Roxana Perez-Mendez 46 n. front st philadelphia, pa 19106 “The work hovers in an everyday world where illusion and reality are confused.  This form of discursive practice is to neither fuse nor to refuse these two elements.  But rather, it is to juggle them in their paradoxical relationship of difference and identity--i.e. to ever re-fuse them.  To unite with the other while simultaneously recognizing one as the Other.” education 2003            Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 2002            Tyler School of Art, MFA Sculpture 1999            The Ohio State University, BFA Sculpture and Glass 1996            Northwestern University . solo exhibitions 2011    Upcoming.  Vox Populi Gallery.  2010    Este Es Mi Pais.  Morris Gallery. Pensylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  Philadelphia            Siempre Hace Frio.  Vox Populi Solo Show.  Philadelphia 2009    Fall Solos.  Arlington Art Center Fall Solos.  Arlington, VA            Todo Tiene Su Final.  Vox Populi Solo Show.  Philadelphia            Sin Fin. Allcott Gallery Solo Show.  Chapel Hill, NC 2008    Larga Distancia, Memoria Corta. Vox Populi Solo Show.  Philadelphia 2007    New Espacio. Vox Populi Solo Exhibition.  Philadelphia 2007    La Declaracion. Landmarks Contemporary Projects at the Powel                                        House Museum, Philadelphia            Encantada.  Painted Bride Art Center.  4-Sites Series.  Philadelphia 2006    Proyecto PASA.  Fleisher Art Memorial Challenge Exhibition. Philadelphia        2003    Flotando.  Aqui Siam Ben Gallery.  Vallauris, France. select group exhibitions 2011    Upcoming.  Mirror Image.  North Carolina Museum of Art.                 Raleigh, NC 2010    Wordless.  EFA Project Space.  Curated by Felicity Hogan.  NY, NY 2009    Bulk.  John and June Allcott Gallery.  UNC-Chapel Hill            Aljira Emerge 10. Newark, New Jersey.            No Soul For Sale.  Festival of Independents.  X-Intitiative.  Chelsea, NY            Altered Realities.  University of the Arts, Gershwin Y.  Philadelphia            New Media Now.  Colby-Sawyer College.  New London, NH. 2008    Make Shift.  Spaces Gallery.  Pittsburgh 2007    Assumed Identities.  College of New Jersey.  New Jersey            ArsLatina 07.:  Ser Latino en el Siglo XXI.  Centro Estatal de las Artes.                      Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico and Centro Municipal de  Cultura,                      Castellon, Espana.           Morgellons. December Invitational Show.  Fliesher-Ollman Gallery. Philadelphia 2006   Vernacular Spectacular.  University of Pennsylvania.  Philadelphia           Minty.  Vox Populi New Members Exhibition.  Philadelphia performances 2010    Nadando.  EFA Project Space.  In conjuncion with Word-less.  NY, NY 2009    Salvavida.  Collaborative effort with Gabrial Martinez.  No Soul for Sale.                     X-Initiative.  Chelsea, NY 2003    Independencia.Part 1:  La Parada. Collaborative effort with Gabriel Martinez,                    Carlos Rodriguez.  Skowhegan, Maine.         Independencia Part 2:  El Regreso.  Collaborative effort with Gabriel Martinez,                    Carlos Rodriguez.  Skowhegan. 2002    Mas Largo que una Enema:  Much Longer than an Enema. Penrose Gallery. grants/awards 2009    Sculpture Space Funded Residency.  Utica, NY. 2008    Aljira Emerge 10.  Aljira Center for Contemporary Art.  Newark, NJ 2006    Finalist for Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant            Finalist for Pew Fellowship in the Arts.  Sculpture/Installation 2003    Skowhegan School of Art Participant Fellowship.         curatorial experience 2009    Director of the John and June Allcott Gallery, UNC-Chapel Hill. 2008    Big Gurl:  Stylin with Lauren Kelley.  Vox Populi Gallery. Philadelphia 2007    Surveil: Noah Klersfeld, Luciana Lamothe, Bennett Morris, and Raphael                     Zollinger. Vox Populi Gallery.  