig
Art & Historical Center B'lyn, NY Tibet Show
6/98 Gallery X NYC "Fire Drill"
1997
11/97 Explosion Artists Collective NYC "Media Harvest"
8/97 Jorgensen Gallery NYC "Transformations"
2/97 Cooper Hewitt Museum NYC Christie's Design Auction
1996
12/96 Todd's Copy Shop NYC "Nativity"
11/96 The Studio Warehouse NYC Furniture Expo
9/96 Neuberger Museum Purchase NY 25 Years of Visual Arts at Purchase
5/96 Kenkelba House Gallery NYC Contemporary Sculpture
5/96 Henry Street Settlement NYC "Arts from Detritus"
4/96 CVS Cultural Center NYC "Blueprint"
4/96 Lower East Side Ecology Ctr. NYC "Visions"
2/96 Emerging Collector Gallery NYC Room Installation
1995
11/95 Exit Art NYC "Imaginary Creatures"
11/95 Le Bar Bat NYC NYC Multimedia Night
10/95 Kenkeleba House Gallery NYC Outdoor Sculpture Group Show
10/95 Henry St. Settlement NYC "In Sites II"; Lower East Side
Artists rethink neighborhood streets
10/95 Art Walk New York NYC Artist Auction Homeless Benefit
10/95 ABC No Rio NYC "Under Siege"
9/95 Space 2B NYC Final Show
5/95 Tompkins Square Park
Art Festival NYC "Art Around the Park"
1/95 Jupiter Interactive Gallery NYC "Pseudo Museum"
1994
10/94 Space 2B NYC Inside Outside Sculpture Show
9/94 School of Visual Arts Gallery NYC Recycled Art Show
3/94 Kenny's Castaways Bar NYC "East Village Artists Go West"
1993
9/93 Santa Monica Museum & Santa Monica CA Piece in Traveling exhibit,
National Design Centers Chicago, Ill 1993-1995
Seattle Wash.
6/93 NYU Rosenberg Gallery NYC Multi-Media Show
1/93 Pat Hearn Gallery NYC European/American Sculpture
1992
11/92 Vacume Gallery NYC Sculpture in the East Village
10/92 Max Fish Bar NYC Animal Show
5/92 Tompkin Square Park NYC "Art Around the Park" (Festival)
1991
9/91 Studio Michette Rome, Italy NYC Street Artist Show
6/91 CBGB's Canteen NYC New York Baroque Show
4/91 Alessi Showroom Milan, Italy Artist's Home Prototypes
4/91 PS 1 Queens, NY Rivington Installation
2/91 Anarchist Bookstore NYC "War?, Happening Show"
1990
11/90 Furniture of the 20th Century NYC Labor Show
8/90 Vanhann Galleria Finland 2 Man with Hiratsuka
University of Helsinki
7/90 Helsinki Main Train Station Finland Sculpture and Furniture Installation
7/90 The Pasila Peace Station Pasila, Finland Permanent Outdoor Sculpture
6/90 Crow Gallery NYC Rivington School Show
5/90 American Primitive Gallery NYC Beyond Function, Furniture as Art
5/90 Bullet Space NYC "Hard Corps" (Curated by Tom Corn)
4/90 Scrap Bar NYC Scrap Boutique Sculpture Façade
4/90 Max Fish Bar NYC Tent City Benefit
4/90 Sally Hawkins Gallery NYC Two Man Exhibition
3/90 University of Massachusetts Amherst Rivington School Workshop
2/90 Max Fish Bar NYC Berlin Wall Show (Curated)
1/90 Sally Hawkins Gallery NYC Room Installation
(With Gallery Artists)
1989
12/89 Shapiro's Wine Cellar NYC Rivington School Art Auction
10/89 Funiture of the 20th Century NYC Chair Display
9/89 National Building Museum Washington D.C. Tools as Art
(The Hechinger Collection)
8/89 Black & White in Color Bronx NY La Libertad Logico Show
8/89 Max Fish Bar NYC Atomic Art Show
7/89 Gallery of Functional Art Santa Monica CA Illuminations Show
4/89 Prisunic Gallery NYC Two Man Show with Steinitz
3/89 AFR Fine Art Washington D.C. Group Sculpture Show
2/89 Space 2B NYC "Garage Sale"
1/89 Bullit Space NYC Anti Gentrification Show
1988
12/88 International Design Center Queens NY IDC Show
11/88 Gallery of Functional Art Santa Monica CA Premiere Show
10/88 Junkyard Expo New Brunswick NJ South New Jersey
Junkyard Show
10/88 Swan Gallery Philadelphia PA Chair Show
10/88 Nagoya College of Art Nagoya, Japan Rivington School Show
10/88 Hankyu Five Store Osaka, Japan Rivington School Installation
9/88 Tunnel Club NYC Male Show
7/88 Cosmopole Gallery Los Angeles CA Inaugural Exhibition
6/88 Prisunic Gallery NYC Terrace Chair Installation
5/88 Limelight Club NYC Censored Show
4/88 Barney's New York NYC Furniture Window Display
3/88 Ridge Gallery NYC Rites of Spring Show
