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b. 1970 in New York City
Lives and works in Western Massachusetts, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Mark Guglielmo: Spirits in the Land, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2019
Cuba in Transition, von Auersperg Gallery, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
2018
Cuba in Transition: The Photomosaics of Mark Guglielmo, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO
Cuba in Transition, Grubbs Gallery, The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
2017
Cubaneo, curated by David Guerra, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Cuba in Transition: Narrative and Perspective, curated by Waleska Santiago-Centeno, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2013
Shards of Illusion, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Roots and Vessels: An Exploration of Ancestry, Lineage, and the Embodied Family Portrait, curated by Priya N. Green, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Microworks 23, curated by Kathy Couch, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2016
Connections, Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2015
Microworks, curated by Kathy Couch, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2013
Be Here Now: A Juried Exhibition, curated by Mara Williams and Gordon Thorne, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA
1988
Statewide High School Student Art Juried Exhibition, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
AWARDS & HONORS
2023
Project Evolution Grant, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts/MASS MoCA Assets for Artists Program, Springfield, MA
Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (Awarded)
2022
Project Evolution Grant, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts/MASS MoCA Assets for Artists Program, Springfield, MA
2021
Working Capital Grant, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts/MASS MoCA Assets for Artists Program, Springfield, MA
Visiting Artist, St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
Fellowship, Mural Apprentice Program, Fresh Paint Springfield, MA
2020
Project Grant, Northampton Arts Council, Northampton, MA (2020, 2016, 2014, 2012)
2019
Visiting Artist, Young@Heart Prison Vision Program, Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center, Chicopee, MA (2014-2019)
Visiting Artist, Young@Heart Prison Vision Program, Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction, Northampton, MA (2014-2019)
2018
Artist-in-Residence, The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
Visiting Artist, Easthampton High School, Easthampton, MA (2018, 2016)
2008
Artist-in-Residence, Isle au Haut School, Isle au Haut, ME
2006
IPA Beat Battle Champion, Nuyorican Poets Café, New York NY
1998
#9 Song on U.S. Rap Radio Charts, “Green and Gold,” The Anonymous feat. Eminem, Vesuveo, Able, Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Composer, Co-writer, Recording & Mix Engineer)
#1 Song on U.S. Underground Rap Charts, “Dr. EZ’s Cool Fantastic Part I and II,” The Anonymous feat. DJ Drez, Rakaa, Vesuveo, Able, Tony da Skitzo, Divine Styler, Neb Luv, Living Legends, Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Composer, Producer, Co-writer, Recording & Mix Engineer)
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
2023
Interview, “From Hip Hop to Collage - A Conversation with Mark Guglielmo,” Artist & Place Podcast
2022
Feature, “Mark Guglielmo Large-Scale Collages Explore Themes of Identity,” Connecting Point TV, New England Public Media
Feature, “Mark Guglielmo’s First Career as a Rapper,” Connecting Point TV, New England Public Media
Lecture, Spirits in the Land: 40 Years of Image-making, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2019
TEDx Talk, Mark Guglielmo and Dr. Wilson Valentín-Escobar in Conversation TEDxDeerfield, von Auersperg Gallery, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
Interview, Mark Guglielmo on ArtBeat Report with Donnabelle Cassis, The Bill Newman Show, WHMP Radio
2018
Artist Talk, Cuba in Transition Grubbs Gallery, The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
Artist Talk, Cuba in Transition: The Photomosaics of Mark Guglielmo Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO
2017
Interview, “Brainard Carey with Artist Mark Guglielmo,” WYBC Yale Radio
Commencement Speaker, Gateway to College, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
Feature, “‘Cuba in Transition: Narrative & Perspective’, an art show,” Mass Appeal, WWLP TV
Interview, “Mark Guglielmo with Raquel Obregon,” Tertulia Radio, New England Public Media
Interview, “Mark Guglielmo and Waleska Santiago-Centeno with Natalia Munoz,” Vaya con Muñoz, WHMP Radio
Interview, “Mark Guglielmo with Betsy Stone,” The Bill Newman Show, WHMP Radio
Feature, “Mark Guglielmo with Chris Pisano and Brittany Murphy,” Western Mass News, ABC40/Fox6
Artist Talk, Mark Guglielmo and David Guerra in Conversation Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Artist Talk, Mark Guglielmo and Dr. Waleska Santiago-Centeno in Conversation, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2013
Feature, “Mark Guglielmo Exhibits ‘Shards of Illusion’ at A.P.E.,” Paradise City Press TV, Northampton Open Media
Interview, “Mark Guglielmo with Carlos ‘REC’ McBride,” TRGGR Radio, WMUA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
”Meet Mark Guglielmo,” Bold Journey Magazine
2022
Pereira, Rebeca, “An artistic evolution: Valley artists land grants,” Daily Hampshire Gazette
Spring, Elin, “Best Photo Picks May 2022,” What Will You Remember?
