biography

Education

1988 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, M.F.A. in painting

1986 Alfred University, Alfred, New York, B.F.A.

Selected Exhibitions

2010 Spectra, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

2010 Flipping the Bird, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas

2010 Members Exhibition, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, New York

2009 White Elephant print exchange, Chicago, Illinois

2009 Members Exhibition CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

2008 6x6: Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York

2008 Pixels: Artworks Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin

2007 Material Matters: GE world headquarters, Fairfield Connecticut

2007 Insatiable Streams: Beijing Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China

2007 Snap to Grid: Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California

2007 Tadu Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2006 Think Ink: Prints from the Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, New York

2006 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California

2005 Main Redux: Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York 700

2005 Annual Members' Exhibition: CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

2003 Iterations Revisited, Work from the Institute of Electronic Arts, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York

2002 Signals from the Electronic Cloud, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, New York

2001 Open Source: Central Academy of Fine Art Beijing, China

2001 Museum of Art, Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China

2001 New Digital Prints: Millsaps College, Jackson Mississippi

1999 Prints from the Institute for Electronic Arts: the Design Center, Aspen, Colorado

1996 New Visions: Interlochen, Michigan

1993 Identities: Maureen Napi, Tomas J. Gloya /Stork and William Contino; Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York

1991 In Western New York 1991; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1991 Fire and Ice; Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York

1990 Visual Aids; Museum for Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Maryland

1988 Resolutions /Harriet Ross and William Contino; Hudson River Gallery, Ossining, New York

1986 41st Western New York Exhibition; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

One Artist Exhibitions

2008 Twitter: Alfred State College Alfred, New York

2008 Waking Dreams: Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi

2002 Drawings by William Contino: The Arch Gallery, London, England

1992 New Works on Paper; Fanette Goldman, and Carolyn Greenfield Art Gallery at Damen College, Buffalo, New York

1991 Recent Work of William Contino; Villa Maria College Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1991 William Contino: Paintings and Drawings; Ashland Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1990 New Work by William Contino; Ashland Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Awards, Publications and Reviews

2007 Insatiable Streams Beijing Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China

2002 Buffalo News, “Science meets Art” Review by Richard Huntington

2002 Artvoice “Signals From the Electronic Cloud”

2000 Open Source, Institute for Electronic Arts and the Central Academy of Fine Art: New York and Beijing

1996 Print Magazine: Digital Illustration Award, August, 1996

1992 The Roycroft Review, Volume 2

1991 Buffalo News, “No Shaman;” Review by Richard Huntington

1991 Vox Magazine, Featured Artist: Paintings and Drawings by William Contino

Permanant Collections

St. Lawerence University, Canton, Ohio

Burchfield Penny Gallery, Buffalo, New York