Joseph S. Santarromana

Email joesant@system-yellow.com

 


EDUCATION

1989-1992 M.F.A., California Institute for the Arts

1985-1989 B.F.A., Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design

 

EMPLOYMENT

2008 University of California in Riverside

 

2001-Present C.E.O., System Yellow Inc. (system-yellow.com)

Founder and C.E.O of ÒSystem Yellow Inc.Ó A publishing and distribution company of Media Art on DVD.

 

2001-2008 Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach

 

2001-2007 Core Faculty, Bard College, N.Y., Milton Avery Graduate School

 

1997-Present Digital Artist, J.P. Flack (Television Production Design)

                             

Fall 2005   Lecturer University of California, Irvine

 

Spring 2005 Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design

 

Fall 2002   Part Time Faculty, California College of Arts and Crafts

Graduate student advisor

 

1998-1999 California State University, Fullerton.

                             

1997-2001 Adjunct faculty Otis College of Art and Design

 

1996-1997 Lecturer University of California, Los Angeles (Extension)

 

1996-1997 Lecturer, University of Southern California

 

1989-1991 Studio Manager/Artist Assistant, Bill Viola

 

Public Art Commissions:

2007          THE BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL VIDEO WALL (TBIT), LAX, Los Angeles, CA

           

Solo Exhibitions:

2005

                  ÒGONGYOÓ, POST Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

1998         

                  ÒSANTARROMANAÓ, POST L.A., Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒTHE TELEGARDENÓ, ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz Austria

1994

                  ÒHOUSEÓ, NEWSPACE, Los Angeles, CA

1993

                              ÒEMERGING ARTIST SERIESÓ, Sweeney Art Gallery, University of

                        California, Riverside, CA

 

Group Exhibitions:

2009

                              "REBUS" Amelia Museum of Archeology, Umbria, Italy

2008

                              ÒOF INTRICACYÓ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA

                              ÒTHE LONG WEEKENDÓ Phantom Galleries, Pasadena, CA

                              ÒAT THE BREWERYÓ Pasadena Armory, Pasadena, CA

2007         

                              ÒHUMOR-USÓ Barndal Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

      ÒGENERIC REMIX PROJECTÓ Pacific Film Archive, San Francisco, CA

2006

                  ÒGENERIC REMIX PROJECTÓ Redcat, Ray & Edna Disney/Calarts Theatre in

                        Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒANIMALÓ, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒONENIGHTGALLERYÓ, Vendado, La Habana, Cuba

                  ÒOTIS L.A. - Nine Decades of Los Angeles ArtÓ Los Angeles

                        Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA

2005                

                              ÒTHIS IS THE PLACE, THIS IS THE PERSON, THIS IS THE THINGÓ

                                    Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2004         

                  ÒSUTUREÓ, D.U.M.B.O. Experimental Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn, N.Y.

                  ÒBARD COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITIONÓ, Bard College, N.Y.

2003

                  ÒIRRATIONAL EXHIBIT 2Ó, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2002

                  ÒMEDIAÓ, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒBARD COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITIONÓ, Bard College, N.Y.

2001         

                  ÒBARD COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITIONÓ, Bard College, N.Y.

2000

                  ÒBAGUIO CITY INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVALÓ, Baguio City, Philippines

                              ÒWHITNEY BIENNEALÓ (Telegarden), N.Y.

1999         

                   ÒPROJECTIONS: INTERMISSION IMAGES VIÓ Laemmle Grande Theaters, Los

                        Angeles, CA

                  ÒVENUSÓ, ARC, Wien, Austria

                  ÒBIOROMÓ, Spazio Enne, Rome Italy

                  ÒDIFFERENT LOOKSÓ, Sweeney Art Gallery, U.C. Riverside, CA

1998         

                  ÒNEW WINDOWS IN ONE COLORADOÓ Pasadena, CA

                  ÒCONTACTÓ Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒACCESS ALL AREASÓ Japanese American Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒL.A.M.3, Ubermain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒHOT POPÓ, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒART IN JEANSÓ, Florence, Italy (catalog)

