SYDNEY CROSKERY
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BORN
Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION
MFA 1999 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA 1995 San Francisco Art Institute

EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Egg at the Outpost Cup, 2010, Futbol Competition and Art sponsored by Oupost for Contemporary Art, June 6, 2010. [press] [photo] [photo]

2009
Wiener Girls Present I'm SOOO Over Zombies: Wiener Girl Video and ALIVE Performance with the UNDEAD in Zombies: A Mindless Affair at antena, Chicago, 2009
I AM SIMON video at Favorite This! at Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, July 10, 2009
The WIENER WORKOUT TM video at Favorite This! at Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, July 10, 2009

2008
LA Landscape Paintings at Aqua Miami with Sabina Lee Gallery
Wiener Girls at artXposium, West Chicago, IL
Wiener Girls at the 4th Annual Deitch Art Parade, New York
LAAGAFBLA08, LA Art Girls Art Fair Bienniele LA 2008 at Phantom Galleries LA, [link]
On Procession , Parades and Street Pageantry, The Egg - Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 2008 [link] [press release] [photo] [photo] [photo] [photo]
Overflow, A reinvention of Alan Kaprow's Fluids by The LA Art Girls - Getty Museum, [link to Getty] [link to LAAG]

2007
Big Bang, and Other Origins - David Salow Gallery, Los Angeles [photo 1] [photo 2] [photo 3] [photo 4] [photo 5] [photo 6] [photo 7] [press release] [review]
Wiener Girls at the 3rd Annual Deitch Art Parade - Deitch Projects[photo 1] [photo 2] [photo 3] [photo 4] [photo 5]
The Egg at the 3rd Annual Deitch Art Parade - Deitch Projects, New York [photo 1] [photo 2]
Boys 4 Girls, LA Art Girls Performance at OutFest Auction 2007, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles [statement] [photo 1] [photo 2]

2006
Hysteria Dexuxe - Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA [photo 1] [photo 2] [photo 3] [photo 4]
Painting's Edge - Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
Deitch Art Parade - Deitch Projects, New York [photo 1]
Artists Who Teach - Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
Painting's Edge - Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Fluxwear Event, LA Art Girls - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitons, Hollywood, CA [photo 1] [photo 2] [photo 3]
Total Art Performance Event, LA Art Girls - The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA [photo 1] [photo 2] [photo 3] [photo 4]

2004
LA Art Show - Raid Projects, Santa Monica Civic Center [photo 1]
Hot For Teacher - Camp Fig Gallery, Austin, TX [photo 1]

2003
Conversations - Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroads School, Santa Monica

2002
Rapid Response - 18th Street Gallery, Santa Monica [photo 1]

1999
SmartLiving - 1927 W. Shiller, Chicago
Graduate Show - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Performance Week - Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
A Taste Sensation 2- the same Well Hung, only better - American Pop Culture Gallery, Nashville, TN

1998
A Taste Sensation- 12 Well Hung Photos by the Wiener Girls - The Wiener Circle Hot Dog Stand, Chicago
Textuality - G2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1997
The Body Show - Purple Gallery, Los Angeles
The Newer Language - Purple Gallery, Los Angeles
Psychic, Physical & Emotional Baggage - The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco

1996
Sweet Like Sugar, Sticky Like Bubble Gum - The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco
Snacks - ACME Gallery, San Francisco

1995
Karaoke Paintings - Diego Rivera Gallery, Art Institute of San Francisco
Title/Theme - Choice Gallery, San Francisco

PANELS/LECTURES
Work in Progress Lecture Series: LA Art Girls - Getty Museum, Los Angeles, December 2006
On Feminism, Talking with the LA Art Girls - Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, July 2006

CATALOGUES
On Procession - The Egg at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

REVIEWS AND PRESS
Artforum - "Previews: On Proession" by Phillip Auslander, May 2008
Time Out New York - "Marching Madness," by Howard Halle, 2008
The Indianapolis Star - April 27, 2008
LA WEEKLY - "Chaos Theorizing " by Peter Frank, LA Weekly, January 2008
Bikini Magazine - "Oscar (Meyer)- Worthy Performance" by Scott Sterling, February 1999
Projector Magazine - Reviewed by Grant Samuelson, October 1998
Juxtapoz Magazine - the Beatdown, December 1998
D'Art International - Interviewed by Steve Rockwell, December 1998

RESIDENCIES, AWARDS
Painting's Edge - Idyllwild, CA 2006
Honor Studio - San Francisco Art Institute 1994-5

AFFILIATIONS
LA ART GIRL - Member since 2006
WIENER GIRL - Member since 1997

ART RELATED TEACHING POSITIONS
Santa Monica Museum - Workshop, 2007
Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences - 2002-2006
The RAP Afterschool Program - 2001