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Desiree D'Alessandro is an award-winning artist and educator with fifteen years of experience in public, private, and for-profit education. D'Alessandro specializes in digital and interdisciplinary media. Her practice explores the integration of fields involving critical theory, performance art, interactive installation, and open source video. Her works have been exhibited nationally at museums and galleries within New York, California, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, and Massachusetts. Her works have also been exhibited internationally at lectures, residencies, festivals, and alternative venues in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Canada, and Switzerland. Her critical writings have been published in books and academic journals and she has presented and chaired sessions at diverse conferences across the nation.
Desiree D'Alessandro is a contemporary artist from Tampa, Florida. She has a Master of Fine Arts in New Genres and Extended Praxes from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was a UC Regents Special Fellow, UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) Scholar, and Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) Scholar.
Performance & Installation Artist
Digital Media Educator
Italian-American, b. 1985
Tampa, FL
2012
Catalonia, Spain. Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas Residency Program. August.
2007
Paris, France. School of Art and Art History Summer Program, USF. Professor: Lou Marcus. June.
Venice, Italy. School of Art and Art History Summer Program, USF. Professor: Neil Bender. July.
2024
(Upcoming) Featured chalk artist for Bartow Chalk Walk, Bartow, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Temple Terrace Chalk Art Festival, Tampa, Fla.
2023
Featured chalk artist for Amplify Clearwater Chamber's Chalkful of Taste Festival, Clearwater, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Temple Terrace Chalk Art Festival, Tampa, Fla.
2022
Featured chalk artist for Amplify Clearwater Chamber's Chalktober Festival, Clearwater, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Art of Health Festival, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Uptown Art Expo, Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Bloom-N-Chalk Art Festival, Safety Harbor, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Temple Terrace Chalk Art Festival, Tampa, Fla.
2021
Featured chalk artist for Amplify Clearwater Chamber's Chalktober Festival, Clearwater, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Bartow Chalk Walk, Bartow, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Bayshore Little League Tournament, Davis Islands, Fla.
Featured chalk Professional/Judge for Chalk Block ArtFest, Fort Myers, Fla.
2020
Featured chalk artist for Amplify Clearwater Chamber's Chalktober Festival, Clearwater, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Uptown Art Expo, Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Featured chalk Professional/Judge for Chalk Block ArtFest, Fort Myers, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for 2020 Suncoast Arts Festival at The Shops of Wiregrass, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
2019
Featured chalk artist for TBCCA's Holiday Chalk Walk at Armature Works, Tampa, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Chalk the Walk in Central Park, Winter Park, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Bartow Chalk Walk, Bartow, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for DeLand Water Festival, DeLand, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Spring Fever in the Garden, Winter Garden, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Gateway Orlando Chalk Festival, Orlando, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for 11th Bloom N' Chalk Festival, Safety Harbor, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Founder's Day Heritage Festival, Zephyrhills, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for TBCCA's Chalk Walk for the 49th Annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts at The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fla.
The Art of Women: A Heart and Soul Celebration – American Legion, Tampa, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for 2019 Suncoast Arts Festival at The Shops of Wiregrass, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
2018
Featured chalk artist for TBCCA's Holiday Chalk Walk at Armature Works, Tampa, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for 2018 Clearwater Beach Chalk Art Festival, Clearwater, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Founder's Day Heritage Festival, Zephyrhills, Fla.
The Art of Women: A Celebration of Women Empowerment – American Legion, Tampa, Fla.
2016
FIVE By FIVE Art Exhibition – Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fla.
We The Explorers, OSIRIS-REx spacecraft archive in journey to the asteroid Bennu, hosted by NASA
2015
Push/Play: A Survey of Recent Video Art, The 23rd Annual John and Katherine Covington Art Exhibition, Sonnenschein/Albright Gallery in Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College, IL * Curated by Miguel de Baca
Electronics Alive 8 – Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, Fla. * Creative Loafing 2015 Critics' Pick - Best University Art Festival
2014
FIVE By FIVE Art Exhibition – Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fla.
UT Adjunct Faculty Show – Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, Fla. Starting Here: A Selection of Distinguished Artists from UCSB – Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara , Ca.
Re/Mixed Media Festival 2014 – The New School, NYC.
WORD – Sorensen Gallery, Frasno, Ca. * Curated by Edward Gillum
2013
FIVE By FIVE Art Exhibition – Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fla.
PULP – MAZE Gallery, HCC, Tampa, Fla.
23rd MEDIAWAVE International Film & Music Gathering – Fort Monostor, Komárom, Hungary
Experiments in Cinema 8.53 – National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Guild Cinema and the Southwest Film Center, Albuquerque, N.M.
2012
Re/Mixed Media Festival 2012 – Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
FIVE By FIVE Art Exhibition – Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fla.
Vis-IT: Visualizing Information Technology – Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), ARC Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
Rhizomes – Performance Lab (PLAB), Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), ARC Gallery, Tampa, Fla. * Juried by Andrew Kintop
2011
//SOLO SHOW// Art in Athleticism: The Form and Physicality of Boxing – UCSB, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, Calif.
MIXTAPES & TEES – Tempus Projects, Tampa, Fla. * Juried by Megan Voeller
Open Online Two – Fermynwoods Contemporary Art (FCA), Northamptonshire, U.K.* Juried by George Barber and Matt Davenport
Re/Mixed Media Festival 2011 – One Arm Red, Dumbo, N.Y.
Open House – Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC), UCSB, Calif.
Book as Art Event – Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), ARC Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
CALL FOR ENTRIES 2011 – Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF), Santa Barbara, Calif. * Curated by Kim Beil
PENTIMENTO, 2011 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition – Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), McCormick House, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Experiments in Cinema 6.3 – National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Guild Cinema and the Southwest Film Center, Albuquerque, N.M.
European Media Art Festival (EMAF) – multiple locations within Ousnebrueck, Germany
ZAP! – Downtown Projections at Anacapa and Cota, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Riven Rock Refracted – Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) and smART Families, McCormick House, Santa Barbara, Calif.
2010
SNAP TO GRID – Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles.
Chashama Film Festival 2010 – Residential Screening, New York
Welcome to the Thunderdome – UCSB, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Basement Media Festival – Community Builders CO-OP, Boston.
Centralism II – Gallery 25, Fresno, Calif. * Juried by Linda Walsh & Tom Walsh
RE/Mixed Media Festival 2010 – Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Rogue Political Remix Festival – multiple locations within Fresno, Calif.
Dry Immersion II – UCR, Palm Desert Graduate Center, Palm Desert, Calif.
Mr. & Ms. Placed – UCSB, Old Gym Project Gallery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Art à la Mode – University of California - Santa Barbara, Isla Vista Residence, Calif.
Political Remix Video Screenings – Gallery 25, Fresno, Calif. * Presentation by Jonathan McIntosh
ONE – Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), ARC Gallery & IMAX Dome Theatre, Tampa, Fla.
5X: An Open Installation/Collaboration – UCSB, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, Calif.
2009
Over the River and Through the Woods – UCSB, Art Museum, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Another Year, Another Fire – UCSB, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Take Out – Brevard Art Museum (BAM), Melbourne, Fla.
2008
// SOLO SHOW // Elusive: Explore the Gaps in Perception & Understanding – USF, Centre Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
19th Annual Student Exhibition – Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA), New Smyrna Beach, Fla. * Juried by Mark Dion
Sense of Space – West Tampa Center for the Arts (WTCA), Tampa, Fla.
Photographic Exhibition – The International Boba House, Tampa, Fla.
Neighborhood Watch: Projection Walk – Seminole Heights, Tampa, Fla.
RIOT! @ THE FACTORY, BFA Senior Thesis Show, USF – West Tampa Center for the Arts (WTCA), Tampa, Fla.
Going Green in Tampa Expo – USF, SunDome, Tampa, Fla.
32nd Annual Juried USF Student Exhibition – USF, USF Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Tampa, Fla. * Juried by Anne Pasternak
Filberts 2008: Spectrum of Spaces – USF, Centre Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
Women's History Month Exhibition – Laughing Cat annex, Ybor City, Fla.
OUR Cup of Tea: The Filberts, USF– Kaleisia Tea Lounge, Tampa, Fla.
Rising & Falling: How We Walk in, and Around, Tampa – USF, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
2007
INSIDE|OUT, Art After Dark – Tampa Museum of Art (TMA), Tampa, Fla.
DÉRIVE: Paris 2007 Exhibition – USF, Centre Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
H.I.V.E. Time Arts Show – Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.
Glorious, North Tampa Arts League – Kotler Gallery, The New Tampa Regional Library, Tampa, Fla.