1997

                              ÒMEMORIES OF OVER DEVELOPMENT: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary

                        ArtÓ, Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota

                  ÒMEMORIES OF OVER DEVELOPMENT: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary

                        ArtÓ, Plug-In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada

                              ÒUMBRA PENUMBRAÓ, Academy Arts Center, Image Foundation, Honolulu,

                                    Hawaii

                              ÒVIDEO EXHIBITIONÓ Hohenthal und Bergen Gallery, Koln, Germany

                              ÒLIE OF THE LANDÓ University Museum, Santa Barbara, CA

                  ÒMEMORIES OF OVER DEVELOPMENT: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary

                                    ArtÓ, University of California, Riverside Fine Arts Gallery, Riverside, CA

1996         

                  ÒMuse X Exhibition, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                  ÒMuse X Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

                  ÒARS ELECTRONICAÓ Ars Electronica Complex, Linz Austria

                  ÒMEMORIES OF OVER DEVELOPMENT: Philippine Diaspora is Contemporary

                        ArtÓ, University of California, Irvine Art Gallery, Irvine, CA

1995         

                  ÒLONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS: You, Me and My TelephoneÓ

                        Saint MaryÕs College, Maryland

                  ÒSELF PORTRAYALÓ, Post L.A., Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒUNOFFICIAL REALITIESÓ Manhattan Beach Mall, Manhattan Beach, CA          

                  ÒSIGGRAPH Ô1995Ó, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒVEERED SCIENCEÓ, Huntington Beach Center for the Arts, Huntington

                        Beach, CA

                  ÒSOFT TOUCHÓ, NewSpace, Los Angeles, CA

                  Ò1995 INTERACTIVE MEDIA FESTIVALÓ Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒDIGITAL ALCHEMYÓ, San Francisco, CA

                  ÒTREASURE IN THE HOUSEÓ Highways, Santa Monica, CA

                   ÒUNDER CONSTRUCTION: Rethinking Image of IdentityÓ, Pasadena Armory,

                        Pasadena, CA

                  ÒPERSISTENT DISPOSITIONS: Technetronic IdentitiesÓ, California Institute for

                        the Arts, Valencia, CA

1994

                  ÒL.A.X.: Los Angeles Biennial, Sincerity and other PeccadilloesÓ, Otis Art

                        Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒDIDEROT AND THE LAST ILLUMIAIRESÓ, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

                  ÒFAR BIZZAREÓ, Bingo Building, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒNEW VOICES Ô94Ó Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin, Ohio

                  ÒFACULTY/STAFF: New WorksÓ, University of California, Irvine, Fine Art Gallery,

                        Irvine, CA

                  ÒBLOW UPÓ, Forum Zeitgenossischer Komponisten, Austrian Broadcast Corp.

                        Theater (ORF), Wien, Austria

                  ÒFAR PARKEDÓ The Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA

1993         

                  ÒSCHOOL DAYSÓ, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒSOLO SERIES OF THREEÓ, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

                  ÒDURABLE GOODS, The Los Angeles InternationalÓ, NewSpace, Los Angeles,

                        CA

                  ÒNATIONAL VIDEO EXHIBITIONÓ Moreau Gallery, Saint MaryÕs College, Notre

                        Dame, Indiana

1992

                  ÒCROSS SECTIONÓ, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

                  ÒVIRGIN TERRITORIESÓ Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

                  ÒVIDEONALE 5Ó, Banderwunshprogramn, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn,

                        Germany

                  ÒBREAKING BARRIERSÓ, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

                  ÒVISITORS AT NARCISSUSÕ REFLECTING POOLÓ, Lucas Auditorium, University

                        of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

1991

                  ÒSPIKED TONGUESÓ, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA

                             

 

CURATOR

2008         

ÒTHE LONG WEEKENDÓ organized with Nancy Buchanan at Phantom Galleries.

