SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Hatsuboku Meditation, 2013, Renoir House Lobby, NYC, Susan Lauren, Interior Designer, Lauren & Chase Designs
JazzScapes 1 and 2 -- Jamming with JiYoung Kim, 2012, (donation) created for Flushing Town Hall 150th Anniversary Postcard invitational, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing NY
Rotations, 2010, Sygrove Associates, Susan Lauren, Interior Designer, Ellington Apartments, NYC
Exfoliation 4 & 7, 2008; Cycles Sheet Music 2009, Armondo's Restaurant, Jerry Crisci owner, Jackson Heights, NY
Wind & Water, 2006, Chadick Ellig, NYC
Movement, 2006, Susan Lauren, Interior Designer
Longevity, 2004, Reiki Room, Scotia, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*Juried):
2024
November -- The World's Borough Art Exhibit, group show curated by Stephanie Lee
October -- The Future is Now, group show curated by Celeste Balducci
March -- Femina Creativa, group show curated by Stephanie Lee at Queens College Art Center Galleru
2023
July 8 - July 23-- Member Exhibit at Flushing Town Hall
2022
July 7 - July 30 -- Member Exhibit at Flushing Town Hall
2021
Parallel Worlds -- Solo Exhibit by Dan Rubin, Garage Art Center Gallery, Bayside, NY, Chromatic Suite: Prelude -- my video collaboration with Dan Rubin and David Witten.
2020
Wave Forms, Solo Exhibit, Garage Art Center Gallery, Bayside, NY
Waves Forms Video Tour, Sea Scrolls video Workshop
Call and Response: Grief, Resiliency and Hope, Flushing Town Hall Fence -- Music Mandala; Lady Justice Ascending
Winter, video collaboration with photographer Dan Rubin, pianist David Witten, music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
2019
Member Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall
Evanescent, video with music by Iga Mrozek
2018
Solar-Lunar Transcriptions, Solo Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall
Member Exhibition, Flushing Town Hall
Going Places Member Exhibition, Flushing Town Hall
2016
New York Film Week, Producer's Club, NYC, Solar-Lunar Suite For Four Seasons, short video with Dan Rubin's photography, music recorded by flutist Jo Brand.
Southold Historic Society Exhibition and Auction, Castello di Borghese Vineyard, Cutchogue
World Within a World, Member Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing, NY
New York Independent Film Festival, Producer's Club, NYC, Solar-Lunar Suite For Four Seasons, short video with Dan Rubin's photography, music recorded by flutist Jo Brand.
2015
Who Am I? What Do You See?, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Vision Festival 20th Anniversary, NYC. Digital retrospective: including my SoundScape: Japan from Vision Festival 9 and two magazine articles I had written about the Vision Festival.
2014
Solar-Lunar Suite: Winter (video), videography, music composition, editing; photography by Dan Rubin, music interpreted and recorded by Jo Brand at The Music Lab NY with Lou Gimenez.
Full Moon Dance (video), videography, editing and dance; music composed by Manuel M. Ponce; David Witten, Piano; photography and visual performance by Dan Rubin; costumes by Alicia Mugetti
Moulding Your Own History with PS29Q (video), videography and editing; CASA grant through Poppenhusen Institute, College Point, NY; Steve Palermo, Art Educator
Voices of College Point: Kay Birkle; Bob and Lorraine Lohmann (videos), videography and editing, Poppenhusen Institute, College Point, NY
Kindergarten Day at Poppenhusen Institute (video), videography and editing, College Point, NY
A Perfect Celebration: Artists Commemorate Flushing Council's 35th Anniversary, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2013
Tribal Baroque: Plucking Song (video), videography and editing with music by Tribal Baroque and photography by Dan Rubin
Tribal Baroque: Gypsy Dance (video), editing with music by Tribal Baroque and photography by Dan Rubin
New Growth: Works by Member of Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing NY
Group Exhibit, Maram Gallery Windows, curated by Elliot Bassman, Jackson Heights, NY
2012
Solo Exhibit, Maram Gallery Windows, curated by Elliot Bassman, Jackson Heights, NY
Wish You Were Here 11, A.I.R's Annual Postcard Show, Brooklyn, NY
River of Jordan (video), videography and editing with banjo and photography by Dan Rubin
The Cuckoo (video), editing with banjo and photography by Dan Rubin
150th Anniversary Celebration of Flushing Town Hall, Flushing NY
Frenzy Into Folly: Steve Palermo, Tina Seligman videographer, Dan Rubin audio recording. For Openings, NY (editing, special effects and music by Openings, NY).