Heropoulus, Staasi, “Photographer sees ghosts, spirits in his work,” The Reminder
2021
Guglielmo, Jennifer, “Liberating the Next Generation,” A History of Domestic Work and Worker Organizing, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Dellolio, Isabella, ”Valley Artist Expo,” Common Wealth Murals
2019
Poli, Domenic, “New exhibit pays homage to Cuba,” Greenfield Recorder
2018
Albani-Burgio, Paul, “Loveland Museum hosts vibrant photomosaics,” Reporter-Herald
2017
Wolfe, Jeremy, Sensation & Perception, Fifth Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press (cover art)
Pfarrer, Steve, “Art Maker: Mark Guglielmo,” Daily Hampshire Gazette
Pérez, Damaris, “Exposición de arte ‘Cubaneo’ por el artista Guglielmo,” El Pueblo Latino
Colby, Celina, “Collage Artist Shows Cuba Through the Lens of Reality,” Bay State Banner
Kiers, Olivia, “Cuban Complexity: Mark Guglielmo’s Cubaneo,” Big Red & Shiny
Pérez, Damaris, “Exposición de arte 'Cuba in Transition,” El Pueblo Latino
Kiers, Olivia, “Mark Guglielmo’s Portrait of Contemporary Cuba,” Art New England
Crapo, Trish, “ArtBeat: Transported to Cuba through ‘Photo-Mosaics’,” Greenfield Recorder
Dondoros, Chris, “Cuba Exhibit Turns Everyday People Into Visual Art,” The Republican
Palpini, Kristin, “Memory & Reality Converge in Guglielmo’s Detailed Collages,” Valley Advocate
Harrison, Alexa, “Guglielmo in Transition,” Take Magazine
2015
Spanier, Ian, “Right Next Door: Mark Guglielmo, Rapper, Artist,” The Huffington Post
2014
Frasca, Simona, Italian Birds of Passage: The Diaspora of Neapolitan Musicians in New York, New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press
2013
Sturm, Tom, “Critics Pick,” Summer Arts Preview, Valley Advocate
Frasca, Simona, “Ritmi: Vesuveo, l’hip hop bollente del Bronx,” Il Manifesto
Perkins, Matt, “Interview with Artist Mark Guglielmo,” Gesture Magazine
2010
“Your Art Here,” Preview Massachusetts, March
2009
Tennant-Moore, Hannah, “By Song, Not Album,” The Sun Magazine, August
BIBLIOGRAPHY AS AUTHOR
2006
Manifest, “In Prima Linea: L'Hip-Hop, La Vita e La Morte del Razzismo.” Gli Italiani Sono Bianchi? Come l'America ha construito la razza. Eds. Jennifer Guglielmo and Salvatore Salerno. Milan: Il Saggiatore Press (Reprinted in Italian)
2003
Manifest, “The Front Lines: Hip-Hop, Life, and the Death of Racism.” Are Italians White? How Race Is Made In America. Eds. Jennifer Guglielmo and Salvatore Salerno. New York: Routledge
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
2012
Young@Heart Chorus, Now (Executive Producer)
2011
Vesuveo, Shine, Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer)
2006
Vesuveo, Survivor Soul Instrumentals Vol 1 & 2, Survivor Soul Music (Producer, Composer, Mixer)
2004
Northern State, “Ignite” and “Nice With It,” All City, Columbia Records/Sony Music (Producer, Composer)
2002
Esa featuring Manifest, “Caliente,” Tutti Gli Uomini d’el Presidente, Vibra Records (Rapper, Writer, Producer)
2001
Mystic, “Forever and a Day,” Cuts for Luck & Scars for Freedom, Interscope Records (Producer, Composer)
Turi featuring Manifest, “S.O.S.,” Salviamo il Salvabile, Antibe Music (Rapper, Writer)
Zaire Black & June22 featuring Able and Vesuveo, “Initiation,” Experiments with Truth, Emmoworks (Rapper, Writer)
1999
The Anonymous, Dedicated, Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer, Mixer)
1998
The Anonymous, Green and Gold LP, Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer, Mixer)
The Anonymous featuring Eminem, “Green and Gold,” Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer, Mixer)
The Anonymous featuring Divine Styler, Medusa, Rakaa, Mystik Journeymen, The Grouch, “Dr. EZ’s Cool Fantastic Parts I & 2,” Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer, Mixer)
1996
The Anonymous, Weep No More, Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer, Mixer)
The Anonymous, “Origin of Species” b/w “Duck Season,” Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer)
The Anonymous featuring Cut Chemist, “The Sad Sombrero Song” b/w “Backstreet Gods,” Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer, Mixer)
1995
The Anonymous, Swells of Abstract, Survivor Soul Music (Rapper, Writer, Producer, Mixer)
TELEVISION SCORING
2014
Entertainment Tonight (E!); Countdown Academy Awards (E!); Design Star (HGTV)
2013
Curb Appeal (HGTV); Punk’d (MTV); Rookies (A&E); Harlem Heights (BET)
2012
The Real World (MTV); Jersey Shore (MTV); Best Week Ever (VH1); Clean House (Style)
2011
True Hollywood Story (E!); Basketball Wives (VH1); Iron Ring (BET); Cribs (MTV); Wreck Chasers (Discovery); How Do They Do It? (Discovery); My Super Sweet 16 (MTV)
2010
Bad Girls Club (Oxygen); Real Life Divas (BET); Love & Hip Hop (VH1); Mob Wives (VH1)
2009
America’s Next Top Model (UPN); Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo); Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style (Bravo); 20/20 (We); Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo)
2008
Kimora: Life in The Fab Lane (E!); E News Daily (E!); Making the Band (MTV); Teen Mom (MTV); True Life (MTV); Hogan Knows Best (VH1); Single Ladies (VH1)
2007
US Open (ESPN/NBC); ING NYC Marathon (ESPN); Wimbledon Preview Show (NBC)
2006
Summer Olympics (NBC); Yo! MTV Raps 20th Anniversary (MTV)
2005
Pimp My Ride (MTV); Halloween on Ice (MTV); Stars on Ice (MTV); In the Mix (PBS)
FILM SCORING
2003
5 Sides of a Coin, Canadian Broadcast Company
2001
MacArthur Park, Sundance Entertainment
Novocaine, Artisan Entertainment
EDUCATION
1992
Bachelor of Arts, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
1990-1991
Université de Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France