ÒTHE BREWERY PROJECT CAPSTONEÓ The Pasadena Armory, Pasadena, CA

2006

                  ÒANIMALÓ Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2005

                  ÒTHIS IS THE PLACE, THIS IS THE PERSON, THIS IS THE THINGÓ The Brewery

                        Projects, CA

                  ÒTRANSLATIONSÓ Post, Los Angeles, CA

2004

                  ÒSUTUREÓ, D.U.M.B.O. Experimental Film and Video Festival, Brooklyn NY

2003

                  ÒSOFT MACHINESÓ The Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2003

                              ÒNOBODY WALKS in L.A.Ó DUMBO experimental film and video festival,

                                    Brooklyn, NY, Oct 2003

2002

                  ÒMEDIAÓ Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA.  2002

2001

                  "IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST: Experimental Video in the

                  Shadow of Hollywood" Rome, Italy 1997

1997

                  "COLLECTIVE NOISE" Collective Noise Gallery, Los Angeles,

                        CA, 1997

                  "JUST A MINUTE" Los Angeles Center for Photographic

                        Studies (LACPS), Los Angeles, CA,

1995

                  "1995 FESTIVAL OF PHILIPPINE ARTS AND CULTURE," Film & Video Screening

                        Cabrello Auditorium, San Pedro, CA

1994

                  "1994 FESTIVAL OF PHILIPPINE ARTS AND CULTURE," Film & Video Screening

                  Cabrello Auditorium, San Pedro, CA

1992

                  "MEMORY INSERTION," F.A.R. Bazaar, Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los

                  Angeles

1991

                  "CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA: Video Documentaries," "ONE NAMIBIA, ONE

                  NATION", By Nancy Buchanan, "EXCERPTS OF FOOTAGE FROM SOUTH

AFRICA", Produced by Karen Hayes, Barnsdall Park Gallery Theater, Los Angeles

 

 

SELECTED CATALOG BOOKS AND REVIEWS

                              "BODY ART: PERFORMING THE SUBJECT" By Amelia Jones, University of

                  Minnesota, Acknowledgments, 315n16, 323n81

 

                              ÒSPACE SITE INTERVENTIONÓ Edited by Erika Suderburg, ÒThe

                                    SituationistsÓ and Recent Installations: Joseph SantarromanaÕs

                                    Intersubjective EngagementsÓ, By Amelia Jones

 

                              "JOSEPH SANTARROMANA at NEWSPACE GALLERY" By Collette Chattopadhyay,

                        Asian Art  & News, Sept./Oct. 1996 (picture).

 

                  ÒJOSEPH SANTARROMANA at NewSpaceÓ, 28 May-29 June, By Ken

                        Gonzales Day, Art Issues, Sept./Oct. 1996, pg. 45 (picture)

 

                  "FAMOUS FACES" By David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, June 13, 1996, Cover

                        Calendar Section

 

                  "TECHNOFORNIA"  By Peter Lunenfeld, FLASH ART, March-April 1996 p. 69-71,

                        Photo.

                 

                              "ARTISTS MEET MACHINE AGE" By Zan Dubin, Los Angeles Times/Calendar,

                                    July 4, 1994 F1, F2.

                 

                  ÒTECHNOLOGY MADE ACCESSIBLE IN 'VEEREDÓ, By Zan Dubin, Los Angeles

                        Times, 5, 1995, Section F.

 

                  ÒVEERED SCIENCE/A VITAL MATRIX, By Terri Friedman, "Zing Magazine: a

                        curatorial crossing" Autumn 1995, n.p.

 

                  "UNOFFICIAL REALITIES," Essay by JoAnn Hanley Exhibition catalogue,

                        Manhattan Friends of the Arts, 1142 Manhattan Ave. Suite 271,

                        Manhattan Beach CA 90266

 

                  "ARTIFICIAL GARDENING," By Andrew Leonard, WIRED, Oct., 1995, pg. 174

 

                  "VEERED SCIENCE CATALOGUE," Essay by Marilou Knode, Exhibition

                        Catalog, Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main Street, Huntington

                        Beach CA, 92648

                 

                  "1995 INTERACTIVE MEDIA FESTIVAL," Exhibition Catalog, 448 Bryant St., San

                        Francisco, CA 94107

                       

                  "THE TELE-GARDEN" 1995 BBC 2 BROADCAST, 1/2 hour Program on The Tele

                        Garden Project.

