Parker Ito
Parker@ParkerIto.com
b. 1986
Internet based since 2008
Education
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2010
Solo and two person exhibitions
2012
Anime Betty Page Fucked by Steampunk Horse Warrior, Headquarters, Zurich, CH ( w/ Body by Body)
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Bubblebyte.org, online
2011
Opening Ceremony, People’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA (as Olivia Calix)
Parker Ito Does Parker Ito, Pyramidd.biz, online
Creative Suite, Antena Pilsen, Chicago, IL (w/ Paint FX)
2010
RGB Forever, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
About: Blank, Paradise Hills Gallery, Sydney, AU
Parker Ito Presents: Impressions Of Parker Ito By Brad Troemel, Firefox Add-Art, Add-Art.org, online
New Age Default, New Gallery, London, UK (w/ Paint FX)
Paint FX Live, The Future Gallery, Berlin, DE (w/ Paint FX)
Paint FX, Firefox Add-Art, add-art.org, online (w/ Paint FX)
Selected Group Exhibtions
2012
[Internet Art Future] – Reality of Post Internet Era, NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, JP
Astral Projection Abduction Fantasy, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin, IE
2011
*new jpegs*, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmo, SE
Random Rotations, The Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (as Olivia Calix)
Rat Piss Virus Give It To Me, Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City, MX
Shine A Light, South Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Black Hoes Black Holes, Encuentro Internacional de Medellin, Mexico City, MX (as Olivia Calix)
Read / Write, 319 Scholes, New York, NY
Il Labirinto di Cristallo, Bubblebyte.org, online
BYOB Tokyo, Daikanyama M, Tokyo, JP
Offline, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, IE
The Invisible Pavilion @ the 54th Venice Biennale, TheInvisiblePavilion.com, online
BYOB Venezia, Accademia Di Belle Arti Di Venezia, Venice, IT
Face Time Continuum, The Future Gallery, Berlin, DE
Hang In There, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL (w/ Paint FX)
An Important Project, Important Projects, Oakland, CA
2010
BYOB LA, USC Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Perfect Vacuum, Galleri Pictura, Lund, SE
Something Is Coming, Something Is Coming, Richmond, VA
Tokyo Internet Club, Soft, Tokyo, JP
Private Investigation, Pacific Design Center, Mastadon Mesa, Los Angeles, CA
Speed Show: Traces, Extremis Internet Café, Bucharest, RO
We Are World, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
An Immaterial Survey of Our Peers, SAIC Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Multi Occulti, 4707 Telegraph, Oakland, CA
Bad Boys CCA, Bruce Galleries, San Francisco, CA
The Dawn Fisher Collection, FishSpace Gallery, San Francsico, CA
Cartune Xprez: 2010 Future Television, LoBot Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009
New Wave, The Internet Pavilion for the 53rd Venice Biennale, Padiglioneinternet.com, online
The Pleasure Is Mine – Cali Style, Spacekraft Pompadour, Lyon, FR
The 10th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, FR
No Promo, Reference Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
Empty Signifiers, Firefox Add-Art, Add-Art.org, online
Free Willy, PlaySpace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Markers: MyMementoVid, ScalaMata Gallery, Venice, It
New Media Meeting 2009, Norrkoping, SE
Selected Mastheads, Art Fag City, ArtFagCity.com, Online
Kala Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Bad Moon Rising Email Exhibition, notalwaysinlocation.blogspot.com, online
2008
Banal Strangeness, 1325 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA
Alternative Requirements, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Dotmov 2008, Shift Online Magazine, selected locations worldwide
Triangulation, City Hall, San Francisco, CA
Everything, Everyone, Everywhere…..Forever, FishSpace Storefront Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Individualized Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
Bathroom Show, Tricycle Gallery, San Francisco, SF
CreativemindsSF Art and Music, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Overtures, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA & Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
Exhibitions Curated
2011
new jpegs, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmo, SE
Read / Write, 319 Scholes, New York, NY
Random Rotations, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
2010
Avatar 4D, Noma and Reference Galleries, San Francisco, CA & Richmond, VA
2009
Serial Chillers in Paradise, JstChillin.org, online
The Pleasure Is Mine – Cali Style, Spacekraft Pompadour, Lyon, France
Awards and Residencies
2011 People’s Gallery summer residency
2010 Levi’s Pop Up Shop 48 Hour residency
2010 Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Award, California College of the Arts
2009 All College Honors, California College of the Arts
2007, 2008, 2009 Jerrold B. Whitney Memorial Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2007. 2008, 2009 Trustees’ Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Bibliography
Kylw Chayka, “Five LA Internet Artists You Need to Know”, LA Weekly, December 8, 2011
Kathleen Flood, “Chillin In Cyberspace: Q&A With Parker Ito”, TheCreatorsProject.com
Kevin Holmes, “Art-Making: Nineties Game Show Inspires Online Exhibition”, TheCreatorsProject.com
Kyle Chayka, “ Forget Chelsea—The Most Cutting-Edge Gallery Spaces Are Opening Online”, ArtInfo.com
Karen Archey, “London Calling”, Rhizome.org
Moa Geistrand, “Natkonst For Hela Natverket”, Sydsvenkan, July 23, 2011
Karen Archey, “The Aestheticized Attention Economy: A Critical Mass of Egos”, Image Conscious
Karen Archey, “Internet Art In the Present Tense”, Map Magazine, Winter, 2010
Gene McHugh, various articles, Post Internet (122909a.com)
Vito Campanelli, “Web Aesthetics, How Digital Media Affect Culture and Society”, NAi Publishers, 2010
Ava Jancar, “Internet Finish Fetish”, Art Slant San Francisco
Patrik Sanberg, “.GIF”, Dazed and Confused, December, 2010
Nicholas O’brien, “Chillin’ 4 Life: Caitlin Denny and Parker Ito of JstChillin”, BadatSports.com
Karen Archey, “Shaping the Future: A Conversation with New Media Gallerist Mike Ruiz”, Image Conscious
Brad Troemel, “From Clubs to Affinity: The Decentralization of Art on the Internet”, FourNinetyOne.com
Robert Ludkins, “Blank, Check”, Inpress Magazine, November, 2010
Jenny Jaskey, “Being There”, CultureHall.com
Artie Vierkant, “Hyperallergic is JstChillin in San Francisco This Weekend”, Hyperallergic.com
Karen Archey, “Best Link Ever”, ArtFagCity.com
Sean Irving, “Surfing With Parker Ito”, Metro Gallery Blog
Yosuke Kurita, “Interview With Parker Ito”, CBC-net.com
Ashiq Khondker, “The Diegetic Desktop in a New Media Film”, Masters of Media
Eugene Kotlyarenko, “Video Killed the Internet Star”, Interview Magazine Blog
Brian Droitcour, “The Chill Zone”, Rhizome.org
Rachel Swan, “The Raw Video”, East Bay Express
Jonathan Kinkley, “We Are the World”, Timeout Chicago
Nate Lee, “We Are the World”, Newcity Art