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SPRAWLING
This show is in conjunction with simultaneous exhibitions at Jersey City Museum, The Rahway Artist Guild, and the Hunterdon Museum. It involves artists whose work investigates the changes that occur on the social, political, economic, ecological and geographic levels.

Feb. 29 - APRIL 4 , 2008
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Architects without Architecture
Curated by Trent Welcome

An exhibition showing the expanded boundaries of the architectural role as a fine art. Works by architects who are working in areas that exceed the traditional definition and preconceptions of "architecture" will be displayed.

JAN. 11 - FEB. 22, 2008
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BENNY's BUNGALOW!
Curated by Benny DiBennadetto's Buddies: Rachael Faillace (aka- "Rach Face"),
Victoria Hanks
(aka - "da' Vickster"), and Charlee Swanson (call him Chuckie and he'll moyda you).

The BENNY's-those dreaded visitors from Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, and New York that invade the shore beaches each summer-are back with a peace offering. In an attempt at reciprocity, they are bringing down artwork from some of the finest artists their area has to offer. This exhibition proves that some visits by BENNY's are actually incredible!

NOV. 30 - JAN. 4, 2008
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Fourth Annual International Juried Exhibition
Juried by Ben Goldman, Executive Director of "City without Walls"

Featuring the works of: Jeffrey Abt, Patricia Cudd, Kate Dowd, Ann Marie Fitzsimmons, Patrick B. Fream , Mira Gerald, Tae Won Kim, Estelle Knize, Mark Kolessar , Robert Lach , Evelyn Leavens, Christopher Matrone , Meghan McAleavy, Anne Q. McKeown, Robert O'Connor, Saraivy Orench Reinat, Franc Palaia, Andrew Pawlan, Laura Petrovich-Cheney , Robert W Pillsbury, Becky Hope Polenberg , Jessie Polenberg , Elizabeth Sowell-Zak, Eric Standley, Merrill Steiger , Lou Storey, Lars Strandh, Karen M Surowiec , Liz Toth , Seth Tyler, Vilja Virks-Lee, Andrew Werth, and Eva Wilson.

OCT. 10 - NOV. 9, 2007
SURF & TURF
Curated by: Douglas Ferrari
No not lobster and steak, but two other traditions of the Jersey Shore-Surfing and Harleys. This exhibition will explore art made from surfboards and the artistic endeavor of custom motorcycle components! Participating Artists were: Bruce Acosta, Ronnie Jackson, Brian Lawson, Ethel Shipton, Rob Stumley, Scott Szegeski, Dave Yayac and Michael Ulman.
JULY 20 - AUG. 24, 2007

4th ANNUAL FRESH MEAT / YOUNG BLOOD
NEW JERSEY'S NEW MASTERS

This exhibition again featured the best "new blood" that NJ has to offer. Master of Fine Art graduates from Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers), William Patterson University, Montclair State University, and NJ City University participated.

JUNE 8 - JULY 13, 2007

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RED BANK REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
2007 FINE ART GRADUATING CLASS

SICA is again proud to exhibit the works of the graduating art and photography students from this renowned art program.
MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2007
HIGH RELIEF
NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL SCULPTURE COMPETITION
This show is in conjunction with SICA's SCULPTOURE and SCULPT! SICA will be exhibiting the finalist sculptors in each grade from New Jersey High Schools. At the reception the winners will be announced, and awards will be given during the SCULPT! event on May 5.
MAY 4 - MAY 25, 2007

SCULPTOURE 2007
SICA's first annual urban sculpture park and tour. The sculptures selected from a nation-wide competition have been placed at outdoor locations throughout downtown Long Branch and the oceanfront area. The grand opening of the Sculptoure coincided with - SCULPT!, a weekend sculpture festival at Pier Village .

