Astria Suparak

Astria Suparak is an American artist and curator from Los Angeles, California. Suparak has curated events and exhibitions for Eyebeam, The Kitchen, PS1, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Museo Tamayo (Mexico City), Anthology Film Archives, Liverpool Biennial and Yale University and a number of alternative venues.^[1]

Suparak was director of the Warehouse Gallery (Syracuse University) from 2006-2007 and the Pratt Film Series (Pratt Institute) from 1998-2000. Suparak was the director of Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University where she curated a number of exhibitions including The Yes Men’s first retrospective exhibition "Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men"^[2] and "Alien She,"^[3] an exhibition on the impact of punk feminist movement Riot Grrrl on contemporary culture.

Projects

• "Alien She": A major exhibition examining the lasting impact of the Riot Grrrl movement on contemporary artists and cultural producers, curated by Suparak and Ceci Moss.
• "Whatever It Takes: Steelers Fan Collections, Rituals, and Obsessions": Suparak and artist Jon Rubin curated the first exhibition that explored sports fan culture, based on the Pittsburgh football team, The Steelers.

• "Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men : This was the first solo exhibition and retrospective of The Yes Men.

• "Some Kind of Loving": This was a curated video compilation produced by Joanie 4 Jackie,^[4] a movie distribution project produced by artist Miranda July, in 2000.

References

1. Cornell, Lauren. "Interview with Astria Suparak". Rhizome. 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
2. Olivas, Yvonne. "Desire in Syracuse: the 'Come On' Controversy". Fanzine 07.11.07. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. Brooks, Katherine (28 September 2013). "First Riot Grrrl Exhibition Explores The Lasting Impact Of The Punk Feminist Movement". Huffington Post 10.09.13. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
4. "Everything About Some Kind of Loving". Joanie4Jackie.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-11.

External links

• Official website: http://www.astriasuparak.com
• "The Miller Gallery's internationally renowned new curator, Astria Suparak, debuts her first Pittsburgh show", By Bill O'Driscoll. Pittsburgh City Paper, 2008.
• "The Politics of Cool: Astria Suparak", By Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby. C MAGAZINE, Issue 96, Winter 2007.
• "Programmed to Stun: Astria Suparak", Profile by Holly Willis. RES magazine, 2003.
• "Astria Suparak: Experimental Media Curator as Rock Star", Feature profile by Matt Wolf. The Independent, April 2003, 15-16.
• "A New Romantic T.V. Sound: Astria Suparak", Profile by Miranda July. The Independent, July 1, 2002.
• "Looking is Better than Feeling You: Interview with Astria Suparak", Feature profile by Jan Nagle. ART VOICE, 2002.