- Joseph del Pesco
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name = Joseph del Pesco
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birthdate = December 29, 1975
location =Wilmington, Delaware
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nationality = American
field =curator
training =California College of Art
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awards = Banff Curatorial ResidencyJoseph Del Pesco is a
contemporary art curator based inOakland ,California . He holds a masters degree in curatorial practice from theCalifornia College of the Arts and was awarded a curatorial residency at theBanff Centre in 2006 [ [http://www.banffcentre.ca/wpg/public/2006/default.asp Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre ] ] . Along with artistScott Oliver , the two formed theSan Francisco Bay Area basedCollective Foundation , a "research and development organization offering services to artists and arts organizations." [http://www.collectivefoundation.org/about.html] .Del Pesco is currently a curator for Artists Space in
New York and has curated exhibitions atYerba Buena Center for the Arts , the Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection at theUniversity of California, Davis with curatorRenny Pritikin , theWattis Institute for Contemporary Arts , and theM. H. de Young Memorial Museum .Del Pesco has also published a variety of interviews with contemporary social practice artists such as
Lee Walton ,Jon Rubin , andAmy Balkin . Other writings have been published inTENbyTEN Magazine [ [http://www.tenbyten.net/actions.html TENbyTEN Ideas for Actions ] ] , Additionally, he started "Shotgun Review" which collects art reviews online and publishes them as a volumed series of books.External links
* [http://delpesco.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.shotgun-review.com/ Shotgun Review]
* [http://www.collectivefoundation.org/ The Collective Foundation]References
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