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STUDIES and APPRENTICESHIPS

1974 | Excavation, drawing artifacts. Northwestern University Archaeological Field School | Kampsville, IL, USA.

1975-79 | B.A. in Anthropology, with majors in Design of the Environment and Cultural Anthropology. University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA, USA.

1978 | Field research and study program in Greece, under architect and historian Dimitri Philippides | with folklorist Henry Glassie, U. of Pa. advisor, fieldwork for thesis on Greek vernacular dwellings | Athens, Greece.

1979-81 | Drafting and design, Friday Architects & Planners and Philadelphia Architects Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

1980-84 | Stone carving and sculpture with master artisans, Ditta Henraux, spa | Querceta, LU, Italy.

1982 | Independent study in drawing, dance notation, earthworks and land reclamation sites | Delft, Holland.

1983,1975 | Coursework in design and sculpture, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA.

SOLO SHOWS

2017 | Dropping Seeds, installation, commissioned by the Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena | Loggia del Temanza, Palazzo Zenobio | Venice, Italy.

2013 | Vite spinata / barbed Vine, installation, commissioned by the Museo Ebraico di Venezia | Museo Ebraico di Venezia | Venice, Italy.

2010 | Seaspawn, a two-channel video commissioned by the Faculty of Art and Design of the Università IUAV di Venezia and the Laboratorio Internazionale di Semiotica for “Diafano. Vedere Attraverso” at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa | Venice, Italy.

2007 | Il Ciclope, installation and exhibition, Galleria Michela Rizzo | Venice, Italy.

2005 | Limbo, a three-part installation, Galleria d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande | Rome, Italy.

2004 | Totentanz, a two-part installation, The Print Center | Philadelphia, PA, USA.

2002 | Totentanz, a two-part installation, Galleria d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande | Rome, Italy.

2000 | Matrice, a two-part installation, Galleria d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande | Rome, Italy.

1998 | Scroll Prints + Other Multiples, Galleria d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande | Rome, Italy.

1996 | Scroll Prints + Other Multiples, Gallerie Nardin | New York, NY, USA.

_____ | Scroll Prints, Galleria ElleQuadro Documenti | Genoa, Italy.

GROUP SHOWS and FESTIVALS

2021| BID - Biennale Internazionale Donne | Trieste, Italy.

2018| Fondazione Arkad, Cava | Seravezza, Italy.

2016 | Palazzo Loredan, Design.Ve: Wood Obsession | Venice, Italy.

2011 | Museum of Arts and Design, Exhibition of Work from the Permanent Collection | New York, NY, USA.

2009 | Elmhurst Art Museum, Contemporary Works from the Cleve Carney Collection | Elmhurst, IL, USA.

_____ | Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, “Visions in New York City: Short Films and Video”| New York, NY, USA.

_____ | Athens Video Art Festival, Il Ciclope | Athens, Greece.

2008 | Locarno International Film Festival, “Play Forward”, Il Ciclope, Locarno, Switzerland.

_____ | White Box Gallery, [VideoBox], Il Ciclope | New York, NY, USA.

_____ | Society For Contemporary Art of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois, USA.

_____ | MiART, Galleria Michela Rizzo - Venice | Milan, Italy.

_____ | Arte Fiera, Galleria Oredaria - Roma | Bologna, Italy.

_____ | Fondazione Emergency in collaboration with Galleria Michela Rizzo | Venice, Italy.

2007 | MyLand..., Sistema Museale di San Miniato, San Miniato (Pisa), Italy.

_____ | Arte Fiera, Galleria Oredaria - Roma, Bologna, Italy.

2006 | Gallery in the Garden, Eileen Tognini | Philadephia, PA, USA.

_____ | Artissima, Fiera Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Oredaria - Rome | Turin, Italy.

2004 | Group Show, “Artisti della Galleria”, Galleria d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande | Rome, Italy.

2003 | Triple Candie, “A Rally for Triple Candie” | New York, NY, USA.

_____ | The Print Center | Philadelphia, PA, USA.

_____ | The Print Center | Long Beach, NJ, USA.

_____ | American Academy of Arts and Letters, “Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts” | New York, NY, USA.

2002 | Fondazione ARKAD, '50 per 100' | Seravezza, LU, Italy.

_____ | Palazzo Comunale di San Donato, 'Riscatti Temporali, opere a partire dalla fotografia' | San Donato, FR, Italy.

1997 | IFPDA New York Armory, Mary Ryan Gallery | New York, NY, USA.

1996 | Galleria La Subbia | Pietrasanta, LU, Italy.

VIDEO | 2D frame by frame animation, documentaries, interactive

2010 | Ramificazioni | interactive video installation | commissioned by and in collaboration with Università IUAV di Venezia, MeLa Laboratorio Multimediale, Venice, Italy.

