producing artwork since 1987
virocode is a collaborative practice of Andrea Mancuso and Peter D'Auria that explores the balance between the inorganic and the organic through an artmaking practice that seeks to capture and reveal blossoming inorganic life. virocode has long been concerned with investigating symbiotic relationships between the organic and inorganic—in a non-judgmental manner and with an open question about our collective relationship to the Anthropocene. By virtue of the wide lens through which virocode approaches the world, alterations within the current epoch are just that, and our intense relationship with the non-biological has only just begun.
virocode is a collaborative effort of Peter D'Auria, Andrea Mancuso, and Claudia D’Auria that has been exhibiting work in photography, video, installation and the digital arts throughout the United States and in Europe including: The Museum of Modern Art and Paul Robeson Gallery in the New York City metropolitan region; Artist Television Access, Artspace, Southern Exposure Gallery, and the Emanuel Walter and Etholl McBean Galleries in San Francisco; The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California, Diverseworks Art Space in Houston, Texas, The University of Arizona Art Gallery, in Tucson, Arizona, Impakt Festival in The Netherlands, the European Media Art Festival in Osnabruck, Germany and at the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, CEPA gallery, Squeaky Wheel and Hallwalls in Buffalo, New York. virocode began working together at the State University of New York at Buffalo, studying with Marion Faller, Paul Sharits and Tony Conrad. Andrea Mancuso received her PhD in Visual Studies and her BA from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and her MFA in Performance/New Genre from the San Francisco Art Institute studying with Doug Hall, Margaret Crane, John Winet, Kathy Acker and Tony Labat. Andrea teaches contemporary art and film in Saudia Arabia and Buffalo, New York and is currently an Art21 Educator in residence. Peter D'Auria received a BA in Art and MA in Pathology from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, and a Physician Assistant Degree from Daemen College. Peter currently works in clinical practice in the Buffalo area.
Claudia D’Auria has exhibited artwork at MOMA in New York City, MOMA PS1 in Queens, New York, YoungArts Jewel Box Gallery in Miami, Florida, and Box Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Claudia graduated with a BArch degree from The Cooper Union in New York and was a resident artist at AZ West studio in Joshua Tree where she completed a thesis on the cultural impact of the colonial myth of ‘wilderness.’ Claudia has worked for the Museum of Modern Art, Creative Time, Imagination of Space House on Governors Island, and Eric Forman Studio. She is currently an architectural designer working in Brooklyn, New York. See more of Claudia’s work at www.claudiadauria.com
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Peter D’Auria and Andrea Mancuso
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Claudia D’Auria