MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2011 Pictoplasma Paris, Post Digital Monsters, la Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2008 Why Not?!, curated by Helen Klisser During, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2008 Gala, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2006 ARTview, curated by Margaret Bodell, City Museum, Washington, D.C.
1998 Error + Eros, curated by John Maizels, Editor/Publisher, Raw Vision Magazine, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
OTHER EVENTS + ART FAIRS
2017 Satellite Art Fair, Con Artist Collective, Miami Art Week
2015 Con Artist Collective Slap Sticker Truck #SlapTruck, Miami Art Week
2015 New York Comic Con, New York, Featured Artist: live appearance and signing, represented by P!Q
2015 Metro Curates, New York, Represented by Fahey. Bodell. Stein.
2014 Design Works, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
2014 The Metro Show, New York, Represented by Fahey. Bodell. Stein.
2013 EGGO Arte, Buenos Aires, Represented by Solange Guez Contemporary Art
2013 Affordable Art Fair, New York, Represented by Solange Guez Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires
2012 Aqua Art Miami, Represented by Solange Guez Contemporary Art during Miami Art Week
2012 A Better World by Design, RISD/Brown University, Providence
2012 Icon 7 – The Illustrators Conference, Rhode Show Bazaar, Providence
2010 12-11-10 Countdown, SoHo20 Gallery, Ellen Hoffman Fellowship Fund Benefit, New York
2010 We Want Your Trash, A Better World by Design, The Steelyard, Providence
2010 Inaugural Show, The Center for Public Art and Design, Bridgeport, CT
2010 4heads Governors Island Art Fair, Represented by Umbrella Arts, New York
1999 Outsider Art Fair, New York, Represented by Henry Boxer Gallery, London
1998 Collect-o-Rama’ 98, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago
1998 Outsider Art Fair, New York, Represented by Henry Boxer Gallery, London
1997 Outsider Art Fair, New York, Represented by Henry Boxer Gallery, London
1997 The 10th Annual Folk Art Society Conference, Represented by The Chris Butler Group, Chicago
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS & COMMISSIONS
2024 Artists Respond Grant Recipient
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
2019 Meural / Netgear, AD Design Show
Commissioned work featured at the Architectural Digest Design, New York
2018–2019 Meural / Netgear
Commission: Series of 6 images and animations for the Meural exclusive global subscription digital art platform.
First artist featured artist during Women’s History Month.
2016 PINK!, Juried Exhibition, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford
Juror: Kate Bingham-Burt
2016 Post Road Magazine #30, Curator: Susan Breen, Boston College Department of English, Boston, MA
2014 Art As Fashion | Juried Exhibition + Fashion Show, Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY
Jurors: Kelly Cutrone, People’s Revolution, America’s Top Model, MTV; Carla Goldberg — Skylight Gallery, NY
2010 We Want Your Trash at The Steelyard, A Better World by Design, Providence
Jurors: RISD and Brown University BWxD organizers
2010 Main State Ventures Public Art Competition
Curator: Margaret Bodell, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
Judges: Robert Curcio, co-founder, Scope International Art Fairs–New York
MaryAnn Fahey, curator, Umbrella Arts–New York
Emily Larned, professor, graphic design, University of Bridgeport
John Favret, director, Housatonic Community College Art Department
Ken Kahn, executive director, Bridgeport Arts & Cultural Council
2008 UCONN Juried Photography Exhibition
First Place: Portraits
University of Connecticut Art Gallery, Stamford, CT
2007 INDWELLING: Living in a Female Body
The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute 25th Anniversary Photography Exhibition
Cooper Union, New York, NY — Juror: Joyce Tenneson
2006 Passion, Professional Women Photographers, Inc., Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
Juror: Elinor Carucci,
2006 Dia De Los Muertos, Rocking Horse, New York, NY
Juror’s Award — Jurors: Julian Zugazagoitia – Director, Museo del Barrio
Carmen Melian – Director, Latin American Art Department, Sotheby’s
Maria Bonta de la Pezuela – Senior Specialist, Sotheby’s
2005 Dia De Los Muertos, E3 Gallery, New York, NY
Juror’s Award — Jurors: Julian Zugazagoitia – Director, Museo del Barrio
Carmen Melian – Director, Latin American Art Department, Sotheby’s
Maria Bonta de la Pezuela – Senior Specialist, Sotheby’s
1998 No England, No Amsterdam III, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Juror: Richard Vine, Managing Editor, Art in America
1994 Visionary Voices, Juror Award, Legislative Office Building, Hartford, CT
Juror: Sal Scalora, Director: Atrium Gallery, Professor of Art, UCONN
SELECT SOLO + GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Thinking Inside the Box, Westport Library / Verso Studios, Westport, CT
2024 Look Book, The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, New Haven, CT
Curated by Martha Willette Lewis and Maxim Schmidt
2024 Metamorphosis, Kay Daugherty Gallery, Solomon, MD
Annmarie Sculpture Garden in association with The Smithsonian Institution
2024 Postcards from the Edge, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Everything But The Kitchen Sink, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Oasis, The Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library, New Haven, CT
