tony curnaj

TONY CURANAJ BIO
BORN 1973, New York City, NY

EDUCATION
1998 – 2002 Water Street Atelier, NY
1996 National Academy of Design, School of Fine Art, New York, NY
1991 – 1995 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, B.F.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Introductions 2006, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Modern American Realists, Tony Curanaj, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2007 -
Trompe l’ Oeil, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2006 -
DF Book Preview, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Interiors, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2005 -
Valentines, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paint What you Want, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2004 -
Trompe l’Oeil, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Realism Now, Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA
- 2003 -
Views of Balleroy, The Forbes Galleries, New York, NY
The Young Primitives, Groening Museum, Brugges, Belgium
Spring Realism Exhibit, Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Depth / Funnel, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Trompe l’Oeil Interpretations, Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA
- 2002 -
New Year, New Talent, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
Urban Discipline 2002, Hamburg, Germany
Long Island Landscapes, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
- 2001 -
Urban Discipline, Hamburg, Germany
Water Street Atelier, Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
- 2000 -
Sketches of Spain, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
- 1999 -
Water Street Atelier, Meredith Long Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Out of the 90’s, Pacifico Gallery, New York, NY
- 1998 -
The Next Milennium, Vincent Louis Gallery, New York, NY
- 1997 -
International Group Show, Low Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selected)
2007 American Art Collector, Issue #18
2006 American Art Collector, Issue #8
2006 DF Book, Shake It Inc.
2005 Graffiti World, Global Art, Nicholas Ganz, Thames and Hudson. London, England
2004 Scion Magazine, Issue #4
2003 American Arts Quarterly, Spring 2003
2001 Urban Disipline, Hamburg, Germany
2001 Creative Juice, Stance Magazine, August
2001 Tony Curanaj, Eclectic World, Oyster Magazine, April/May

AWARDS
1995 Albert Dorne Award

TEACHING AND LECTURE
2007 The Grand Central Academy, NY
2006 Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
2004 Harlem Studio of Art, New York, NY

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Groening Museum, Brugges, Belgium
Forbes Galleries, New York, NY