2011
Heaven, Earth, Circle, Square, video by George Zhaozhi Xiong (September Etude music composition used for video, Tina Seligman-composer, Jo Brand-Flute)
Counterpoints & Variations, Maram Pharmacy Gallery Windows, Solo Exhibit, Curator: Elliot Bassman, Jackson Heights, NY
NOVO Restaurant and Gallery, with Sam Oppenheim and Nancy Williams, Curator: Celeste Balducci, Jackson Heights, NY
2010
Radial Patterning, with Kira Greene, April Vollmer, Serena Buschi and Jamie Lee, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY
ArtHamptons Art Fair, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
New Works: The Creative Process Revealed, Louise Weinberg curator, Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing, NY
June in Jackson Heights, Celeste Balducci curator, La Portena; Armondo's; Jackson Heights, NY
2009
Measured Variation -- Richard Garrison & Tina Seligman, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
In Celebration, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2008
*Aesthetics of Diversity, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2007
Black + White = Grey Matter, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC
*Saratoga Inside-Out, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Microspace, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC
2006
Beyond Reason, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Welcome Home, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC
2005
*Propulsion: Immortal Energies, Elliot Bassman curator, Flushing Town Hall
Daily Miracles: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Trudie Grace curator, Flushing Town Hall
2004
Vision Festival 9 “Vision for a Just World”, NYC (Artists exhibited include:
Jo Wood-Brown, Kiki Smith, Lois Eby, Yuko Otomo, Kazuko Miyamoto, Jorgo Schaefer, Jeff Schlanger, Peter Kowald)
Benefit Auction, Stillpoint Interfaith Center, Stillwater, NY
2003
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2002
Spirit Musings, Alicia Mugetti Designs, NYC
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2001
Dreams, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, NYC
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2000
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
*Biennial Members’ Salon Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
1999
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
*Biennial Member Salon Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall
*Breaking Ground, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
1998
Lorabie Café & Bakery (Missing Inaction Studio Gallery), Flushing, NY
*Biennial Members’ Salon Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga, NY
1997
*Small Works: On a Grand Scale, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Lorabie Café & Bakery (Missing Inaction Studio Gallery), Flushing, NY
1996
Lorabie Café & Bakery (Missing Inaction Studio Gallery), Flushing, NY
*In Transition, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
1995
The Art of Camouflage, Missing Inaction Studio Gallery, Flushing, NY
1994
*Artists Choose Artists, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 Times Ledger, "Hall Members Mark 150 Years with Expression," Alex Palmer
2009 Times Union, "Eyes focus on repetition at 'Measured Variations', by Tim Kane, 10/22/09
2009 PostStar.com, "Artists Show Variation," by Jordan Reardon, 10/5/09
2007 ARTinfo.com, “My Collection” , by Senior Editor, Robert Ayers
2004 Daily Miracles, Exhibition Catalog, Curator, Trudie A. Grace, Flushing Town Hall/Smithsonian Institution Affiliate
2004 Tina Seligman, Visual Artist and Poet (Profile), by Sheila McKenna, Newsday, Friday, 3/12/04
1999 Members' Biennial Exhibition, Leisure, Tribune, 1/21/1999
CURATION & JUDGING:
2021 Diwali Rangoli Contest, Flushing Town Hall/Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, Flushing, NY (one of 3 judges)
2004 Vibrations, Curator, Flushing Town Hall/Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, Flushing, NY
2004 Arts in the Schools Grant Program, Queens Council on the Arts – Panelist, Forest Hills, NY
2000 NY State PTA Reflections Program – Judge, Long Island, NY
SELECTED ART JOURNALISM & ESSAYS:
2014 Duoling Huang: The Cultural Landscape (essay in book with those by Richard Vine, George Semsel, and Jonathan Goodman), Pine Cove Book House
