Angelique Tassistro: CV/ Resume
Asheville, NC 28806
828.230.5402
www.FlyCoopStudios.com
Email: FlyCoopStudios@gmail.com
Angelique Tassistro makes work into play. Her belief in the magic of creativity, with her childhood mispronunciation, turned imagination into “magic nation”. Angelique is a ceramic artist who focuses on functional pottery with a sculptural approach.
Collectors
New Orleans Museum Of Art, New Orleans, LA (Steve Malarsky, Curator)
Awards
“People’s Choice” One The Verge: WNC 10 Best Emerging Artist, WNC Magazine, June 2010
Best Of Show, Lexington BBQ Festival, Lexington NC October 2006
J Edmassand Award for Outstanding Undergraduate, LSU May 2000
Publications
2010 WNC Magazine, On The Verge, June
2009 Western North Carolina Magazine, Women in Business, May
2008 Carolina Arts Gallery Review, January
2007 Polymer Clay Notes, December
2006 Carolina Arts Gallery Review, November
2006 The Dispatch Art Review, October
2003 Welcome to the Best of New Orleans Art Review, July
Membership Organizations
Mountain Biz Works, Asheville, NC
River Arts District, Asheville NC
Asheville Artist Alliance, Asheville, NC
Handmade in America, Asheville, NC
NSECA
Claystation Community
Commissioned Public Projects
2010 The Glen Rock Depot, Asheville NC, October
Teaching Experience, Workshops & Lectures
2010 “The Total Package: Pulling Together Your Artist Packet and Where to Go from There”, Asheville Artist Alliance, March
2010 “The Big Picture: Tips & Techniques to take charge of your business”, Women’s Business Conference, May
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 “A Day Party” The Bluffs, St. Fransiville, LA, November
2006 “Painting Synergy” North End Gallery, Asheville, NC October
2005 “Magic Nation Express” Pok.A.Dots Inside Gallery, Vidalia, LA October
2005 “Lost & Found”, Lola Salon & Gallery, Asheville, NC May
2004 “Come See” Garden District Home Show, Baton Rouge, LA December
2003 “A View Of Italy”, Portofino, Atlanta, GA February
2001 “ Italy From the Inside” Highland Coffee & Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA May
1999 “Three Eyes In Italy” Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA November
Juried Exhibitions
2010 “On The Verge”, The Flood Gallery, Asheville NC, June
2007 “LAAFF” Arts2People, Asheville, NC September
2006 “Vanishing Landscape” Frame Shoppe & Gallery, Asheville, NC, Nov
2006 “BBQ Festival”, Lexington NC, October
2006 “Norcross Arts Festival” Norcross, GA October
2006 “The Last Ditch Art Party” Court Yard Gallery, Asheville, NC September
2006 “Summer Shade” Grant Park, Atlanta, GA August
2006 “Fest For All” Baton Rouge Arts Council, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Juried by Fay Gold of Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA.
2001 “Works On Paper” LSU Union Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA April. Juror: David William Kiehl, Curator, Prints Whitney Museum Of America Art, New York
2001 Juried Student Art Show” LSU Union Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA March, Jurors: Addie Dawson-Euba Lynda, Eric Neal
2001 “Southern Underexposed” New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA March, Curator Steve Malarsky
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 “Clay”, Echo Gallery, Asheville, NC, August
2010 “River District Artist II”, The Arts Council Of Hendersonville County, Hendersonville, NC, May
2009 “ Give Artfully”, Clingman Cafe Gallery, Asheville NC, December
2007 “Art O Mart” The Wedge Gallery, Asheville, NC, December
2007 “Micanopy Fall Harvest Festival” Micanopy, FL, November
2007 “The Art Show” Historic S & W Building, Asheville, NC November
2007 “Fresh” Element Clay Gallery, Asheville, NC, April
2006 “Christmas in the Country” Mosaic Garden, St. Fransiville, LA December
2002 “Fresh” No No Gallery, Atlanta, GA May
2001 “Atlanta Celebrates Atlanta” City Issue, Atlanta, GA, November
2001 “Ousted, The Grade A Collection, Senior Art Show, Foster Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, May
2001 “Bolt—A Multimedia Exhibit” Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA May
2000 “The Bubble Gum Machine” Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA December