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1997

Contemporary Film at EMA, Film Screening/Group Show, film loop; Sex Machine #3, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (poster)

An Evening of Film and Video Projects, Screening/Group Show, film loop installation; Half & Half, Dileia Contemporary, Cincinnati, OH (brochure)

Multiple Impressions, Group Show, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH

Obsessions, Group Show, SPACES, Cleveland, OH

Redundant Redundant, Group Show, Dileia Contemporary, Cincinnati, OH (catalogue)

1996

Shit, Group Show, Baron/Boisante Editions, NYC, NY (poster)

Gratis, Group Show. Toured Spain, Portugal, and Guadiana via the Guadiana River. Museo de Arte Extremeno e Iberoamericano. Organized by Kirby Gookin, Robin Kahn, Victoria Gil, and Federica Guzman.

Group Show, Michael Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Group Show, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV (catalogue)

1995

Instinctive Appetite, Peter Huttinger, C. V. Mansoor, and Marion Wilson. Group Show, Machine Shop, Cincinnati, OH (multiple)

The River, Group Show, Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH; curators: David Johnson and John Wilson. (catalogue)

Strung Into the Appollonian Dream, Feature, NYC, NY

1994

Selections 1994, Group Show, The Drawing Center, NYC, NY (brochure)

Group Show, Peter Huttinger, C. V. Mansoor, and Marion Wilson, sub.gressive, in conjunction with In Situ, Cincinnati, OH

Sex, Group Show, Adam Baumgold, NYC, NY

(no) Space, Group Show, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

1993

Group Show, Feature, NYC, NY

The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, Group Show, The Drawing Center, NYC, NY

Drawing Pairs, Group Show, Adam Baumgold, NYC, NY

Stew, Group Show, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL; curator: Tony Tasset

1992

One Person Show, Feigen, Inc., Chicago, IL

Tattoo Collection, Group Show, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France; Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany; Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, NY; Centre Regional dŐArt Contemporain, Nates, France; organized by Air de Paris, Nice, France and Galerie URBI et ORBI, Paris, France.

Books by Artists, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH

1991

One Person Show, Feature, NYC, NY

One Person Show, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

We To Have Been There, Group Show, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH; curator: Stephen Finke

Biennial III, Group Show, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (catalogue)

Bion, Group Show, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL

ArtistsŐ Books, Group Show, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX; curator: Judith Hoffberg

1990

One Person Show, Feigen, Inc., Chicago, IL

The Art of Drawing VI, Group Show, Staempfli Gallery, NYC, NY

Sculpture at the Riverfront, Group Show, collaboration with C. V. Mansoor; organized by Heritage Village Arts and the Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH; curator: Brinsley Tyrrell (catalogue)

Abstract Painting: Three Sensibilities, Seigfried Gallery, Ohio University School of Art, Athens, OH; curator: Kimberly Burleigh

1989

One Person Show, Feature, NYC, NY

Erotophobia, Group Show, Simon Watson, NYC, NY

Dorothy, Group Show, Center of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; curator: Hudson

Group Show, DART, Chicago, IL

Romancing the Stone, Group Show, Feature, NYC, NY

Buttinsky, Group Show, Feature, NYC, NY

1988

Sex, Death & Jello, Group Show, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago; curator: Tony Tasset (catalogue)

The Nude, Group Show, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; curator: Kristin Spangenberg

Of PlatoŐs Cave, Group Show, Greathouse Gallery, NYC, NY

Louisville Collects, Group Show, J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY

Near Miss, Group Show, Feature, Chicago, IL

1987

One Person Show, Gund Gallery, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH; curator: Carla Peterson (catalogue)

Federal Reserve Plaza, outdoor sculpture installation commissioned by The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

Signs of Intelligent Life, Group Show, Greathouse Gallery, NYC, NY

Urgent Messages, Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; curator: Don Baum

Awards in the Visual Arts 6, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC; Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, NYC, NY; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA (catalogue, essay: Barry Schwabsky)

I Have Proof That Some of This Is Correct, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC (catalogue)

1986

One Person Show, Feature, Chicago, IL

One Person Show, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1985

The 39^th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanson, IL; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; curator: Lisa Lyons (catalogue)

