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JOSEPH DESLER COSTA
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Pisa, Italy
EDUCATION
MFA Advanced Photographic Studies | ICP Bard College, New York, NY
CTF Film | Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television, San Antonio de Los Banos, CUBA
BA English | University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Particle Paradise, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Mods, Breaks, Tapes, Volta NY, Pier 90, New York, NY
2015
Extreme Learning Machine, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Appetite4Destruction, Book Dummy Press Project Space, Jersey City, NJ
Supplemental Materials, ICP Studio Gallery, LIC, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Them! Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
The Art of Now, The Hearst Galleries, New York, NY
On Beauty, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
PGH Photo, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2016
Photography is Magic, curated by Charlotte Cotton, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
High Summer, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
ICP Spotlights, Park Ave Galleries, New York, NY
23rd Watermill Center Benefit, The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY
The Photography Show - AIPAD, Park Ave Armory, New York, NY
The Future Perfect, International Center of Photography Hillman Gallery, New York, NY
#HAFLIFEZ, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
The Future Perfect, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
PGH Photo, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Black is the New Black, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Expanded Geographies, Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, CHINA
The Future is Forever, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Baxter Street CCNY Benefit Auction, Affirmation Arts, NY
Advanced Master Remix, Baxter St. Camera Club of New York, NY
Radical Color, Newspace for Photography, Portland, OR
Annual Juried Exhibition, by Marvin Heiferman, Baxter St. Camera Club of New York
This One's For You, Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, ICP, New York, NY
Arte Laguna, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, ITALY
2014
Relationships, International Center of Photography, LIC Studios, New York, NY
Together, Vols Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Call+Response+Response, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
New York Art Book Fair with Printed Matter, PS1, New York, NY
Feast Day, International Center of Photography, LIC Studios, New York, NY
Slidefest, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2013
Open, International Center of Photography, LIC Studios, New York, NY
New York Art Book Fair with Printed Matter, PS1, New York, NY
2008
Eye Hear, Sala de Arte Moderna(SAM), Santiago, CHILE
COLLECTIONS
Leonard Lauder - Estee Lauder Collection, New York, NY
The Bidwell Collection, Cleveland, OH
BNY Mellon Collection of Art, New York, NY
Cleveland Clinic Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Credit Suisse Art Collection
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
Collector Daily, Particle Paradise - Review, April 2017
Humble Arts Foundation, Repackaging Commercialism, Slaying the Sublime, March 2017
The Latent Image, curated by Max Marshall, March 2017
Bedford + Bowery, Particle Paradise , March 2017
Oxford American, Issue 95, Winter 2016, December 2016
American Photo, High Summer, July 2016
Aperture, Is There Ever a Decisive Moment?, July 2016
Blouin Art Info, 5 Must See Booths at AIPAD 2016, April 2016
Der Grief Guest Room, Robert Morat, January 2016
New York Times T Magazine, The Actual Art of Learning , October 2015
Musee Magazine, Extreme Learning Machine, June 2015
Der Grief Guest Room, Kim Knoppers - Foam Museum, June 2015
Baxter St. Camera Club of New York Blog, Auto-Tuned Photographs , May 2015
Huffington Post, Meet the Contemporary Photographers Experimenting with Radical Color, May 2015
Humble Arts Foundation, Blog, Six Promising Photographers, June 2015
VICE The Creators Project,Visual Experiments Show Us The Future of Photography, June 2015
Catalogo Premio Arte Laguna, 2015
Humble Arts Foundation, Radical Color, January 2015
The Berlin Agenda, Its All Around You, December 2014
Self Publish, Be Happy, Self Publish, Be Naughty, October 2014
Musee Magazine, Emerging Artists, Temptation Issue 9, June 2014
This Photo That, February 2011
Make Magazine, February/March 2011
AfterImage VSW Journal,You are Never Alone, September 2010
Contributor Magazine, March 2010
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
High Summer, Foley Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
Advanced Master Remix, CCNY BAXTER St, New York, NY, 2015
Queen, Silent Face Projects, 2015
BOOKS AND ZINES
Panoramica, Silent Face Projects, 2017 (forthcoming)
Dedications_Calibrations, Silent Face Projects, 2014
Fruit and Buns, Self-Published, 2014
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
PDN Photo Annual 2017 Award Winner
Camera Club of New York, Annual Juried Competition, Winner, 2015
Premio Arte Laguna, Finalist in Photography, 2015
Campo Brondi Italy, Artist in Residence, August 2015
Director's Fellowship, International Center of Photography, 2013
Graphis Award, Best Photography, 2011
40th SPD Publication Design Annual, Gold Photo Award, 2005
SELECTED EDITORIAL
• Flash Art • The New York Times Magazine • Vogue • Newsweek • Anthem Magazine
• XLR8R • Rolling Stone • Chicago Tribune Co • Time Out • Stop Smiling
• Craine Communication • Fibra Revista • Big Magazine • Chicago Reader • A Casa Abitare
SELECTED COMMISSION
• AON • Honda Motors • Volkswagen • The Warranty Group • Citigroup • Telefonica Espagna • Lexus
• Florense • Powerade • Salon 94 • The Democratic National Committee • Spinning
• ProRaso • Hefty Records • Acuarela Discos • Garmin