Press Kit

Bio:

Tape Art is an evolving group of public artists who create large-scale temporary drawings and installations out of low-adhesive tape. Founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1989, they are cited as the world's first tape artists.

All of their artwork is intentionally temporary. Regardless of how much time it takes to create, every mural is removed within 24 hours of its completion. Over the last 33 years, Tape Art has created over 500 large murals (approx. 40ft x 40ft or larger) and thousands of smaller drawings on walls around the globe. Tape Art's extensive teaching practice has resulted in the introduction of tape drawing to over 50,000 first-time users in a wide range of institutions, including: schools, community centers, elderly homes, hospitals, psych wards, and prisons.

Please credit all photographs of artwork to Tape Art.

For a portfolio of photographs for press release purposes, please email: together@tapeart.com

Favorite Museum Commissions:

2017-2019 Citadelle Museum of Art, Canadian, TX — mural and satellite residency (View Project PDF)(View Project PDF)

2019 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA (View Project PDF)

2017 Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN — mural and satellite residency for centennial (View Project PDF)

2014 Albright-Knox Contemporary Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY — inaugural project for AK's Public Art Initiative (View Project PDF)

2010 Aldridge Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT — satellite residency

1995-2014 Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA — annual public mural (View Project PDF)

1998 Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA — 52,000 sq ft mural for WAM's centennial

2000, 2007 Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 The Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA

1998 The Revolving Museum, Boston, MA

1998 The RISD Museum, Providence, RI

1996 CBGB Gallery, New York City, NY — Twisted Art Show

1995 Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, IA

Favorite Festival Exhibitions:

2022 Tape Art Convention, Berlin, Germany

2019 Summer Nostos Festival, Athens, Greece — mega mural and 1,000-person collaborative drawing

2015 PVD Fest, Providence, RI

2015 ArtPrize 7, Grand Rapids, MI — featured in award-winning documentary More Art Upstairs

2010 Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Detroit, MI

2005 OK Arts Fesical, Oklahoma City, OK

2002 Springfield Arts Festival, Springfield, MA

1998 Mayfair Arts Festival, Allentown, PA

1997 Trails West Festival, Saint Joseph, MO

1994, 1995 Scottsdale Arts Festival, Scottsdale, AZ

Favorite Residencies:

2018-2020 WTAMU, Canyon, TX — 3 month-long mural residencies collaborating with hundreds of students

2017 Community Art Residency, Memphis, TN — partnership with the Brooks Museum of Art, museum donors, and local organizations (View Project PDF)

1997-2022 Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI — 1000 weekly drawings in patient rooms, waiting rooms, and hallways

1998-2022 Bradley Hospital, Providence, RI — ongoing collaborative workshops with child and teen psychiatric patients

2013 Cattle Depot Artist Village Residency, Hong Kong, China — partnership with Art Together

2012 Residency at the American University in Athens, Greece

2009 Greensboro Residency, Greensboro, NC — partnership with Greensboro Art Museum and Elsewhere Museum

2005 Week of Hope, Oklahoma City, OK

1997 The Contemporary Resort at Disney, Orlando, FL

Favorite Grants & Awards:

2019 Creative County Initiative Grant, West Newbury, MA (View Project PDF)

2008 4X4 Hong Kong International Artist Workshop, Residency Grant, Hong Kong, China

2004 Chashama Gallery Space Award, New York, NY

2004 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship

1995 Manco Innovation in the Arts Award, Sponsor of National Tape Art Tour

Favorite Projects with Non-Profit Partners:

2015, 2017 Oishei Foundation — collaborative workshops run with Oishei Leaders (heads of local non-profits) (View Project PDF)

2017 Houston Arts Alliance — public murals and workshops in the wake of Hurricane Harvey (View Poject PDF)

2015 Providence Planning Department — 16 pop-up installations throughout the city

2015 Worcester Preservation Society — commissioned mural in 1/4-mile long tunnel for Underground Ball Gala

2014 New York Aquarium — community engagement mural celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the first deep ocean dives (View Project PDF)

2010 Providence Art Culture and Tourism — community engagement mural in downtown ice rink for the 375th anniversary of Roger Williams

2002 The Whitney Museum, New York, NY — collaborative Tape Art with 100 families

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