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EDUCATION
1991 – 1995 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, Bachelor of Fine Art
1989 – 1990 New World School of the Arts College, Miami, FL
1987 – 1988 Parsons School of Art and Design, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008
Put You on a Pedestal, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Sculpture Key West 2008, West Martello, Key West, FL
2007
Sculpture: 1940 thru the Present, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL
Topsoil, Casa Lin, Miami, FL
Scope Miami, Dorsch Gallery booth, Miami, FL
Breaking the Waves, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Miami Contemporary Artists: Making a Scene, Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
Bali South Beach, Miami Beach, FL
Free Spirits Alive!, Free Spirits, Miami Beach, FL
4141 Design Center, Design District, Miami, FL
Swimming with Sharks, Solo, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Wig Out, Tigertail Productions, Miami, FL
InsideOut,
Wild Wild Wynwood
, Edge Zones,
Sculpture Key West 2007, East Martello, Key West, FL
2006
20 Questions, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL
Bridge Art Fair, Dorsch Gallery booth, Miami Beach, FL
Seth Jason Beitler Fine Art, Miami, FL
Thread Count, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Nova Art Fair 2006, City Suites Hotel, Chicago, IL
Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Sculpture Key West 2006, Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
2005
Love the Fire, Feel the Burn, Solo, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Navy Pier Walk 2005, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Hermandades Escultoricas Mexico-USA, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
Space, Wynwood warehouse, Miami, FL
Sculpture Key West, Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
Lummus Park, Miami, FL
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
2004
till the end of the year, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
sites-miami, Lummus Park, Miami, FL
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Steal a Work of Art, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Miami Valise, Hornby Island, BC
New Work, Solo, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Art in the Park 2004, Key West, FL
2003
Free Spirits, Miami Beach, FL
CODE, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Fall Fundraiser, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Summer Sculpture Show, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2002
The No Show, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2001
4 Exhibitions 4 December & January, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
1999
What you do is up to you, Part II, Solo, Video Performance with Sculpture, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
1998
What you do is up to you, Part I, Solo Show, 35 mm Photo Performance, 7650 SW 72 Ave., Miami, FL
Polyphony, Solo, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Sheldon Lurie Art Against Aids Auction VII, Douglas Entrance, Coral Gables, FL
2x2: an ASS Production, Art Center South FLA, Miami Beach, FL
Assembly Line, Dorsch Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
The Artful Book, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
1998 Annual Student Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair, Gramercy Hotel, New York, NY, Miami Beach, FL, Los Angeles, CA.
1997
Miami Light Project Auction, Coconut Grove, FL
Epilepsy Foundation Auction, Bal Harbor, Miami, FL
Drawing The Line, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
That’s Life, N.E. 17th Avenue Warehouse, North Miami, FL
Incoming MFA Exhibition, The New Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1995
Senior Exhibition, Kemper Museum of Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
1994
UFO, Site Specific Sculpture, Kansas City, MO
Sculpture Fashion Show and Rude Dinner, Kansas City, MO
1993
Site Specific Performance, Kansas City, MO
1992
18 Artists, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1991
The American Way, Site Specific Sculpture, Kansas City, MO
PUBLIC ART EXHIBITIONS & COMMISSIONS
2007
Resident pavilion,
Sculpture
2006
Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Sculpture Key West 2006, Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
2005
Navy Pier Walk, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Sculpture Commission, Arthur & Polly Mays Middle Community School, Goulds, FL
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
Lummus Park, Miami, FL
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Sculpture Key West 2005, Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
2004
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
sites-miami, Lummus Park, Miami, FL
Art in the Park, Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Big Walls to Fill” by William Booth. The Washington Post. Dec. 10, 2007.
“Art Basel Hot Picks.” The Miami Herald. Dec. 9, 2007.
“Art and the In-Between Zone” by Steph Hurst. The SunPost. Dec. 6, 2007.
“New book is a who's who of top Miami artists" by Fabiola Santiago. The Miami Herald. Dec. 2. 2007
“Basel Blitz.” Blueprint Directory. November/December 2007.
“The Material World. The
Material Mechanic” by Anne Tschida.
