BORN: December 1, 1994
EDUCATION
2014-16| BFA in Studio Art, Summa Cum Laude, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2013-14 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
HONORS
2021| Best of the Bay, Best Celebration of Love and Strawberries: Macy Higgins and Emiliano Settecasi’s Strawberry Room at Fairgrounds St. Pete, Creative Loafing, Tampa, FL
2019| Best of the Bay, Best Show Coated in Behr’s English Daisy, Creative Loafing, Tampa, FL
2016| Abelman Family Award, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2015| University of South Florida Talent Grant, Tampa, FL
2014| Annual Merit Scholarship Competition Finalist, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2024| Juried Group Exhibition, Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL
2023| Group Exhibition, Touchy/Feely: Form, Function & Contemporary Fiber, Gallery221@HCC, Tampa, FL
2023| Group Exhibition, Like Two Sealed Copies of Expansion, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
2023| Group Exhibition, Duplicator, Department of Contemporary Art Tampa, FL, Tampa, FL
2023| Group Exhibition, SPACE, SPACE, St. Petersburg, FL
2023| Group Exhibition, Body//Erotic, The Hive, St. Petersburg, FL
2023| Group Exhibition, Cycles, The Hive, St. Petersburg, FL
2022| Group Exhibition, Karst Ground, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
2022| Group Exhibition, Anew, Mergeculture Gallery, Tampa, FL
2022| Group Exhibition, Running Through the Sawgrass, Heiress Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2022| Group Exhibition, FASTA, Gallery221@HCC, Tampa, FL
2022| Group Exhibition, STAY IN SHAPE, MIZE Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2022| Solo Exhibition, Narcysiphus, QUAID, Tampa, FL
2022| Group Exhibition, Death Poems, QUAID, Tampa, FL
2021| Group Exhibition, Blood Moon, QUAID, Tampa, FL
2021| Group Exhibition, Acoustic Dreams, Mergeculture, Tampa, FL
2021| Group Exhibition, Nude, MIZE Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2020| Group Exhibition, Sled Dogs, QUAID, Tampa, FL
2020| Group Exhibition, The Inside of My Eyelids, Day & Night Projects, Atlanta, GA
2020| Two-Person Exhibition, Homecoming, MIZE Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2020| Group Exhibition, Glitch, MIZE Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, Sweater Weather, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, Self Love, The Studio@620, St. Petersburg, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, Citronnade, The Orlo, Tampa, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, Sup Cones 2, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, Rulers, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, Rapscallion, QUAID, Tampa, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, MINI, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2019| Group Exhibition, Color, Pollyanna, St. Petersburg, FL
2018| Group Exhibition, Mascot, Pep Rally, Inc., Tampa, FL
2018| Two-Person Exhibition, Memetic Geometry, Gallery 501, Tampa, FL
2018| Group Exhibition, Foundations, Gallery 221@HCC, Tampa, FL
2018| Group Exhibition, Open Tab, CAVU, Tampa, FL
2018| Two-Person Exhibition, Element Ultra, Femme Feature Zine and Art Festival, Tampa, FL
2018| Group Exhibition, 6x6, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
2018| Juried Festival, Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Emerging Artist, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa, FL, Juror: Katherine Pill
2017| Group Exhibition, Pretty in Porcelain, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2017| Group Exhibition, Kid at He(art), Creative Loafing Space, Tampa, FL
2017| Group Exhibition, Holy Salad, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
2017| Solo Exhibition, Scooter Pootin’ ‘97, Bovine, Tampa, FL
2016| Group Exhibition, Sunny Side Up, 633 N. Franklin Street, Tampa, FL
2016| Group Exhibition, 5x5, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2016| Juried Group Exhibition, 3rd Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL, Juror: Sarah Howard
2016| Juried Group Exhibition, 40th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa FL, Juror: Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
2015| Juried Group Exhibition, 2nd Annual People's Choice Juried Exhibition, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2015| Two-Person Exhibition, A Self-Delusion, Remix, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
2015| Solo Exhibition, It's Okay To Stare, Silver Meteor Gallery, Tampa, FL
CURATORIAL
2022-2024| Curator or Co-Curator for 12 exhibitions, Department of Contemporary Art Tampa, FL, Tampa, FL
2023| Curator, Finn Schult: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted, Gallery114@HCC, Tampa, FL
2021| Curator, s p r a w l, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2021| Curator, Por Todas Partes: bujikimo & Alejandra Gotera, Gallery114@HCC, Tampa, FL
2021| Curator, Root’d, Gallery221@HCC, Tampa, FL
2020| Curator, The Woods, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
2020| Co-Curator, Mother of Exiles, Gallery221@HCC, Tampa, FL
2019| Curator, Rapscallion, QUAID, Tampa, FL