Curated by Martha Willette Lewis and Maxim Schmidt
2023 Undue Burden Privacy Protection and Politics, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Curated by Linda Lindroth
2022 Bridgeport Art Trail, Arcade Pop-up Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2022 Koalaberation, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2021 The Bowery Derby Sticker Show, The Bowery Union, 329 Broome Street, New York, NY
2021 QUEER ONE, Free Center, Middletown, CT
2021 Group Show, Shrine Gallery, 179 East Broadway, New York, NY
2020 People, Politics, Planet, Gallery 2020, 23 Jesup Road, Westport, CT
2019 CONstitution, Con Artist Collective, 239 Broome Street, New York, NY
2019 NOT AN ART SHOW curated by @SacSix, 198 Allen Street, New York, NY
2019 The Palette Project (at and about Mark Rothko’s former studio), 222 Bowery, New York, NY
2018 BOOBs II | CWOS, Yale University West Campus, New Haven, CT
2018 Characters Welcome 7, an international sticker art show, Tattooed Mom, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Jerry Saltz Introspective, Lazy Susan Gallery, New York, NY
2017 BOOBs, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2016 Meural Digital Expo So1o Show, Meural x Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016 Interconnectedness, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016 Hello Kitty + 99 Friends, PIQ Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY
2016 Text Me, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016 Self-Portraiture #selfies, Con Artist Collective | New York, NY
2016 Chickenz, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016 PINK!, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford | Hartford, CT
2016 HERstory, PIQ Grand Central, New York, NY
2015 SLAP 2, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2015 Conic Con 3.0, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2015 People’s Choice Awards, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2015 Kute As Fuh!, PIQ Grand Central, New York, NY
2015 Twisted Mouse, PIQ Grand Central, New York, NY
2014 It Narratives: The Movement of Objects as Information, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
2014 5th Anniversary Custom Toy Show, Dream in Plastic, Beacon, NY
2014 Ojitos — Arte contemporáneo para niños, Solange Guez Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, AR
2014 Art As Fashion Exhibition + Fashion Show, Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY
2014 A Beautiful Crime, Read’s Artspace, Bridgeport, CT
2013 ORANGE, American Society of Media Photographers + AIGA CT invitational Showcase, Spring Street Gallery, Chester, CT
2013 Imagined Worlds, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Arnold Bernhard Center, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
2012 CADC GR8x2, Hygienic Art, New London, CT
2012 Character Development, Bridgeport Art and Culture Council, Bridgeport, CT
2011 Facebook Fans, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2010 Comix curated by Eileen Walsh, Gallery 305K, Bridgeport, CT
2008 Indie Fashion Week, World Fashion Council, SoNo, CT
2008 Spectacular, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2007 World Fashion Council, Lord & Taylor, Stamford, CT
2007 101 Dresses, curated by Linda Lindroth, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2007 INDWELLING: Living in a Female Body, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2007 Benefit, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2006 Passion, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2006 Dia De Los Muertos, Rocking Horse, New York, NY
2006 ARTview, City Museum, Washington, D.C.
2006 Spring Works, E3 Gallery, New York, NY
2005 ARTview, City Museum, Washington, D.C.
2005 Dia De Los Muertos, E3 Gallery | New York, NY
1998 No England, No Amsterdam III, Real Art Ways | Hartford, CT
1998 Beyond Definition, Sanford Gallery, Marwick-Boyd Fine Arts Center, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
1997 Thundergulch (New York’s first wired building), 55 Broad Street, New York, NY
1997 Audart Gallery, 60 Broad Street, New York, NY
1996 Sacred + Profane, Common Boundaries, New York, NY
1995 CODE, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Tang, Bridges + Bodell, New York, NY
1987 Prehysteric Forms, Art In Heaven Gallery, New Haven, CT
1987 Holiday Rush (in conjunction with a show by the cartoonists from The New Yorker), Artspace, New Haven, CT
1987 New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
1985 Gift, Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Solo Show, Mark Cleighton McLaughlin Gallery, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA
1985 What Do You Want? Mail Art Show, Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Farewell to the Bridal District, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood, CA
1985 Self-Portrait Show, Mark Cleighton McLaughlin Gallery, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA
1984 BYOA, 20 x 20 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2023 Deplastify / Plastic Horse Rescue: MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Reducing Plastic Pollution
Art Basel Miami | Design Miami/ | Miami Art Week
Documented by the arts professionals, citizens and the media throughout Art Fair previews, including Art Basel, Design Miami/, Untitled, Scope, The Bass, ICA, NADA and more.