 

                  "IDEAS 'UNDER CONSTRUCTION' AT ARMORY," By William Wilson, Los Angeles

                        Times (Calendar Section, Art Reviews), January 21, 1995

                       

                  "UNDER CONSTRUCTION rethinking images of identity," Essay by Michael

                        Anderson and Sue Spaid Exhibition Catalog, 1995 Armory Center for the

                        Arts 145 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena California 91103

                                   

                  "NEW VOICES 94," Essay by Lucinda Barnes, Exhibition Catalog, Allen

                        Memorial Museum Bulletin (v.XLVll, 2 1994)

 

                 

                  "LAX 94," Essay by Anne Ayers, Exhibition Catalog, LAX: The Los Angeles

                        Exhibition

 

                  "NEW VOICES," By Douglas Utter, The New Art Examiner (v.22, n.3, pp. 48-9)

                       

                  "ART'S NEW VOICES SING," Oberlin Show Up To Snuff, By Steven Litt, The Plain

                        Dealer (Ohio) Arts & Living, May 2, 1994

 

                  "PERSONAL IDENTITY EXPLORED," By Dorothy Shinn, Akron Beacon-Journal,

                        May 1, 1994

                       

                  "ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM New Voices 1994," Catalogue, Dialogue,

                        March/April, 1994

                       

                  "OBERLIN MUSEUM OFFERS LOOK AT NEW ART FORMS," By Caroline Yount,

                        The Chronicle-Telegram/ARTS (Ohio), April 29, 1994

                       

                  "KONZERT F†R DAMEN IHRE AFFEND UND ORCHESTER IM ORF-FUNKHAUS," By

                        Reinhard  Kager Der Standard Kulture, Vienna, February 28, 1994

 

                  "WATERBORNE," Joseph Santarromana at NewSpace Gallery, By Timothy

                        Nolan, Artweek, February 3, 1994

                       

                  "SOUTH BAY SMORGASBORD Pot-Luck Fin De Siecle in and Around Long

                        Beach," By Shirle Gottlieb, Visions Art Quarterly Magazine, Winter 1993

                                   

                  "ART PICK OF THE WEEK," By Peter Frank, Los Angeles Weekly, Jan. 28 1994

                       

                  "TELINVERSIONS AND TELEVERSES ," Video Vistas from the 3rd Independent

                        Freewaves, Video Festival in Los Angeles By Jacki Apple

                                   

                  "Visions Art Quarterly, Summer 1993," The Los Angeles International, By

                        David Pagel, Artforum, Summer 1993

                                   

                  "Aesthetics of Stuff From 99-cent Stores," By Peter Frank, Press Telegram,

                        May 16, 1993

                       

                  "BEST BET," By Mary Helen Berg,, Los Angeles Times / South Bay,  April 18,

                        1993

                       

                  "Teasing Visual Double-Entendre in Provocative Exhibit," By Kinney Littlefield,

                        Press Telegram, June 14, 1992

                       

                  "Spiked Tongues At Saddleback Punctures Cultural Stereotypes," By Cathy

                        Curtis, Los Angeles Times / Orange County,  November 11, 1991

 

AWARDS

 

 

                THE DURFEE FOUNDATION ARC (ARTISTS RESOURCE FOR COMPLETION), 2007

 

                  WESTAF/NEA 1996, Honorable Mention

 

                  FESTIVAL OF INTERACTIVE VISUAL ARTS (FIVA) Top Award 1996

 

                  INTERVAL RESEARCH and the VOYAGER COMPANY "1995 New Voices/New

                        Visions: Noteworthy Works"

 

                  CITY OF KOBE, Japan, Interactive Media Award, 1995

                       

                  ART MATTERS FELLOWSHIP, 1995

 

                  Los Angeles, Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.) Project Grant, 1993

 

                  City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Grant 1993

 

                  Long Beach Museum of Art, Open Channels Grant, 1993

 

                  The Brody Fellowship, New Genre, 1992

 

                  Helen Lundeburg - Lorser Feitelson Scholarship, 1992

                 

                  Angels Gate, Solo Series Award, 1992