Profile: Jay Giroux

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Born 1979, Burlington, VT
Lives and works in Houston, TX

EDUCATION

University of South Florida, BA in Studio Art (Cum Distinction)
Assistant New Media Curator, USF Contemporary Art Museum
Middlesex University, London, England

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2006 Individual Artist Grant, Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
2002 Talent Grant – USF Art Department (spring – fall)
2001 Talent Grant – USF Contemporary Art Museum (spring)
2000 Study Abroad Scholarship (fall)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
New Works w/ Theo Wujcik, Nova535, St.Petersburg, FL (May)

2005
You Should Get Out More Often w/Daryll Peirce, Miami Art Lab, Miami, FL (June)

2004
Once Bitten Twice Shy, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL (November)
Sweat, Transitions Art Gallery, Tampa, FL (January)

2002
Cognitive Distortion, FAS Projects Gallery, Tampa, FL (November)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Painting America Blue: Tampa Democratic Fundraiser, Tampa, FL (June)
RetroPerspectives, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (January)

2007
Small Talk, Beta Shoe Boutique and Art Gallery, Orlando, FL (October)
Storefront Installation w/Anthony Zollo, Urban Outfitters, Ybor City, FL (August)
40’s and Fried Chicken, Maven, Burlington, VT (March)

2006
Street Camp, L’Autre Galerie, Montreal, QC (June)
Booty, The American Institute of Architecture, Tampa, FL (March)

2005
Urethane Stains, Transitions Art Gallery, Tampa, FL (November)
Homegrowns, Miami Art Lab, Tampa, FL (August)
Bamboozle Music Festival, Vapors Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ (April)
The Reconstruction, Vitale Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL (March)
Convergence, Project Creo, St. Petersburg, FL (March)
Bollocks, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C. (February)
Waiting For Relieve: Tsunami Benefit Show, Tampa, FL (January)

2004
Carry -On, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL (December)
Parallel Universe, SRX Studio, Miami, FL (December)
The Mega Zine Show, Sanctuary Artsite, Burlington, VT (October)
Public Notice, Objex Artspace, Miami, FL (August)
Overworked and Underpaid, Objex Artspace, Miami, FL (June)

2003
Milagro, Gala Corina, Ybor City, FL (November)
Faking it Through the Day, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH (October)
Concerns of the Day, Studio 1935, St.Petersburg, FL (May)
Dome Piece, Objex Artspace, Miami, FL (May)
Roving Fridays, Terminal Lofts Building, Miami, FL (May)
Inaudible Loud, Objex Artspace, Miami, FL (February)

2002
Urban Swank, The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL (October)
19th Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA (August)
Visions International, Art Center Waco, Waco, TX (August)
26th Annual Juried Show, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (April)
Detour, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL (March)

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

2007
Souls of Mischeif, Orpheum, Ybor City, FL (May)
The Heart Show, Czar Vodka Bar, Ybor City, FL (February)

2006
MSTRKRFT, Club Firestone, Orlando, FL (October)
Service Industry Night, Czar Vodka Bar, Tampa, FL (February)
Impulse Tour, The Ampitheatre, Tampa, FL (February)

2005
Mixed Up Moods, New World Brewery, Tampa, FL (December)
Art After Dark, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (September)
Sage Francis: A Healthy Distrust Tour, Masquerade, Tampa, FL (March)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2007
Sensory Overload (Creative Loafing), The Cuban Club, Ybor City, FL (March)
Booty Contemporary Art Fair, Tampa, FL (March)

2006
Dirty But Sophisticated, Czar Vodka Bar, Ybor City, FL (October)

2004
Transformed, Transitions Art Gallery, Tampa, FL (March)

2003
Dome Piece, Objex Artspace, Miami, FL (May)

2002
Detour, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL (March)

LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLICATIONS

2007
So Street it's Chic, TBT, Thursday, September 13
Lecture and workshop - Club Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, September
15 Minutes with Jay Giroux, The Tampa Tribune, Friday, August 3, p. 17
Wearable Art, Tampa Bays News 10, April
How We Roll: "Booty on Wheels? Art Expo, Tampa Bays News 10, March
Pirate Booty on Wheels , Fox News, March

2006
Gwan Massive, Reax Music Magazine, Issue 2 Volume 1, July
The Writings on the Wall, The Tampa Tribune, Sunday, February 6th

2005
For Sale, Complex Magazine, June/July, p. 32
Skull and Crossbones Issue, Delve Magazine, May

2004
Lecture and workshop - Blake High School, Tampa, FL (Nov-Dec)

2003
Artist Profile, Maxx Style (Premiere Issue), October, pp 44-45

2002
Detour Ahead, The Tampa Tribune, Bay Life, Sunday, March 14, p. 10
Moving Inspiration, The St. Petersburg Times, Thursday, March 14, pp. 30-31

2001
A Skater's Story, The St. Petersburg Times, Time Out, Friday, January 14, pp.
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