_____ | Seaspawn | 2-channel frame-by-frame animation, 3’ loop | Commissioned by the Facoltà di Arte e Design dell’Università IUAV di Venezia and the Laboratorio Internazionale di Semiotica, Venice, Italy.

2007, 2008 | Il Ciclope | frame-by-frame animation, 3:00’ loop for installation and 3:07' for cinema).

2005 | Limbo | video, part 3 of 3 part installation | frame-by-frame animation, 5’ loop.

_____ | Disarming Images | project idea and research | creative director: Ann Messner with Elaine Angelopoulos and Carole Ashley. Produced and distributed by Artists Against the War, New York, NY | Premiere in September, 2005 at Hillwood Gallery, Long Island University, New York and Casa delle Culture, Rome, Italy (see www.awnyc.com for complete list of venues).

2002 | Totentanz | performance with Gabriela Morales, Giovanni Guardiani, Andrea Papini | editing by Anita Sieff.

_____ | Totentanz, l’installazione | documentary by Filippo Carli, presentation by Rossella Caruso.

SOCIAL PRACTICE, CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN |selected

2016-2019 | art installations, concept and design development for building restoration and interiors | private client, Brooklyn, NY.

2017 | Dropping Seeds | concept and creative director, project coordinator with Francesca Giubilei (Venice Art Factory) and the poet Efe Duyan | Development of a poets' residency, and a month-long program of events including discussion groups, broadcast interviews, poetry readings, music and theater performances | in collaboration with the Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena, the Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace (VeRiPa), the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Venice Art Factory and Radio Ca' Foscari | Convent of Sant'Elena (VeRiPa) and Loggia del Temanza, Palazzo Zenobio | Venice, Italy. (concurrent with the installation at the Loggia del Temanza)

2014-ongoing | Blind Spots | concept, creative director and project coordinator in collaboration with Phonodia, an online poetry archive of the Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, for the Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace | Development of a website as preliminary expansion of foundation’s current activity and to provide a platform to attract a broader public to members’ research in international human rights and contextualize expressions of dissent by poets (recordings by Phonodia) | Commissioned by the Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace | Venice, Italy.

_____ | Walzworkinc | Artist-designer | Wallpaper patterns with artist-designer Kevin Walz | New York, NY, USA.

2012-2016 | Ri-Popolare! | concept, creative director, and project coordinator| Development with marine biologist Michele Pellizzato of a participatory project for environmental stewardship through sustainable fishery practices (promoted by FIPSAS-Venezia) commencing with Pesce a Misura (Fish to Scale), a mobile website for consumers and restaurants, and Il Banco dei Pesci (School of Fish), an itinerant platform for promoting the initiative | in collaboration with the Consorzio Venezia Nativa and the Cooperativa San Marco di Burano | Venice, Italy.

2010-2011 | Oyster Bar | Concept, artist and creative director | Concept and development of communication strategies to promote a proposed project to restore habitats and provide incentives to improve commercial fishing practices in the Lagoon of Venice | Commissioned by Thetis, SpA and Spazio Thetis | Venice, Italy.

2008-2010 | Ramificazioni | Artist-consultant to the Universita’ IUAV di Venezia, Research Unit, Department of Representation and Communication; also providing concept and artwork in development of a new media and interactive program coordinated by Malvina Borgherini, Camillo Trevisan, and Agostino De Rosa | Commissioned by Universita’ IUAV di Venezia | Venice, Italy.

2008-2010 | Laser | Artist-designer, creative director for metal fabricators’ pilot project to introduce a new sector melding traditional artisanry with advanced industrial processes | Commissioned by Caratelli Acciaio Inox s.r.l | Latina, Italy.

2007 | Consultant with Malvina Borgherini to Sabina Lenoci, urban planner, Venice, Italy | Concepts for public art project in urban planner Sabina Lenoci’s proposal for Paris’ La Défense district.

2002 | Consultant to Sabina Lenoci, urban planner, Venice, Italy | Concepts for public art in a Master Plan proposal for Sarno, Naples, Italy.

1990-96 | Ferrovie dello Stato Cupola | Artist and creative director | Design and construction of conference room and independent roof cover, Ferrovie dello Stato, Ancona | Commissioned by the Office of Building Maintenance and Development, FS | Ancona, Italy.*

* projects in collaboration with Filippo Camerota, architect.

CONFERENCES, ACADEMIC LECTURES, WORKSHOPS | selected

2017 | Dropping Seeds | a month-long program of events (discussions, interviews, poetry readings) | Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena, Loggia del Temanza | Venice, Italy | Project concept and coordinator with Francesca Giubilei (Venice Art Factory) and the poet Efe Duyan, with curators Giuliana Grando, Roberto Ellero, | in collaboration with the Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace (VeRiPa), the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Venice Art Factory and Radio Ca' Foscari. (concurrent with the installation at the Loggia del Temanza)

2014 | Green Gold Islands for Don’t Stop Architecture, program in the 14. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura della Biennale di Venezia | Venice, Italy | Presentation of Pesce a Misura, by invitation of Michele Brunello | speaker.

