Rita DiLorenzo is an artist and designer. She studied fashion and pattern design at Apparel Arts in San Francisco, graduating 2000, then received her BA in painting and drawing from San Francisco State University, 2005. Exhibitions of her artwork include The Lab, Build, the SF Main Library, Space 868 in Bolinas, and the Oakland Art Gallery. Costume design projects include the Foundry's "Fleshing Memory" performed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and "Second Memory" at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is currently in the process of launching a line of concept clothing, titled "black label", mixing art and fashion through reworked, recycled, one-of-a-kind designs.
Rita DiLorenzo
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Banning, California 1976
Lives in San Francisco
EDUCATION
The Independent School of Art, Founded by Bob Linder and Jon Rubin, SF, CA, 2005
San Francisco State University, Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Drawing. 1994-96, 2003-05
Apparel Arts, San Francisco, CA, 1997-2000
UPCOMING PROJECTS
black label, blacklabelsf.com, Fashion and art, ongoing
Robert Moses: Kin, The Marking of Apology, Costume Design with Alex Ketley, 2006
TBD, The Rapture, Co-curator with Randy Colosky, participating artist, 2006
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005
The Independent School of Art, Black Market Auction, San Francisco, CA. September 2005
Low Gallery, Lost Civilization, The Excavation Project, Collective Collaboration, September 2005
Hubbard Street Project, Second Memory, Costume Design with The Foundry, Chicago, IL, 2005
Pigman Gallery, Paper! Awsome! San Francisco, CA. Curated by Brion Nuda Rosch.
Space 868, When Love is not enough, Bolinas, CA
1st Annual Gold-digger's Excavation Art Auction & Throw-down!, Hosted by the Excavation Project: Randy Colosky, Rita DiLorenzo, Tara Foley, Jeff Ray, and Oliver Halsman-Rosenberg
Oakland Art Gallery, Limited Edition Prints with Trillium Press, San Francisco, CA
2004
Oakland Art Gallery, Bay Area Currents, Oakland, CA. Curator Berin Golonu
Mimi Barr, Paper! Awsome! San Francisco, CA. Curator Brion Nuda Rosch
San Francisco Main Library, Display Case
Southern Exposure, Monster Drawing Rally, San Francisco, CA
Atlas Caf?, Two Person Show with Randy Colosky, San Francisco, CA
New Langton Arts, Creature Comforts, Annual Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
2003
The Lab, What We Saw When We Got There, SF, CA. Curators Michael Damm and Kyle Knobel
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Fleshing Memory, SF, CA. Costume Design with the Foundry
Build, Condensation & Displacement, SF, CA. (solo)
Adobe Books & Back Room Gallery, Peace, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Eleanor Hardwood
Build, Flat Constellations, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Elliot Lessing
2002
The Lab, 4 in 1 project- Legs, Feet, Rocks, SF, CA. Curators Michael Damm and Kyle Knobel
San Francisco Main Library, Display Case
AWARDS & HONORS
Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Educational Fund Scholarship, 2004, 2005
San Francisco State University, Academic Scholarship, 2004
Drawing Center Viewing Program Participant, 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Helene Poulshock, Cover Art, Watchword Press, May 2004
David Buuck: What We Saw When We Got There at The Lab, Artweek, March 2003
ARTIST'S TALK
Oakland Art Gallery, Artists & Curator Talk, 2004
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Panel Discussion with the Foundry, 2003
RELATED EXPERIENCE
New Langton Arts, Auction Assistant, 2003-04
San Francisco Main Library, Art & Music Department, Library Page, 2001-04
CONTACT
1148 A South Van Ness, SF, CA 94110
Rita_dilorenzo@yahoo.com
c. 415 860 3919
http://www.blacklabelsf.com
http://www.dickeyphoto.com
http://3am.net/photo/index.html