Reflections, North Tampa Arts League – Kotler Gallery, John Germany Main Library, Tampa, Fla.
Prints and Poems – USF Library, Tampa, Fla.
Art Against Fear – Ybor Cigar Theater, Tampa, Fla.
31st Annual Juried USF Student Exhibition, USF Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Tampa, Fla. * Juried by Edouard Duval-Carrié
The Tampa Franchise of IPO – USF, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
The Art of Love 2007, North Tampa Arts League – Frame by Frame Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
Salon Des Filberts – USF, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
Spectrum 300, North Tampa Arts League – The New Tampa Regional Library, Tampa, Fla.
2006
Visions, North Tampa Arts League – The New Tampa Regional Library, Tampa, Fla.
Summertime Fun – Mirta's Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Disasterville Exhibit Opening – Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Tampa, Fla.
Featured chalk artist for Kids in Charge Anniversary Celebration – Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Tampa, Fla.
Erotica / Neurotica – Mirta's Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Projected Exhibition - HCC, Ybor City, Fla.
Annual HCC Presidential Showcase – HCC, Tampa, Fla.
32nd Annual Student Art Exhibition – HCC, Ybor City, Fla.
Sugar-Coated: Footing the Bill – Laughing Cat annex, Ybor City, Fla.
Sunday in the Arts, Tampa Bay Las Damas de Arte – Scarfone-Hartley Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
The Art of Love 2006, North Tampa Arts League – Frame by Frame Gallery, Tampa, Fla.
Zephyrhills Chalk Art Festival – Main Street, Zephyrhills, Fla.
2005
Body of Work, North Tampa Arts League's Inaugural Art Show, Tampa, Fla.
2019
"Un/Balanced," A collaboration with Nicholas and Melissa Tangredi. This collaborative performance piece explores the theme of love in a hybrid work that also integrates interactive, sculptural, and digital components. Performed in Tampa, Fla.
2012
"La Caça per que el Pesanta / The Hunt for the Pesanta," A psychological and site-specific walking investigative performance generated during my 30-day residency with Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, various sites within El Bruc, Catalonia, Spain.
2011
Project 12, writing contributions to Project 12, under the direction and production of Diran Lyons. Project 12 consists of a year-long monthly Remix video release leading up to 2012.
"Public Endurance Training," a 4-hour training session for UCSB MFA Open Studios in collaboration with Hall of Fame boxing historian and promoter David Martinez supervising, Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara, Calif.
2010-2011
Appropriation Alliance, a collective web-based (and forthcoming printed) publication endeavor on Critical Remix Video, founded by Byron Russell with initiating assistance from Desiree D'Alessandro and Diran Lyons
2010
"Incidental Video, Unprivileged Camera,” Dry-Immersion Project initiated and maintained by Masha Lifshin, an open-video archive for non-intentional Desert research, various locations within the Mojave Desert, Calif.
"Dry-Immersion Symposium II,” Mapping the Desert, Deserting the Map, a collaborative event organized through UCSB, UCR Sweeny Art Gallery, and UCIRA's Social Ecologies: California-centric Embedded Arts Research Program, various locations within the Mojave Desert, Calif.
"DysTOPIC Laboratory,” Student-Based Creative Exchange, facilitating diverse interdisciplinary collaboration on creative projects and endeavors, various locations within the UCSB and Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, Calif. 2009
"Dry-Immersion Roving Symposium,” Mapping the Desert, Deserting the Map, a collaborative event organized through UCSB, UCR Sweeny Art Gallery, and UCIRA's Social Ecologies: California-centric Embedded Arts Research Program, various locations within the Mojave Desert, Calif. 2008
“Neighborhood Watch: Projection Walk,” public projection walk through Seminole Heights, Tampa, Fla.
2007-2008
"How We Walk in Tampa," experimental public walking performances in collaboration with USF students; assisted by Rozalinda Borcila, various locations within Tampa, Fla.
2007
"Un Message, Evidemment," an ongoing open source collaborative film/performance; initiated by Robert Lawrence, Tampa, Fla.
"Foreign:EXCURSIONS," cultural immersion and temporary residency in Paris, France and Venice, Italy. A collaborative experience with USF students. Total duration: 5 weeks
2006
"Florida:EXCURSIONS," performance sculpture in collaboration with HCC students; under the direction of Diran Lyons, Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. "PeepSHOW," performative public artwork by [FL]WHAT.IF?SOCIETY, various locations within Tampa, Fla.