2013 | Pratt Institute, Graduate Fine Arts | Summer workshop in Rome, Italy| Guest lecture by invitation of Kelly Driscoll.

_____ | IDSVA - Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts | Summer workshop in Venice, Italy | Guest lecturer by invitation of Simonetta Moro.

2012 | Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Venice, Italy | Conference series "Quale Estetica"| Guest lecturer, by invitation of Elide Pittarello.

2011 | New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, MA Program in Studio Art, Venice, Italy | visiting critic and lecturer.

_____ | Pratt Institute, Graduate Fine Arts, Summer workshop, Rome, Italy | Guest lecturer, by invitation of Ann Messner.

_____ | IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Venice, Italy | Masters program in Design, History of Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy | Guest lecturer, by invitation of Chiara Casorin.

_____ | Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, Faculty of Architecture, Ferrara, Italy | Masters program in Landscape Architecture, by invitation of Roberta Fusari | speaker.

_____ | University of Virginia, “Delta Cities Workshop” in Venice, Italy | conducted by Jurgen van der Heijden. Tour in lagoon of Venice with local hunters, fishermen, historians, marine biologists, and landscape architects | coordinator.

2010 | New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, MA Program in Studio Art, Venice, Italy | visiting critic and lecturer.

_____ | Università IUAV di Venezia, Faculty of Architecture, Venice, Italy | "Arte ambientata 2", for workshop La Vigna Murata, by invitation of Sabina Lenoci and Serena Maffioletti | speaker.

____ | Università IUAV di Venezia, Faculty of Architecture, Venice, Italy | "Arte ambientata", for workshop, Teorie e metodi nella pianificazione contemporanea, by invitation of Sabina Lenoci | speaker.

2009 | Università IUAV di Venezia, Faculty of Architecture (fAR) and the Fondo Sociale Europeo (fse), Venice, Italy | Workshop, by invitation of Giancarlo Carnevale and Esther Giani | lecturer.

_____ | New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, MA Program in StudioArt in Venice, Italy | visiting critic and lecturer.

2008 | New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, MA Program in Studio Art in Venice, Italy | visiting critic and lecturer.

_____ | Università IUAV di Venezia, Faculty of Architecture, Venice, Italy | Summer workshop, "Presente provvisorio: forum per un teatro-laboratorio multimediale" | in collaboration with Malvina Borgherini, first prize Laboratorio 08 for most innovative project | coordinator and lecturer.

_____ | Università IUAV di Venezia, Faculty of Architecture, Lab08, Venice, Italy | Presentation and discussion, "Incontri aperti: Verso nuove rappresentazioni?" with Franz Prati, by invitation of Giancarlo Carnevale | speaker.

_____ | Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy | Workshop for GAP (Giovanni Artisti Pugliese) with Ettore Favini, Sabina Lenoci, and Mariavaleria Mininni | speaker.

_____ | Transart Institute, Linz, Austria | mentor and visiting critic.

2007 | Universita’ IUAV di Venezia, Department of the History of Representation, Venice, Italy | "Natura negata", by invitation of Malvina Borgherini | speaker.

_____ | Transart Institute, Linz, Austria | mentor and visiting critic.

2005 | Università IUAV di Venezia, Department of Theory and Practice of Art and Industrial Design (DADI) and Department of the History of Representation, Venice, Italy | "Limbo - Oltre la superficie" | speaker.

2004 | University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA | visiting critic and speaker.

2003 | Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Department of Architecture, Rome, Italy | Course in History of Contemporary Art, by invitation of Rossella Caruso | speaker.

1992 | Università di Firenze, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Engineering, Florence, Italy | "La struttura dell’aula conferenze di Ancona", with Arch. F. Camerota, by invitation of Enrico Baroni | speaker.

1988 | Ohio State University, Department of Architecture, Columbus, USA | Presentation, with Arch. F. Camerota, by invitation of Prof. Jacqueline Gargus | speaker.

1987 | Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Department of Architecture, Eindhoven, Holland | Seminar by invitation of Prof. Gijs Wallis de Vries, with Arch. F. Camerota | lecturer.

BIBLIOGRAPHY | selected

Francesca Ruth Brandes | Dropping Seeds: da Venezia un laboratorio per la pace | in Tessere, February 5, 2018 | review.

Efe Duyan | in Cevrimdisi Istanbul / Istanbul Offline, summer 2016 | interview.

Orsola Casagrande | Blind Spots: A platform of reflection interweaving law and poetry | in Global Rights, Information and Analysis Website, Havana, 2016 | interview.

