dale marie rio
3502 scotts lane
unit 1616
philadelphia, pennsylvania 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
EMPLOYMENT
Teaching Assistant, International Center of Photography, New York City
Spring/Summer 2009 – present
Assisting with the teaching of photography in community and adult programs
Preparing and presenting lectures for class
•Preparing slide presentations for class
Overseeing students’ processing and printing
Photography Instructor
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA/New York School of Burlesque
Summer 2008 - present
Teaching classes pertaining to performance, including theater history and technical instruction in photography
Co-owner, Black Graves Media
Editor-in-Chief and Photo Editor, Blood & Thunder and Shimmy Magazines
2006 – present
Writing features and columns, and editing others’ submissions
Photographing people and events, and editing others’ submissions
Organizing assignments and work flow for both magazines
Follow-through with contributors and advertisers
Setting and maintaining deadlines
Single handedly organizing all aspects of National Derby Training Camp
Freelance photographer and writer
1997 – present
Event, concert, fashion, and portrait photography assignments
Event, profile, and editorial writing assignments
Design Assistant, Big Dipper Wax Works, Seattle, WA
September 2008 – March 2009
Using Photoshop to prepare images for catalogue use
Using InDesign to lay out brochures and guides
Using Illustrator to design new product ideas
Photographic Printer, Exhibition Prints, Inc., New York City
1998 – 2007
Hand processing of black and white film
Dip and dunk processing of color film
Hand printing of black and white and color, fine art and commercial prints
Maintaining C-41 and RA-4 machines
Working one-on-one with clients while printing
Training new printers
Photo Assistant, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
1996 – 1997
Assisting with photographing works of art from the Museum’s various collections
Assisting with organizing and maintaining records of work shot
Personal Assistant to Elaine Mayes, Photographer, New York City
1994 - 1996
Assisting in day-to-day operations of a fine art photographer’s career
Organizing and archiving negatives
Printing gallery quality black and white and color prints
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, July 2009
“Night & 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 & Ceremony,” C Art Gallery, Seattle, WA July 2009
Analog Show, Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle, Washington, October 2007.
The Sex Issue Volume 2, Projekt30, February 2007.
“Art Attack,” Spirit of Fashion, Berlin, Germany, July 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.
“Second Skin I,” 334 Bowery Gallery, October – November 2002.
“Summer Hanging,” Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, January 2002.
“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.
“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.
PUBLICATIONS
Roller Derby Art: Women, Wheels & Wicked Fun, Schiffer Publishing, 2008 (contributing photographer and writer).
Roller Derby: The History and All-Girl Revival of the Greatest Sport on Wheels, Speck Press, 2007 (contributing photographer).
Ripley’s Believe it or Not: Expect the Unexpected, Ripley’s Entertainment, Inc., 2006 (contributing photographer).
Striptease, La Musadine Press, 2006 (contributing photographer).
Tattoos, Chrysalis Books, 2004 (author and photographer).
Vicious, Delicious & Ambitious: Lowbrow Women Artists, Schiffer Publishing, 2003 (contributing photographer).
Electric Tattooing by Women: 1900 – 2003, Isadore Press, 2003 (contributing photographer).