“Swimming
with Sharks.” Blueprint Directory, September 2007
“Art
Pick: 'Swimming with Sharks' at Dorsch Gallery” by Elisa Turner. The
“The Art of the Season” by Victor Barrenechea. Biscayne Times. July 2007.
“Ralph
Provisero: Escultura de equilibrio, afectación y
movimiento” by Alfredo Triff. El Nuevo Herald. June 25, 2007.
“Sculpting the skyline” by Lewis Goldberg.
“Radar Weekend” by Anne Tschida. Category 305. June 9, 2007.
“That Old Black Magic” by Joel Weinstein. Rotund World. Dec. 3, 2006.
“Dorsch's 20 Questions” by Anne Tschida. Category 305. Dec. 2, 2006.
“Best of Miami 2006: Best Art Gallery.” Miami New Times. May 11, 2006.
Miami Arts Explosion by Alfredo Triff. Thompson Publishing, 2006.
“Artwork that's no work” by Doug George. Chicago Tribune. June 17, 2005.
“Reviews - Miami: Ralph Provisero” by Joel Weinstein. Sculpture. March 2005.
“A Fine Sense of Place” by Alfredo Triff. Miami New Times. Dec. 23, 2004.
“Take Me to the River” by Joel Weinstein. Street Weekly. Dec. 3 - 9, 2004.
“Artquake” by Alfredo Triff. Miami New Times. Dec. 2 - 8, 2004.
“Moonman Over Miami” by Elisa Turner. The Miami Herald. August 23, 2004.
“Sculptors give old materials new shapes” by Elisa Turner. The Miami Herald. May 17, 2004.
“Ralph Provisero” Art Capsule by Alfredo Triff. Miami New Times. May 20 - 26, 2004.
“Heavy Metal: Ralph Provisero weighs in at the Dorsch with his steel-and-wood sculptures” by Michael McManus. Street Weekly. May 7, 2004.
“Is Sculpture Too Free” and “Gallery Openings” by Onajide Shabaka. MiamiArtExchange.com. May 7, 2004 and April 25, 2004.
“new art, new show” by Franklin Einspruch. Artblog.net. April 23, 2004.
“Report From Miami, Part III: Expanding Horizons” by Roni Feinstein. Art in America. December 2003.
Free Agents: A History of Washington D.C. Graffiti, compiled by Roger Gastman. Photos pgs. 8, 12. R. Rock Enterprises, 2001.
“Report From Miami, Part II: Miami Heats Up” by Roni Feinstein. Art in America. November 1999.
CATALOGS / BOOKS
Miami Contemporary Artists,
by Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow. Schiffer,
2007.
Bridge Art Fair
Sixth Annual
Sculpture Key West, 2006
Navy Pier Walk, 2005
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2007
Associate Artist,
2006
Visiting Artist,
Visiting Artist, Kansas City Art Institute,
2005
Sculpture instructor, Arthur & Polly Mays Magnet Middle School, Goulds, FL
2002-2003
Self-employed, Art-related services, Miami, FL
1997
Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Adjunct Sculpture Professor, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Film & Photography Instructor, CMA Program, Allapattah Middle School, Miami, FL
1996
Drawing, Painting, & Ceramics Instructor, Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center, Miami, FL
Visiting Artist, University of Miami Sculpture Department, Miami, FL; Robert Chambers, Chair
1995
Designer & Technician, Industrial Design Department Shop, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Monumental restoration and sculptural fabrication, Creative Sculpture and Restoration, Kansas City, MO
AWARDS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Jersey Devil permanent design/build project,
Foreman, MTV Moonman project for 2004 Video Music Awards, Miami, FL
Best in Show, 1998 Annual University of Miami MFA Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Contributor, AKA Limited Edition Artist Book, Ambrosino Gallery, Various Libraries and Museums, Miami, FL
Teacher participant, 1996, Judge, 1997, Miami Children’s Film Festival, Miami, FL
Project Assistant, Dale Eldred, Kansas City, MO
Project Assistant, Stelarc, Kansas City, MO
Project Assistant, Chuck Parsons, Kansas City, MO
Project Assistant, Robert Chambers, Miami, FL
Project Assistant, Lydia Rubio, Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
Project Assistant, Jose Bedia, Miami, FL
©
2004-2006 Ralph Provisero