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Aimee Lusty
482 Willoughby 1FL Brooklyn, NY 11206
aimee.lusty [at] gmail [dot] com
Artist // Curator-in-residence at Booklyn Art Gallery
Education
B.F.A. in Art History; SUNY Purchase College (2003 – 2007)

Group Exhibitions
2013
Island in the Sun Festival – Library of Drawing, Jurmo, Åland Islands
No Moss, Ba’sik, Brooklyn, NY
Ad-Hoc, Mødestedet, Norway
The Way the Lights Went Out, Bluestockings Bookstore, New York, NY

2012
Relief, Trumbull Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Diamond Leaves: Artist Books From Around the World, Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing
Hybridized, Neoteric Fine Art, Amagansett, NY
Rum Riot Press, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Summer Silent Auction, 439 Franklin, Brooklyn, NY
Brainwaves, Recession Art, New York, NY
Awkhold Vol. 2, Booklyn Artist Alliance, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Jason Kachadourian.

2011
Highlights from a Year of Zines, Brainwaves, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Soma, Fatcap Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Brainwaves Print + Zine Collection, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Let Us Make Cake, Nuite Blanche New York, New Museum, NY

2010
Honey the Truth is I’ve Been Here Waiting, Holiday at Primetime Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (two-person exhibition)
Interpretations, Translations, Transactions, The Temporary Space, Houston, TX
Arts in Bushwick Benefit Auction, Lumenhouse, Brooklyn, NY
the Black and White, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
A Sudden Thaw, C.C.C.P. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Paws With Claws III, online exhibition, curated by Panos Papalampros

2009
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Union Gallery, New York, NY
Without Borders VI, University of Maine, ME
Paws With Claws II, Video Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collorgy, Junto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
ReadyMade or Not, Video Gallery (curated and exhibited)
3-Dimensions, SUNY Purchase, NY
Winter Silent Auction , Video Gallery

2008
the Pen15 Club presents:, Video Gallery (curated and exhibited)
Honor Roll to the Chariots of Fire, Day One Art Space, Bridgeport, CT
Friends Like These, Video Gallery
Summer Reading: Zine Show, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, NY
PanCity Art Party and Silent Auction, Brooklyn, NY
Bushwings, Alternative Spaces Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

Curatorial Projects:

Odd Volume, Jan. 26 – March 3, 2013, Booklyn Artist Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
Weird World, Oct. 6 – Nov. 18, 2012, Booklyn
Patterns of Behavior, June 16 – July 16, 2012, Booklyn
USA Today, May 12 – June 11, 2012, Booklyn
Input Output, Jan. 28 – Feb. 26, 2012, Booklyn
Cheap Art America, October 15 – November 13, 2011, Booklyn
Out of Print, September 3 – October 2, 2011, Booklyn
Hunter/Gatherer, July 9 – August 7, 2011, Booklyn
Booklyn Print + Zine Fair, June 18 -19, 2011
Master of Reality, June 3 – July 3, 2011, Booklyn
Space Jam, Nov. 13 – Dec. 12, 2009, Union Gallery, New York, NY
ReadyMade or Not, March 14 – April 10, 2009, Video Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Pen15 Club Presents: 15 Pen and Ink Artists, Nov. 15 – Dec. 20, 2008, Video Gallery

Awards:

2011 Printersting Micro-Grant

Press:

Here’s a Look at Some Emerging Comix, L Magazine, February 2013.
Gettin’ Weird in Greenpoint, VICE, October 2012.
Artists and Their Ephemera, Hyperallergic, February 2012.
Input Output, Juxtapoz, February 2012.
Booklyn: Supporting Artists Worldwide for Twelve Years, Greenpoint Gazzette, November 2011.
Other Investigations: Interview & Studio Visit, Make Space, September 2011.
Beyond the Book or Zine Hunting in Brooklyn, Hyperallergic, August 2011.
Booklyn Arts Supplement, Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts, July 2011.
Indie Art Publishers Rock in North Brooklyn, Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts, May 2011.
Riding the Brainwaves, Greenpoint Gazzette, February 2011.

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