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ABOUT
Christo Allegra creates art that engages visualization, dynamic media, and narrative spaces. He reconsiders the context of information in order to examine the politics of representation and the interface between form and content.
Christo’s art explores the relationship between the utility of understanding and the futility of the sublime. Most recently, his practice has focused on programmatic painting approaches.
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CONTACT
Christo Allegra / PO Box 521 Brattleboro, VT 05302 / christoallegra at gmail.com
Education
2008-2010 UCLA / Design Media | Arts, MFA, Los Angeles, CA
1991-1996 Johns Hopkins University / Writing Seminars (Media Studies) BFA, Baltimore, MD
Exhibitions
2024 Club Kids / Nails Salon Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
2024 We Stand with Ukraine / Soho Project Space / New York, NY
2023 The Painting School / Group Show / Brooklyn, NY
2023 SFPC Artists Fair / SFPC #S4AD@PioneerWorks / Brooklyn, NY
2021 Raw Anatomy / Tom of Finland Foundation / Los Angeles, CA
2020 MARCO Performance / Westbeth Gallery / New York, NY
2020 Poetic Computation / Westbeth Gallery / New York, NY
2019 We're Fucked / Con Artist Collective / New York, NY
2018 Neurons Like Ghosts / Center for Arts & Media, SLCC / Salt Lake City, UT
2017 We Regret to Inform You / Con Artist Collective / New York, NY
2017 Swen of the Wirble / Fringe Gallery / Salt Lake City, Utah Review: Slug Magazine
2014 SFPC Showcase / School for Poetic Computation / New York, NY
2011 Attaboy / Wild Project & HERE Art Center / New York, NY
2010 Hello World / New Wight Gallery, UCLA / Los Angeles, CA
2009 Digital to Physical / Patton-Malott & Gideon Gartner Gallery, Anderson Ranch / Aspen, CO
2009 AFK [Away From Keyboard] / New Wight Gallery, UCLA / Los Angeles, CA
2008 Morphogenesis / Bermant Gallery, UCLA / Los Angeles, CA
2007 Elegy for a Midshipman / Dairy Center for the Arts / Boulder, CO
2006 Survivor Status / Anderson Ranch / Aspen, CO
Residencies
2024 Work Around / DesignInquiry / Vinalhaven, ME
2023 Around Work / DesignInquiry / Vinalhaven, ME
additional Education
2015 Making Art with Sound, Joshua Davis, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2014 School for Poetic Computation, Experimental Visualization, New York, NY
2007 Introduction to Processing, Ben Fry, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
2006 Designing Interactive Installations, Nikolai Cornell, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
2004 Web Animation for Artists, Joshua Davis & Mark Tribe, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO