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- Bio -

 

 

  Karalla works between the modern backdrop of New York City and the rural south
of Basilicata, Italy. The contrast between macro and micro, old and new, and the cultural chains,
fuels her ironic comic adventure, making everyday a new Christmas experience to capture.

 

 

Collections -
 
Museum of Modern Art, NYC, USA
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC, USA
Yokohama Museum, Tokyo, Japan
New York Public Library, NYC, USA
Daniel Katz, London, U.K.
Koc Holding, Istanbul, Turkey
Edward R. Downe Jr, NYC, USA
   
Exhibitions -
 
2012
'St. Sebastian' Edelman Arts Gallery NYC
'FAT LANDS' Part i, ii & III - HeadBones Gallery, BC Canada
2011
'St. Sebastian' series Humanity - Art Miami - Edelman Arts Gallery
'After Death Options' series Fat Lands - Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia
2007
The Baby Grand Piano' The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Slick, Paris, France
The Baby Grand Piano' The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Bridge Art Fair, London 07, London, U.K.
Untitled' (Mona Lisa) Opera Arte e Arti, Matera, Italy
2006
I Santi' Headbones Drawers Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Portfolio' Pool Art Fair, NYC, USA
2005
Visionari Primitivi Eccentrici - 2005 - 2006 - Galleria Civica - Palazzo Loffredo, Potenza, Italy
  Rubber Souls,' Digi-Arte 2005, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
  Busted,' Superlative Exposition, Dekalb Area Women’s Center, Chicago, USA
  Baby Grand Intro & Humanity,' Young Willing & Hungry: curated by Andres Serrano at the Jen Bekman Gallery, NYC, USA
2004
Rubber Souls & I Santi,' 'Metamorphosis di una citta: architettura contemporanea a Matera, Bari, and Florence Italy / Madrid, Spain
Humanity,' The Underground Art Fair, NYC, USA
Eleven,' Bassel Art Fair, NYC, USA
2003
Madonna in the Chair,' from the Humanity Series, Pels-Leusden Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Limmagine della Donna nell,' Arte del 3° Millennio, Ex-Convento delle Suore Pie, Brindisi, Italy
2002
I Santi, a Viso Aperto,' Puglia, Italy
Eleven,' video project. Arteria, Matera, Italy
2001
'I Santi, a Viso Aperto,' Matera. Sassi, Matera, Italy
Busted Prints,' Because Sex Sells. Nikolia Fine Art, NYC, USA
2000
'The Praying Mass,' The Ukrainian Institute, NYC, USA
Narcy,' (short for Narcissism), Gershwin Gallery Space, NYC, USA
1999
The Irony of Ironing,' The Ukrainian Institute, NYC, USA
  Karallas Corolla,' 1999 Auto Show at the Javitt Center, NYC, USA
  Karallas Corolla,' The Orange Art-car Show, Houston, Texas, USA
1994
Spaces Dressed in White,' The Wall at NYU, NYC, USA
  Boyfriends in Rocken Shades,' Gallery U, NYC, USA
  Virtue = Rebel,' Gubala Gallery, NYC, USA
1993
The X-Girlfriend of Marcel Proust,' at The AlleyCat Gallery, NYC, USA
  Christ,' at E.S.V. Vandam Gallery, NYC, USA
  Nervous Collector,' The AlleyCat Gallery, NYC, USA
  Comprachicoes in the Raw,' at The AlleyCat Gallery, NYC, USA
1992
Comprachicoes in the Raw,' at The Puck Building Exhibition Space, NYC, USA
1991
'Eat Cake all Natural Ingredients,' National Academy of Arts, NYC, USA
1990
'Layers of Life,' Museum of Contemporary Arts, NYC, USA
  Layers of Life,' Soho 20, NYC, USA
  Layers,' Synchronicity Space, NYC, USA
  Layers,' Under Acme Exhibition Space, NYC, USA
   
Writings -
 
Present
Dilated Pupils,' in the process
1997
The Third World'
1992
'Comprachicoes in the Raw'
   
Video -
 
2008
More French
2002
The Process
2001
'Eleven' (One minute and Eleven Seconds)
1999
Narcy' (Short for Narcissism)
   
Documentation -
 
2002 & 2003
Eleven,' with a discussion panel
2002:
Mary & Jesus,' Backstage, Documenting the last night of shooting the still.
1995
Karalla’s Rolle Back,' Rolle Back Sculpture, Filmed by Tatsushi Tahara
   
Publications -
 
2011
AS IF Magazine
Ballart International Press pg 28, 29
2009
Founder of 'THE WRATH OF REPORTERS'
2007
Pseuds Corner, Private Eye, U.K. No.1195, 12th - 25th October, The Baby Grand Piano
  Art Review October 2007
  LloydR17;s List by James Brewer R11; December 2007
  Bridge Art Fair London 07, p 30. image 'Untitled' (Mona Lisa)
  New York Cool, Interview by Anusha Alikhan "Cynthia Karalla Plays The Piano. { Link }
2005
Saatchi & Saatchi, Lovemarks German Edition, the art directors cut. Image Rubber Souls 'SunFlower.'
  Visionari Primitivi Eccentrici - 2005 - 2006 - { Link }
  Citi, Matera, Sept - Interview with Images
  The Jewish Post, New York's Best And Worst Art Shows, Volume 31, No. 5, p. 15 & 48
2004
La Gazzetta Del Mezzogiorno, National & Regional, Fotografia moderna,
  Un pianoforte fatto di sessi per rompere le barriere fra uomo e donna, Oct 12, 04 p.8 { Link }
2003
The image of the Woman in the 3rd Millennium Art, Catalog,
  Roundtable: Art, Religion and Censorship, Conscience, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring 2003, p. 29
2002
Euorio 7, 2002
  MATERaPACIS, 2002 p. Cover, 36 & 37
  La Gazzetta Del Mezzogiorno, Sabato 16 Febbraio, E New York scopri I nostri santi { Link }
2001
Mathera Luogo non luogo- Materia –Ierofanie
1999
Ukrainian Community Press, Hohol / Gogol: From the Traditional to the Bizarre { Link }
1993
Chelsea Clinton News, New AlleyCat for Chelsea. January 28- February 3