MAY 4 - OCT. 14, 2007

Tuttavia Povero! (Still Poor!)
Curated by Douglas Ferrari
The Arte Povera (Poor Art) movement of the 1950s were artists working with discarded materials out of economic necessity. Now it appears to have re-emerged or evolved into an art form produced by a culture that embraces its refuse. This show explores some of todays artists who are aware of our current condition of profuse refuse, as well as the inherent impact and beauty of these abandoned and discarded objects.The artists are Jean Blackburn, Sara Barsness, Tim Burke, Soyeon Cho, Willie Cole, Mark Davis, Laura Evans, Alessandra  Exposito, Dana Filibert, Lucy Hodgson, Richard Klein, Bruce Moore, Portia Munson, Sono Osato, Guerra de la Paz, Samuel Rousseau, Claudia Schmacke, & Michael Kelly Williams.

MARCH 30-APRIL 27, 2007

THE GUN SHOW
Curated by Donna Gustafson
Guns are integral to the history of America and are part of our founding myths, from the landing of the armed Pilgrims, to the Revolutionary War, to the winning of the West. Even today, guns are in all of our lives, whether we own them or not. The artists in this exhibition are well aware of the power of the gun as an image and a symbol. Each use the image as a starting point for a critique of contemporary American culture. The artists wereSusan Graham, Jeff Hand, Heather Hart, Rita Herzfeld, Jane Irish, Claire Lieberman, Julio Nazario, Mark Newport, Dot Paolo, Michael Peglau, Alan Powell, Joseph Sabatino, Vilja Virks-Lee, Rhonda Wall, & Lucy White.

FEB. 16 - MARCH 23, 2007

SCULPTOURE 2007 PREVIEW
The works submitted for consideration and possible inclusion in SICA's 2007 urban sculpture park will be on display in our gallery. See who was selected to be in!

JAN. 26 - FEB. 9, 2007
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AMERICAN COMIC'S CREATORS
Curated by Ian Dorian and James Santangelo
"American comic's creators" takes a look at the inventive and expressive world of comic book creators, their process and their varying socio/political messages. Some of the artists were: Joe DeVito, Steve Ditko,Hy Eisman, Irwin Hasen, Jack Kirby, Jim Krueger, Rags Marales, Fernando Ruiz, Mark Texeira, and maybe more . . . . .
NOV. 24 - JAN. 19, 2007
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THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Juror: ROBERT CURCIO
The artists that Mr. Curcio selected to exhibit were Emily Anderson, Amanda Best, William Betts, Patricia Cudd, Dana Filibert, Mary Gaynier, Mathew Gehring, Victoria Goro-Rapoport, Marty Henley, Lori Hepner, Jonathan Hils, Oscar Londono, Harry Hukkinen, Young Kim, Mike Miller, Matt Irie & Dominick Talvacchio, Kathryn Jill Johnson, Carmen Hay Kolodzey, Anne McKeown, Michael Misurell, Robert O'Connor, M.A. Papanek-Miller, Ed Reilly, Arturo Rodriguez, and Eric Standley.
OCT. 13 - NOV. 11, 2006
SEPT. 1 - OCT. 6, 2006
HUNTERS and GATHERERS: The Art of Collecting
This exhibitions features the incredibly diverse works selected
from the collections of two area collectors -

Michel D. Marks and Dr. Donald Rothfeld.
JULY 19 - AUG. 20, 2006
3rd ANNUAL FRESH MEAT / YOUNG BLOOD
New Jersey's New Masters

This exhibition again featured the best "new blood" that NJ has to offer.  Master of Fine Art graduates participating were: Hannah Barnes, John C. Bent, Belinda Blum, Danielle Bursk, Neil Calendar, Andrea Ellison, Crystal Hernandez, Craig Olson, Jamie Powell, Kristine Taylor, and Jeff Thompson from Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers);and Maya Gatewood, Adam Hayes, Jungin Kim, Thomas Martin, Sun Young Park and Alexandra Pacula from Montclair State University.
JUNE 9 - JULY 7, 2006
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RED BANK REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
2006 FINE ART GRADUATING CLASS

SICA is again proud to exhibit the works of the graduating art and photography students
from this renowned art program.
MAY 31 - JUNE 4 2006
ARTISTS CURATING ARTISTS: Two very different similar exhibitions!
This exhibition compares the creative processes utilized by visual artists in the production of their art with those used in their curatorial persuits, and features . . . Transmutations curated by Pam Marchin and Chris Randolph with works by Gary Stephan, Michael Rees, David Humphrey, Michael Zansky, James Covington, and Bradley Rubenstein -- and Plastic Fantastic curated by Christopher Chambers with works by Bernd Naber, Felipe Cortes Clopatofsky, Ben Beaudoin, John Monti, Jean Blackburn, Krzysztof Zarebski, Peter Soriano, Bruce Moore, Doreen McCarthy, Cassandra Lozano, Susanna Starr, and David Fried.
APRIL 21 - MAY 27, 2006