Elide Pittarello | La Scena del Crimine | in One Shot, ed. Chiara Casarin, Zel Edizioni, Treviso (forthcoming).

Patrizia Magli | Esiste dunque del diafano | in Diafano. Vedere attraverso , ed. C. Casarin and E. Ogliotti, Zel Edizioni, Treviso, 2012 | pp.16-24.

Orsola Casagrande | Stanze claustrofobiche per disorientare l’identità | Il Manifesto, August 2, 2008 | pp 14-15.

Francesca Agostinelli | Venezia contemporanea: Debra Werblud | Juliet art magazine n°135, December 2007 - January 2008 | p.59.

Daniele Capra | Il Ciclope | Exibart.com, December 5, 2007.

Riccardo Caldura | Il Ciclope | exhibition catalogue, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, 2007.

Martina Cavallarin | MyLand | exhibition catalogue, Sistema Museale di San Miniato, Pisa, September 2007.

Paolo Balmas | Limbo | Il Segno, # 205, November 2005.

Pericle Guaglianone | Limbo | Exibart OnPaper, November 2005.

Pericle Guaglianone | Limbo | Exibart.com, October 12, 2005.

Giosella Schiavoni | Limbo | Art Guide - Roma, October 2005.

Serena De Domenicis | Limbo | Arte e Critica - Arte e Roma, # 43, October 2005.

Linda De Santis | Limbo | La Repubblica, September 23, 2005 | p.11.

Mario De Candia | Limbo | La Repubblica - Trova Roma, September 22, 2005.

Katherine Gass and Rossella Caruso | Limbo | exhibition catalogue, Studio d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande, Rome, 2005.

_____ | Newsprint (cover art), The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, June 2005.

Libby Rosof and Roberta Fallon | Totentanz | Artblog, March 19, 2004.

Rossella Caruso | La Rappresentazione della natività | Treccani, Iteronline, 2004.

Donna Williams Vance | Totentanz | Philadelphia Inquirer / Philadelphia Daily News, February 26, 2004 | Philly.com.

Agnes Kohlmeyer and Rossella Caruso | Totentanz | exhibition catalogue, Studio d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande, Rome, 2002.

_____ | Totentanz | La Repubblica, Rome edition, June 12, 2002.

Angelo Capasso | Totentanz | Tema Celeste, # 92, September - October 2002.

Rossella Caruso | CM e l’arte | Gruppo Compagnia Mercantile, 2001.

Rossella Caruso and Luca Muscarà | Matrice | exhibition catalogue, Galleria d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande, Rome, 2000.

Alessandro Tagliolini | Il paesaggio nei rotoli di Debra Werblud | Architettura del Paesaggio, # 1, December 1998.

_____ | Scroll Prints + Other Multiples | exhibition catalogue, Galleria d’arte contemporanea Pino Casagrande, Rome, 1998.

_____ | Cultivating Shadows | On Paper, Working Proof, vol. 1, # 2, November - December 1996.

Paolo Balmas | Paesaggi e Cicatrici | Quadri & Sculture, # 22, October - November 1996.

_____ | Adriatic Coast, Fish Reserve | Print Collectors’ Newsletter, Working Proof, Vol. XXVI, # 2, May - June 1995.

_____ | Il fronte centrale del porto | Modulo # 195, October 1993. _____ | “Giochi d'intrecci in copertura, sala conferenza per il Palazzo Compartimentale delle F.S. di Ancona,” ARCA, # 61, June 1992.

F. Camerota and D. Werblud | Sotto il ponte: una proposta per Rotterdam | VIA, anno IV, # 13, March 1990.

_____ | Tutti sotto: un’ipotesi di progetto | Architettura, anno XXXVI, # 3, March 1990. Fabrizio Bonomo | Maquillage per ritrovare la qualità urbana | ARCA, # 28, June 1989.

F. Camerota and D. Werblud | Trasfigurare il luogo: Una proposta per il centro di Allumiere | Pacini Editori, Pisa, 1988.

HONORS

2015 | The Puffin Foundation | grant.

2009 | The Corporation of Yaddo | Saratoga Springs, NY, USA | artist’s residency.

2006 | The Corporation of Yaddo | Saratoga Springs, NY, USA | artist’s residency.

2004 | The Corporation of Yaddo | Saratoga Springs, NY, USA | artist’s residency.

2003 | The Print Center | Annual International Competition | Philadelphia, USA | first prize.

2002 | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts | New York, NY, USA.

CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS | selected

American Express | New York, NY, USA

Bank of America | New York, NY, USA

Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena | Venice, Italy

Cleve Carney Collection | Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jumeirah Essex House | New York, NY, USA

Museo Ebraico di Venezia | Venice, Italy

Museum of Arts and Design, MAD | New York, NY, USA

Port of Seattle | Seattle, WA, USA

Yale University, Art and Architecture Library | New Haven, CT, USA