Denise Carvalho holds a Ph.D. in cultural studies, an M.A. in art history from UCD, and an MA in cultural anthropology from Hunter College, as well as a BFA from SVA. She has published widely in art magazines and journals such as Sculpture, Flash Art, Art Papers NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, Journal of Art & Society, Cover, Review, Art in America, Art Nexus, and Afterimage, as well as in several Brazilian and European publications. She has curated exhibitions and exhibited her own work throughout the United States and internationally. Her most recent show, "Preemptive Resistances: Critical Pointers in Latin American Art," has been exhibited at the Westport Arts Center. Among other of her recent shows are: "Holy Holes: Absolute Stalls" at the Dumbo Arts Center, and "Infinitu et Contini: Repeated Histories, Reinvented Strategies" at Smack Mellon, in Brooklyn, NY. Presently, she teaches at IDSVA.
Recent Curatorial Projects
Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from the University of California, Davis, 2005
M.A. in art history, University of California, Davis, 2003
M.A. in cultural studies, University of California, Davis, 2002
M.A. in cultural anthropology, Hunter College (NYC), 1998
B.F.A. School of Visual Arts (NYC), 1996
Selected Curatorial Projects
“Preemptive Resistances: Reversed Strategies” at the Westport Arts Center, Connecticut, NY, January 23 to March 22, 2009; a multimedia exhibition with Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Andrea Juan, César Cornejo, Vidal Centeno, Alex Villar, Maritza Molina, Carlos Motta, Francisca Benitez, Jose Ruiz, and Augusto
Zanela.
“Holy Holes, Absolute Stalls,” June 14th to August 2nd, 2008, Dumbo Arts Cetner; a multimedia show with Jenny
Marketou, Hadassa Goldvicht, Br en t Wahl , Adr ian a Va rel l a, Ne il Belouf a , Kwabena Slaughter, Grady
Gerbracht, Angela Freiberger, Joseph Bennett, Gearóid Dolan, Meirav Leshem, Tobaron Waxman, Dylan Mortiner,
Kimberly Simpson, Karin Giusti, and Marcia X.
“Infinitu et Contini,” Nov. 17 to Dec. 30, 2007, Smack Mellon, NY; a multiplex video exhibition with Janet Biggs,
Barbara Pollack, Jim Finn, Matthew Suib, Carlos Motta, Rona Yefman, Shalom Gorewitz, Kenn Bass, Marian Ghani,
Liz Magic Laser, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Maritza Molina, Eteam, Michael Paul Britto, and Jamil Yamani.
Reviewed by Afterimage, Art Papers, Time Out, and The New Yorker.
“Raw, ”Smack Mellon (New York), March and April 2003; multimedia exhibition with Birgit Ramsauer,
neurotransmitter, Pia Lindman, Charlie Citron, Alex Villar, Jenny Perlin, Sally Gutierrez, Grady Gerbracht, and
others. Sponsor: The Andy Warhol Foundation. Reviewed by Brooklyn Rail and Time Out.
“Hybrid Dwellings,” at Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok (Poland), April and May 2001; multimedia exhibition with Jenny
Marketou, Izabella Gustowska, Andrej Bakowski, Z. Warpechowski, and others.Sponsors: Ministry of Poland and the
New York Foundation for the Arts. Received media coverage from local television, radio, and newspapers. Reviewed
by Springerin and Flash Art
“Fairy-Tale” (symposium and exhibition) at the Center for Metamedia, Plasy (Czech Republic), September 1999; a
multimedia exhibition with Erwin Redl, Alex Villar, Alison Cornyn, Mark Shepard, Yuri Laderman, Monika
Brandmeyer, and others. Sponsors: The Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York Foundation for the Arts, Pro
Helvetia – Ost West, Unesco Boursaries, Center for Contemporary Art (Prague), the British Council, Open Society
Fund Latvia (Estonia), and the Ministry of Culture (Czech Republic). Reviewed by local television, radio and
newspapers, and by Umelek (Prague) and Sculpture.
Art Critic and Curator in Residence
2000: Critic in residence at Art Omi (New York). I was also a member of the board of directors. Art Omi is known to
provide visibility to emerging international artists in the New York art scene. Former critics in residence were Carlos
Basualdo (curator of Philadelphia Museum of Art), Rafael Rubinstein (former editor of Art in America), Franklin
Sirmans (former editor of Flash Ar), Robert Morgan (art critic and scholar), and Lily Wei (art critic and independent
curator).
Published Journals
Maritza Molina: A World in Reverse, Afterimage, February/March, 2008
Brazilian Interventionist Art …Or Infiltrating? The International Journal of the Arts in Society, 2007
Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé at Thomas Erben, NKA, Journal of Cont African Art, V 13/14, Spr/Sum 2001
Odili Donald Odita, NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, Fall/Winter 2000 Number 11/12 pp. 18-23.
“A Memory Palace: Out of Nowhere" New Observations, spring 99, Vol. 121, pp. 34-35.
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