Cheryl Capezzuti
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WORK HISTORY
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| 1996-present |
Visual Artist, Studio Capezzuti, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2009-present |
Visual Arts Faculty, Falk Lab School, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2002-2012 |
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts |
| 2001-2002 |
Community Artist Fellow, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1996-2000 |
Visual Arts Faculty, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA |
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EXHIBITIONS
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| 2023 |
AAP New Member Show, Brew House Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Featured Artist, June 2023, Associated Artist of Pittsburgh, Online |
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Taking up Space, TRAF Juried Show, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2020 |
Discarded: A Retrospective, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2016 |
Stix and Stones, Penn State Alumni Exhibit, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA |
| 2009 |
8-hour projects, Allegheny College Galleries, Meadville, PA |
| 2008 |
In the Making, 250 Pittsburgh Artists, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2007 |
Member Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Puppets and Masks, Two Person Show, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2006 |
In Response to Healing, Nationally Traveling Juried Group Exhibition, PA, OH and AZ |
| 2005 |
Puppets, Masks and Art in Motion, Artist Upstairs, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2003 |
Detours, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA and ArtSpot at Tube, Atlanta, GA |
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A Detour from Detours, Midtown Laundry, Atlanta, GA |
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A Detour from Detours, Butler Street Coin-Op Laundry, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2002 |
Angels and Other Creatures, Three Rivers Arts Festival/ Gallery 808, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Letters of Lint, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Orphaned Spaces in the Public Realm, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1998 |
From Foundation to Ornamentation, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1997 |
The Doll Show, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1993 |
Discarded, The Art Alliance, Lemont, PA |
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COMMUNITY INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART
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| 2020 |
Laundromat Pop-up, Butler St. Coin-Op Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2018 |
Pittsburgh International Airport Artist-in-Residence, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2019-2021 |
IllumiNATION, a campus-wide art experience, Penn State University, University Park, PA |
| 2018 |
Moon and Star, commissioned by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2016 |
History of Pittsburgh in Puppets for the Bicentennial Parade, City of Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2016-present |
Giant Puppet Dance Club, a community-powered dance experience, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2013-present |
Puppets to Go at the Braddock Carnegie Free Library, a lending library of community-made giant puppets available to the public with just a library card, Braddock, PA |
| 2013 |
The Details in Everyday Dust, an art installation at Trey’s Laundromat, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2004-2010 |
North Side Celebration in the Park, including a History of Famous Pittsburgh Women Parade, North Shore Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2000-2004 |
Lint in the Laundromat, a series of weekly happenings at a working laundromat, Pittsburgh |
| 1998-present |
First Night Pittsburgh Parade, Artist-in-Charge and Master Puppetmaker |
| 1994-present |
The National Lint Project, an on-going project that features sculptures made from donated dryer lint and hundreds of collected letters about doing laundry. |
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SELECTED PUPPET PERFORMANCES
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| 2023 |
Finding your Voice, touring show, commissioned by the City of Pittsburgh |
| 2022 |
Giving Tales, touring show, commissioned by the City of Pittsburgh |
| 2019 |
Aesop’s Fables, touring show, commissioned by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |
| 2018 |
Puppet Pieces, a showcase of 10 years for small works, Glitter Box, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2017 |
Song from a Lost Civilization, Potpourri at the National Puppetry Festival, Minneapolis, MN |
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Dining in Space, Puppet Homecoming Potpourri, NY 2016 Arrangement #1 |
| 2015 |
Songs from a Lost Civilization and Other Stories, Pittsburgh Fringe |
| 2014 |
Random Teleology, Margo Lovelace Puppet Festival |
| 2013 |
Who Needs Neighbors, pageant in Point State Park at Three Rivers Arts Festival |
| 2008-2011 |
Stuff, A Fuzzy Boundary Production, performed repeatedly for years |
| 2004 |
Night Flight, Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival, Fuzzy Boundary Productions |
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Coming Up, created for Phipps Conservatory, Fuzzy Boundary Productions |
| 2004 |
Colorfast, presented as part of The Pittsburgh International Children’s 2004-2005 season |
| 2001 |
Lint Guys Dance, created with Staycee Walters for The Black Sheep Puppet Festival |
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Beneath the Light, created with Laurie Tarter as part of City Theatre’s 4×5 Festival |
| 2000 |
Mismatched Pair, created with Kellee Van Aken and performed around the state of PA |