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Curriculum Vitae |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2013 | "Strong Attraction," Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, N.J. |
| 2010 | "Contours & Constellations," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 2005 | "Measured Ground," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 2003 | "Open Studio," 580 Broadway #504, New York |
| 2000 | "New Paintings," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 1999 | "Vaulted Glances," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 1998 | "New York: Dall'Alto," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 1997 | "New Paintings," Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Ashville, N.C. |
| 1996 | "In Transit," First Street Gallery, New York |
| "New Paintings," Louisiana State University, Shreveport | |
| 1994 | "New Paintings," First Street Gallery, New York |
| "New Paintings," Watchung Art Center, N.J. | |
| 1993 | "New Paintings," Duncan Gallery, Stetson University, DeLand, Fla. |
| 1989 | Brooklyn College M.F.A. Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York |
| 1987 | "New Paintings," Perry Street Studio, Pontiac, Mich. |
| 1986 | "New Paintings," Saginaw Street Studio, Pontiac, Mich. |
| Three-Person Exhibition | |
| 2016 | "Cosmologies," CCS-Center Galleries, Detroit |
| Selected Exhibitions | |
| 2017 | "Artiste - Women Artists of Italian Heritage," Italian American Museum, NY |
| 2016 | "The Warmth of Winter," The National Arts Club, New York |
| 2016 | "The Final Show," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 2015 | "Going Big," Central Booking, New York Alumni Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit |
| 2014 | Group Exhibition, White Box, New York Alumni Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit |
| 2013 | "The Captivating Cosmos," Pierro Gallery, South Orange, N.J. Inaugural Exhibition, ASC Projects, New York The Hullabaloo Collective at Fountain Art Fair, New York |
| 2012 | "New Paintings," Michael Ingbar Gallery "Lois Dodd and Her Students," Firehouse Center, Damariscotta, Me. 7th Annual Berlin Biennale / Digital historiography for contemporary art / ArtWiki.org "The Abstract Universe," Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, N.J. "Art Takes Times Square," New York |
| 2010 | "Fortieth Anniversary Show: Four Decades," First Street Gallery, New York |
| 2009 | Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy |
| 2008 | "Concrete Erections II," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 2007 | "Observation Sites: Four New York City Landscape Painters," Frederick Galleries, Allenhurst, N.J. |
| 2006 | "It's About Real Estate," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 2005 | "Truth," Women Artists of Montclair, Gallery 124 |
| 2004 | Color in New York, Three Artist Exhibition, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 2003 | Three Artist Exhibition, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York Black and White, Nandi Gallery, Montclair T.O.A.S.T. (Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour), Grazia Vita Studio, New York |
| 2002 | Unity Canvas, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn |
| 2001 | Urban Imagery, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Conn. Skylines of New York, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York Everybody Gets Laid, Tobey Fine Arts, New York |
| 2000 | "Ancestors: Revealing Our Tracks, Serengeti Plains, Bloomfield, N.J. |
| 1999 | The Arts for Transit Poster Program, The Bank Street College of Education, New York |
| 1998 | "Seeing Red," WAM at Nabisco, Morristown, N.J. Fine Art Faculty of New Jersey, Colleges & Universities, Unilever, N.J. "Drawing the Lines: New York City Subways," New York City Transit Museum and Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York |
| 1997 | "Americans in Italy; Italians in America," Teatro degli Artisti, Rome "Four Artists Take On New York," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York "Voyeurism," First Street Gallery, New York "New Paintings," Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York The Source, Bloomfield College, N.J. |
| 1996 | "Resurgence of Figuration," First Street Gallery, New York Group Show, First Street Gallery, New York Group Show, Zone One Contemporary, Ashville, N.C. WAM Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Bloomfield College, N.J. "Winter Salon," Sharon Gill, Upper Montclair |
| 1995 | "Maximum Capacity," Art Initiatives, New York "Small Paintings," First Street Gallery, New York "Summer Landscapes, First Street Gallery, New York "Eros," First Street Gallery, New York Aura, Group Exhibition, Montclair OIA Salon Exhibition, New York |
| 1994 | "Art Beats," Bloomfield College, N.J.
