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Solo Exhibitions
- 09/24Sitting Room GalleryNYC
- 11/22Ilon GalleryNYC
- 05/21Paul Calendrillo New York GalleryNYC
- 01/20Dixon PlaceNYC
- 09/19“Ramifications,” presented by Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega ProjectNYC
- 05/18Record ShopRed Hook (Brooklyn)
- 05/18Garner Arts CenterGarnerville, NY
- 05/18Howl GalleryNYC
- 07/17Art on A GalleryNYC
- 05/15Elena Ab GalleryNYC
- 11/13La Maison d’ArtNYC
- 09/1273 See GalleryMontclair, NJ
- 08/12Coraggio Home SpaceNYC
- 07/12Albany Alternative AtelierAlbany, NY
- 12/11Coraggio Home SpaceNYC
- 06/11Cliff Mansion SpaceMilton, NY
- 10/09Coraggio Home SpaceNYC
- 03/08Coraggio Home SpaceNYC
- 04/07The Gershwin HotelNYC
- 02/07Michael Steinberg GalleryNYC
- 02/06Coraggio Home SpaceNYC
- 02/04Coraggio Home SpaceNYC
- 10/02Aprilia ShowroomNYC
- 10/01Deepdale GalleryNYC
- 10/00Deepdale GalleryNYC
- 10/00Bruce EstateMiddletown, CT
- 01/00414 West Broadway SpaceNYC
- 12/98414 West Broadway SpaceNYC
- 11/97Landiar GalleryNYC
- 07/96Vanhann GalleriaHelsinki, Finland
- 01/96Paul Stuart StoreChicago, IL
- 09/95Space 2BNYC
- 04/95Liquid Sky StoreNYC
- 07/93Alleycat GalleryNYC
- 09/90Polish American Arts CenterNYC
- 05/90A GalleryNYC
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Grants and Awards
- 2010Burning Man Art Festival, NV, Art Car grant
- 1995Organization of Independent Artists, Warren F. Tanner Sculptor’s Grant
- 1995Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art Center: funded project
- 1992Sapporo Company, Hokkaido, Japan: commission
- 1991Estonia Artists Group, American Center; Finland: travel grant
- 1990Helsinki Peace Conference; Helsinki, Finland: travel grant (with Ken Hiratsuka)
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Work in Collections
- Museum of Modern Art
- Knight Landesman (editor, Art Forum Magazine)
- Jeanne & Bob Geldof
- CoSM (Chapel of Sacred Mirrors)
- Ringo Starr
- Enrico Baj
- Bob Guccione
- The John W. Hechinger Collection (National Museum of Building) Washington, D.C.
- Santa Barbara Museum; Santa Barbara, CA
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Stetson University, FL
- Hankyu-5 Department Stores; Osaka, Japan
- Seibu Department Store; Tokyo, Japan
- Nagoya College of Art, Nagoya, Japan
- University of Helsinki, Finland
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artist Book Collection; NYC
- Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
- Bennington College, Bennington, VT
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Selected Exhibitions
- 2025
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09/25 Kenkeleba Sculpture Garden NYC “Second Annual Multi-Media Art Festival” -
09/25 Ideal Glass Studios NYC Street Art Show curated by Scott Borofsky -
04/25 Cutting Room Club NYC Peter Frampton Myositis Research Fund Benefit Art Guitar Auction -
04/25 Emily Harvey Foundation NYC “ABC No Rio at 45” -
03/25 Ilon Gallery NYC “It’s Rock ‘n‘ Roll” -
02/25 Ideal Glass Studios NYC Valentine Show curated by Anthony Haden-Guest and Bailey Lalonde
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2024
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03/24 Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn, NY “New York Alchemy: 1980s and Now"
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2023
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11/23 Ilon Gallery NYC group show -
10/23 NuBlu Music Nightclub NYC 1st Annual Lower East Side Multi-Media Festival -
08/23 Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Milwaukee, WI Selections from the Moore Collection of ’80s NYC art -
07/23 Gleason’s Boxing Gym Brooklyn, NY “Champions” (curated by Anthony Haden-Guest and Bailey Lalonde—fundraiser for retired professional boxers) -
05/23 Studio Hill Gallery Woodbury, CT 1980s East Village Artists show, curated by Nancy August -
04/23 Villageworks Bookstore NYC 2-person show with Al Diaz -
03/23 Phillips Auction House NYC “Never Above 14th St”
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2022
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07/22 O’Flaherty’s Gallery NYC “The Patriot” -
06/22 Bishop Gallery Brooklyn, NY “Anniversary Show” -
