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