2013 Brochure essay for Master Sculptor, Shijia Chen, B & H art in architecture, LTD.
2013 Shadows of MoMA: Photographer Carlos Esguerra, Art of the Times
2013 Home Matters: Curating art into everyday life, Art of the Times
2013
From the Cultural
Revolution to Cultural Landscape: The Life and Art of Duoling Huang and George
Xiong, Art of the Times
2012 Cutting Dreams: Xin Song Lights Up NY with Chinese Folk Motifs , Art of the Times
2012 Conversations with George Zhaozhi Xiong (essay in book), White Stone Publishing
2012 Hypergraphia: The Cup Drawings, Studio in the Prow, Art of the Times Magazine
2011 Hypergraphia: Upcycled Cups Caffeinate the City, Hand/Eye Magazine
2005-Present Cheryl McGinnis Gallery – exhibition press releases
2001-2006 Magazine.Art (publication of NY Dance & Arts Innovations) – Visual Arts/Performing Arts Columnist
2005 Art of the Times – Visual Arts/Performing Arts Columnist
2005 “Laura Schiavina’s Inner Spirit” – essay for exhibition, Curator: Maria Giuliani
2004 Art Times Vol. 20 No. 8 – letter to the editor re: Speakout March 2004
2003 Stepnotes (publication of Country Dance New York – CDNY)
1999 Village Rubbings, Marc Josloff’s exhibition catalog – description of Josloff’s work
1999 Art Times Vol. 15 No. 10 – letter to the editor re: Disappearing Chinese Calligraphy
1997 CLICK: on the arts (co-creator of newsletter for Missing Inaction Studio Gallery)
3/31/96 The New York Times (Sunday) – letter to the editor “Alternative Art Spaces”
ART EDUCATOR: SELECTED WORKSHOPS:
2010
Haiku & Art, Big Bambu at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art E with Cheryl McGinnis
2018-Present
FTH Educational Representative for CASA grants
2000-Present
Artist in Residence, Flushing Council on Culture & The Arts (FCCA), Flushing, NY Workshops for children & adults:Set Design for CASA Midsummer Night's Dream...Sort Of by teaching artist Adam Crescenzi
Red Envelope Workshop (for Lunar New Year 2019)
The 1960s and Today: Social Commentary and Activism in Pop Art
Ancient Selfies: Self-Portraits in the style of Ancient Greek, Egyptian and Roman Art (FCCA)
Drawing: Understanding Shape Relationships with Georgia O'Keeffe's work (FCCA)
Drawing: Warhol's Multiples and use of Advertising in Pop Art (FCCA)
Creative Birdhouses for Google staff volunteer program (FCCA)
Working in the Arts, Career Day at Queens Academy H.S. with Caryn Cooper (FCCA)
Louis Armstrong Jazz Collage Jam (FCCA) Councilman Leroy Comrie's Liberty Park Community Festival
Flushing Then and Now: Dutch-style Delft Plates (FCCA)
Civil War Era Fans and Dance Cards (FCCA)
All Saints Day (FCCA) -- Collaborative Workshop with Steve Palermo
Jazz Collage Jam with Louis Armstrong (FCCA) -- ongoing from 2011-2014
Chinese Shadow Puppets for Year of the Dragon (FCCA) & Workshop Exchange with Maxine Rosenberg, Outreach Art Teacher, The Institute of Asian Studies, Binghamton University & Confusius Institute for Chinese Opera
Picasso's Guitars: Cubism & Collage (FCCA)
Watercolor (FCCA)
French Impressionism: Workshop (FCCA)
Environmental Art, 15-week CASA Program (FCCA) Coordinator: April Armstrong
A Picture and 1000 Words, with poet Mtume Gant (FCCA), Curator: April Armstrong
Kids Make Storybooks: Workshop, (FCCA)
