Background
Rioux, de Messimy Deena Victoria Coty des was born on December 7, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Sam Coty and Sophina G. (Cohen) Coty.
computer genres Exhibiting artist
Rioux, de Messimy Deena Victoria Coty des was born on December 7, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Sam Coty and Sophina G. (Cohen) Coty.
Student, Rhode Island School of Design, 1962., Brown University, 1962., Sorbonne, Paris, 1964.
Package designer, illustrator, private teacher, freelance artist, Boston, 1962-1963, 64-70. Exhibiting artist, painter, 1972—1980. Painter New York, 1980—1989.
Exhibitng artist, computer genres, since 1989. Guest lecturer Massachusetts College Art, Boston, 1975, Harvard Graduate School Design, Lesley College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976, 77, United Nations Photography Society, New York City, 1993. Juror Heritage Plantation Museum, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1977, Digitalsplash at Artsplash for Rockaway Artists Alliance, Fort Tilden, New York, 2003.
Exhibitions coordinator Women Exhibiting in Boston, Inc., 1973-1975. Founder, director 7 at Large (artists collective), Boston, 1975-1978. Exhibitions coordinator Association Artist-Run Galleries, New York City, 1980-1982, public relations director, 1983-1984.
Guest speaker United Nations Photography Society, New York, 1993, University Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, 1994, Nassau County Community College Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, New York, 1999, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Queens, New York, 1999, Rhode Island College Bannister Gallery, Providence, 1999, Hockaday Museum Art, Kalispell, Montana, 2000, Herkimer County Community College, New York, 2001, Elmhurst Art Museum, Illinois, 2001. Visiting artist Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, 2004, School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, 2004. Speaker in field.
Solo exhibitions Psychoanalytic Institute, Boston, 1974, Art Institute Boston, 1975, Museum of Science, Boston, 1978, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York City, 1978, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, 1985, Columbia University, New York, 1992, University Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, 1994, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, 1996, 2000, Bunkier Sztuki Art Center, Krakow, Poland, 1997, Museum Gornoslaskie, Bytom, Poland, 1997, Northlight Gallery, Everett County Community College, Everett County, Washington, Northlight Gallery, 1998, 2000, Central Washington University, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, 1998, Kansas State University Gallery, Manhattan, 1998, Grants Pass Museum Art, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1998, Nassau County Community College, Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, New York, 1999, Rhode Island College Bannister Gallery, Providence, 1999, Hockaday Museum Art, Kalispell, Montana, 2000, Washington State University, Tricities, Richland, 2000, Columbia Basin College, Esvelt Gallery, Pasco, 2000, Herkimer County Community College, Cogar Gallery, New York, 2001, Elmhurst Art Museum, Illinois, 2001, Schoolhouse History and Art Center, Colstrip, Montana, 2001, Montana State University, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Billings, 2001, Dahl Arts Center, Ruth Brennan Gallery, Rapid City, South Dakota, 2004, Texarkana Regional Arts and History Center, Texas, 2005, Zanesville Art Center, 2006-2007. Group shows include Ward-Nasse Gallery, 1978-1982, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, 1984-1987, Gallery Hirondelle, New York City, 1985-1987, Mokotoff Gallery, New York City, 1986, Grace Harkin Gallery, New York City, 1989, Warwick Museum, 1991, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, 1992, Downey Museum Art, 1993, Alexandria Museum Art, 1993, Latvia/Museum Arsenãls, 1993, Museum Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1994, Cartier/Fifth Avenue, 1994, Fuller Museum Art, 1995, Staten Island Institute Arts & Sciences, 1995, Palm Springs Desert Museum, California, 1995, Japan/Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, 1995, Silicon Gallery, 1995, Nexus Foundation, Phila, 1996., Computer Art Invitational, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, United States of America Museum Tour, 1994-1996, 96-98, 98-2000, Midwest Photography Invitational IX, X, XI, two-year, ten-venue tours sponsored by University Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1996-1998, 98-2000, 00-02, Arena Gallery, Last of First, Chicago, 2001, Brooklyn Museum Art, Digital: Printmaking Now, Marilyn S. Kushner, 2001, invited Macedonia IV & V International Print Triennial, Institute Museum and Gallery-Bitola, 2003, 06, IV & V International Print Festival Evora, Teoartis and Town Council, Portugal, 2004, 06, Tama Art University, Museum Tau 70th Annual & 1st Tokyo International Print Triennale, Japan, 1995, 2005-2006, National Center Fine Arts, Egyptian International Print Triennale, Cairo, 1994, 97, 2000, 03, 06, Hofstra University Museum, New York, 2003, South Bend Regional Art Museum, Indiana, 2005-2006, Wazownia Gallery, Poland, 2006, 09, Islip Art Museum, New York, 2006, Horst-Janssen Museum, Germany, 2007, Künstlerhaus, Austria, 2007, Elmhurst Art Museum, Illinois, since 2007.
