"I know with certainty that a man's (woman's) work is nothing but the long journey to recover, through the detours of art, the two or three simple and great images which first gained access to his heart." - Albert Camus
EDUCATION
MFA - Hunter College Graduate School, New York, N.Y
BA (Sculpture) - Queens College, CUNY Flushing, N. Y
A.A.S. - Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, N.Y.
MFA - Hunter College Graduate School, New York, N.Y
BA (Sculpture) - Queens College, CUNY Flushing, N. Y
A.A.S. - Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, N.Y.
SPECIALIZED AND ADVANCED STUDIES
The National Academy of Fine Arts
The New York Academy of Fine Arts
The New School University
The Sculpture Center School
The Circolo School, Pietrasanta, Italy
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Research presented: The Irish in Italy During the Middle Ages. May, 2023.
Residenza del Palmerino, Fiesole, Florence, Italy: Artist in Residence. June, 2016.
National Endowment for the Arts Recipient, Dowling College-Vanderbilt Mansion. 2015.
American Academy in Rome: Visiting Artist/Scholar in Residence. Rome, Italy. May, 2014.
American Academy in Rome: Visiting Artist/Scholar in Residence. Rome, Italy. June, 2009.
Shuster Thesis Award (Art History Grant) Hunter Graduate School
The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence
Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Artist Honorarium Grant
P.S.I - Museum of Modern Art: Artist in Residence Fellowship
New York State Council on the Arts: Grand Army Arch Exhibit
Creative Time – US Custom House: Artist in Residence Fellowship
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Research presented: The Irish in Italy During the Middle Ages. May, 2023.
Residenza del Palmerino, Fiesole, Florence, Italy: Artist in Residence. June, 2016.
National Endowment for the Arts Recipient, Dowling College-Vanderbilt Mansion. 2015.
American Academy in Rome: Visiting Artist/Scholar in Residence. Rome, Italy. May, 2014.
American Academy in Rome: Visiting Artist/Scholar in Residence. Rome, Italy. June, 2009.
Shuster Thesis Award (Art History Grant) Hunter Graduate School
The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence
Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Artist Honorarium Grant
P.S.I - Museum of Modern Art: Artist in Residence Fellowship
New York State Council on the Arts: Grand Army Arch Exhibit
Creative Time – US Custom House: Artist in Residence Fellowship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Sculptors Guild, Currently 80 – curated by John Yau. Liberata, Westbeth Galleries, New York City. February, 2017.
Antenna Gallery, New Orleans. Where Do I Come From, Where Am I Going? March, 2017.
Sculptors Guild Benefit. Piero’s Egg; October, 2016.
Villa Il Palmerino, Fiesole, Florence, Italy, Presentation and Lecture; June, 2016.
Americana Twist – Governors Island. Where Do I Come From, Where Am I Going? Summer, 2016
Dowling College - Vanderbilt Mansion: Memory Palace Chamber/Portal: Luminosity and Liminality. National Endowment for the Arts Grant. May through December 2015.
Art and Psyche International Conference, Siracusa, Sicily. Presentation of art concepts and video. September, 2015.
Denise Bibro Fine Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NY. Four Boros Exhibit. Summer, 2015.
American Academy in Rome: When the Stars Came Out in Pienza, Part II. Video Presentation, Lecture. May, 2014.
Fountain Art Fair: Counterpart: From Labyrinth to Liberata. 69th Sreet Armory, New York. March, 2014.
Lincoln Center: When the Stars Came Out in Pienza – Continued, Video Installation. NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, New York. December, 2012.
Pentimenti - The Past Emerging: When the Stars Came Out in Pienza, Video Installation, NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, New York. November, 2012.
Intersections - Governors Island: curator, Karen Wilkin. Memory Palace Chamber – From the Novel, Installation, natural light, paper, gels, video, sound; June through October, 2011.
Sculptors Guild Exhibit: Muse on Winged Ox, terracotta, Broadway Gallery Soho, New York City. March, 2011.
Encounters - Governors Island: curators, Ann Aptaker, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado. Memory Palace Chamber – Transformation. Installation, natural light, gels, terracotta. June through October, 2010.
American Academy in Rome: Visiting Artist/Scholar in Residence, Rome. Summer, 2009
Ready to Unveil: CWOW Gallery, Newark, N.J. Proposal for Newark Liberty Airport and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. October through December, 2009.
Animal Magnetism: Soaring Larks. Gallery 61, Columbus Circle, New York Institute of Technology. May, 2009.
Ceramic Expressions: Tempietto, Yonkers Riverfront Library. October 2 through November 2, 2008.
In-Site Exhibit: Ste. Foy, Governors Island, Officers Porch. May through October 12, 2008.
QCC Gallery: Esclarmonde, permanent installation Queensborough Community College, Bayside, N.Y.
