300 Observer Highway

3rd Floor

Hoboken, NJ 07030

Employment

07/01/06- Present: Owner and Sole Member/Manager of Project Studios LLC, Hoboken, NJ

02/01/04- Present: Apple Computer Inc. Mac Genius, Short Hills, NJ

05/01/05- Present: Freelance fabricator Modelsmith Intl., Hoboken, NJ

1/01/03- 10/15/04: Freelance fabricator and sculptor, Meta-L Studio, Columbus, Ohio

10/01/02- 9/31/03: Freelance Studio Assistant, Ann Hamilton, Michael Mercil, Columbus, Ohio

9/01/02- 9/31/03: Freelance Studio Assistant, Alan Hamwi, Columbus, Ohio

9/01/02- 1/15/03: Giesterhole Foundry, Columbus, Ohio

8/1/01- 8/1/02: Faculty, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio

4/1/99- 6/1/01: Graduate teaching assistant, The Ohio State University

8/31/98- 6/1/99: Graduate teaching assistant, The State University of New York, Stonybrook

Education

M.F.A. 3.95 GPA, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH

M.F.A candidate, 3.78 GPA, The State University of New York, Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 1998-99

B.F.A. in Sculpture, Minor in Art History, 3.85 GPA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1998

Certifications

AWS D1.1/MIL-STD 1261 Class 1 for GTAW (TIG) process welding since 2003

Apple Certified help desk Technician since 2005

Apple Certified Portables Technician since 2005

Apple Certified Desktop Technician since 2005

Lectures and Talks

Artist talk: for Circumambulator, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2005

Artist talk: Sculpture Center, for Solids Part 2 exhibition 2004

Artist talk: Long Island University, for Noun/Verb exhibition 2003

Artist talk: SUNY Stonybrook, for Singing the Body Electric conference, master class with Laurie Anderson 2000

Awards and Commissions

Grant for fabrication of Circumambulator, Cincinnati Arts Association, Cincinnati , OH 2005

Public sculpture commission, Columbus Metropolitan Library, New Albany Branch, New Albany, OH 2003

Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Grant, 2001

Two year teaching assistantship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 1999

Full tuition scholarship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 1999

Three year teaching assistantship, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 1998

Full tuition scholarship, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 1998

Graduated with High Distinction, Indiana University 1998

Senior Achievement Award, University Honors Division Scholarship 1998

Evelyn Glazer Scholarship, Indiana University School of Fine Arts 1998

Pygmalion’s award, best BA student in the School of Fine Arts, Indiana University 1996

Italo-American National Union Scholarship 1996 and 1997

Villa Cesare Scholarship - 1995-1998

Purchase award, Golden Key National Honors Society Art International ‘97 Art Contest 1997

Juror’s Award, Undergraduate Juried Show, SOFA Gallery, Indiana University 1996

Indiana University Founder's List for all semesters after spring 1996

Campus Voice Award for creative web page design 1996

Ruth Halls Award for excellence in fundamental studio 1995

Founder's Award, Northern Indiana Arts Association 1995

Golden Key National Honor Society 1997-1998

Mortar Board Honor Society 1997-1998

Phi Beta Kappa 1998

Selected Exhibitions

Circumambulator, Aronoff Center for the Arts: Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, scheduled for spring 2005

Solids Part 2, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, scheduled for February 2004

Nazi Crate for a Good Sculpture, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH 2003

Art and Industry, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL 2003

Acme members group exhibition, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH 2003

Noun/Verb Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville NY 2003

OAL Juried Exhibition Columbus, OH 2003

Small Works, ROY G BIV, Columbus, OH 2003

Demo, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2002

CCAD Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Columbus, OH 2001

MFA Thesis, Kinnear Rd., Columbus, OH 2001

One Minute Performances hosted by Stelarc, Columbus OH, 2001

Some Space Between, group show at Skylab, curated by Franz John, Columbus OH 2001

Flash Crash, with Ian Williams, Sherman Studio Arts Center 2001

Graduate Student Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University 1999

Multi-disciplinary group show BLD gallery space, Columbus, OH 1999

First Year Graduate Student Group Show, SUNYSB 1999

Storeroom 3205 one week installation and electronic performance SUNYSB 1999

Four Hundred, outdoor video installation, SUNYSB 1999

SUB/URBAN exhibition, group show, Huntington, NY 1998

BFA Thesis Exhibition, SoFA Gallery 1998

Sculpture Department Group Exhibition, SoFA Gallery 1998

Black Pod, sculptural installation in the SoFA Gallery Bomb Shelter Space 1998

Digital Media Arts Group Exhibition, SoFA Gallery 1998

Digital Media Arts Group Exhibition, SoFA Gallery 1997

Undergraduate Juried Show, SoFA Gallery 1996

John G. Blank Center for the Arts Annual Juried Show 1996

John G. Blank Center for the Arts Annual Juried Show 1995

Throb, student art web site 1998-1999

Web Projects

www.somespacebetween.org

www.nickdepirro.com

www.storeroom.org Storeroom 3205, 2000-2001

www.fa.indiana.edu/~throb Throb, collaborator, 1998-1999

Teaching

Multi-media Sculpture: 1 section, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH 2002

Introductory Sculpture: 4 sections, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH 2002

Multi-media Sculpture: 1 section, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH 2001

Introductory Sculpture: 4 sections, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH 2001

Sculpture 1: 1 section, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 2001

Foundations of Three Dimensional Art and Design: 1 section, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 2001

Metal Fabrication: 1 section, GTA The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 2000

Foundations of Three Dimensional Art and Design: 1 section, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 2000

Sculpture 1: 1 section, GTA, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 2000

Life Sculpture: 1 section, GTA, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 2000

Foundations Drawing: 1 section, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 1999

Metal Fabrication: 1 section, GTA, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 1999

Electronic Media and Performance: 1 section, GTA, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 1999

Beginning Electronic Media Art: 1 section, GTA, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 1998

Introduction to Sculpture: 1 section, GTA, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 1998

Selected Reviews

Angle Journal of Arts + Culture, March/April 2004. Review: Douglass Max Utter, for Solids, Part 2.

Cleveland Scene, February 11-17, 2004. Review: Nadia Michael, for Solids, Part 2.

Columbus Alive, December 4, 2003. Review: Melissa Starker, for Nazi Crate for a Good Sculpture.

The New York Times, Sunday, October 5, 2003. Review: Helen A. Harrison, for Noun/Verb.

References

Dennis Harrington, Director: Weston Art Gallery

Karol Popek, Owner and Chief Designer, Modelsmith, Intl.

Paul Felcher, Market Manager, Retail Division, Apple Computer Inc.

Curt Benzle, Dimensional Studies Chair, Columbus college of Art and Design

Michael Williams, Professor, Department of Architecture, The Ohio State University

Charles Herndon, Professor, Department of Sculpture, Columbus college of Art and Design

Michael Mercil, Professor, Department of Art, The Ohio State University