Born 1977
BA in art from Oberlin College
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
The Game, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Inspiration Superhighway Jacob Ciocci solo show, Foxy Production, New York
2005
Shit., Printed Matter, New York
Mixtape Clubhouse, Paper Rad, Space1026 solo show, Philadelphia, PA.
SuperMarioMovie Cory Arcangel/Paper Rad solo show, Deitch Projects, New York
2004
3D, Foxy Production, New York
Troll Haven store-front installation, 3 Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA.
2002
Paper Rad: 10, Canada: 0 Bathroom Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2009
Deterioration, They Said, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Faking It, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh
In That Land of Black and Gold, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
PreDrive: After Technology, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh.
Macronauts, Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece
2007
Tha Click: Beige and Paper Rad, E:vent Gallery, London
Playback, Muse d’ Art Modern del la Ville de Paris/ARC, France
Maximum Approach, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
Plug, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles
Ocularis at 10, The Museum of Modern Art Film Exhibitions, New York
Mixed Signals, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
2006
Armory Show EAI presents Paper Rad, New York
Panic Room, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
72 More Artists to Be Announced, New Image Art, Los Angeles
Take it to the Net, Vilma Gold, London.
Cosmic Wonder, Yerba Buen Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
Welcome To The Real World, screening at BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan
Chippendale.Hong.Lyon.Paper Rad, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
2005
The Seed Market, Lizabeth Olivera Gallery, Los Angeles
Breaking and Entering, Pace Wildenstein, New York
WITH US AGAINST REALITY, OR AGAINST US!, August 26-Sept. 25, 2005, Willy Wonka, Inc. Oslo, and Nov. 4-Dec. 18, 2005 at Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
Rhizome ArtBase 101 “extreme animalz: the movie: part 1″ with Matt Barton, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Op…Ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Tedious Limbs, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
The Art Review 25, 25 emerging artists, Phillips de Pury, New York
Armory Show EAI presents Paper Rad, New York, NY.
Reverse Engineers, Carnegie Arts Center, North Tonowanda, NY
2004
Collage Party Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY (curated by Scenic in conjunction with Paul Butler and the othergallery)
Daydream Nation, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
The Liverpool Biennial Liverpool, UK.
Face Off, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
public.exe, Exit Art, New York
tuxdog.org Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York(online project and live performance).
Let’s Get Tested, Curated by Astria Suparak for The 50th anniversary of Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Beaver College (Beautiful Losers satellite show, in conjunction with the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center) SSNova, Cincinnati, OH
Shazam: Contemporary Artists and the Influence of Comics Creative Alliance Baltimore, MD. (In conjunction with Maryland Institute College of Art)
(K-RAA-K)3 Festival KC Belgie, Hasselt, Belgium
2003
New Counter-Media-Culture Collectives, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
Blinky 2: The Screening, Tate Britain, London (curated by Foxy Production)
Radical Entertainment, Institute of Contemporary Art, London (screening, curated by Lauren Cornell and Lina Dzuverovic-Russell)
Another Bad Creation, Deitch Projects, New York (screenings and live performance curated by Paper Rad/BEIGE).
Psyche-Out 2k3, New York Underground Film Festival 2003 (video screening and performance by Paper Rad’s Extreme Animals), Anthology Film Archives, New York
The Platinum Tapes Ocularis Cinema, Brooklyn, NY (screening, curated by Lauren Cornell)
Blinky, Foxy Production, Brooklyn, NY
Burn In, University of Wisconsin Union Theater (screening), Madison, WI.
What Forcefield Was, screening of collaborative animation with Forcefield, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2009
I Let My Nightares Go, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
It’s Always Halloween, Light Industry, Brooklyn, NY
Too Blessed 2 B Stressed, Silent Theatre, Los Angeles
2008
Problems Solvers, Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
Education for Dead Adults, New Museum, New York
Problem Solvers, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah
2007
Pop Rally, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
2006
They Heart the Internet, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Vilma Gold, Take it to the Net, opening performance, London
2005
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Extreme Animals, Doo Man Group. Buffalo, NY
No Fear ROTFLOL at Deitch Projects, New York
What’s Up Houston Extreme Animals with Cory Arcangel at Aurora Picture show, Houston, TX
Tedious Limbs Doo Man Group at Anthology Film Archive, (as part of NYUFF) New York
Transmodern Age Doo Man Group at Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2004
Movies With Live Soundtracks Tour, Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA, and various other music/art venues across the country.
Year of the Troll Tour, Foxy Production, New York and various other music/art venues across the country.
