ustya tarnawsky
ustya@yahoo.com

 

objective

 

art is the best language through which i can communicate.  i show my work to the world because it carries an important message-- an urgent reminder for us not to forget where we came from... or who our friends are.   

exhibitions

 

-april 2010- "recycling the studio", chashama gallery and habitat for artists, new york, ny
-march 2010- "recycling the studio", work space harlem and habitat for artists, harlem, ny
-january 2010- "postcards from the edge 12", visual AIDS, new york, ny
-january 2010- "the tract house: a darwin addition", the tract house and the american philosophical society museum during philagraphika, philadelphia, pa
-october-december 2009- solo exhibition at huguenot street gallery, new paltz, ny
-november 2009- "you're dead to me", eyelevel BQE, brooklyn, nyc
-october 2009- "you're dead to me", brooklyn artillery art fair, brooklyn, nyc
-october 2009- COTA: celebration of the arts, new paltz, ny
-september 2009- "atmosphere", unison gallery at water street market, new paltz, ny
-august 2009- "habitat for artists", new paltz, ny
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august-september 2009- "exchange six", print zero studios, seattle, wa
-april-june 2009- "bloom"- palace theatre gallery, corning, ny
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may 2009- "io, gli altri"- cortile del maglio, vii circoscrizione, torino, italy
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april-2010- "mmaf exhibition", shah alam gallery, shah alam, malaysia
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march 2009- "mind the gap"- southern graphics conference, chicago, il
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march-april 2009- "FOOD!"- muroff kotler visual arts gallery, stone ridge, ny
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december 2008- "night of 1000 drawings"- artists space, manhattan, nyc
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december 2008- 'group holiday show'- dohrmor art space, wappingers falls, ny
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november-december 2008- 'faculty exhibit'- mildred i. washington art gallery, poughkeepsie, ny
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november 2008- 'group show'- dorhrmor art space, wappingers falls, ny
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october 2008- "green"- haven arts center, bronx, nyc
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october 2008- "surprise!"- unison gallery at water street market, new paltz, ny
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may 2008- “roadside saints”- samuel dorsky museum of art, new paltz, ny
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february-march 2008- “suckers and biters: love, lollipops and the exquisite corpse”- chashama, nyc
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january-february 2008- “desert”- the gallery at st. john’s, kingston, ny
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december 2007- “waiting”- the gallery at st. john’s, kingston, ny

collections

 

-italo calvino municipal library, torino, italy
-university print society, iowa state university, ames, ia
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anchor graphics at columbia college, chicago, il
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print zero studios, seattle, wa
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southern graphics council archives, university of mississippi, university, ms
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mmaf, shah alam gallery, shah alam, malaysia

teaching experience

 

-august 2008-present- adjunct lecturer, drawing and design, dutchess community college
-august 2008-december 2008- adjunct lecturer, printmaking, suny new paltz
-january 2008-may 2008- instructor of record, printmaking, suny new paltz
-june 2007-july 2007- adjunct lecturer, printmaking, suny new paltz
-january 2007-may 2007- teacher's assistant, suny new paltz

other experience

 

-march 2009-present- perennial and vegetable gardner, virginia luppino landscapes, saugerties, ny
-fall 2008- studio assistant, jill parisi, new paltz, ny
-march 2008-november 2009- ornamental and vegetable gardener, phantom gardner, rhinebeck, ny
-june 2008-present, art farm/papermaking volunteer, women’s studio workshop, rosendale, ny
-winter 2007-present- studio assistant, lorrie fredette, saugerties, ny
-june 2001-august 2001- design assistant, real design, ny, ny

education

 

-master of fine arts in printmaking, state university of new york at new paltz, may 2008
-bachelor of science in art education, state university of new york at new paltz, graduated cum laude in may 2004