Curtis Stage
Los-Angeles-based artist
Presents a multimedia project:
The Real Fakers
August 24 - September
23, 2005
Reception: Thursday, September 22, 3-5 pm
Artist Talk: 3:30 pm
Visit the Artist's Website: www.curtisstage.com
Artist's Biography
Curtis
Stage was born in Minneapolis, Minn. in 1968 and currently lives and
works in Long Beach, Ca. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
California State University of Long Beach in 1994 and his Master of Fine
Arts from Claremont Graduate University in 1999.
Curtis has been interested in digital media for the last twelve years. His work
includes: Video installations, Single Channel Video, Sound, Digital Prints and
Interactive Art. The conceptual focus of his work deals with Structures, Patterns
and Identity through language (media) and memory (history). His work often creates
pseudo-realities, often lifted from pop culture, which begin to question relationships
of the self. Curtis places actors in his work (often the artist himself), which
are thrown into crisis, setting up a condition for dialogue and transit.
His work is represented by the Patricia Correia Gallery in Santa Monica, Ca.(prints).
Curtis has also shown in New Zealand, Thailand and recently was included in
the ScopeCircle for Emerging Artists at Christy’s in Beverly Hills as
part of Scope LA Art Festival.
Curtis currently teaches Digital Art at Claremont Graduate University, University
of La Verne, and Mission Valley College
EDUCATION
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Video Art and Installation, Claremont, CA.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, Long Beach, CA.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 University Art Gallery, California State
University Stanislaus, Turlock, Ca.
2004 Fusion Artspace, San Francisco, CA. Impossible Exchange, Video
Installation
2001 Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. Sequel, Video Installation
2001 Deluxe Projects, Chicago, Ill., Sequel, video installation
1999 The East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, The Lumber
Room, video installation
The Installation Gallery, Claremont, CA. I am Through Becoming You,
video installation
The Da Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA. More Signs of Intelligent
Life, single channel
1998 Site, Los Angeles, CA. Over and Over, video installation
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 University of La Verne, La Verne, Ca. “Microclimate”
2004 ScopeCircle LA, Christy’s, Beverly Hills. Ca.
2004 Thailand New Media Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
2003 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Ca. “9 Artists Jammed in
a Small Space”, video
2002 California State Long Beach, Faculty Biennial, “Who Inspired You?”,
video
2002 Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. First Run, limited edition prints
2002 Pitzer College, Claremont, Ca. Scan Video Festival
2002 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, Ca. Video Festival,
2002 California Museum of Photography, Riverside, Ca. Glass Membrane:Scanner
to Screen. Single channel video
2001 Cerritos College, Cerritos Ca. Critical Mass, Single Channel video
2001 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Ca. Constellations, Single Channel
video
2000 Museum Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand. Video Art Show
1999 Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. New Arrivals The Dye Works,
San Bernadino, CA. Eight
Press Releases
Pedro Velez, "Curtis Stage at Deluxe Projects", FGA #5 1/26/01
The Future of Media – “strange angels” radio program-
interview -listen on www.curtisstage.com/
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