CURATED BY DAVID GIBSON

JOHN BERENS 2002: Some Are Painting II, The Educational Alliance 2003: Void, The Educational Alliance MARCY BRAFMAN AILLINN BRENNAN DAVID HENRY BROWN JR AMY CHAIKLIN CHRISSY CONANT ELIZABETH COOPER AMIE CUNNINGHAM with Johnston Foster JEFF FELD at left with David Gibson RAINER GANAHL LINDA GANJIAN CARLA GANNIS DAVID GIBSON in the studio of Marcy Brafman HARTLING KAREN HEAGLE ELIZABETH HUEY MARK KOSTABI DEAN MONOGENIS LEEMOUR PELLI MARK POWER DIANA PUNTAR ERWIN REDL TIM ROLLINS GRACE ROSELLI RAVEN SCHLOSSBERG TOM SCHREIBER DIANA SHPUNGIN LISA STEFANELLI (right) GINNA TRIPLETT CONRAD VOGEL DEBORAH WASSERMAN SU-EN WONG on right with Giles Lyon MARK WOODS MARK WOODS and JONATHAN FELDSCHUH

What are your favorite shows that you have curated, and why? First I would have to decide what factor made one of my shows a favorite. The ones that seemed least likely to get pulled off, I suppose. These include my first two, SUGAR+SPICE and SOME (ARE) PAINTING; then three exhibitions which I co-curated at the Riva Gallery, EROTIKA, CARTOON, and BEAUTIFUL GROTESQUE. That same year also found me organizing my first exhibition for a university gallery, LIMINAL, and participating in an art fair with PRESENCE at Scope New York. In 2005 I curated EVERLAND for Annina Nosei, an art world legend and old family friend; in September of that year, my first regional nonprofit exhibition at Spaces Inc in Cleveland, Ohio, with BEAUTIFUL DREAMER which included 28 artists and was exhibited in a 3,800 square foot gallery. The entire show was shipped there and back, and a catalogue was also published. How has your curating evolved from the beginning of your career to now? I don’t know if my curating...