Lucretia X’s CV
Education
California Institute of the Arts, 2004 – 2006
Began my first novel as a thesis in the form of a zine
MFA, Critical Studies
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 1984 – 1988
University Honors Scholar
Graduation Standard Bearer
Alumni Service Award
Co-Founder, Support Against Sexism
BFA, Filmmaking
J. Graham Brown High School, 1980 – 1984
Senior Class President
Sisterhood Award (nominated by students)
Various academic awards (nominated by teachers)
High School Diploma
Prizes/Awards/Grants
Recipient of Art Institute of Pittsburgh funding for best-selling author and groupie extraordinaire Pamela des Barres’s Writing Workshop, 2011
Nominated as Outstanding Faculty by students, Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online, Art History, 2010
Nominated as Outstanding Faculty by students, Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online, Art History, 2009
Finalist, PRISM international Short Fiction Contest 2009, with “Pop Star Sparkling”
Recipient of UCLA Extension Grants for Fine Art Studio Extension classes: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
Honorable Mention from the National League of American Pen Women’s Soul-Making Literary Competition, Memoir category 2007 for “Yellow School Bus”
2nd Place Prize in the National League of American Pen Women’s Soul-Making Literary Competition Flash Fiction category 2003 for “Wet Shadow Mermaid”
Finalist for the Letters Competition for the Virginia Liebeler Biennial Grant for Mature Women 2003 with fiction “Wet Shadow Mermaid”
Honorable Mention from Red Hen Press in their 2003 Short Story Award contest for “Wet Shadow Mermaid”
The shortlist for PRISM international’s 2001 Annual Literary Nonfiction Contest with “MANHOLE”
Flyway Sweet Corn Literary Award 2001 for the nonfiction “Exploding Plastic Inevitable”
Publications
2010, Fiction, “Pop Star Sparkling,” selected for spoken word podcast #13 on Carole Giangrande’s biweekly program, “Words To Go”
2009, Fiction, “Pop Star Sparkling,” published by PRISM international
2009, Fiction to be announced, published by Kentucky Girlhood Project online
2007, Nonfiction, collection, published by Kentucky Girlhood Project online
2004, Lyric Essay, “Zilchy-Poo,” published in The Los Angeles Review
2002, Nonfiction, “Yellow School Bus” accepted for publication by The Sun
2002, Nonfiction, “Exploding Plastic Inevitable,” published in Flyway
2001, Poetry, “Skin Veil” accepted for publication by Poetry Motel
1996, Excerpts from my zine The Meat Hook published in Zines! Vol. 1 with a personal interview by V.Vale, V/Search
Zines
My zines artfully express critical analyses of art forms from ancient to popular culture, including but not limited to the visual arts, music, and literature.
The Name Is A Secret, 1 issue
2006
Ghost Author, 1 issue
2004
Absolution, 1 issue
with my mother
2001
Revolution Rising, 4 issues
as a co-contributor
1993 – 1995
eracism, 1 issue
as a co-contributor
1994
TVI, 4 issues
with Lucid Nation
1993 – 1995
riot grrrl, 1 issue
as a co-contributor
1992
The Meat Hook, 4 issues
1990 – 1994
Support Against Sexism, 8 issues
1987-88
Zines Excerpted as Primary Resources
“The Meat Hook” in:
Gender in the Music Industry: Rock Discourse and Girl Power by Marion Leonard. Vermont: Ashgate, 2007.
Girls Make Media by Mary Celeste Kearney. New York: Routledge, 2006.
Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures under “The New Girl Geographies” by Tracey Skelton and Gill Valentine, eds. New York: Routledge, 1998.
A Girl’s Guide To Taking Over the World: Writing from the Girl Zine Revolution by Tristan Taormino and Karen Green, eds. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Film Screenings
2006, Untitled Films in Black and White, California Institute of the Arts
16mm, black and white, three minutes each
1995, Selected short films including Quinn, Lou de Criss on Melrose
16mm, video, and PXL
1994, Good Enough To Eat, the Los Angeles PXL Festival
PXL, thirteen minutes
1993, daybreak, Big Miss Moviola Chain Letter distribution
16mm, color and black and white, ten minutes
1989, daybreak, New York University Film Festival
16mm, color and black and white, ten minutes
Collections, Exhibitions and Commissioned Art
“Oh God I’m A Grrrl”
multimedia poster print of original art/text with found art/text
27 ¼” x 35 ¼”
Art Institute of Pittsburgh Faculty Show, 2011
“The Meat Hook,” 4 issues
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library: Duke University, Sarah Dyer Zine Collection 2000-2010
Represented since 2007 by WomenArts, an online worldwide network of activist artists
Selected artworks in various media
The Art Gallery, CA
2008, 2009
“New Growth Because of Rain”
Nikon CoolPix S200
dimensions to be determined
Mary Craik Gallery, KY
“Women of Wisdom” 2008
-profits go towards helping homeless women end the cycle of poverty by obtaining baccalaureate degrees
Selected artworks in various media
Women’s Action Network Online Gallery, 2007
“Ted Bundy”
oil on canvas
11” x 14”
LexArts City Gallery, KY
Marriott Griffin Gate Hotel Ballroom, KY
Artists for Peace 2007 in collaboration with the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association
-profits go to end violence against women
“Oh God I’m A Grrrl”
multimedia poster print of original art/text with found art/text
27 ¼” x 35 ¼”
Louisville Glassworks, KY
Kentucky Girlhood Project 2007
Selected artworks in various media
Art’s Building, Jr., CA
1995
Selected artworks in various media
Macondo, CA
1993
Commissions List available upon request