Thony Aiuppy
224 West 12th Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32206
904.655.6856
[email protected]
http://thonyaiuppy.com
C.V.
Education
2013
M.F.A. Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2010
B.F.A. Painting/Drawing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
2009
A.A. General Education, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2008
A.S. Graphic Design, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Experience
2015-
Curator: Mequin, Other Criteria, X.Nihilo Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Instructor, Beginning Drawing, Charcoal Drawing, Reddi Arts, Jacksonville, FL
Summer Camp Art Teacher, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2014-
Adjunct Professor: Drawing I, Drawing II, Master Copies (Traditional Painting Techniques), University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
2013-2014
Art Teacher: Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, FL
2013
Curatorial Intern: Installation and Research, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Substitute Instructor: Design I, Drawing I, Figure Drawing 1, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
2012
Curator, Seen & Unseen: A Variety of Approaches to Painting in the Contemporary Art World, East Gallery, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL
Teaching Intern: Figure Painting, Painting/Drawing Research, Senior Portfolio, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Awards & Grants
2010
Il Chiostro Study Abroad Scholarship, Venice, Italy
2009
FSCJ Spring Student Exhibition, Purchase Award
2008
FSCJ Graphic Design Scholarship
2007
FSCJ 2007 Spring Student Exhibition, Design Competition
Solo exhibitions
2015
Cease and Desist, Brew Five Points, Jacksonville, FL
Thony Aiuppy, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2013
The Darkness Beyond Tomorrow, North Gallery, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL
Oh Trust the Echoing, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA
2011
Accident or Incident?, New Works on Paper by Thony Aiuppy, Vault Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Polarity, Smart Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
2010
Intimation, Gallery L, Jacksonville, FL
Abstracted, Corse Gallery and Atelier, Jacksonville, FL
Group exhibitions
2015
Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, UNF Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Face Forward, Haskell Gallery, Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, FL
Landfall, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
The Light by Which We See, Andalusia Farm: Home of Flannery O’Connor, Milledgeville, GA
2014
Small Works 2014, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Alumni Invitational, South Gallery, Florida,State College At Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
deFine Art, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Into That Darkness Peering, Poe Museum, Richmond, VA
Our Shared Past, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL
2012
Small Works 2012, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Mediums, Kent Campus Gallery, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Artistic Migrations, UNF Gallery of Art, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
citySCAPE, Foard Studio, Jacksonville, FL
New E’s and Old E’s, Little Beast Gallery, Savannah, GA
Seen & Unseen: A Variety of Approaches to Painting in the Contemporary Art World,
East Gallery, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL
2011
New E’s and Old E’s, Alexander Hall Gallery, Alexander Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2010
The Figure Unveiled, Juror, Hope McMath, South Gallery, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Venice Abstracted, Instituto Canossiano – Maria Immacolata Gallery, Venice, Italy
Bibliography
2016
Studio Visit, Volume 32, Mary M. Tinti, Ph.D., Curator, Finchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, The Open Studios Press, 2016.
2015
“Local Painting Creates Controversial Buzz,”Cox Media Group (July 8, 2015).
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/artists-eric-garner-freddie-gray- inspired-painting/29715954
The Light By Which We See, Andalusia Farm:Home of Flannery O’Connor, 2015.
“They’re Changing Jacksonville’s Future,” The Florida Times-Union, January 15, 2015.
“Meet the Creative Force That’s Driving Jacksonville’s Future,” Jacksonville.com,
(January 15, 2015).
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-02-14/story/meet-creative-force- thats-driving-jacksonvilles-future
2014
Into That Darkness Peering, Poe Museum, 2014.
“Our Shared Past,” The Digital Observer (May 18, 2014).
http://designobserver.com/feature/our-shared-past/38469
“Illumination and Night Glare,” Lunch Ticket (Summer/Fall 2014).
http://lunchticket.org/portfolio-2/
“An Interview With Thony Aiuppy,” Aspiring Polymaths (January 4, 2014).
http://www.aspiring-polymaths.com/#!Thony-Aiuppy/cu6k/07DA6C95- E7E0-4A5C-917C-5565831296E2
2013
“Thony Aiuppy Depicts Southern Life in Oil and Wood,” Folio Weekly, Vol. 27, No.38 (December 18, 2013).
http://folioweekly.com/Thony-Aiuppy-Depicts-Southern-Life-in-Oil-and-Wood, 8498
“Our Shared Past at the Cummer,” EU Jacksonville (December 3, 2013).
http://www.eujacksonville.com/story2.php?storyid=3388
“Pictures of Home,” Starehouse, (December 2013).
http://starehouse.com/2013/12/13/pictures-of-home/
“Temporary Residence,” Starehouse (May 24, 2013).
http://starehouse.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/temporary-residence/#more-551
“The Divine Inversion,” Statehouse (February 2, 2013).
http://starehouse.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/the-divine-inversion/
“Visual Visionaries,” Folio Weekly, Vol. 25, No. 42 (January 16, 2013).
2012
“Five Artists You Should Know,” Void Magazine, Issue 25 (November 2012).
Publications
2015
“Exploring Whitfield Lovell’s Exhibition ‘Deep River’, Metro Jacksonville (June 14, 2015).
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2015-jun-exploring-whitfield-lovells- exhibition-deep-river
“Yarborough Threatens to Defund MOCA, because “‘PORN’,” Metro Jacksonville
(December 1, 2015).
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2014-dec-yarborough-threatens-to- defund-moca-because-porn
2014
“Are We in the Midst of a Jacksonville Great Awakening?,” Metro Jacksonville (August 23, 2014).
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2014-aug-are-we-in-the-midst-of-a- jacksonville-great-awakening#.VBNYany9KSM
2013
“Considering Norman Fisher,” Metro Jacksonville (May 15, 2013).
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2013-may-considering-norman-fisher-
“On ‘A Little Death’,” Metro Jacksonville (March 2, 2013).
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2013-mar-on-a-little-death-
2012
“Guest article: ‘Cindy Sherman as Iconic Revolutionary’,” Metro Jacksonville (October 28, 2012).
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-oct-cindy-sherman-as-iconic- revolutionary
“For the City,” News 4 Jax (October 23, 2012).
http://www.news4jax.com/news/Guest-series-Anthony-Aiuppy/-/ 475880/17097412/-/j4qwt6z/-/index.html
“Guest article: ‘For the City’,” Metro Jacksonville (September 1, 2012).
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-sep-guest-series-anthony-aiuppy
2010
Fiction Fix: Issue 8 (Fall 2010).
http://www.fictionfix.net/FictionFix8.pdf
Collections
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Savannah College of Art and Design
The Georgian Terrace Hotel
Professional organizations
College Art Association
Foundation in Art:Theory and Education