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bianca rae messinger
pronouns: she/her
buffalo ny
Education
curr. SUNY - University at Buffalo, PhD Candidate, Department of English - Poetics
2019 University of Iowa Writers' Workshop MFA Poetry
2013 New York University BA Comparative Literature
Relevant Work Experience
2022-present Instructor, Poetry and Fiction Writing - SUNY - University at Buffalo
2020-present Instructor, Writing and Rhetoric - SUNY - University at Buffalo
2019-2020 Creative Writing Instructor - University of Iowa
2017-2019 Instructor, Interpretation of Literature - University of Iowa
2018 Reader, University of Iowa Press Poetry Prize, Iowa City
2013-present Translator, Freelance, ALS International, New York
2011-present Reviewer, ramona - artes visuales, Buenos Aires
Poetry Books and Chapbooks
2021 "parallel bars," Center for Book Arts, Manhattan, Chapbook designed by artist Chang Yuchen
2016 "The Love of God," Inpatient Press, Brooklyn, Graphics Interchange Format and PDF chapbook
2014 The Land Was V There, 89+/LUMA Foundation, Zurich, perfect-bound and e-book
Translation
2019 "in the jungle there is much to do" mauricio gatti, translation by Bianca Rae Messinger, chapbook, Berlin Biennale/Vice Versa Artist Books, Berlin
2018 You Need a Long Table Behind a Pile Of Firewood to Have Lunch on Sunny Days with Your Children Wearing Ray Bans, Juana Isola, translation by Bianca Rae Messinger, Monster House Press, Bloomington, IN
2015 Automac, Juana Isola and Mateo Mortola, translation by Bianca Rae Messinger, Drive&Publishers, Buenos Aires
2013 "Vertigo" by Fabian Casas, translation by Bianca Rae Messinger, Chronos loves Kairos, online
Panels/Conferences/Visiting Artist Lectures
2022 Panelist/Presenter, "chien-espace: Adrienne monnier, Lukacs and a pre-enlightment response to the 'concrete totality'" NeMLA 2022, Baltimore
2019 Panelist/Presenter, "Re:writing and Rewriting: Translation Is a Performance of What's Come Before" &Now Festival of Innovative Writing, University of Washington, Bothell
2019 Participant, Publishing Sphere, University of Montreal, Concordia, Artexte, Montreal
2019 Visiting Translator, Creative Writing Department, University of Wellington (NZ)
2016 Visiting artist lecture, Pratt Institute, Department of Digital Art, Brooklyn, NY
2015 It's not where you're from it's where you're at but not like that, organized by Devin Kenny, Panel, MoMA PS1, Queens
Group Exhibitions
2019 No One Knows What to Do with It, curated by Kelly Clare and Nora Claire Miller, Visual Arts Building, University of Iowa
2018 26th Annual Poets House Showcase, Monster House Press, Poets House, Manhattan
2017 House of Rumour, Situations Gallery, curated by Rachel James, Manhattan
2015 Foundation, (video collaboration with Daniel Carroll), Formerly Gallery, Queens
2015 What Remains?, curated by Giovanna Olmos, Gallatin Galleries, New York University, Manhattan
Curatorial Projects/Public Humanities
2019 What Happens: a Festival of Poets' Theater, Public Space One, Iowa City
2018 What Happens: a Festival of Poets' Theater, University of Iowa Old Capital Museum, Senate Chamber, Iowa City
2016 Calm Before/After the Storm, Foundation University Gallery, BHQFU, Brooklyn
2015 Basquiat: The Notebooks, reading hosted by Hero Systems reading series with Margo Cohen Ristorucci, Brooklyn Museum
2015 Hero Systems reading series, CuatroH Gallery, Brooklyn
2014 Hero Systems reading series, Wendy's Subway, Brooklyn
2014 Hero Systems reading series, Molasses Books, Brooklyn
Reviews & Essays
2019 "Writing New Time" My Mother Laughs by Chantal Akerman trans. Corina Copp, tir journal
2015 "Focused on my Witchcraft" Cecilia Pavon trans. by Jacob Steinberg, molossus
2015 "Nuevas Formas: Eduardo Navarro y Juliana Huxtable" ramonaweb (AR)
2014 "Cunny Poem Vol. 1 by Bunny Rogers" HTML Giant
2014 "Conor Messinger on Michael McClure" The Operating System
Performances & Selected Readings
2018 Another Day, directed by Olivia Lilley, Old Capitol Building, Iowa City (play)
2017 Edda, hosted by Adrienne Herr, Picture Room, Manhattan
2016 Dry Sweat, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse University, New York
2016 Biennial Bound, 67 Gallery, Manhattan
2016 BHQFU Book Fair, BHQFU, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Gala Chickens and Ball Performance by Laura Lima, Performa 2015, Manhattan
2015 Booklub 7, David Lewis Gallery/BHQFU, Manhattan
2015 A Poetic Act, Spring/Break Art Show, Manhattan
2015 Haikus, chapbook release, BHQFU, Manhattan
2014 Poetry Will Be Made by All, reading hosted by Kit Schluter, 89+, Skype, Zurich
Residencies & Fellowships
2019 Fire Island Artist Residency, Poet in Residence, Cherry Grove, NY
2017 The School of Making Thinking, Resident, Rochester Folk Art Guild, Middlesex, NY
2016 BHQFU Curatorial Fellow, Manhattan/Sunset Park, NY