Seraph Font, Commission: The New Church, Swedenborgian, East 35th St. N.Y. 2008
Self-Contained-Stockholm Now Supermarket, The Swedish Arts Council. Stockholm. February, 2008
Cologne Art Fair, Sculptors Guild, Koln, Germany. 2007 (images)
Installation with Portal, Gallery 61, Columbus Circle, NYC - New York Institute of Technology. 2007
Sculpture Forum, White Plains Courthouse. 2006-2008
Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild, Hillwood Art Museum, Old Westbury, N.Y. 2006
Transformations, Nassau C.College, Uniondale, N.Y. 2005
Summer Invitational, AIR Gallery, Chelsea, N.Y. 2004
Safir Commission, Aruba. 2003
One Person Retrospective - Manzi-Schacht, The Regina A. Quick Center for the Art, Olana, N.Y. 2000
Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Bayside, N.Y. 2000
Light Exhibit, Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y. 1999
173 Annual Exhibit, National Academy Museum of Fine Art, 5th Ave., N.Y. 1998.
National Sculpture Society, Esclarmonde, Americas Tower Lobby, Avenue of the Americas, N.Y. 1995
Seraph/Borromini, The Montclair Museum of Art. 1993
Arsenal Exhibit, Installation, The Arsenal, Central Park Department of Parks. 1987
P.S. 122, Installation: Mark Russell, Curator, 1987
Consumer Art, ABC NoRio. 1986
Seraph Installation, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, N.Y. 1986
Five Sculptors, Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1985
The Arch Show: Four Sculptors, Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1984
Luce, Crisafulli/Accademia dell’Arte, Italy. 1983
The Light Exhibit, Islip Museum of Art. 1982
On and Off the Wall, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, N.Y.C.
Installations II, Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1981
Artists Documentation, Queens Museum, Queens, N.Y. 1981
Artists of New York, Lawrence Alloway, Curator, S U N Y Stony Brook Art Gallery N.Y. 1979
Queens Museum Juried Exhibit, Robert Pincus Witten, Curator, Queens Museum. 1979
Small Works, Nobe Gallery, West 57th St., N.Y. 1979
One Person Exhibit: Manzi-Schacht: Campione Building, Campione Building, Park Avenue, N.Y.
Open Studios in May, P.S.1 (MoMA) Long Island City, N.Y. Artist in Residence Fellowship. 1977
Lumination, Nobe Gallery, West 57th St. N.Y. 1977
Custom and Culture, Creative Time, U.S. Custom House. 1977
A Month of Sundays, P.S.1 (MoMA) Artist in Residence Fellowship. 1976
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Sculpture Magazine, William Ganis, 2007
The Islip Bulletin, 1999
Garden State Press, 1992
“Four Italian-American Artists” Ch. 31, 1990
The New York Times, 1986
“Artists Today” WKRB 90.9 FM, 1985
The New York Times, 1983
WNYC AM November, 1983
The New York Times, 1982
Artnews, 1980
Newday (photo), Oct. 1980
Art Forum, 1980
DOCUMENTATION OF QUEENS ARTIS Queens Council on the Arts, 1980
HISTORY OF CREATIVE TIME (photo)
Artnews, 1980
Sveriges TV 1 Sweden “The Mirror”, 1977
Soho News, 1977
“Straight Talk” WOR-TV, 1977
The New Yorker, 1977
The New York Times, 1977
“As It Is” WCBS – TV, 1979
“All Things Considered” WNYC-FM, 1978
Sculpture Magazine, William Ganis, 2007
The Islip Bulletin, 1999
Garden State Press, 1992
“Four Italian-American Artists” Ch. 31, 1990
The New York Times, 1986
“Artists Today” WKRB 90.9 FM, 1985
The New York Times, 1983
WNYC AM November, 1983
The New York Times, 1982
Artnews, 1980
Newday (photo), Oct. 1980
Art Forum, 1980
DOCUMENTATION OF QUEENS ARTIS Queens Council on the Arts, 1980
HISTORY OF CREATIVE TIME (photo)
Artnews, 1980
Sveriges TV 1 Sweden “The Mirror”, 1977
Soho News, 1977
“Straight Talk” WOR-TV, 1977
The New Yorker, 1977
The New York Times, 1977
“As It Is” WCBS – TV, 1979
“All Things Considered” WNYC-FM, 1978
COMMISSIONS
Mark Fields, New York City
Seifer Residence, Aruba
The New Church-Swedenborgian, New York City
Raguse Residence, Chicago, Illinois
Rosone Residence, Little Silver, New Jersey
Priscilla Costello, Toronto, Canada
Cutrona Residence, Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Robert Manzi, Hartford, Connecticut
Anthony and Ann Rosone, Totowa, New Jersey
D'Achille Residence, Holmdel, New Jersey
Francoise Leton, Wavrielle, Belgium and New York
Robin Coscia, Rumson, New Jersey
Mark Fields, New York City
Seifer Residence, Aruba
The New Church-Swedenborgian, New York City
Raguse Residence, Chicago, Illinois
Rosone Residence, Little Silver, New Jersey
Priscilla Costello, Toronto, Canada
Cutrona Residence, Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Robert Manzi, Hartford, Connecticut
Anthony and Ann Rosone, Totowa, New Jersey
D'Achille Residence, Holmdel, New Jersey
Francoise Leton, Wavrielle, Belgium and New York
Robin Coscia, Rumson, New Jersey
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Manzi-Schacht is currently an adjunct professor of Art History and Art at the New York Institute of Technology, New York City. She has taught at the Sculpture Center, La Guardia Community College and The Circolo School, Tuscany.
Manzi-Schacht is currently an adjunct professor of Art History and Art at the New York Institute of Technology, New York City. She has taught at the Sculpture Center, La Guardia Community College and The Circolo School, Tuscany.