2022 Out to See: MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Nature Conservation
Art Basel Miami | Design Miami/ | Miami Art Week
Photographed at Rubell Museum, NADA, Bass Museum, Art Basel, Design Miami/, Untitled, ICA Miami, Perez Museum and Scope by World Red Eye, Getty Images, Patrick McMullan, BFA and more
2021 Museum Quality: MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Equality and Inclusivity
Art Basel Miami | Design Miami/ | Miami Art Week
Photographed and/or interviewed and featured on CBS Evening News, Shutterstock, New York Social Diary and Hero Mag
2019 No Cash Value : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Social Justice
Art Basel Miami | Design Miami/ | Miami Art Week
Photographed and/or interviewed and featured on Shutterstock, Getty Images, Miami TV, Widewalls, NBC Miami Evening News and CBS Miami Evening News
2019 Landfill (watch your back) : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Climate Action
Frieze Art Week | New York
Photographed hundreds of times at Frieze Art Fair, Moniker International Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, Superfine, Art New York and in the streets
2019 Aunt Vagima : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Racial Justice
Armory Art Week | New York
Featured: CBS Sunday Morning, Time Out New York, BFA
2018 Rise of the Reject : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Featured: HBO, Vice News, Design Miami/
2017 Rise of the Reject : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Featured: NBC News at Art Basel VIP and press preview, Design Miami/ VIP and press preview Perrier-Jouët installation, World Red Eye Patricia Field ArtFashion show at White Dot Gallery, Polaroid Originals x Juxtapose Magazine and Adidas project at Juxtapose Clubhouse
2016 Abreast of the Situation: MegaGlam Mobile Feminist Activism Unit
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Featured: Untitled Art Fair, Lorraine Triolo, “People and Art”
2016 Super Fake Cult : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Equality
Armory Arts Week | New York
The Armory Show, PULSE, Volta, Scope, Spring/Break and Independent Art Fairs. Captured by the press: Scott Lynch–Gothamist, Gregory de la Haba–White Hot Magazine, Valentine Uhovski–Fashion Evangelist at Tumblr, Artsy Projects Armory–Douglas Coupland, Timothy Clary– (AFP) Agency France Presse, Vernon Payne–Drawings of Muse
2015 Super Fake Cult : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Equality
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Featured in T New York Times Style Magazine, FOX NEWS — The O’Reilly Factor — Watters’ World, The Miami Herald, VH1 x Scope, Cultured Magazine, ArtSlant, BFA, WLRN South Florida Public Radio and other Art Basel press coverage
2014 I Do What I Want : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit for Freedom of Expression
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Featured in Design Miami/ Designing Miami 10th year anniversary
portraiture project — Plus: The Miami Herald, VH1 x Scope, ICA Opening Celebration, Del Toro Art Basel Kick Off, Untitled Art Fair, Pulse Art Fair, World Red Eye and other Art Basel press coverage
2014 I Do What I Want : MegaGlam Mobile Activism Unit fro Freedom of Expression
Art Basel/Scope/Liste — Basel, Switzerland
Featured in CC’s Lifestyle, Streetstyle Art Basel
2014 Laser Cat Brooklyn, ADC Global Awards & Club
Brooklyn, NY
2012–2014 MegaGlam On-the-Fence Lawn Sign Series
Wynwood Art District, Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Featured in Jackie Hadel’s TOKIDOKI street art blog 2013
2014 Laser Cat Miami, ADC Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design
New World Center | Miami Beach, FL
2013 MegaGlam Character Dresses
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Featured in Société Perrier’s Best 30 Street-Style Looks, Fashion Magazine’s Top Street Style looks, Mondrian South Beach’s #MondrianMuse Most Fashionable Guests series, Microsoft’s ABMB culture documentary project
2012 MegaGlam Character Dresses
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
Exhibited by Solange Guez Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires at Aqua Art Fair
2012 The Weather sKwirl Street Art Project
Wynwood Art District, Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
2012–present This is MegaGlam | rotating window installation
showcasing kHyal’s street fashion, public art + design
SoNo Spaces | South Norwalk, CT
2012 Rock the Party Lawn Sign Takeover
Guilford Town Green in front of GOP Headquarters, CT
2011 Pictoplasma Berlin
Character Walk exhibition at Pavilion der Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany
2011 MegaGlam Mobile Fashion Unit
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami, FL
2010 Main State Ventures Public Art Competition | Bridgeport, CT
Adventures of the Weather sKwirl: Part I | Outdoor Glitterized Mural
Curated by Margaret Bodell, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2009 BlipWorld Pop-up Store | Sweetport Festival | Bridgeport, CT
Curated by Margaret Bodell, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
1991 Art Not News
Real Art Ways | Hartford, CT
Project led by artist Mark Dion | Curated by Anne Pasternak
1985 Ankrum Gallery | Beverly Hills, CA
Dumpster Painting, Commissioned by Joan Ankrum
1985 Newspace Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
Dumpster Painting, Commissioned by Newspace Gallery
PERFORMANCE ART
1992 The Undressing at La Mama Gallery, New York, NY
Directed by Robert Galinsky, curated by Margaret Bodell
1988 Ultra Violet Rake at Art in Heaven Gallery, New Haven, CT
MIDI Music and live performance by kHyal, curated by Margaret Bodell
REPRESENTATION (non-exclusive)
Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Henry Boxer Gallery, London, UK
Margaret Bodell, New York, NY
Solange Guez Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, AR