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Curated by Barbara MacAdam
(Executive Editor of Art & Auction Magazine)
A The aim of this exhibition is to show works by artists who make the act of installation an integral component of their art-making process. Artists asked to participate are Isidro Blasco, Annabel Daou, Rachael Faillace, Angus Fairhurst, Carlo Ferraris, Claude Simard, Rob Wynn and Holly Zausner.

MARCH 1 - APR. 15, 2006
CRITICS SELECT '06 Curated by D. Dominick Lombardi
In this exhibition art critics will again be asked to select works by artists they have viewed in the past year whose work stands out as exemplifying the spirit of contemporary art today or is representative of a new trend in art. Critics asked to participate are: Dan Bischoff, Newark ( Star Ledger ); Anjali Gupta, San Antonio ( Artlies , Editor); Kate Hackman, Kansas City ( Review, Editor); Claire Lieberman, Chicago Area ( Sculpture , Critic/ Feature Writer); Valery Oisteanu, NYC ( Brooklyn Rail and NYARTS ); Steve Rockwell, Toronto ( d'ART , Editor / Publisher); Raul Zamudio, Mexico City ( Art Nexus , Contributing Editor, Flash Art , Correspondent, and Contemporary , Contributor).
JAN. 12 - FEB. 19, 2006
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An Exhibition that Embraces the Round
Curated by MatCH-Art (Matthew Fisher & Christina Vassallo)
NOV. 30, 2005 -
JAN. 7, 2006
The O Show is homage to all that is round, curvy, and looped. MatCh-Art selected a group of artists working in a diverse range of media to explore the circle in contemporary art. Artists participating included Lisa Beck, Louis Cameron, Moriah Carlson, Orly Cogan, Mark Dagley, Joel Edwards, Rob Grunder, Francis Holstrom, Sharon Horvath, Jim Houser, Jasper Johns, Kurt Kauper, Chris Kasper, Yayoi Kusama, Laura Ledbetter, Jim Lee, Monique Luchetti, Noah Lyon, Andrew Masullo, Rob Matthews, Derick Melander, Tom Moody, Matthew Northridge, John Phillips, James Rosenthal, Savako, Randall Sellers, Mark Shetabi, Jordan Tinker, John Torreano, Alice Wo, B. Wurtz and Nami Yamamoto .

SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Juror: John Czerkowicz

OCT. 18 - NOV. 12, 2005

THE ART OF SHREWSBURY (NJ)
Featuring the art of students and residents alike who residing in this quaint yet progressive New Jersey town.

OCTOBER 10 - 17, 2005
OVER THE TOP - UNDER THE RUG!
Curated by D. Dominick Lombardi
An exhibition of nearly 70 artists whose diverse and sometimes extreme creations emanated from the solitude of the artist's studio. Artists included were: Yoshiaki Asai, Edgar Buonagurio, Toby Buonagurio, Calvin Burton, Karlos Carcamo, Joel Carreiro, Jon Cavanaugh, Christopher Chambers, Chaval, Kurt Coblel, Randy Cole, Judy Collischan, Alex DeLeon, Patrick Dorian, John Douglas, Camille Eskell, Margaret Evangeline, Joan Fabian, Bethany Jean Fancher, George Franco, Pablo Garcia, Joseph Gaspard, Keith Gruver, Graham Day Guerra, Luis Guerra, Erik Guzman, Elizabeth Hendler, Rachel Hayes, Sophia Hayes, Clarke Jackson, Anders Johnson, Daniel Jones, Jeremiah Ketner, Andreas Kocks, Max Liboiron , Claire Lieberman, Nick London, Norm Magnusson, Kimberly Maier, Ron Morosan, Kevin Mutch, Kathleen O'Rourke, Ninko Ouzou, Sara Pasti, Erik Wayne Patterson, John Perreault, Manuel Reynosa, J. Grace Rim, Peter Rittmaster, Michael J. Rón, Bradley Rubenstein, Savako, Gae Savannah, Jacqueline Shatz and John Morton, Renee Shaw, Jason Sherry, Stephen Smith, Ankie Sievers, TODT, Carl Van Brunt, Zoe Van Brunt, Jess von der Ahe, Jeanne Wilkinson, Eleanor White, Michael Zansky.
SEPT. 2 - OCT. 8, 2005
INKED!
Curated by Koan Jeff Baysa
An exhibition of a diverse group of artists whose works have been influenced by tattoo culture .Artists asked to participate in Inked! include Amanda Church, Don Ed Hardy, Shelley Jackson, D. Dominick Lombardi, Joel Hilgenberg, Michelle Lopez, Betsabee Romero, Steed Taylor, Anna Tsubaki and Mark Dean Veca.
JULY 15 - AUG. 20, 2005
SECOND ANNUAL FRESH MEAT / YOUNG BLOOD
NEW JERSEY 'S NEW MASTERS
 