01/22 Phillips Auction House NYC “Graffiti Show Exhibition” with 25 of the top 1970s Graffiti Masters
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2021
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10/21 Ilon Gallery NYC 4-Man show with Al Diaz, Ken Hiratsuka, and Carlos Pinto -
10/21 527 W 27th St. Space NYC 2-Man show with Reid Stowe -
09/21 Spring Break Art Fair NYC “Dark side of the earth” (curated by Anthony Haden Guest) -
09/21 Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project NYC Inaugural group show at the new 250 Bowery space -
07/21 Binder Penthouse NYC “RISE” Multimedia exhibition and silent auction benefit to aid sex trafficking victims -
05/21 Kenkeleba House and The Wilmer Jennings Gallery NYC "Concept Drawings"
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2020
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12/20 NYC Arts Empire NYC Group Show -
12/20 East River Park NYC “Art Attack” Fleeting protest art show of East River Park resiliency -
09/20 Orange Art Projects NYC “What Is Your Reality in the Pandemic Era?” (curated by Anthony Haden-Guest) -
06/20 Cross Contemporary Gallery Saugerties, NY Woodstock Arts Festival -
02/20 Coraggio Home Space NYC 2-Man Salon Show with Anthony Haden-Guest
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- 2019
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2018
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12/18 Orange Art Projects NYC “Our New Real is the Surreal” -
11/18 The Painting Center NYC Symbols, Totems And Ciphers (curated By Scott Borofsky) -
04/18 Van Der Plas Gallery NYC Rivington School Show
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- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
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2014
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07/14 Rivington Music Studios NYC “(S)HE IS STILL HER(E)”
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10/14 SPACEWOMb Gallery NYC “The L.E.S. Scene: Then & Now” -
10/14 Elena Ab Gallery NYC “New York Paris Dream” -
07/14 Elena Ab Gallery NYC “Symbols” Show -
07/14 Buddy Warren, Inc. NYC Furniture and Sculpture Installation -
05/14 ABC No Rio NYC “Vanished Spaces” -
02/14 Elena Ab Gallery NYC “Love” Group Show
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2013
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12/13 Elena Ab Gallery NYC Group Show -
11/13 Scratch DJ Academy NYC “Soul and Vibe” Group Show -
05/13 Z’s Motorcycle Garage Brooklyn, NY Motorcycle Group Show
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2012
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10/12 Flux Art NYC “Moody Hues” (with Al Johnson & Juan Luna) -
10/12 3rd Eye(sol)lation Gallery Brooklyn, NY “Assemblage” Group Show -
08/12 Fort Tryon Park NYC Collaboration with Maja Garcia performance -
08/12 73 See Gallery Montclair, NJ 2-Person Show With Al Johnson -
08/12 Don’s Backyard Gallery Albany, NY Group Show
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2011
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12/11 Pelham Arts Center Pelham, NY “Craftastic” Crafts Show -
05/11 Haverford Public Library Haverford, PA Art of the Garden -
05/11 Ram Studio NYC Group Show -
04/11 Skylight Gallery NYC 2-Person Show With Gary Jacketti
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2010
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12/10 Exit Art NYC “Fracking” Postcard Show -
10/10 Exit Art NYC “Alternative Histories” -
08/10 Burning Man Festival Black Rock, NV Art Car (commission) -
08/10 Out East Gallery Montauk Andy Kessler Memorial Benifit -
07/10 Short Wave Gallery Stone Harbor, NJ Group Show -
05/10 Tribes Gallery NYC Tribes Benifit -
05/10 Lower Broadway NYC 3rd Annual NYC Dance Parade Art Car (commission) -
05/10 M.B. Art Studios Miami, FL Street Art Show -
03/10 Broadway Gallery NYC Relief Show, curated by Laura Zito -
03/10 Coraggio Home Space NYC 2-Person Show with Hubert Kretzschmar -
02/10 Webster Hall NYC Quarterly Art Soiree “Art for Haiti”
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2009
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11/09 Open Space Gallery Frenchtown, NJ Art of the (Motor) Bike -
10/09 26th Street Armory NYC Book Art Fair -
09/09 Governors Island NYC Art Fair -
08/09 Chashama Gallery NYC “Metal, Heavy, Twisted,” (curated) -
04/09 Space 45 NYC New York Street Art: Early Masters of the ’80s
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2008
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10/08 Orensanz Foundation NYC ABC No Rio Benifit -
10/08 Supreme Trading Brooklyn, NY Metropolis, Apocalypse -
09/08 Varga Gallery Woodstock, NY “EV/LES” -
05/08 Bruce Foundation Brooklyn, NY Bruceennial ’08, “Doing It Again”
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2007
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11/07 Islip Art Museum Islip, NY “Wit On Wry” -
10/07 13th Annual NY Harvest Fest Hancock, NY Freedom Fair & Political Rally -
08/07 Gallery OneTwentyEight NYC “Make Art Not Work” -
07/07 West Hampton Airport Wainscott, NY Scope Hamptons -
02/07 Black & White Gallery Brooklyn, NY Furniture Installation with Goodbye Blue Monday Productions
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2006
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11/06 Enderlin Gallery Roxbury, NY Group Show -
11/06 SUNY Purchase Purchase, NY Benefit Art Auction -
11/06 Varga Gallery Woodstock, NY Group Show -
09/06 69th Regiment Armory NYC Art (212) Contemporary Art Fair -
07/06 East Hampton Airport Wainscott, NY Scope Hamptons -
02/06 Art Society of Kingston Kingston, NY “Effigy Show” -
01/06 Orlando Museum of Art Orlando, FL Motorcycle Sculpture Installation—Guggenheim Traveling MC Show
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2005
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12/05 Mosaic Building Miami, FL Miami/BASEL, “Design 05” -
11/05 West Woodstock Exhibition Space Willow, NY Outdoor Sculpture Installation -
10/05 Dietch Projects NYC ABC NO RIO 25th Anniversary Retrospective -
08/05 Dinosaur BBQ Restaurant NYC Motorcycle Sculpture Installation -
07/05 Town of Kismet Fire Island, NY Second Annual Art Show -
04/05 Built, Design & Art Space NYC Group Design & Art Show -
01/05 Theater for the New City NYC “HOWL!” East Village Artist’s Festival
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2004
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09/04 Dollhaus Gallery Brooklyn, NY “Dolls in the Dollhaus” -
05/04 World Financial Center Winter Garden NYC Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Benefit Auction
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2003
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06/03 Town of Andes Andes, NY Outdoor Sculpture Show -
06/03 Copacabana Club NYC Charity AIDS Art Auction -
06/03 Altman Building NYC RUB-U-LAD Art Party -
06/03 Tom Guerra Design Studio South Salem, NY Group Show -
05/03 New York Harley Davidson NYC Motorcycle Sculpture Display -
03/03 Javits Convention Center NYC 2003 Motorcycle Expo
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2002
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11/02 Doghaus Loft Brooklyn, NY “Hyperbole II” -
10/02 Finckel’s Antique Store Bennington, VT Roadside Chair Display -
08/02 New Kingston Fairgrounds New Kingston, NY Outdoor Group Sculpture -
02/02 Allentown Art Center Allentown, PA “9/11 Show”
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2001
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12/01 Kenkeleba House Gallery NYC “Conference” -
06/01 Lower East Side Ecology Ctr. NYC “Artists at the Turn of the Century” -
04/01 Firehouse #5 Gallery NYC “911”
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2000
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12/00 Deepdale Gallery NYC “Dating Game” -
10/00 Anthology Film Archives NYC Documentary film on Space 2B -
09/00 Gallery 113 NYC “Nerve Center” -
05/00 Keil Art Museum Keil, W. Germany “American Street Art” -
01/00 Deepdale Gallery NYC “Portrait Show”
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- 2025
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Selected Publications
- 08/25Metaphysical, The Art Of Ray Kelly—biography of Ray Kelly edited by Monty Cantsin—contributed interview/interrogation and photos
- 04/25Linus Coraggio Wikipedia page by Lee Klein
- 10/24The Mott Haven Herald—review of Wallworks show with photo by Christopher Edwards
- 09/24Neu Breed: The Art of FA-Q—biography of Rivington School artist Kevin Wendal, edited by Monty Cantsin—contributed chapter and photos
- 06/24Catalogue in conjunction with Nassau County Museum of Art exhibition: “Urban Art Evolution”—forward by Carlo McCormick
- 06/24The Villager and AM New York—“Forging the Urban Beat: The sculptural brilliance of Linus Coraggio” by Avalon Ashley Belios
- 10/23The Villager: “‘We’re Still Here’: Three-day East Village festival celebrates neighborhood’s amazing artists and culture,” by Bob Krasner
- 08/23Whitehot Magazine: “American Artist Alfredo Martinez Dead at 56” by Josh Harris
- 05/22Art Worker: 30 Years in the New York Art World, book by Alan W. Moore
- 02/22The 1980s Art Scene in New York, book by Tom Warren
- 02/22Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art (online) “Anthony Haden-Guest on Linus Coraggio”
- 02/22AMM NextGen Magazine (online), “Street Artist: Linus Coraggio,” by Anthony Haden-Guest
- 10/20East Village Sun, photos and interview about “Art Attack” at East River Park
- 09/20Catalog from “What Is Your Reality in the Pandemic Era?” show, forward by Anthony Haden-Guest
- 04/20Hero in Art—The Vanished Traces of Richard Hambleton by Istvan Kantor, contributor
- 09/19East Village Grieve (online news site) “At the opening of Linus Coraggio’s ‘Ramifications’,” by Bob Krasner
- 09/19Club Free Time (online art guide), Howl! Gallery exhibition review
- 05/19Yale University Radio, interview with Brainard Carey
- 04/19Downtown Portraits by Curt Hoppe 2010–2019, Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project exhibition catalog
- 02/19Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art (online), review of the 1980s show at Contra Galleries by Anthony Haden-Guest
- 02/19AMNY/The Villager, “Colors and Chaos at Contra Galleries’ ’80s Show,” by Rose Adams
- 05/18Zeitgeist: The Art Scene of Teenage Basquiat (Howl! Gallery catalogue), published in conjunction with Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat—documentary film by Sara Driver
- 05/18New York Said (online interview blog), “Linus Coraggio Talks Club 57, Adventures in the East Village and his work,” interview with Amon Focus
- 02/18Clayton Patterson radio interview at the Howl! Gallery Toyo Tsuchiya memorial
- 11/17Timeline.com, “These Radical Pictures Show NYC’s Most Dangerous 1980s Art Garden,” by Rian Dundon
- 10/17Club 57: Film, Performance & Art in the East Village, 1978–1983, Museum of Modern Art publication by Ron Magliozzi & Sophie Cavoulacos
- 03/17Mandatory online magazine: “Take a Trip Back to the 80s New York Underground & Visit the ‘Rivington School,’” by Miss Rosen
- 01/17Brooklyn Daily Eagle: photo and mention of sculptural fence in Red Hook, Brooklyn, by Lore Crochan
- 12/16The Guardian, “The Art-Punk Firestorm of the Rivington School—in Pictures”, uncredited
- 12/16Jocks and Nerds online magazine: “The Rivington School Gets a Retrospective at Howl Gallery”, by Andy Thomas
- 10/16Rivington School: 80s New York Underground, edited by Istvan Kantor—Coraggio contributed “self-interview” on The Rivington School
- 09/16East Village Eye magazine (anniversary edition), review of East Village Eye retrospective show at Howl! Gallery, by Leonard Abrams
- 11/15The Gothamist, “Over $125K Worth of Art…” by Emma Whitford
- 06/15Landmark West (arts and architecture blog) “Love your Landmark: Bashed Trumpet Bench,” by Amed Shirazi/100th StreetBlock Association
- 01/15Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York, “2B” by Jeremiah Moss, including photo and video from Stefanie Lindahl
- 06/14The New York Times, photos of five works depicted in article about the new Buddy Warren shop
- 10/12Suburban Essex Magazine, photo for solo exhibition mention
- 10/12Montclair Times, photo for solo exhibition mention
- 11/11Neighborhoodr.com, photos of 240 East 5th St. sculptural fence
- 10/11Contemporary Art Blog by Micci Cohan (miccicohan.net), “The New Museum Bowery Artists Tribute,”
- 04/11SecondHanging.com (art blog), review and photos of Skylight Gallery show
- 01/11Time Out New York Magazine, “A Max Fish Timeline, 1989-2011” by Chris Schoenberger
- 11/10CoSM.com, “New CoSM Art Furniture—Linus Coraggio”
- 09/10Trespass (street art book), Taschen Publishing
- 06/10MiamiArtMagazine.com, M.B. Art Studio street art show review by James Cubby