New Order, Group Show, Feature, Chicago, IL

The Big Car Show, Group Show, Art Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN; curator: Marthas Winans (catalogue)

1984

One Person Show, Feature, Chicago, IL

Disarming Images, Group Show, Bread and Roses Project, NYC, NY; curator Nina Felshin (catalogue - tour)

Drawings, Group Show, SPACES, Cleveland, OH

1984: Art Focusing on Politics and/or Technology, Group Show, Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, OH; curator: Mark Cecil

Recent Acquisitions, Group Show, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

Great Values, Group Show, Feature, Chicago, IL

Human Figure: Form and Metaphor, Stuart Fink and Peter Huttinger, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1983

Ohio Selections, Group Show, The New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; curator: Janus Small

Art and Social Change, USA, Group Show, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin Art Museum, Oberlin, OH; curator: William Orlander (catalogue, essays by David Deitcher, Lucy R. Lippard, Jerry Kerns, William Orlander, and Craig Owens)

Selected Works Published by Mark Patsfall Graphics, Group Show, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1982

Selections: Six in Ohio, Group Show, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (catalogue, essay by Sarah Rogers-Lafferty)

Zap That Zit, Proposals for outdoor sculpture in a depressed urban setting, Group Show, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH; curator: Hudson

Two Person Exhibition, Michael Cook and Peter Huttinger, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL

New Epiphanies: Religious Contemporary Art, Group Show, Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO; curator Carol Adney (catalogue, essay by Ruth K. Meyer)

1981

The 1981 Cincinnati Art Museum Invitational Exhibition, Group Show, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (catalogue)

Group Show, Prasada Press, Cincinnati, OH

Art Work - Art Play, Group Show, Ohio Foundation for the Arts, Columbus, OH (catalogue - tour)

Knick-Knack Show, Group Show, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Traditions, Group Show, Artrain (catalogue - tour)

1980

Outside New York: The State of Ohio, Group Show, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; curator: Allan Schwartzman (catalogue)

Cincinnati Stories, Group Show, SPACES, Cleveland, OH; C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH

1979

One Person Show, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY

Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Group Show, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH

1978

C.A.G.E., Group Show, Cincinnati, OH

1977

SHHHH, Tedd Arnold and Peter Huttinger, Bainbridge Community College Art Gallery, Bainbridge, GA

1976

D&D Motel, Installations in an abandoned road-side motel in Perry, FL, Group Show, organized by (no) Space, Tallahassee, FL

1998 Media Working Group, Media Workshop (Website Development), funded by the National

Endowment for the Arts and the Benton Foundation

1995 Ohio Arts Council, Professional Assistance Grant

1989 Ohio Arts Council, Individual Arts Major Fellowship

1987 Awards in the Visual Arts, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

1986 Ohio Arts Council, Professional Assistance Grant

1985 Ohio Arts Council, Individual Arts Mini-Grant

1984 Ohio Arts Council, Individual Arts Mini-Grant

1981 Ohio Arts Council, Individual Arts Mini-Grant

1980 Ohio Arts Council, Individual Arts Mini-Grant

1979 MFA, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Major: Drawing

Awarded Tuition Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship/Foundations Program

Present - 1989

Volatile, ArtistsŐ Books, Editions, Visual Poetry, and Documents of Alternative Culture, Cincinnati, OH. Private dealer of artistsŐ publications, contemporary art, and ephemera with an emphasis on works relating to social and cultural issues such as: artistsŐ books, performance art, sexuality, anarchism, and alternative traditions in the visual arts. Also, a publisher of graphics and multiples, including works by Carolee Schneemann, Bern Porter, Kay Rosen, Annie Sprinkle, and Hannah Wilke. In addition Volatile works with Sally Alatalo, Ron Athey, John M. Bennett, Kathe Burkhart, Bob Flanagan (estate of), Diana Duncan Holmes/Timothy Riordan, Davi Det Hompson, Jon Langford, Cary Leibowitz, Nancy Linn, and Sheree Rose.

Present - 1993

Archivist for the Robert J. Shiffler Foundation; Collection and Archive, Greenville, OH. A three-quarter time position. Responsibilities include the acquisition of reference material (books, exhibition catalogues, artistsŐ books, exhibition ephemera, and cultural documents) relating to the collection. Managing loans of art works, exhibitions, and special projects (refer to listings below for specific projects). Booking and conducting tours of the collection for museum and university groups, as well as private collectors, curators, and art dealers. Overseeing the collectionŐs preparator in regard to storage and management of the collection and the 11,000 square feet of galleries in Greenville.

1997

projects.doc, Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. Curator, in collaboration with gallery director Sali LoveLarkin. An exhibition of art works, performance relics, multiples, and artistsŐ books documenting conceptual projects, artistsŐ performance, and political actions selected from the Robert J. Shiffler Collection and Archive. The show is an overview of strategies and means of production explored by artists working in the 1990s. Artists: Janine Antoni, Michael Ballou (Four Walls), Matthew Barney, Debbie Brod, Mary Carlson, S. J. Curtis, Spencer Finch, Karen Finley, Bob Flanagan/Sheree Rose, Sylvie Fleury, Gregory Green, Dieter Lennartz, Lauren Lesko, Nancy Linn, Christian Marclay, Josepha Mulaire, Chuck Nanney, Alix Pearstein, Dan Peterman, Paul Ramirez-Jonas, Jason Rhoades, Kristin Rogers, Kerri Scharlin, Annie Sprinkle, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Brian Tolle. June 14 - August 27, 1997. Catalogue.

1996/97

Memento Mori, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. Curator. An exhibition honoring Day Without Art and aids education and awareness. The exhibit, selected from the Robert J. Shiffler Collection and Archive, included works by Peter Edlund, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Kay Rosen, the ACT UP Art Box; containing multiples by Ross Blechner, Louise Bourgeois, Mike Kelley, Simon Leung, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, and Nancy Spero, as well as a reading table with reference material on AIDS related art projects and safer sex education. November 29, 1996 - January 5, 1997.

1995

From Between the Cracks, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH. Curator. An exhibition of artistsŐ publications, including artistsŐ books, audio, video, in addition to performance and political documentation. The works were drawn from the libraryŐs collection as well as the Robert J. Shiffler Collection and Archive. Public Lecture. Published check list.

1995 - 93

The Cincinnati Waldorf School, Cincinnati, OH. Member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Program Committee. A volunteer position. The school, encompassing pre-school through the fourth grade, is based on the educational theories of Rudolf Steiner,

1994 - 1993

The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. Member of the Board of Directors. A volunteer position. Participated on the following committees; Programming, Book Store, and Education.

1994

More Art For More People, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH. One of three curators for the Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition for C.A.G.E. Organized an exhibit of the archive; including exhibition announcements, publications, grant applications, and performance/event ephemera. Catalogue.

1993

Objects and Events; Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, and Robert Watts, Feigen, Inc., Chicago, IL. Curator. An exhibition of scores, artistsŐ books, multiples, and relics relating to performance events by the artists. Publication: three event cards.

1993

Performing Objects; Carolee Schneemann, Larry Miller, and Bern Porter. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. Curator. An exhibition of objects, book works, and relics relating to and/or documenting performance works by the artists. A overview of works spanning: Porter, 1941 - 1993; Schneemann, 1962 - 1993: Miller, 1967 - 1993. Catalogue in box containing a multiple by each artist.

1992

Artists Books, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH. Curator and participant. An exhibition of book works and visual poetry by S. J. Curtis, Fred Ellenberger, Steven Finke, Diana Duncan Holmes/Timothy Riordan, C. V. Mansoor, Steven McCarthy, Jeff Reed, Brent Riley, and the Schemers Alliance.

1991

Lists, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH. Curator. An exhibition of thirty-seven works by artists, musicians and poets which use the list, a linear sequence of data, as a means of presenting narrative and/or statistical information. Participants ACT UP, Michael Banicki, Captain Beefheart, Chris Burden, Butt Hole Surfers, Greg Curnoe, Guerrilla Girls, Tehching Csieh, King Crimson, George Maciunas, Bern Porter, Kay Rosen, Carolee Schneemann, Annie Sprinkle, and others. Check list.

1990

Direct To Tape: Video Works by Larry Miller and Jim Roche, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH. Curator of screening. Miller and Roche both use the medium of video in a direct and unprocessed way to document specific actions and/or processes. Pamphlet.