SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 - Shared Sounds and Other Works, Hub17NYC, Staten Island, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS
2020 - Staten Island Arts Downtown Film Fest, online
2019 - New Mexico Rt 66 Film Festival, Moriarty, NM
2016 - LUMEN Festival, Atlantic Salt Company, Staten Island, NY
2015 - Native Ensemble, Lenape Gallery at the Conference House Park Visitor Center, Staten Island, NY
2014 - Reticulation, E Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 - 25th Annual Juried Photography Show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2014 - Liverpool Lift-Off Film Festival, Liverpool, UK
2013 - Rising Waters 2.0: More Photographs of Sandy, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
2013 - MoMA PopRally: Abstract Currents, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2013 - Downtown Tyler Film Festival, Tyler, TX
2013 - After-Set Film+ Program, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2013 - A Night of Wonder Festival, Amherst, MA
2013 - 63rd Annual Fence Show, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
2013 - Open Show NY #6, Calumet Photographic, New York, NY
2012 - Multiformity, SI LGBT Community Center, Staten Island, NY
2012 - The Day After, 4 St. Paul’s Gallery, Staten Island, NY
2010 - Senior Art Show, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY
TELEVISION & MULTIMEDIA
“Works for Dance and Film by David DiLillo and Melissa West,” SICTV-34, Staten Island, NY, aired Feb 18, 2014
TEACHING & OTHER WORK
2015 - Present, Administrator, New York City Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY
2014 - Present, Co-Founder and Director, Aquehonga Cinema, Staten Island, NY
2014 - 2015, Museum Educator, Alice Austen House, Staten Island, NY
2011 - 2015, Teen Photo/Video Instructor, Art Lab Inc. School of Fine and Applied Arts, Staten Island, NY
GRANTS & AWARDS
2015 - New York State Council on the Arts Original Work Grant
2006 - North Shore Rotary Club of Staten Island Scholarship
2005 - Eagle Scout
EDUCATION
MEd in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, expected 2021
University of San Diego, CA
BS in Mathematics, 2010
William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY College of Staten Island, NY
2017 - Shared Sounds and Other Works, Hub17NYC, Staten Island, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS
2020 - Staten Island Arts Downtown Film Fest, online
2019 - New Mexico Rt 66 Film Festival, Moriarty, NM
2016 - LUMEN Festival, Atlantic Salt Company, Staten Island, NY
2015 - Native Ensemble, Lenape Gallery at the Conference House Park Visitor Center, Staten Island, NY
2014 - Reticulation, E Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 - 25th Annual Juried Photography Show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2014 - Liverpool Lift-Off Film Festival, Liverpool, UK
2013 - Rising Waters 2.0: More Photographs of Sandy, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
2013 - MoMA PopRally: Abstract Currents, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2013 - Downtown Tyler Film Festival, Tyler, TX
2013 - After-Set Film+ Program, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2013 - A Night of Wonder Festival, Amherst, MA
2013 - 63rd Annual Fence Show, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
2013 - Open Show NY #6, Calumet Photographic, New York, NY
2012 - Multiformity, SI LGBT Community Center, Staten Island, NY
2012 - The Day After, 4 St. Paul’s Gallery, Staten Island, NY
2010 - Senior Art Show, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY
TELEVISION & MULTIMEDIA
“Works for Dance and Film by David DiLillo and Melissa West,” SICTV-34, Staten Island, NY, aired Feb 18, 2014
TEACHING & OTHER WORK
2015 - Present, Administrator, New York City Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY
2014 - Present, Co-Founder and Director, Aquehonga Cinema, Staten Island, NY
2014 - 2015, Museum Educator, Alice Austen House, Staten Island, NY
2011 - 2015, Teen Photo/Video Instructor, Art Lab Inc. School of Fine and Applied Arts, Staten Island, NY
GRANTS & AWARDS
2015 - New York State Council on the Arts Original Work Grant
2006 - North Shore Rotary Club of Staten Island Scholarship
2005 - Eagle Scout
EDUCATION
MEd in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, expected 2021
University of San Diego, CA
BS in Mathematics, 2010
William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY College of Staten Island, NY