Education

2014       BFA in Crafts (wood), University Of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA



Solo Exhibitions

2021 “We’ve Never Met”, Past Present Projects, Bok Building, Philadelphia, PA

2021   “If we don’t have it…nobody has it.”, I Love You Forever, Spruce Pine, NC

2021 “Gateway”, Next Fab, Philadelphia, PA

2018 “Still Life with Dead Game”, Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2015 “Contain You”, Bridget Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 “InGrained”, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

2023 “Cannibals of Love”, Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA

2022 “Everyday Ghosts”, with Amy Finkelstien, Partners and Son , Philadelphia, PA

2022 “Home as Stage”, The Wharton Esherick Museum, Malvern, PA

2022 “14th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2022 “Art Quilt Elements”, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

2021 “Hygge”, Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA

2020 “CRAFT!”, DVAA, Philadelphia, PA

2020 “Distant Memory”, Past Present Projects, Philadelphia, PA

2019 “Bridging the Gap: Contemporary Craft Practices”, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN         

2018 “Who Are You?”, Atlantic gallery, New York, NY

2017 Charlotte Contemporary, Charlotte, NC

2016 Makers Making , Cape May, NJ (with ceramist, Molly Bernstein) 

2016 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC

2016 Discomfort: Experiments in Furniture, Function and Form, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

2014 Craft Forms 20th Anniversary, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 

2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA

2013 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA

2013 Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show, The 23rd St. Armory, Philadelphia, PA





RESIDENCIES

2023 Goggle Works Reading, Pa

2021   Center For Art In Wood   Philadelphia, PA         

2020   Penland School of Crafts   Bakersville, NC

2016   A Makers Collective   Göteborg, Sweden

2015   University of the Arts   Philadelphia, PA

2014   Jack Larimore Studio   Bridgeton, NJ





Grants/Awards

2022 Center for Craft Career Advancement Fellowship

2019   Arrowmont Workshop Scholarship Award

2014   Faculty Choice Award

2014   Windgate Fellowship Award




Bibliography

Ledbetter, Rebecca. “Meet Our Monthly Maker: Colin Pezzano.” Grid Magazine, May 2021, p. 5.

Moqtaderi, Heather, and Zindzi Harley. “Distant Memory.” Https://Www.Pastpresentprojects.Org/Distant-Memory-Pezzano, 25 Aug. 2020, www.pastpresentprojects.org/distant-memory-pezzano.

Todd, Jess. “Bridging the Gap.” Https://Www.Jesstoddstudio.Com/Gallery-Talk-Bridging-the-Gap, 19 Oct. 2019, www.jesstoddstudio.com/gallery-talk-bridging-the-gap.

Bellantoni, Ralph Daily J. Record. “Sculptures Explore Conceptual Elements of Furniture.” Daily Record, 12 Mar. 2016, eu.dailyrecord.com/story/life/food/2016/03/12/sculptures-explore-conceptual-elements-furniture/78844796.

DeSmith, Christy. “Character Building.” American Craft, 14 Sept. 2014, www.craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/character-building.


Professional Experience

2017 - Current   Fabrication Lab Shop Tech   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2019 - 2020   Pre-College Instructor   University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA                                

2019   Young Artist Lecture   The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA                      

2018   Craft Month Workshop Instructor   University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2017   Sculpture Shop Tech   Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Special Projects

9/27/22 Live Music Performance, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

10/14/22 Live Music Performance, The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA

10/28/22 Live Music Performance, Partners and Son Philadelphia, PA