2/88 Space at 82 Green Street NYC Sculpture Window Installation
2/88 Limelight Club NYC Furniture Installation
1/88 Kazuko's 128 Space NYC Lower East Side Day Glo Show
1987
12/87 Barney's New York NYC Christmas Window Display
11/87 Now Gallery NYC Installation
11/87 Space 2B NYC Outdoor Sculpture Show
10/87 Emerging Collector NYC 6 Month Window Installation
9/87 St. Marks Gallery NYC Fall Inaugural Show
8/87 Documenta 8 Kassel, W. Germany Opera Morte,
Collaboration with Minus Delta T
8/87 Skowhegan School Maine School Review
6/87 St. Marks Gallery NYC 2 Person Show with Chris
Glembotsky
5/87 Whitney Museum Studio NYC Open House
4/87 Space 2B NYC Symbols
3/87 NITE Gallery NYC 2 Man Show
2/87 E.M. Donahue NYC Red Tape Benefit Show
2/87 B.A.D. Museum NYC "Bohemia After Dark" Revue
1986
12/86 Space 2B NYC Winter Solstice
12/86 Mars Bar NYC Year of The Rabbit
11/86 ABC No Rio NYC Reject Show
11/86 No Se No NYC Furniture Show
10/86 That Space Gallery Melbourne, Australia Outside Art
10/86 No Se No NYC State of the Street
9/86 B-Side Gallery NYC Tension
9/86 Seibu Dept. Store Tokyo, Japan Installation
8/86 Urban Art Gallery Berlin, W. Germany Group Show
7/86 Bikini Club Barcelona, Spain Installation/Performance
6/86 Bruckner House Linz, Austria ARS Electronica Festival
6/86 DiLaurenti Gallery NYC 30 Young Stars
5/86 Zeus-Trabia Gallery NYC Sculpture Garden
4/86 Stetson University Deland, Fl. Commission
3/86 Bronx River Arts Center NYC Urban Portraits
(Curated by Debra Osaph)
2/86 No Se No NYC Rivington School II
1/86 Gracie Mansion Store NYC Installation
1985
12/85 A&P Gallery NYC Godda
12/85 Nolo Contendre Gallery NYC Group Show
11/85 No Se No NYC Rivington School I
11/85 Now Gallery NYC Micro Show
11/85 Nite Gallery NYC 2 Man Show (with FA-Q)
10/85 Store Front NYC Homeless
for Art & Architecture
9/85 Kamikaze Club NYC Artifacts
9/85 Art Now Gallery Stockholm, Sweden Multiple Visions
9/85 City Gallery/ NYC ABC No Rio Retro
Dept. Cultural Affairs
9/85 No Se No NYC Inside Outside
8/85 Eastman Wahmendorf NYC Group Show
8/85 Anthrax Gallery Stamford, Ct. Friends Show (Curated)
7/85 CUANDO NYC Pergatorio
6/85 Civilian Warfare Gallery NYC Getting Off
6/85 Nico Smith Gallery NYC Garbaggio
6/85 St. Marks Gallery NYC Lack of Nuts and Berries (Curated)
6/85 Nada Gallery NYC Remnants
5/85 Vorpal Gallery San Francisco, Ca. New Art, New York
4/85 ABC No Rio NYC Massive Group Political Show II
(Curated)
1/85 Interart de St. Armand Gallery NYC 4 More Years
1/85 A&P Gallery NYC I love You Nancy
1984
12/84 Santa Barbara Museum Santa Barbara, Ca. NEO YORK
12/84 Avenue B Gallery NYC Group Show
10/84 New York Academy of Art NYC Ego and Art
9/84 St. Marks Gallery NYC Group Show
7/84 Anthrax Gallery Stamford, Ct. Inaugural Show (Curated)
6/84 Fashion Moda Bronx, NY Group Show
3/84 ABC No Rio NYC Massive Group Political I (Curated)
1983
10/83 Army Terminal B'lyn NY Terminal Show
6/83 El Bohio Gallery NYC Not For Sale Show

Selected Publications
5/01 Outlaw Biker (Motorcycle Magazine) Centerfold
12/99 Street Art, Book, Italy
3/99 Elle Décor, Photo Essay with Hammer & Sickle Chair
9/96 Time Out NY Magazine, "Meet Your Makers"
12/95 Time Out NY Magazine, "Top NY Furniture Designers"
10/95 Time Out NY Magazine, Photo Essay on 2B closing
10/95 ArtNews, News Section, Photo Essay on 2B closing
9/95 Russian TV, 2B closing Interview
9/95 Japanese Fuji TV, 2B closing Interview
9/95 NY Times, City Section, 2B closing by Monte Williams
12/94 New York Newsday, Article on Recycling
7/94 The New York Times, Photo Mention, Fashion Section
6/94 Villager, Volume 64, #7, "Mountain of Metal"
6/93 Magazine of the Lower East Side, "Garden of Junk" Essay on 2B Studio
6/93 Meets, Regional Issue #4, Japanese Magazine
5/93 Streets, Magazine, Photo Essay on 2B Studio
5/93 Wood Possibility, Issue #6, Japanese Magazine Issue "Active Gallery"
9/92 NY Press, "Best Sculpture Garden"
5/92 American Photo, Magazine, "Top 10 Best Photo Locations"
4/92 Italian MTV, Studio Interview by Claire Van Matz