2003
Summer of HTML Tour, Team Gallery, New York, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA and various other music/art venues across the country (incl. collaborative performances with BEIGE Programming Ensemble)
New Tech Lo-Fi, an EAI presentation, (performance and video screening), Ocularis Cinema, Brooklyn, New York
Music Video Live Showcase Dr. Doo at North Six, Brooklyn, NY (presented by New York Underground Film Festival)
TGIDIY, Foxy Production, Brooklyn, New York
Another Bad Creation, Deitch Projects, New York (screenings and live performance curated by Paper Rad/BEIGE)
2002
The Totem Tour, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL and BrewHouse, Pittsburgh, PA, (live music and video performances with Forcefield, Dear Raindrop, Barkley’s Barnyard Critters)
HTML-HELL: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA (live performance with Cory Arcangel/BEIGE)
Paper Rad vs Beige Records Rave Battle Computer Language and Coding Symposium, Big Orbit Sound Lab, Buffalo, New York
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2009
Deacapitron 17, limited edition artist’s book, published by ShoboShobo, Paris, France
2008
Kramer’s Ergot 7, Buena Ventura Press, Los Angeles
Mythm, PictureBox, Inc, New York
2007
“The Best American Comics: 2007″ edited by Chris Ware, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
2006
Pig Tails/Cartoon Workshop, color, Picture Box Inc., New York
Trash Talking 60-minute Paper Rad DVD, Load Records
2005
“Bad Cartridge”, “Girl” animations for Beck Hanson’s 8-Bit Remix DVD, Interscope Records
“Paper Rad, BJ and Da Dogs”: 224 pg color, Picture Box Inc., New York
“Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is”: collection of art inspired by school notes found, edited &
published by McSweeney’s, CA.
“Live Through This,” edited by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson, Deitch Projects, New York
2004
“Kramer’s Ergot 5″: Compilation of comics, Avodah Books, Beverly Hills
“Black, White, and Read All Over”: free open-source newsprint by Paper Rad. Commisioned for
“Public.exe” at Exit Art, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Ragona, Melissa, “From BestBuy to Bell Labs: An Interview with Jacob Ciocci and Takeshi Murata”,
Rhizome.org, December
2007
Host, Vivian “Hyper Hyper”, Cover and Interview, Xlr8r Magazine, Jan/Feb
Fowler, Brendan “Paper Rad.” ANP Quarterly No. 6, February
2006
Monnier, Annette. “Paper Rad!!!!!!!!.” Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 10 August
artintheage.com.
Miller, Ken. “Paper Rad.” Tokion, October – November 2006: 84-87.
Smith, Roberta, “Art Review: Looking for Graphic Lightning From Fort Thunder.” The New York Times, 16
December
Johnson, Ken, “Jessica Ciocci: P.E.A.C.E.” The New York Times, 7-28: E30.
Lyon, Raphael, “What’s Wrong With Miss Piggy.” Comics, Comics, July: 4-5
Savannah, Gae. “Jessica Ciocci: Foxy Production.” Flash Art, October: 116.
Orden, Abraham. “San Francisco Days.” Artnet.com, 10 October.
Jones, Caitlin. “On & Off: the Expanding Domain of Internet Art.” NYFA Interactive, www.nyfa.org.
Smith, Roberta. “Turning Games Into a New Kind of Art.” The New York Times, 21 Jan., B9.
2005
Hoffman, Leslie. “Free Rad-icals.” Whirl, October: 90-92.
Tarnoff, Ben. “Interview With Paper Rad.” The Harvard Advocate, June: 34-38.
Boxer, Sarah. “Web Works That Insist On Your Full Attention.” The New York Times, 28 June: E1,
E7.
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Cory Arcangel and Paper Rad.” The New York Times, 4 Feb.: E39.
Vassallo, Christina. “Infinite Exhibition.” Digital & Video Art Fair: A Tribute to Bruce Nauman, New York: 24-25.
Apselbaum, Sue. interview/article in RES magazine, July/August.
Cornell, Lauren. “Noise” article in Nylon GUYS, Septemner.
Cotter, Holland. “Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together,” The New York Times, 01-19-03.
Kunitz, Daniel and Joao Ribas. “The ArtReview 25: Emerging US Artists,” ArtReview, Volume V3N3.
2004
McPheerson, Jerry. “Crazy Cartoons: Paper Rad scare the shit out of cute,” Vice Magazine, Vol. 9, No.9.
N/A. “Feel The Heat: What’s Hot Now?” Paper Magazine. August.
Papararo, Jennifer “Paper Rad: The Rainbow Graffiti Will Fade,” C Magazine, Issue #85, Spring 2005..
Smith, Roberta. “The Infinite Fill Group Show,” The New York Times, 6-6-04.
Green, Rachel. “Internet Art (World of Art Series),” Thames and Hudson, London.
2003
Watson, Simon. “Post Bubble” Issue, Fall 2003, Issue #7.
White, Ian. “Hacker’s Delight,” ArtReview, September.
White, Ian. “Romancing the Black Box,” Mute Magazine, Autumn.
2002
Cotter, Holland. “THE CRITICS/10 MOMENTS,” The New York Times, 12-29.