contemporary art salon

 
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY


Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2010

Black Mass; Proof Gallery, Boston, MA

2009

Vincent Como and Joseph Sabatino; PS 122, New York, NY

2008

The Blackening; Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY

2007

In Praise of Darkness; Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

Black: Theories and Ongoing Research; VONZWECK, Chicago, IL

2006

As Defined By Our Surroundings; Presented by Dogmatic at ArtLA, Santa Monica, CA

2004

Object (Subject); Standard, Chicago, IL

2002

Untitled (Dogmatic Exhibition); Dogmatic, Chicago, IL

1998

Untitled (Inflated Space); Southside Gallery, Cleveland, OH


Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

Artist Books and Prints; Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY

A Book About Death; Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, NY

Human Craters; BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by Andrea Horisaki-Christens

Infinite Possibilities; MomentaArt, Brooklyn, NY

Alchemy; Hudson Guild Galleries. New York, NY

2008

Black; G Fine Art, Washington DC

VIENNABiennale2; Vienna, Austria

VONZWECK at the Barn, Chicago, IL

Hocus Pocus; Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ

New American Paintings; Exhibition in Print, Issue #74 Northeastern edition

2007

New York, NY 2007; McCormack Gallery, New York, NY

If Then, As If; One Night Stand, Brooklyn, NY

2006

Contemporary Works on Paper; Barrow and Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

Under Cover; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

Evanston+Vicinity Biennial; Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

Group Exhibition; Drawing and Book Art gallery of Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

Fresh A.I.R.; Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

Perfect, a Group Exhibition; through the Illinois State Museum: Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Whittington, IL; Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL

2005

Drawn Out; Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Perfect, the Petite Selection; Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory Art Gallery, Batavia, IL

Perfect, a Group Exhibition; traveling exhibition shown at: Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI; Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Artists in Residence; Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL

2004

Varied Marks: Contemporary Drawings and Works on Paper; Moser Performing Arts Center Gallery, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL

Perfect, a Group Exhibition; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Art Miami; with Schopf Galley on Lake, Miami, FL

2003

Pyramid Scheme (a curatorial project and exhibition); Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL

Art Boat; with Dogmatic, Chicago, IL

Stray Show; with Dogmatic, Chicago, IL


2002

Selections I; SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2001

Traumaspace3; Traumaspace, Chicago, IL

2000

Multiples4; NFA Space, Chicago, IL

48 Hours of Making Art; B.K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College,Painsville, OH

1999

Hot Beats and Renditions (benefit for Ten by Ten magazine); Butcher Shop,

Chicago, IL

Squirrels on Parade; Suitable, Chicago, IL

1998

The Artist Book II; FACET, Taos, NM 



Education

1993-1998

BFA; Cleveland Institute of Art



Professional Experience

2009

Linear Progression; Curated exhibition at Horse Trader Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Greynbow; Curated Exhibition at Horse Trader Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005

Artist in Residence (2005-06); Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL

Visiting Artist; University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Panel Discussion; Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

2004

Olfactory Judge; Salmonella in September, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL

A More Perfect Union; (Organized by Downtown for Democracy at Max Fish) New York, NY

Artist Project; Interreview online magazine, summer 2004 edition, www.interreview.org

Panel Discussion; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Guest Lecturer; University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL

Curatorial Discussion; Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL

2001

Artist in Residence; Anchor Graphics Fine Art Printshop, Chicago, IL


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Workman, Michael. “Two-Minute Interview: Vincent Como”Newcity, April 22, 2004.

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