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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lives and works in New Orleans

Solo Exhibitions:
2013
David Sullivan: Animations, The McNay Museum, San Antonio, RX

2012
David Sullivan, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2010
Fugitive Emissions, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
Power Up!, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD

2009
Power Up!, Wagner Sousa Modern Art, Galveston, TX

2008
You Win!, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2003
Supply & Demand, The Waiting Room Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2016
Wetlands, Walkup Grocery of Art, New Orleans, LA

2015
Between Nature & Technology, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

2014
Reverberations, St Maurice Church, New Orleans, LA

2013
The Living Room Show, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Visiting Artists, NOCCA Gallery,New Orleans, LA

2012
Louisiana Regional 2012, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA, Juror: Rene Paul Barilleaux
The Franklin Collection, The Art Salon,New Orleans, LA
Southern Open 2012, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Juror: Rene Paul Barilleaux
Duets, Dibol Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
NOLA Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Lost and Found, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
RAW, HomeSpace Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Curators: Sharon and Luis Azaceta
MonunMental, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
FILE RIO, Oi Futuro – Flamengo,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011
New Orleans Billboard Art Project, Public Art Project, New Orleans, LA
10 Years and 47 Artists, Carroll Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Technological Terrarium, The Ogden Museum,  New Orleans, LA, Curator: Myrtle Van Damitz
Catalyst, Space 301, Mobile , Al, Curator: Robin Atkinson
Currents 2011, Santa Fe , NM
File 2011, São Paulo, Brazil
Group Show, Wagner Sousa Modern Art, Galveston, TX
Automata II, The Iron Works, New Orleans, LA

2010
Hope in Blasted Landscapes, Ironworks, New Orleans, LA
The Sublime and the Silly, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Automata, The Candle Factory, New Orleans, LA
Studio Residency Show, Louisiana Artworks, New Orleans, LA
Resilience, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, Curator: Sally Sprout
Southern Open 2010, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Juror: Bill Arning
Print Show, Louisiana Artworks, New Orleans, LA, Curator: Mia Kaplan
Hot Up Here, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Curator: Dan Cameron
Gulf Aid Art Show, Joanthan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2009
Hot Up Here, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA, Curator: Dan Cameron
File 2009, São Paulo, Brazil
22nd September Competition, Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA, Curator: Nicholas Bustamante – First Prize
Gestural Pop, Two Person Show, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
All City Faculty Show, Universal Furniture Building, New Orleans, LA
Group Show, Wagner Sousa Modern Art, Galveston, TX
Southern Open 2009, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Juror: Eleanor Heartney
Fronteir Preachers, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, Curator: Jayme McLellan

2008
St. Claude Collective, Universal Furniture Building, New Orleans, LA
Originals, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Four from New Orleans, Wagner Sousa Modern Art, Galveston, TX

2007
Faculty Show, UNO Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Art, New Media, New Orleans, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Second Line, Ad-Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY
Neighborhoods: Tulane. New Orleans, LA
Neighborhoods: Gentilly. New Orleans, LA
Descours, New Orleans, LA

2006
SURGE, The Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, NY
FILE2006, Galeria de Arte do Sesi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Katrina, You Bitch, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
FILE2005:RIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Neighborhoods: Ninth Ward. New Orleans, LA
Intersections, L’Art Noir, New Orleans, LA

2005
FILE2005, Galeria de Arte do Sesi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Watermark, Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Top 40, The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Hydriotaphia, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004
Grand Isle Juried Art show, Grand Isle Community Center, Grand Isle, LA

2003
Not Your Mamma’s Jazz Fest Poster, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2002
Digital Louisiana, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
Lenin: BUSTed, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2001
Assemblage: The New Orleans Vernacular, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Nude Vs Nude, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2000
Bing Bang, Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Noir II, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Backwash, Acme Art, Columbus, OH
Three person show, Country Day School, Metairie, LA

1999
Hive Mind, Solo show, Contemporary Art Center CyberCafe, New Orleans, LA

1998
No Dead Artists, Positive Space, New Orleans, LA

1997
New Orleans Noir, Zietgiest, New Orleans, LA
Honey Drippings, Solo show, Not the Living Room, New Orleans, LA
Sanford & Son Revisited, Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans, LA

1996
Virtual Louisiana, Shooting Star Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1995
Manifestations, Two person show, Cone X, New Orleans, LA

1993
Louisiana Competition 1993, Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA

1992
Chimera Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1991
Chimera Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Hair Ball, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1990
Small Works, Art Attic, Baltimore, MD
Symposium of Temporary Art, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1989
Young Painters, Tuttle Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1988
Art in Transit, New Orleans Public Service, New Orleans, LA
Three Painters, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1987
Horsehead Yagfest, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Blue Velcro, Combined Effort Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

Screenings:
2016 Portland Winter Light Festival, Portland, OR
2015 Digital Graffitil, Alys Beach, FL
Luna Fete, New Orleans, LA
2012 Lake Pontchartrain Film Festival, Slidell, LA
2009 A Studio in the Woods, New Orleans, LA
2009 Festival Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
2007 Independent Exposure
2007 New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival, New Orleans, LA
2006 Below Sea Level Stories, Portland/Seattle/Victoria
2006 New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA
2000-2006 Zeitgeist, New Orleans, LA
2000 Louisiana Video Shorts Festival, New Orleans, LA

Awards & Grants:
2012 Louisiana Department for the Arts Career Advancement Grant
2009 Puffin Grant
2008 Louisiana Department for the Arts Media Arts Fellowship
2005 Louisiana Department for the Arts Mini-Grant
2000 Louisiana Department for the Arts Mini-Grant
2000 Multimedia Award,12th Annual Louisiana Video Shorts Festival
1988 New Orleans Women’s Caucus for the Arts Award

Publications:
2014 The Multispecies Salon, Duke University Press
2006 Intersection | New Orleans, Press Street
2003 Notebook, Creative Capitalism
2000 Friends and Friends of Friends, Creative Capitalism

Residencies:
2011 Spiro Arts Center
2009-2010 Louisiana Artworks
2009 A Studio in the Woods

Talks & Panels:
2013 Artist Round Table with Nicolas Sassoon, May Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011 Environmental Art: Visual Arts and Literature, Spiro Arts Center, Park City, UT
2009 Gestural Pop, UWF, Pensacola, FL
2008 Digital Front panel, Louisiana Artworks, New Orleans, LA
2006 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2001 ArtSpeak, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

Education:

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, B.F.A., 1987
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, M.F.A., 1990

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