EAF05: 2005 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


David Shapiro


Left for Dead, 2005
Abandoned bicycles, steel posts, aluminum signs, vinyl letters
Overall dimensions variable
Special thanks: Scott Farrington, Kim Wickers, David Leschke, NYC Department of Transportation, Recycle-A-Bicycle, Andy Scheman, the Socrates Crew

 
Locks and chains, 2005
Steel post, cut locks, broken chains
11’x 1’x 1’

Left for Dead is an installation of over 80 salvaged abandoned bicycle carcasses discovered on the streets of New York. They have been stationed throughout the Park in a configuration that references their original location and tagged to identify who found them, where and when.

Born 1963, New York, NY
Lives & works in Long Island City, NY

Education
1991 M.F.A., Hunter College, New York, NY
1985 B.A., State University of New York, Albany

Solo Exhibitions include:
Nickel Bags, PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City , NY (2004)
Consumed, Eyewash at Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY (2003)
Nickel Bags, University at Albany, NY (2003)
100,000 Holes, LiebmanMagnan, New York, NY (2002)
Nickel Bags, Lavanderia Fundacio, Barcelona, Spain (2000)
Repetitons, Test Site, Brooklyn, NY (1999).

Group Exhibitions include:
Sellout, Voorkammer Gallery, Lier, Belgium (2004)
Crits Pix, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2004)
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (2004)
The Nada Art Fair, Schroeder-Romero, Miami Beach, FL (2003)
Summer Reading, Eyewash at Schroeder-Romero, Brooklyn, NY (2003)
New Documentaries, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2002)
The Armory Show 2001,Pier 90, LiebmanMagnan, New York, NY (2001)
Critic as Grist, White Box, New York, NY (2000)
Selections, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY (2000)
Gallery Artists / Group Show, LiebmanMagnan, New York, NY (1999)
Body Snatchers, LiebmanMgnan, New York, NY (1998)
Wild/Hybro-Video, Exit Art, New York, NY (1998)
Your Utopia, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY (1998)

Awards include:
Independent Spirit Award (2001)
IFC Truer Than Fiction Award, Best New Director (2001)
Jury Award, Best Documentary, Los Angeles Film Festival (2000)
Special Jury Award, International Documentary Festival, Amsterdam (2000)
Best Documentary, Hamptons Film Festival (2000)
Best Documentary, Newport Film Festival (2000).