2005
"Brave the Storm," performance sculpture in collaboration with HCC students; under the direction of Diran Lyons, Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.
2020
TBBCA Hillsborough Artists Relief Program (HARP) Grant, funded by the Gobioff Foundation and Vinik Family Foundation, Tampa, FL
2019
"Sponsor's Choice" Winner for the 2019 Suncoast Arts Festival, Chalk Garden Sponsor: 3D-Solar, The Shops at Wiregrass, Wesley Chapel, FL
2018
"People's Choice" Winner for TBBCA's Holiday Display Chalk Walk, Armature Works in Tampa, FL
2016
London Travel and Lodging Grant, King's College funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council
2012
Individual Artist Fellowship - Interdisciplinary Finalist, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of Hillsborough County
Artist Residency Program Support Stipend, Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas
2009-2011
Regents Special Fellowship, Graduate Division, UCSB
2011
Open Online Two Exhibition Honorarium, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art (FCA)
CALL FOR ENTRIES 2011 Exhibition Honorarium, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF)
MFA Thesis Exhibition Grant, Department of Art, UCSB
MFA Thesis Exhibition Grant, Broida Foundation via the University Art Museum (UAM), UCSB
MFA Thesis Exhibition Grant, Dean's Office, UCSB
Local Demonstration Grant, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts, UCSB
Pre-Doctoral Student Travel Grant, Graduate Student Association, UCSB
Ousnebrueck, Germany Lodging Grant, European Media Art Festival
Visual, Performing, Media Award, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB
Graduate Student Academic Advancement Grant, Scholarly Collaborations/Boxing, Graduate Division, UCSB
Riven Rock Exhibition Grant, SBMA smART Families, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Graduate Student Academic Advancement Grant, Scholarly Collaborations/Riven Rock, Graduate Division, UCSB
Graduate Student Academic Advancement Grant, Scholarly Collaborations/Open Studios, Graduate Division, UCSB
2010
Levitan Fellowship, Art Department, UCSB
Doctoral Student Travel Grant, Academic Senate, UCSB
Travel & Lodging Grant, Open Video Alliance
2010-2011
William Dole Memorial Award, Art Department, UCSB
Dry Immersion Appended Award, granted by Dick Hebdige, Professor of Interdisciplinary and Experimental Studies, UCSB
Dry Immersion Symposium II Award, UCIRA/UCR Sweeney Art Gallery
2009
Block Grant, Art Department, UCSB
2007
Best of Show, NTAL's Glorious exhibition, Tampa, Fla.
Study Abroad Compass Scholarship, USF
School of Art and Art History Award, USF
School of Art and Art History Paris Program Assistance Grant, USF
School of Art and Art History Undergraduate Talent Scholarship, USF
2020
Patch.com, "Realistic Chalk Art Crops Up In Clearwater For Chalktober Fest" coverage of work – 3/18/18 - 10/8/2020
DestinationTampaBay.com, "Chalktober Fest Brings Beautiful Sidewalk Art" coverage of work – 3/18/18 - 10/8/2020
2018
ABC Action News, "Good Morning Tampa Bay: The Art of Women: A Celebration of Empowerment" interview and coverage of work displayed at the Art of Women exhibition – 3/18/18
2016
Book Reviewer, Making Media: Foundations of Sound and Image Production by Jan Roberts-Breslin
Monograph Proposal Reviewer, Reclaiming Remix: The Critical Role of Sampling in Transformative Works, Focal Press/Routledge by Owen Gallagher
Book Proposal Reviewer, Art, Media Design, and Post Production: Open Guidelines on Appropriation and Remix, Focal Press/Routledge by Eduardo Navas
Summary of ‘Cinematic Bricoleurs’ Remix Conference, King’s College, London, CriticalRemix.com, event coverage by Owen Gallagher - 01/12/2016
2014
The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies, "A Remix Artist and Advocate: Desiree D’Alessandro," New York
Uncompromising Tang, "Desiree D'Alessandro on Santiago Echeverry"
2013
Bailliwik: Issue #10, Artist contribution, limtied edition printing
AETHER: The Journal of Media Geography, "Tradition and Terrain Under Threat: Deleuze on Ousmane Sembene's Ceddo," California State University, Northdridge
2012
ArtUS: Issue #33 , "The Case of California: A Twentieth Anniversary Celebration"
"Zephyrhills High art teacher hands out memories as she prepares to retire", Tampa Bay Times, work and event coverage by Michele Miller - 10/24/2012
"High Five", Creative Loafing, work and event coverage by Megan Voeller - 10/19/2012
"'Five by Five' exhibit brings hundreds of tiny works to Tampa museum", Tampa Bay Online, event coverage by Esther Hammer - 10/17/2012
"Desiree D'Alessandro: Art and Athleticism ," artist in residence work coverage by Can Serrat - 8/7/2012
"How I Discovered Boxing," work coverage by boxing historian David Martinez - 4/16/2012
"Desiree D'Alessandro and Diran Lyons Bear Arms: Weapons of Mass Transformation," Transformative Works and Cultures, interview/review
2011
"Mixtapes & Tees Opening Reception at Tempus Projects", Suburban Apologist(SUBAP), work and event coverage by Ray Roa - 11/28/2011
"Closing the Distance", work coverage by boxing historian David Martinez - 11/24/2011
Open Online Two, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art (FCA), Open Online Two Introduction and overview
"Re/Mixed Media Festival," Time Out New York, work and event promotion
CALL FOR ENTRIES 2011 Brochure, The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF), juried work and reviews by guest curator Kim Beil
"Contemporary Art at CAF and Arigato Sushi," The Santa Barbara Independent, work and event coverage by Julika Lackner - 8/23/2011
"Lean, Mean and Now-ish," The Santa Barbara News-Press, work and CALL FOR ENTRIES 2011 event coverage by Joe Woodard - 8/19/2011
KINAESTHETIC ART: Spatial Influence and Transformation, University of California - Santa Barbara, Masters Thesis
"What Counts?: Free Media As Free Speech," The State of the Arts Publication, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts
"The Art of Boxing," The Bottom Line, event coverage by Tessa Tapscott - 4/26/2011
KCSB 91.9, Art in Athleticism: The Form and Physicality of Boxing promotion – 4/22/2011
"Art in Athleticism: The Form and Physicality of Boxing," The Daily Nexus, event calendar - 4/18-22/2011 [scan]
"Art in Athleticism: The Form and Physicality of Boxing," The Santa Barbara Independent, event calendar - 4/18-22/2011
"Art in Athleticism: The Form and Physicality of Boxing," event promotion by boxing historian David Martinez - 4/18/2011
"Art and Boxing Spar at UCSB," The Santa Barbara Art Blog, event coverage by Nathan Vonk - 4/11/2011
"Art Class Project Exposes Media Vulnerability," The Daily Nexus, section coverage - 4/11/2011
"Light in the Darkness - ZAP! Projects Video and Photos in an Art Happening Downtown," The Santa Barbara News-Press, event coverage by Ted Mills - 4/8/2011
"ZAP! Live Projection Art Show," The Santa Barbara Art Blog, event coverage by Nathan Vonk - 4/4/2011
"Sweating. Breathing. Punching. Training." work coverage and interview by boxing historian David Martinez - 3/22/2011
"Riven Rock Refracted," Montecito Journal, event coverage by Ann Pieramici – 2/3/2011
"ArtHop Roundup," FresnoBeehive.com, Critical Remix Festival coverage by Donald Munro – 1/7/2011
"ArtHop Looks at Schizophrenia, Disposable Society," FresnoBee 7, Critical Remix Festival coverage by Donald Munro – 1/4/2011
Art Attack! 88.1-KFCF, Appropriation Alliance and Critical Remix Festival interview with Byron Russell – 1/6/2011
2010
Stir It Up! 88.1-KFCF, Appropriation Alliance and Critical Remix Festival interview with Byron Russell – 12/29/2010
UCIRA State of the Arts Conference, "Desert Studies Project," coverage of Dry-Immersion Symposium works, presented by Dick Hebdige and Tyler Stallings, UCIRA Major Initiatives, University of California - San Diego, Calif.
20th Annual California Studies Conference, "Reimagining California: Perspectives from the Embedded Arts," coverage of Dry-Immersion Symposium works, presented by Dick Hebdige and Kim Yasuda, California Studies Association, University of California - Davis, Calif.
"Signs of Life in the Desert: In ‘Immersion’ project, UC artists converge on Wonder Valley and reveal its raw nature," Palm Springs Life, event coverage by Steven Biller – 3/2010
Rogue 2010, Rogue Political Remix Festival Artist Line-up
Desert Studies: An Art-Centered Initiative, coverage of Dry-Immersion Symposium works, presented by Dick Hebdige, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, University of California - Santa Barbara, Calif.
Political Remix Video: Transforming Mass Media, remix coverage by Elisa Kreisinger and Jonathan McIntosh
Art Attack! 88.1-KFCF, Gallery 25 and Political Remix Video Screenings interview with Diran Lyons – 1/21/2010
2009
Critical, Cross-Cultural, Cybermedia, coverage of collaborative project "Rising & Falling: How We Walk," Masters Programme lecture by Rozalinda Borcila, Geneva University of Art and Design, Geneva, Switzerland
2008
"Tomorrow's Artists Today at ACA," Daytona Beach News-Journal, Juror interview and exhibition coverage by Laura Stewart – 6/13/08 [scan]
Rising and Falling: How We Walk in Tampa, limited edition publication covering performative artworks, venues, and relevant interviews
Version 8 Festival 08, screening of video work in collaborative project "Neighborhood Watch: Projection Walk," presented by Chelsea Goodwin, Chicago.
"Seminole Heights to hone the art of mingling" St. Pete Times, interview and project coverage by Alexandra Zayas – 4/11/08
RIOT! At the Factory, University of South Florida, Senior Thesis class and exhibition publication
"The Way We Walk in Tampa: At USF, students consider walking as performance art," Creative Loafing, interview, performance review and image by Megan Voeller– 4/16/08 [scan]
"The Fine Art of Walking: artists aim to turn a routine action into a masterpiece," The Oracle, University of South Florida, interview, exhibition review and image by George Basely – 2/26/08 [scan]
"'Elusive' explores serious topics through playful media," The Oracle, University of South Florida, interview, exhibition review and image by George Basely – 1/09/08 [scan]
2007
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival, screening of collaborative video work "Un Message, Evidemment," in the lecture conference by Robert Lawrence, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Thread: An Undergraduate Journal for Literary Inquiry, University of South Florida, “Gee-wiz, that’s Swell!”: Elements of Camp and Kitsch in Pleasantville” by Desiree D’Alessandro
"Brush strokes, hip folks and a pot-bellied pig" The Oracle, University of South Florida, exhibition & submission review and image by Amy Rumball – 3/26/07 [scan]
Tampa Bay Online [TBO.com], Bay Area Artist Database Listing for Desiree D'Alessandro
Fox 13 News, "Good Day Tampa Bay: Love, Straight From the 'Art,'" coverage on work displayed at the Art of Love 2007 exhibition – 2/14/07
Tampa Bay and Beyond, Online Artist Profile for Desiree D'Alessandro and involved exhibition coverage
2006
Emergent Garde: ENGULFED, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, "Brave the Storm" performance coverage through mixed media installation work by Diran Lyons, accredited as a contributor/performer as a [FL]WHAT.IF?SOCIETY member
Fox 13 News, "What's Right With Tampa Bay: 'Visions' Exhibit," coverage on work displayed at the Visions exhibition – 9/27/06
Galleria and Triad, Hillsborough Community College's Award-Winning Publications, 2006 Edition, Feature Artist, Artworks and Writings covered
Zephyrhills Chalk Art Festival, exhibited photos on the Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce website
2010-2011
College Art Association, Registered Member
Graduate Committee, University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate Student Member
Appropriation Alliance, Critical Remix Initiative, Webmaster, Active Member
2009-2010
Student-Based Creative Exchange, UCSB's Interdisciplinary & Collaborative Course, Active Member
2006-2008
BFA ORG, USF's Undergraduate Fine Art Club, Secretary, Webmaster, Active Member
Art History Association, Active Member University Film & Video Association, Active Member
2005-2008
North Tampa Arts League, Active Member, NTAL & USF Liaison
2005-2006
[FL]WHAT.IF?SOCIETY, Active Member
2004-2006
Phi Theta Kappa, Active Member
2002-2004
Art Honors Club, Secretary, Treasurer, Active Member
Legends Boxing Club, Tampa, Fla.
University of California - Santa Barbara, Arts Library, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Duke's Boxing & Fitness, Isla Vista, Ca
UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, Culver Center of the Arts, Riverside, Ca
University of South Florida, Fine Arts Department, Tampa, Fla.
Police Station, Corporate Collection of Art, Brandon, Fla.
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