10/91 Japanese News TV, (Spain), Studio Interview
7/91 Channel 2, Interview on NYC Recycling
5/91 Art News, PS 1 Installation Review
5/91 Hype Magazine, Issue #5, Linus Coraggio by Linus Coraggio, Photo Essay & Text
3/91 Depeche Mode, French Fashion Magazine, Sculpture with Fashion Models
11/90 MTV, Information Society Video, Robot Car Design
11/90 The New York Times, Metropolitan Section, Photo Mention about 2B fence
10/90 Max Magazine, Italian Edition, Photo Essay on 2B Studio
7/90 Helsinki Sanomat, Culture Page Interview
6/90 Japanese Art Book, 22 New York City Artists Interviews; by Hiroko Tanka
3/90 Self Magazine, Choice Seats Buying Guide by Elaine Louie
2/90 New York Newsday, Design Section, "New York for the 90's"
12/89 Mode, Italian Magazine, "Trash Designs"; by Luca Neri
12/89 New York Times, Home Design Section, "Home Sweet Home Show" (Review)
9/89 Elle Magazine, "Faces of Design" by Carole Tonkinson
5/89 New York Press, "Running on Empty"
4/89 New York Times, Home Design Section, "El Teddy's Metal Railing"
4/89 CNN Cable, Interview at Prisunic Gallery and 2B Studio, with Sandra Deims
2/89 Village Voice, "Garage Sale"
1/89 The Japan Times, "New York Work in Osaka"
1/89 Metropolitan Home Magazine, "Auction to Benefit AIDS Research"
11/88 The Philadelphia Inquirer, "19 Works"
11/88 Lei Magazine, Milano, Italy, "Coraggio's Emotional Chairs"
11/88 Hi-Fashion Magazine, Japan, "Art Scene from New York"
10/88 Screw Magazine, "Name That Tunnel"
9/88 House & Garden, "Chair of the Month" by Joyce Carol Oates
9/88 Pronto, Japanese Magazine, New York's Best 5 Downtown Night Spots
8/88 House & Garden, Style Section, King & Queen Chairs by Laurie Shector
7/88 Pronto, "Pick Up From NY" (Corporate Design Pamphlet)
5/88 The New York Times, Home Design Section, "Oil Can Art" by Suzanne Slesin
5/88 House & Garden, "Style, Chez Lounges"
2/87 The Learning Annex Magazine, Rivington School Article
2/87 High Performance, "News Shorts/The Rivington School" by Linda Burnaham
1/87 East Village Eye, "Metal Benders & Bartenders"
12/86 Art World, Korean Art Monthly, "Sculpture New York"
12/86 The Paper, "Redoubtable Coraggio"
10/86 Visual Arts, Japanese Monthly, "3D Graffiti"
9/86 NYC Korean Newspaper, Culture Page
9/86 Volksrant, Dutch Newspaper, "Rotterdam Sculpture"
8/86 108, East Village Art Review, Show Review
7/86 East Village Eye, Show Review
6/86 Panorama, Italian Magazine, "NY Downtown Artist"
5/86 Helsinki Ilta Sanomat, Culture Page, by Erkkie Piritola
4/86 Hofstra University Newspaper, "Junk Art Unites Community"
3/86 Korean American Times, "Art New York"
2/86 Soho Arts Weekly, Soho Show Revue
1/86 New York Daily News, Centerfold Photo, Rivington Sculpture Garden
11/85 NBC Local News, Interview with Chauncey Howell, Sculpture Garden
10/85 Columbia Magazine, "ART on New York"
10/85 The Paper, "Arty Erection"
9/85 New York Daily News, "Night Club Art"
7/85 Taide, Finnish Art Magazine, by Kimmo Sarje
6/85 High Performance, "Almost Live Art" by Linda Burnham
2/85 Arts, Japanese Art & Fashion Bi-monthly, "East Village 85"
12/84 Screw Magazine, "Gentrification"
6/84 Art In America, "Slouching Toward Avenue D" by Carlo McCormick & Walter Robinson
10/83 Village Voice, "Mass Exhibitionism" by Kim Levin

Lectures
10/98 School of Visual Arts, NYC, Undergrad Design Class, Studio Visit
8/94 School of Visual Arts, NYC, Panel Presentation for "Recycling and Safety in the Arts", Undergrad Program
2/94 School of Visual Arts, NYC, Japanese Design Class visits 2B Studio
6/93 NYU Graduate School, Visual Art Department
4/93 Parsons School of Design, Sophomore Class Visits
4/91 School of Visual Arts, NYC
2/91 Parsons School of Design, NYC
3/90 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
10/88 Nagoya College of Art, Nagoya, Japan
4/86 Stetson University, Florida
5/85 Public School # 75, NYC, Graduation Slide Show
4/85 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
12/84 Bennington College, Vermont