dale marie rio
3435 indian queen lane philadelphia pa 19129
323.481.8623
info@dalerio.com
www.dalerio.com
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Major: Photography, Minor: Printmaking, 1996.
Bachelor of Arts, Smith College, Double Major: Studio Art/Russian Literature, 1993.
AWARDS
Fulbright Travel Grant, “I Terroni: People of the Earth, Photographs of Rural Sicily,” awarded 1997.
Michael Vinciguerra Grant, “I Terroni: People of the Earth, Photographs of Rural Sicily,” awarded 1997.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
Work by Dale Rio, Joe Bar, Seattle, WA, August 2009.
“Night and Day: Burlesque in the Workplace,” Babeland, Seattle, WA, Summer 2008.
“American Subculture,” Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany, November 2005.
“a gallon of gas and a match,” Ristra, Hoboken, New Jersey, October 2001.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
Sanctuary and Ceremony, C Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, July 2009.
Analog 2.0, Ouch My Eye, Seattle, WA, February 2007.
RollerCon Roller Derby Convention, Las Vegas, July/August 2006.
“Art Attack,” Spirit of Fashion, Berlin, Germany, July 2006.
Miss Exotic World Burlesque Pageant, Las Vegas, May 2006.
“Tattoo: Body Art,” Fulton Street Gallery, Fulton, New York, May 2006.
“Neo-Erotique,” Art @ Large, NYC, July 2004.
“A Bit of a Do”, Auckland, New Zealand, June 2004.
“For the Love of Steel,” 334 Bowery Gallery, NYC, August 2003.
“Neo-Eroticism,” Art @ Large, July – August 2003.
“Blessing of the Cars,” Los Angeles, July 2003.
“Second Skin I,” 334 Bowery Gallery, NYC, October – November 2002.
“Summer Hanging,” Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, January 2002.
State of the Art International Tattoo Convention, Derby, England, September 2001.
“Self-Portrait,” Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May – June 2001.
“ROAR: Women’s Work,” Central Arts Collective, Tucson, Arizona, May – June 2001.
“Far from Loving,” A Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2001.
“American Identities: land body wind people spirit,” Gibson Gallery, SUNY Potsdam,
October – November 2000.
“Through the Eyes of Three Women,” Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 2000.
“Buried Within,” Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2000.
“Blink,” Friends of the Arts, Chicago, Illinois, 1999.
“Familiar Strangers,” Galapagos, Brooklyn, New York, August – September 1999.
“Edge,” Sacred Body Art Emporium, NYC, July – August 1999.
“Body Mods,” Sacred Body Art Emporium, NYC, July – August 1998.
“Figures & Flowers: Photographs,” ArtForms Gallery, Red Bank, New Jersey 1998.
PUBLICATIONS (author)
Tattoos, Chrysalis Books, 2004.
PUBLICATIONS (contributor) (selection)
Roller Derby Art: Women, Wheels & Wicked Fun, Schiffer Publishing, 2008.
Roller Derby: The History and All-Girl Revival of the Greatest Sport on Wheels, Speck Press, 2007
Ripley’s Believe it or Not: Expect the Unexpected, Ripley’s Entertainment, Inc., 2006.
Striptease, La Musadine Press, 2006.
Vicious, Delicious & Ambitious: Lowbrow Women Artists, Schiffer Publishing, 2003.
Electric Tattooing by Women: 1900 – 2003, Isadore Press, 2003.
Doctor Martens Air Wair Limited, 1999.
Hard Band for Dead: The Toasters’ Tourbook, 1996.
CLIENTS (selection)
Black Book, NYC
Bust Magazine, NYC
Chord Magazine, NYC/Los Angeles
Epitaph Records, Los Angeles
The Face, London
Illicit Clothing Company, Auckland, New Zealand
International Tattoo Art Magazine, NYC
Kerrang!, London
Marquis Magazine, Germany
Melody Maker, London
Pulp Magazine, Auckland, New Zealand
Skin Deep Magazine, London
Spin Magazine, NYC
Spirit Magazine, Canada
Tatuajes y Perforaciones, Mexico
Thrasher Magazine, Los Angeles
Total Tattoo Magazine, England
MISCELLANEOUS
Workshop leader, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Summer 2008.
Black Graves Media, co-owner.
Blood & Thunder Magazine, co-owner and editor.
Shimmy Magazine, co-owner and editor.
Eastside Nihongo Matsuri Association, board member.