2016| Co-Curator, Fillerup, Coco Hunday, Seminole Heights, Tampa, FL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024| David Warner, “MFA St. Pete's 'Skyway' show is best treated like a treasure hunt,” Creative Loafing Tampa, October 22, 2024. https://www.cltampa.com/tampa/mfa-st-petes-skyway-show-is-best-treated-like-a-treasure-hunt/Slideshow/18817911/18817918
2024| Maggie Duffy, "A Tampa Bay artist threw tomato soup on other people’s art. Why?," Tampa Bay Times, July 29, 2024. https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/2024/07/29/tampa-st-petersburg-protest-art-soup/
2024| Maggie Duffy, "A Tampa Bay artist threw tomato soup on other people’s art. Why?," Tampa Bay Times, July 29, 2024. https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/2024/07/29/tampa-st-petersburg-protest-art-soup/
2023| Michele Smith, "May arts roundup: concerts, fringe fest, shrimp-themed immersive art...and so much more," 83Degrees, May 3, 2023. https://www.83degreesmedia.com/features/May-arts-roundup-in-Tampa-Bay-050223.aspx
2022| Jennifer Ring, "New free tour turns Ybor City into a walkable art museum on Thursday," Creative Loafing, Tampa, FL, October 26, 2022. https://www.cltampa.com/arts/new-free-tour-turns-ybor-city-into-a-walkable-art-museum-on-thursday-14443377
2021| Jennifer Ring, “USF’s ‘Constant Storm’ just one place you can see Latinx art in Tampa Bay this month,”
Creative Loafing Tampa, September 17, 2021. https://www.cltampa.com/arts-entertainment/visual-art/article/21155853/usfs-constant-storm-just-one-place-you-can-see-latinx-art-in-tampa-bay-this-month
2021| Jennifer Ring, “HCC’s Ybor City and Dale Mabry galleries welcome art fans back to school,”
Creative Loafing Tampa, August 19, 2021. https://www.cltampa.com/arts-entertainment/a-e-events/article/21155037/hillsborough-community-colleges-ybor-city-and-dale-mabry-galleries-welcome-art-fans-back-to-school
2021| Jenna Rimensnyder, “Fairgrounds, St. Petersburg's immersive arts experience, announces massive list of participating artists,”
Creative Loafing Tampa, January 15, 2021. https://www.cltampa.com/arts-entertainment/visual-art/article/21148037/fairgrounds-st-petersburgs-immersive-arts-experience-announces-massive-list-of-participating-artists
2020| SK West, “Tampa artist Emiliano Settecasi opens ‘The Woods’ at Sarasota’s Spaaces gallery,” Creative Loafing
Tampa, November 3, 2020. https://www.cltampa.com/arts-entertainment/a-e-events/article/21146165/tampa-artist-emiliano-settecasi-opens-the-woods-at-sarasotas-spaaces-gallery
2020| Maggie Duffy, “Get your art fix from Tampa Bay galleries with these new offerings,” Tampa Bay Times, September 12,
2020. https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/visual-arts/2020/09/12/get-your-art-fix-from-tampa-bay-galleries-with-these-new-offerings/
2020| Ray Roa, “Macy Eats Paint and Emiliano Settecasi stage ‘Homecoming’ art installation at St. Pete’s Mize Gallery,”
Creative Loafing Tampa, August 20, 2020. https://www.cltampa.com/arts-entertainment/a-e-events/article/21143070/macy-eats-paint-and-emiliano-settecasi-stage-homecoming-art-installation-at-st-petes-mize-gallery
2020| Caitlin Albritton, “Gallery 221 in Tampa uses hybrid means to stay active, relevant to the community,” 83 Degrees,” August
18, 2020. https://www.83degreesmedia.com/innovationnews/gallery221-resumes-hybrid-version-of-programming-in-Tampa-081820.aspx
2020| “Tampa’s Immersive Artist Experience: The Fairgrounds Project,” The Identity Tampa
Bay, August 12, 2020. https://www.theidentitytb.com/article/fairgrounds-project
2019| Ray Roa, “Musicians and mischief mingle when ‘Rapscallion’ closes at
QUAID Tampa. Creative Loafing Tampa, June 5, 2019.
https://www.cltampa.com/music/local/article/21071593/musicians-and-mischief-mingle-when-rapscallion-closes-at-quaid-tampa
2018| Ryann Ersoff, “Emiliano Settecasi: Not Just for 90s Kids,” Mieux
Magazine, May 17, 2018. https://www.mieuxmagazine.com/not-just-for-90s-kids/
2018| Chanelle Garzon, “When Retro Miami Meets Tampa Bay,” Femme Feature, April 2018, Issue 4.
2016| “Daily Doodle: Q&A with Emiliano Settecasi,” Miex Magazine, January 18, 2016.
http://www.mieuxmagazine.com/dd-emiliano-settecasi/
2015| Julie Garisto, "Close-up and personal — distinctive portrait shows in St. Pete and Ybor," Creative Loafing Tampa, May 7, 2015. https://www.cltampa.com/arts/close-up-and-personal-andnbspdistinctive-portrait-shows-in-st-pete-and-ybor-12302518
2013| Jeff Berlinicke, "To Jesuit Artist, Colors and Faces Are Key," South Tampa News, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL, May 8, 2013.
PUBLISHED WRITING
2024| “Ybor City gallery owner Emiliano Settecasi shares his thoughts on the State of the Arts,” Creative Loafing Tampa, March 7, 2024. https://www.cltampa.com/arts/ybor-city-gallery-owner-emiliano-settecasi-shares-his-thoughts-on-the-state-of-the-arts-17378407
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2018- | Gallery Assistant, HCC Art Galleries, Tampa, FL
2017- | Volunteer, Tempus Projects, Seminole Heights, Tampa, FL
2016| Exhibitions Preparation Intern, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL