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David Curcio received his MFA from Pratt Institute in New York with a focus on printmaking. He has taught printmaking at schools and universities domestically and abroad including Santa Reparata International School of Art and Il Bisonte Scuola Internazionale di Grafica d'Arte, both in Florence, Italy. In 2005 he attended a residency in Japanese woodcut printing on Awaji Island, Japan, and in 2006 he served as Artist-in-Residence at the Holualoa Foundation for Art and Culture on the islannd of Hawai'i as recipient of the Laila Art Residency Fund. He is the proprietor of Ningyo Editions.

EDUCATION
2001 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking.
1997 - Boston University, Boston, MA. Bachelor of Arts, Art History.

EXPERIENCE
2008 – University of Massachusetts, Boston. Guest Lecturer.
2008 – New Art Center, Newton, MA. Instructor, Etching and woodcut.
2007- Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California. Visiting Instructor, Japanese Woodblock printing
2006 - Il Bisonte Scuola Internazionale di Grafica d’Arte, Florence, Italy. Instructor, Japanese Woodblock Printing.
2002–2005 - Print Studio 250 Cooperative Printmaking Facility, Burlington, VT. Director.
2005 - Champlain College, Burlington, VT. Adjunct Faculty, Art History.
2004 - University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Lomar-Dodd School of Art, Cortona, Italy. Visiting Professor, Printmaking and Drawing.
2003 - State University New York, Plattsburgh. Visiting Artist, Printmaking.
2002 – 2003 - Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, VT. Instructor.
2001 – 2005 - Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy. Professor, Printmaking and Drawing.

EXHIBITIONS
2008 – Boston University, Boston, MA.
2008 – Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
2008 – University of Massachusetts, Boston (solo exhibition)
2007 – Gallery @ Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, MA.
2007 – Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, Monterey, CA. Current Voyages: Recent Color Woodcut and Mixed Media Prints by the Pacific Island Printmakers of Hawai’i
2007 – Stonemetal Press Gallery at Blue Star Contemporary Art Complex, San Antonio, TX. Hand-Pulled Prints XIII: Curator Lyle Williams,
2007 – 808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA. The Boston Printmakers 2007 North American Print Biennial.
2007 – Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto International Woodprint Association 5th International Exhibition.
2006 – Studio 7, Kona, Hawaii. Storytelling: Collaborative Prints from the Donkey Mill Art Center (printer and curator).
2006 – Pacific Northwest College of Arts, Portland, OR. Printmaking Currents 2006.
2006 – Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN. The Fifth Minnesota National Print Biennial.
2006 -Loyola University Chicago & Crown Center Gallery, Chicago, IL. 3rd LUC Print Biennial.
2006 – Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery & Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia. BIMPE IV (The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition).
2006 – William Paterson University Ben Shahn Galleries, Wayne, NJ. American Impressions: Contemporary Printmaking 2006.
2006 – SUMEI Multidisciplinary Art Center, Newark, NJ. SUMEI International Juried Print Exhibition.
2006 - Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ. 2006 Biennial Print Exhibition.
2006 - Redbrick Arts Center, Beverly, MA. The Printed Image.
2006 - DIC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Woodblock Prints from Nagasawa.
2005 - Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture, Holualoa, HI. 2005 Exhibition.
2004 - Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, VT. Roundabout: Print Project Six (curator).
2004 - Flynndog Gallery, Burlington, VT. Edifice Complex (solo exhibition).
2004 - Annisquam Art Gallery, Gloucester, MA. Woodcuts (solo exhibition).
2003 - St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT. David Curcio (solo exhibition).
2003 - Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, VT. Print Project 5 (curator).
2003 - Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, VT. The Printed Landscape: Prints by Brian D. Cohen, David Curcio and Davis Te Selle.
2002 - 416 West Gallery, Denison, TX. Masters of the Print.
2002 - Firehouse Art Center, Newburyport, MA. David Curcio and Roz Fideli: Constructions of the Mind.
2002 - Grand Gallery, Art Students League of New York, NY. Society of American Graphic Artists 69th Annual Juried Exhibition of Prints.
2002 - Galleria Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy. Segno Grafica: Edizioni d’Arte.
2002 - Ceres Gallery, New York, NY. Fifth National Juried Exhibition.
2002 - Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX. Hand-Pulled Prints X: Stonemetal Press Tenth Annual Juried Exhibition of Prints.
2001 - Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA. Fourth Annual Juried Show, Works on Paper.
2001 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. MFA Thesis Exhibition

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2006 – Grant Recipient, Laila Art Fund, Kona, Hawaii.
2006 - Artist-in-Residence, Halualoa Foundation for Art and Culture, Kona, Hawaii
2006 – Purchase Award, American Impressions: Contemporary American Printmaking 2006 William Paterson University Ben Shahn Galleries, Wayne, NJ. (Selected by Marilyn Kushner, Department Chair, Prints and Drawings, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.)
2006 – Artist-in-Residence, Venice Printmaking, Venice, Italy.
2006 - Artist-in-Residence, Il Bisonte Scuola Internazionale di Grafica d’Arte, Florence, Italy.
2005 - Artist-in-Residence, Nagasawa Art Park Artist-in-Residency Program in Japanese-style Woodblock Printing, Awajishima, Japan.
2005 – Artist’s Development Grant, Vermont Arts Council.
2002 – Juror’s Pick, Fifth National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery. (Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Chair, Department of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.)
2001 - First Place, Works on Paper, Fourth Annual Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA. (Juror: Adam D. Weinberg, Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA. )