"Miniatures," First Street Gallery, New York MFA Alumni Exhibition, Brooklyn College OIA Salon Exhibition, New York, "Split-Image," Bloomfield College, N.J. "The Bed," Montclair State College |
| 1993 | "Portraits: The Self & Others," First Street Gallery, New York "Flesh," First Street Gallery, New York OIA Salon Exhibition, New York "Emergence after the Garden," Montclair State College "Assemblage & Collage," Williams Center, East Rutherford, N.J. |
| 1991 | "Europa/America," Molica Guidarte, New York "Collaboration: The Capitol City Meets the Renaissance City," Trenton City Museum "Concrete Concerns," Bloomfield College, N.J. "New Paintings," Aljira Gallery, Newark |
| 1990 | Faculty Show, Montclair Art Museum |
| 1988 | "Five Women Painters at Brooklyn College" "Three-Person Invitational," Michigan Gallery, Detroit |
| 1986 | "Two-Person Invitational," County Galleria, Mostra d'Arte, Pontiac, Mich. Printmaking Exhibition, Phoenix Impressions, Pontiac, Mich. "New Paintings," Leftbank Gallery, Flint, Mich. "New Paintings," Mount Clemens Art Center, Mich. |
| 1985 | "New Paintings," Schweider-Galdo Gallery, Pontiac, Mich. "New Paintings," Pleides Gallery, New York "New Paintings," Meadowbrook Gallery, Rochester, Mich. |
| 1984 | "New Paintings," Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, Mich. "New Paintings," Somerset Art Show, Troy, Mich. "New Paintings," Troy Design Center, Mich. |
| 1983 | "New Paintings," Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Mich. "New Paintings," Scarab Club, Detroit "New Paintings," Focus Gallery, Detroit "New Paintings," Pontiac Art Center, Mich. |
| 1982 | "Figurative Art," 50 Saginaw, Pontiac, Mich. Gallery #7, Pontiac, Mich. |
| Selected Collections | |
Advest, Inc., New York |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
| Sarah Rose Sharp, "Cosmologies @ CCS-Center Gallery," Detroit Art Review, February 27, 2016 Hillary Brody, "Time and Space: Assunta Sera's Exploration of the Universe," IXITY.com, January 2016 Carol Azizian, "Bloomfield Hills Painter Struggled for Her Passion," Oakland Press, February 11, 2016 Interview, Fountain Art Fair, 2013 Lois Dodd and Her Students (Damariscotta, Me.: Firehouse Center, 2012) Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea (Florence, 2009) Who's Who in American Art 2009, 29th ed. (Marquis, 2009) Stefania Severi, Americans in Italy, Italians in America, 1997 Laurie Brian, Resident, September 23 – 29, 1997 Dennis Wepman, Artis Spectrum, November 1996 NY SoHo Magazine, October 1996 NY SoHo Magazine, September 1996 Art Now, February 1994 Laura Stewart, Daytona Beach News-Journal, November 1993 Lisa Batitto, Review, Essex Journal, April 1991 Suzanne Baker, The Michigan Woman, July–August 1986 James E. Harvey, Flint Journal, March 1986 Sybil Little, Oakland Press, April 1985 Herma Snider, interview, Pontiac TV station, 1985 Joy Colby, review, Detroit News, June 1984 James Windell, Sunday Oakland Press, January 1984 Karen Hildelbrandt, Wide Track News, January 1984 Interview, Pontiac radio station 1984 Herma Snider, Detroit Times, March 1983 |
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| Awards and Honors | |
| 2013 | Nominee, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York |
| 1997 | Recipient of Commissioned Work for Grand Central Poster, MTA, New York |
| 1995 | Nominee, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York |
| 1994 | Nominee, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York |
| 1988 | Graduate Fellowship, Brooklyn College |
| 1982 | 1982 Recipient, Artist Apprenticeship to Barbara Price, Grant from Michigan Council for the Arts, Cranbrook |
| 1981 | Michigan Council for the Arts Grant, Lansing, Mich. |
| Lectures / Public Speaking Engagements | |
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Panelist: "Captivating Cosmos," Seton Hall University, Newark Jersey City Museum Montclair Art Museum Montclair Art Museum Stetson University, DeLand, Fla. Westfield Art Association, N.J. Stetson University, DeLand, Fla. Juried Pontiac Art Society Exhibition, Pontiac, Mich. Juried Pontiac Art Society Exhibition, Pontiac, Mich. Studio presentation, Detroit Institute of Arts Painting demonstration, Young Women's Christian Association, Detroit "Ebb and Flow of an Artist's Work," Michigan Water Board Association, Renaissance Center, Detroit |
| Community Involvement | |
| 1981-82 | Organized, directed, and painted nine large-scale murals for Gallery #7 façades in Pontiac, Mich. |
| Work Experience | |
| 1994-97 | Bloomfield College, Adjunct Professor |
| 1993 | Montclair State College, Adjunct Professor |
| 1992 | Bloomfield College, Adjunct Professor Montclair Art Museum, "Painting Interior Spaces" class |
| 1991 | Bloomfield College, Adjunct Professor Montclair Art Museum, Painting Instructor |
| 1989-90 | New York University, Adjunct Professor Montclair Art Museum, Painting Instructor Yard School of Art, Montclair, Painting Instructor |
| 1987-88 | Assistant Teacher, William T. Williams, Brooklyn College |
| Education | |
| 1989 | MFA, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1988 | Apprenticeship, Byzantine Iconography, School of the Sacred Arts, New York |
| 1986 | Printmaking Apprenticeship with Tom James, Pontiac, Mich. |
| 1980 | B.F.A., Center for Creative Studies, Detroit |
| Apprenticeship, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield, Mich. | |
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