Represented in permanent collections Wozownia Art Gallery, Poland, Islip Art Museum, New York, Kinsey Inst, Indiana, Zanesville Art Center, Ohio, Brooklyn Museum, New York, Central Academy Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, New York, International Center Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Indiana University Art Museum, Boise State University, Museum Art at Rhode Island School of Design, Austin Museum Art, Alexandria Museum Art, Louisiana, Downey Museum Art, California, Eastern Washington University, Fuller Museum Art, Brockton, Massachusetts, International Society Graphic Art, Krakow, National Center Fine Arts, Cairo, New York Public Library., Palm Springs Desert Museum, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, University Alabama at Birmingham, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, University Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, New Orleans Museum Art, Elmhurst Art Museum, Chazen Museum Art, University Wisconsin, Madison, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, Montana State University, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Billings. Coordinator exhibitor Art Institute Boston, 1975 (grant), Museum of Science Boston 1977-1978 (grant).
Consultant special exhibit Museum City of New York, 1983-1984. Guest exhibitor Danvers Art and History Society, Attleboro Museum, Massachusetts, Nashua Arts and Science Center, New Hampshire, International Center Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Biennale 22, 1997, Central Academy Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1997, Pitti Immagine srl., Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy, 1998.
Competitive exhibitions include: 62d Newport Annual National, 1973, 45th Annual New England Painting, Jordan Marsh, Boston, 1974, invited artist, Past/Post/Future, Robert Atkins, Pleiades Gallery, Soho, New York City, 1985, Photo-Derived, Joel-Peter Witkin, Indiana University, 1989, At The Edge II, Wendy Weitman, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas tour, 1990-1992, La Sierra University, Riverside, California, 1991, Warwick Museum, Rhode Island, 1991, Adogi Barcelona, Tour, Cadaques, and Cities of Japan tour 1991-1992, International Print Triennale, Krakow, Poland/Nuremberg, Germany, 1991-1992, Los Angeles Printmaking Society 12th National Exhibition, University of California at Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Art Center, California, 1993, Boston Printmakers 44th North America Exhibition, Roberta Waddell, Boston University Gallery, Massachusetts, 1993, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, James L. Enyeart, Illuminance '93, Alexandria Museum Art 12th Annual September, 1993, Society for American Graphic Artists 65th National Print Exhibition, New York City, 1993, Art Museum Arsenals, 4th International Miniprint Triennale, Riga, Latvia, 1993, National Fine Arts Center/Giza, Egypt, guest/cultural ministry, 1st Egyptian International Print Triennale, 1994, 2d Triennale 1997, 3d Triennale, 2000, 4th Triennale, 2003, Poland International Trienniale of Graphic Arts '94, Nuremberg, Linz, Krakow, 1994, Staten Island Institute Arts and Sciences, Biennial, 1995, Palm Springs Desert Museum, 26th National Exhibition, Henry T. Hopkins, 1995, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1995, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, 1995, 2005, Silvermine Guild Galleries, Spectra '97, Robert Sobieszek, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1997, 26th National Exhibition, juror R. John Bullard, Masur Museum Art, Monroe, Louisiana, 1999, American Nurses Association 27, Holter Museum Art juror Peter Frank, Helena, Montana, 1998, Polish International Graphic Triennale, Krakow, 2000-2002, Museo Nacional de Bellas Arte, IV Salon and Colloquium of Digital Art, Havana, Cuba, 2002, 2003, Boston Printmakers 2003 North America Print Biennial, Boston University 808 Gallery, juror, Clifford S. Ackley, Master of Fine Arts Boston Print Curator, 2003. Hofstra University Museum Emily Lowe Gallery, Hempstead, 2003, Hofstra University Museum, 2003, Sungkok Art Museum Republican Korea, 2002, International Triennale Society Poland, 1991, 94, 2000, 03, 06, Museo de Bellas Artes Havana, 2002, 03, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo del Zulia, Salón de Arte Digital de Maracaibo, VI Edición, Maczul, Maracaibo, 2007, Russia: Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Digital Technologies in Contemporary Art, Siberia, 07. FACE: Evolution of the Portrait, museum tour, various locations, Russia, 2011-2012.
, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Kinsey Confidential, Nature & Nurture, Bloomington, 07, 10, Islip Art Museum, Stilled Life, Collection Insights: Recent Acquisitions, Passion for Pixels, All in the Family, Long Island, 2006, 2007, 08, 10, Elmhurst Art Museum, 07-08, Wozownia Art Gallery, Poland, 06, 09, International Triennale Society, International Graphic Triennale, Krakow, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, Helios Printmaking Center, Thessaloniki, 2010, Schneider Museum Art, Southern Oregon University, 10, Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden, 2010-2011.
Member Boston Visual Artists Union (coordinator 1973-1975), Cambridge Art Association (juror 1973-1974), Rhode Island School of Design New York Alumni Chapter, Art and Science Collaborations Incorporated, New York York, National Art Club (Gramercy Park, New York ), Chelsea Art Museum (New York ), New Museum (New York ).
Married Philippe Roger Armand des Rioux de Messimy, August 29, 1964.