Exhibitions
2010 • Plus One, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
• That’s Just It, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
• Closer, Tryst, Washington, DC
• MFA Spring Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• A Communist Gala, Cuchifritos Gallery/Artists Alliance Inc., New York, NY
• Multiplex: SVA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2009 • MFA Fall Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• House of Horrors, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
• Cherry, The Shirey, Brooklyn, NY
• ArtPrize, The B.O.B., Grand Rapids, MI
• MFA Spring Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2008 • MFA Fall Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• ARTcamp Studio Residency Exhibition, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
• Paper in the Wind, Realform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
• Ad Nauseum Lyceum: Another Last Year!, EXPLOSIVO/chashama, New York, NY
2007 • School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
• Ad Nauseum Lyceum: Vernissage!, chashama, New York, NY
2006 • School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
• Ad Nauseum Lyceum: Expo, Ephemeroptera Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Curatorial Work
2010 • Something’s Happening! Work By Tina DeRamus, The Shirey, Brooklyn, NY
2010 • Plus One, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
• That’s Just It, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
• Closer, Tryst, Washington, DC
• MFA Spring Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• A Communist Gala, Cuchifritos Gallery/Artists Alliance Inc., New York, NY
• Multiplex: SVA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2009 • MFA Fall Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• House of Horrors, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
• Cherry, The Shirey, Brooklyn, NY
• ArtPrize, The B.O.B., Grand Rapids, MI
• MFA Spring Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2008 • MFA Fall Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• ARTcamp Studio Residency Exhibition, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
• Paper in the Wind, Realform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
• Ad Nauseum Lyceum: Another Last Year!, EXPLOSIVO/chashama, New York, NY
2007 • School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
• Ad Nauseum Lyceum: Vernissage!, chashama, New York, NY
2006 • School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
• Ad Nauseum Lyceum: Expo, Ephemeroptera Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Curatorial Work
2010 • Something’s Happening! Work By Tina DeRamus, The Shirey, Brooklyn, NY
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1. Title: Installation view of Step Into My Parlor
Date: 2010
Medium: mixed media
Dimensions: variable
Notes: A series of sculptures that illustrate the parallels between spider life and the home life
of humans. Using the Victorian parlor as a model, the works illustrate the similarities between
the practices of the arachnid (web building, trapping prey, procreation), and those of
Victorian domesticity (building a comfortable, nicely-decorated home where you would
entertain potential suitors for the young women in the household, showcasing her skills in
such areas as cooking, needlepoint, silhouette cutting, etc, so that she may attract and trap
a man, get married, and start a family).
Date: 2010
Medium: mixed media
Dimensions: variable
Notes: A series of sculptures that illustrate the parallels between spider life and the home life
of humans. Using the Victorian parlor as a model, the works illustrate the similarities between
the practices of the arachnid (web building, trapping prey, procreation), and those of
Victorian domesticity (building a comfortable, nicely-decorated home where you would
entertain potential suitors for the young women in the household, showcasing her skills in
such areas as cooking, needlepoint, silhouette cutting, etc, so that she may attract and trap
a man, get married, and start a family).
| Cathleen P. Cueto II |
2. Title: Prey
Date: 2009
Media: broken umbrellas, plastic
wrap
Dimensions: variable
Date: 2009
Media: broken umbrellas, plastic
wrap
Dimensions: variable
3. Title: Regeneration
Date: 2009
Media: mannequin hand, string
of sequins
Dimensions: 9"x 4"
Date: 2009
Media: mannequin hand, string
of sequins
Dimensions: 9"x 4"
4. Title: Spun
Date: 2009
Media: wood, yarn
Dimensions: variable
Date: 2009
Media: wood, yarn
Dimensions: variable
5. Installation view of Husks
Date: 2009
Media: paper, cardboard, wood, peanut shells, glue, shellac
Dimensions: 21"x 28"
Date: 2009
Media: paper, cardboard, wood, peanut shells, glue, shellac
Dimensions: 21"x 28"
6. Title: OctoChair
Date: 2009
Media: upholstered chair, four wooden
chair legs
Dimensions: 37.25"x 19"x 14"
Date: 2009
Media: upholstered chair, four wooden
chair legs
Dimensions: 37.25"x 19"x 14"
Title: Maggots Infest Diamondback Terrapin
Egg
Date: 2010
Media: sugar, pumice, royal icing, clay, model
magic, egg shell, acrylic paint, glue
Dimensions: 6″ x 4.25″
Egg
Date: 2010
Media: sugar, pumice, royal icing, clay, model
magic, egg shell, acrylic paint, glue
Dimensions: 6″ x 4.25″
Cathleen P. Cueto II
Lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
School of Visual Arts, MFA, 2010
NY Studio Gallery, ARTcamp Studio Residency, 2008
The New School, Continuing Education courses, 2008
School of Visual Arts, Continuing Education courses, 2004-2008
Painting, Multimedia Sculpture, Drawing, Sculpture
School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program, 2007
School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program, 2006
Boston University, Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 2003
Professional Experience
Artist Assistant for Sandy Straus
Lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
School of Visual Arts, MFA, 2010
NY Studio Gallery, ARTcamp Studio Residency, 2008
The New School, Continuing Education courses, 2008
School of Visual Arts, Continuing Education courses, 2004-2008
Painting, Multimedia Sculpture, Drawing, Sculpture
School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program, 2007
School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program, 2006
Boston University, Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 2003
Professional Experience
Artist Assistant for Sandy Straus
Artist's Statement
Natural phenomena, biological anomalies, how they occur and develop. My interest lies in the internal mechanisms, motivations, and
architecture of nature.
Sexual cannibalism observed in the Australian Redback Spider; each beginning of life stemming from the end of another. How hair
grows, cells in the root dividing rapidly, continuing even after we cease living. There is an “otherness” to these natural practices.
From the intricate design of a spider’s web to the domestic tradition of lace making, I marvel at the complex systems that emerge from
a multitude of simple interactions. These are the small, beautiful moments that underscore the humanity that binds us all.
I employ everyday, ephemeral materials such as sugar and hair, giving the work an impermanent nature that demonstrates my
interest in art as experience rather than commodity. The work not only records fleeting moments, but is a fleeting record itself.
Natural phenomena, biological anomalies, how they occur and develop. My interest lies in the internal mechanisms, motivations, and
architecture of nature.
Sexual cannibalism observed in the Australian Redback Spider; each beginning of life stemming from the end of another. How hair
grows, cells in the root dividing rapidly, continuing even after we cease living. There is an “otherness” to these natural practices.
From the intricate design of a spider’s web to the domestic tradition of lace making, I marvel at the complex systems that emerge from
a multitude of simple interactions. These are the small, beautiful moments that underscore the humanity that binds us all.
I employ everyday, ephemeral materials such as sugar and hair, giving the work an impermanent nature that demonstrates my
interest in art as experience rather than commodity. The work not only records fleeting moments, but is a fleeting record itself.