Philadelphia            Double Feature:  Lydia Mover and Hope Tucker. Vox Populi.  Philadelphia professional experience 2008-present    The John and June Allcott Gallery Director 2007-present    Board Member of The Eshter M. Klein Gallery.  Philadelphia     “Art at the intersection of Science and Industry.”             2009    Aljira Emerge 10 Panel discussion with Sara Riesman.  Aljira Contemporary                    Art Center.  Newark, NJ            “Performing Puerto Rico.”  The State of Things.  WUNC. NPR Radio Interview                   and podcast.  March 24th, 2009            Visiting Artist.  Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. Lancaster, PA.            Artist Talk.  New Media Now.  Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH 2008    Artist Talk.  Memoria Larga:  Distancia Corta.  Moderated by Irene Hoffman.            Visiting Artist Lecture Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia 2007    Visiting Artist Lecture University of Illinois-Champagne-Urbana            Artists Talk.  Assumed Identities.  The College of New Jersey, Trenton 2006-2008       Committee Chair of Media Lounge. Vox Populi Gallery.  Philadelphia 2006    Juror.  AIR-Vallauris Small Art Object Fete.  Vallauris, France            Artist Talk.  Moderated by Daniel Fuller.  New Espacio. Vox Populi. Philadelphia            Artist Talk.  Professional Woman’s Fairmount Association.  La Declaracion.                    Powel House Museum.   Philadelphia            Artist Talk.  Encantada.  Painted Bride Art Center.  Philadelphia            Artist Talk.  Moderated by Dan Tally, independent curator.  Minty. Vox Popuili               Artist Talk.  Moderated by Mary Murphy. Proyecto PASA.  Fleisher Art Memorial                   Challenge.  Philadelphia 2003    Millay Colony. Artist in Residence.  Austerlitz, NY.            AIR-Vallauris, France.  Artist in Residence.            Can Serrat, El Bruc. Artist in Residence.  Providencia de Barcelona, Spain        2002    Homeland Visiting Artist lecture with Pepon Osorio. President’s Hall, Tyler                   School of Art.  Philadelphia bibliography 2010    “A Decade of Emergence.” By BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO.  New York Times. 8.28.09.            “Dispatches from No Soul For Sale:  Artist Roxana Pérez-Méndez Discusses                     "Caridad"  By Carolyn Kane. Rhizome.org. 6.25.09             Dialogo 365 Catalogo.  Catalogue of Exhibition.  Andreina Castellanos.  Casa                    Venezuela.            “Art Intrigues College with New Media Exhibit”  Colbey-Sawyer Courier.                       2.13.09 2007   “Art Review:  Assumed Identities.”  Helen Schwartz.  Princetoninfo.com.                     12.18.07           “Video Macabre.”  By William Hanley.  Rhizome.org.  9.12.07           “La Declaracion.”  Editor’s Pick.  Philadelphia Weekly. 3.22.07           “La Declaracion.”  Exhibition Essay.  Robert Wuilfe.  3.07 2006   Changing the Past and Challenging the Future:  History and Identity in the                    Work of Roxana Perez-Mendez.  Catalogue essay by Emily Hage,                   Assistant Curator and Mellon Curatorial Fellow,  Contemporary Art                   Department, Philadelphia Museum of Art.           “Suite Dreams:  A super hotel serves as a metaphor for brainwashed                      consumerism”  Philadelphia Weekly. 9.13.06           “Island Records.”  Sketches Roberta Fallon.  Philadelphia Weekly. 1.25.06 2004   “Chaos Theory.”  Roberta Fallon. Philadelphia Weekly. 6.23.04 2002   “Borders Lines.”  Philadelphia Weekly.  12.2.02           The Realm of the Not Yet.  Exhibition catalog essay by Gerard Brown.   memberships Vox Populi Gallery—Artist Collective College Art Association National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Re-title