This exhibition will again feature the best "new blood" that NJ has to offer.  Master of Fine Art graduates from Mason Gross School of the Arts, William Patterson U., Montclair U. , and NJ City College will again be asked to participate.
JUNE 10 - JULY 9, 2005

PAINT IT BLACK
Curated by D. Ferrari
In western culture black has a long association with the negative - sin, holes, evil, voids, depravity, the sinister and the absence of light, to name a few. This show will draw attention to artists who have used a predominantly black palette and their reasons for choosing black, which vary nearly as much as the reasons existing for art-making - to draw out from nothingness issues of transcendence, social pressures, purity of form, spiritual identity, racial issues, and more. Artists Exhibited were Chakaia Booker Karen Gunderson, K ocot + Hadden, Gary Kuehn, Sol Lewitt, Quentin Morris, Lars Strandh, Ad Reinhardt, Richard Serra, and Merrill Wagner.

APRIL 29 - JUNE 4, 2005
CHARACTERS: Scene I Curated by Helienthe Bourdeaux-Maurin
The aim of this exhibition is to show art that reflects the artist¹s keen interest, even obsession to develop characters, whether they be one particular character, the same set of characters, or a seemingly endless number of characters over a substantive period of time. The artists selected were James Bewley, Jeremy Bronson, Robert Crumb, Chitra Ganesh, Philip Guston, James Jean, Kyung Jeon, Izima Kaoru, Nora Krug, Fay Ku, Nina Levy, D. Dominick Lombardi, Tracey Moffatt, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Reuben Negrón, Shannon Plumb, Michael Rees, Cindy Sherman, Julian Stark and Joan B. Wheeler.

MARCH 4 - APRIL 23, 2005

CRITIC'S SELECT Curated by D. Dominick Lombardi
In this exhibition art critics will be asked to select works by artists they have viewed in the past year whose work stands out as exemplifying the spirit of contemporary art today or is representative of a new trend in art. These "Critical Selections" will be artists who deserve greater attention for their art because of their contributions to the larger artistic dialog. Critics involved were Barbara MacAdam (ARTnews),Gae Savannah (Art Forum and Flash Art), Carol Kino (Art and Auction Magazine), Robin Rice (Philadelphia City Paper) Judith Stein (Critic, Phila.,PA ), Edward Gomez (The NY Times).
JAN. 12 - FEB. 19, 2005
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LUMINOUS RECURRENCE
Curated by Linda Pelaez-Dorian

An exhibition of artist who are exploring the repetitive use of light in their art . The works of Youngmi Song, Jin Lee, Linda Pelaez, Alan Alejo, Amy Stacie Curtis, Charlie Chul-Hyun Ahn , and Lars Strandhl.
DEC. 1, 2004 -
JAN. 9, 2005

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1st ANNUAL FRESH MEAT / YOUNG BLOOD
New Jersey's New Masters
OCT. 18 - NOV. 12, 2004

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GRAND OPENING EXHIBITION
Curated by D. Ferrari & Many Friends
JULY 9  - OCT. 11, 2004
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