- 05/10Miami Beach Magazine, M.B. Art Studio street art show mention
- 05/10Miami Times “Digital Addition” M.B. Art Studio street art show review”
- 01/10Martha Stewart Living (magazine), photo of “Tractor” Chair
- 11/09Everybody’s Scene, book about the Anthrax Gallery/Club in CT
- 11/09Artnet.com, “Gossip” by Rosetta Stone
- 02/09Roadfood.com, photo mention of motorcycle sculpture installation in Dinosaur BBQ, NYC
- 01/09Artillery Magazine, “Private Eye” by Robyn Perry
- 11/08Washington Post, “Bushwick Art Scene” by Andrea Sachs
- 10/08Financial Times, Bushwick Studio Mention
- 07/08Art Info Magazine, “Scope Hamptons” by Robert Ayers
- 03/08Askanewyorker.com, review of Gershwin Hotel solo show
- 02/08New York Newsday photo of “Hammer and Sickle” Chair
- 02/08New York Newsday review of Islip Museum Show by Arriella Redick
- 01/08Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program: 40 Years (book)
- 08/07Village Voice, letter to the editor RE: R.C. Baker review
- 08/07Village Voice, “Best In Show”, review by R.C. Baker
- 08/07New York Arts Magazine (online edition), review by Chris Chambers
- 07/06Apartmenttherapy.com, photos of Kuchov Window Gate commission
- 05/06Five Flights Up, by Toni Schlesinger (book), USA
- 02/05Village Voice, “Shelter” column, interview by Toni Schlesinger
- 01/05Captured, a Film and Video History of the Lower East Side, by Clayton Patterson
- 01/02Marc Kostabi and The East Village Scene, 1983-87 by Baird Jones
- 05/01Outlaw Biker (motorcycle magazine), centerfold
- 08/00artnet.com, “The East Village Revisited” by Calvin Reid
- 12/99Street Art (book), Italy
- 03/99Elle Décor, photo essay with “Hammer & Sickle” Chair
- 09/96Time Out NY Magazine, “Meet Your Makers”
- 12/95Time Out NY Magazine, “Top NY Furniture Designers”
- 10/95Time Out NY Magazine, photo essay on Space 2B closing
- 10/95ArtNews, News section, photo essay on Space 2B closing
- 09/95Russian TV, Space 2B closing Interview
- 09/95Fuji TV (Japan), Space 2B closing Interview
- 09/95 The New York Times, City section, Space 2B closing by Monte Williams
- 12/94New York Newsday, article on recycling
- 07/94The New York Times, photo mention, Fashion section
- 06/94Villager, Volume 64, #7, “Mountain of Metal”
- 06/93Magazine of the Lower East Side, “Garden of Junk,” essay on 2B Studio
- 06/93Meets (Japanese magazine) Regional Issue #4
- 05/93Streets (magazine), photo essay on 2B Studio
- 05/93Wood Possibility (Japanese magazine), Issue #6, “Active Gallery”
- 09/92NY Press, “Best Sculpture Garden”
- 05/92American Photo (magazine), “Top 10 Best Photo Locations”
- 04/92Italian MTV, studio interview by Claire Van Matz
- 10/91Japanese News TV, (Spain), studio interview
- 07/91Channel 2, interview on NYC recycling
- 05/91Art News, PS 1 installation review
- 05/91Hype Magazine, Issue #5, Linus Coraggio by Linus Coraggio, photo essay and text
- 03/91Depeche Mode, French fashion magazine, sculpture with fashion models
- 11/90MTV, Information Society video, robot car design
- 11/90The New York Times, Metropolitan section, photo mention of Space 2B fence
- 10/90Max Magazine, Italian edition, photo essay on 2B Studio
- 07/90Helsinki Sanomat, Culture page, interview
- 06/9022 New York City Artists Interviews (Japanese art book) by Hiroko Tanaka
- 03/90Self Magazine, Choice Seats Buying Guide by Elaine Louie
- 02/90New York Newsday, Design section, “New York for the ’90s”
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Lectures/Panel Discussions
- 08/13New Museum’s XFR STN Education Series, NYC, lecture and video screening presentation on “Rivington School”
- 03/09Wilmer Jennings Gallery, NYC, “Reconvening the Downtown Scene,” panel discussion
- 07/04The New School, NYC, slide presentation for summer orientation program for international students
- 10/98School of Visual Arts, NYC, undergrad design class, studio visit
- 08/94School of Visual Arts, NYC, panel presentation on “Recycling and Safety in the Arts”, undergrad program
- 02/94School of Visual Arts, NYC, Japanese design class visits 2B Studio
- 06/93NYU Graduate School, Visual Art Department
- 04/93Parsons School of Design, sophomore class visits
- 04/91School of Visual Arts, NYC
- 02/91Parsons School of Design, NYC
- 03/90University of Massachusetts, Amherst