Textures in Sound & Space: Mosaics w/ Metropolitan Klezmer (FCCA), Curator, April Armstrong
Magic Realism: Workshop for “Sleight of Mind” Exhibition (FCCA), Curator, Louise Weinberg
Mosaics: “Pieces for Peace” Workshop for Exhibition (FCCA), Curator Tsipi Ben-Haim
Kids Copy Art: Workshop (FCCA), “Through Kids’ Eyes,” Curator, Cheryl McGinnis
Cow Parade: at PS 69 w/ Art Historian, Suzaan Boettger (JHAC) – Curator, Alexis Daniels,Jackson Hts, NY
Jazz Scroll “Jam”: Workshop (FCCA), “Other Words…Other Worlds”, Curator: David Spelman
From Industry to Artistry: Workshops (FCCA)
Personal Gallery Book: Workshops (FCCA)
Seminar: Alternative Exhibition Spaces: Tina Seligman and Alexandra Jacoby (FCCA)
Musical Scrolls (collaborative drawing) and Dancing the Rainbow/Everyone Can Move: dance workshop interpreting colors for Vibrations, Tina Seligman curator (FCCA)
Percussive Rattles (FCCA)
Color Wheel Books: Workshops (FCCA)
Imagine NY: Workshop (FCCA) for Municipal Art Society
Quilting Time: Workshops (FCCA)
Past In-School Residencies:
Artist in Residence, PS 165Q, Edith Begtraum Elementary School (FCCA)
Artist in Residence, PS 32Q, (FCCA) Multi-cultural Quilts, PS 22Q, Parents as Arts Partners
Painting Everyday Life with Poetry: Parents as Arts Partners Program (FCCA)
NYSCA Artist/Mentor Grant at PS 214, Cadwallader Colden School
POETRY PUBLICATION and READINGS:
2015 Becoming Blank, written and read for Light on Sound installation by Jessica Houston and Maya Pindyck at the Louis Latimer House
2009 Dialogues (artwork by Lisa Palmero), Kozo Press
2009 How Would This Be Interpreted (artwork by Lisa Palmero), Kozo Press
2005 Seeds (poetry, artwork -- chapbook, published by The Feral Press)
2005 Other Words..Other Worlds reading (French, Greek) with Luda Pahl, Curator: David Spelman, Flushing, NY
2004 Visions 2004 (published through Vision Festival 9)
2004 Vibrations Poetry Project (poems written, collected and edited for gallery display and books)
2003 Morning Dew (series of handmade books of haiku and drawings)
2001 PS 1 Contemporary Museum – poem for Special Writers’ Projects (on website & in gallery)
2000 Art Times Vol. 17 No. 1
2000 The Moon As Text – 3 readings, Oyster Bay, NY
1994-1999 Onionhead Literary Quarterly
1997 Prayers to Protest (book)
1996 Cicada Haiku Quarterly
1994 Pudding Magazine
ILLUSTRATION:
2015
Flushing Town Hall illustration and button design
for Flushing Council on the Arts
2012 Moon Monotype, George Zhaozhi Xiong (book), White Stone Publishing
2010 Moon Haiku, Translations by Joan Digby, The Feral Press/Prehensile Pencil Publications
2009 She Moves, Poetry by Diane Simone Lutz, The Feral Press
2008 HeartSong, CD Cover, Words & Music, Guided Meditation by Sue Vazal, Music by Paul Brassard
2007 The African Belly Dance, Book Cover, Book by Sandra Catena
EDUCATION:
1978-1982 QUEENS COLLEGE, CUNY, Flushing, NY, B.A. Art,
magna cum laude, Art Dept. honors, Dean’s List
1974 - 1982 ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, New York, NY (summers)
Music – Fiddling - Kenny Kosek & Anne Evans; Viola - Rachel Evans, African Drumming
Dance – Isadora Duncan, English Country Dance, Ballet, Baroque, Afro-Caribbean, Belly Dance
2004 Reiki II Practitioner Certification, The Reiki Room, Saratoga Springs, NY/Scotia, NY
