Craig Colorusso was born April 18th, 1970 in Mount Vernon, NY. With a guitar and some inspiration from the Punk Rock movement of the 1980’s he began to write his own music. By the 1990’s he was in touring bands and started his own record company. After touring the United States tirelessly Colorusso found himself in one too many bars. His music began to expand and incorporate composition and improvisation. He began to play bass clarinet and clarinet. This expansion caused his music to evolve, resulting in the pieces Tagmusik (24 hour performance in Bethel CT) and Maschine (a composition for instruments and off-set printing presses.) Slowly, these explorations extended beyond music and investigated light and sculpture.
First with MB 89 and then with CUBEMUSIC, both of which have toured the US. In the last decade Colorusso has combined his interests to create his first outdoor work Sun Boxes which premiered June 2009 as part of the exhibition “off the Grid” at the Goldwell Museum in Rhyolite, Nevada. The past decade Colorusso has been traveling the country in what he calls a traveling circus, Sound + Light. Sun Boxes, CUBEMUSIC, INSTALL a short film about three of his pieces and a live performance.
In the last 5 years Colorusso has been making permanent pieces around Northwest Arkansas and beyond with works such as Sound Swings, Moon Pod, Cover Bridge ONE, El Segundo, Wilson Circle and Path of The Bumblebee. He currently lives in Rogers, Arkansas with a wife, a daughter, and four cats.
Craig Colorusso
2024
Sound + Light
The Meadows, Shreveport, LA Thaden School, Bentonville, AR
Sun Boxes
The Eclipse Festival, Hot Springs, AR
Mr Blue and his Tongue
The Medium, Springdale, AR
The Meadows, Shreveport, LA
Cottonwood Drone in A
Ashland Farms, Lexington, KY
2023
Sound + Light
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
Sun Boxes
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
AWASH Interform, Springdale, AR
Ladybug Cathedral
Art on the Bricks Art Walk, Rogers, AR
Vivid Connections, Springdale, AR
ArtFarm, Annapolis MD
Mr Blue and his Tongue
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Path of The Bumblebee
Maryland Hall, Annapolis MD
2022
CUBEMUSIC
Lane Foster Fine Art, Springdale AR
Medium opening, The Medium Springdale, AR
Sun Boxes
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Ladybug Cathedral The Ramble, Fayetteville, AR
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL.
CACHE Studios, Bentonville, AR
AWASH
cluster Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
OLGA for Ukraine
Likewise, Fayetteville, AR
Collide Performance
Momentary, Bentonville, AR
Cottonwood Drone in A
Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR
El Segundo
Coler Mountain Bike Preserve, Bentonville, AR
Wilson Circle
Wilson Spring Preserve, Fayetteville, AR
2021
CUBEMUSIC
Art Trail at Night Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR.
Sun Boxes
Garden Party, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Sound + Light
University of Memphis - Lambuth Campus, Jackson, TN
Ladybug Cathedral
Gong and Guitar, Yoga Story, Bentonville, AR
CB To You Mobile Art Lab, Crystal Bridges Museum of American art,
(14 Sites throughout Northwest Arkansas)
The Tunnel
Maple Grove Park, Roger, AR
AWASH
Sound for dance choreographed by Holly Seidcheck
2020
Sound + Light
Sunday RESET The Momentary, Bentonville, AR
Spring Arts and Cultural Festival, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, AR
Moon Pod GOCA, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (extended through March 2021)
Ladybug Cathedral
Bee Well Yoga, Rogers, AR
Covered Bridge One
Coler Mountain Bike Preserve, Bentonville, AR
2019
Moon Pod
Extended through July GOCA UCCS, Colorado Springs, CO
Sun Boxes
International Kinetic Art Exhibit Boynton Beach, FL Immerse Wilson Springs, Fayetteville, AR
Sound + Light
Fenix Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR
Ladybug Cathedral
Trillium Springdale, AR
2018
Moon Pod
GOCA UCCS, Colorado Springs CO
PI
Website
Sound + Light
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, OH Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2017
Sound + Light
Delaware Art Museum, DE
Sun Boxes
Mass Moca, North Adams, MA Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK Fire Station, Doha, Qatar
Sound Swings Uptown
Uptown Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR
2016
Sun Boxes
ARC, Bella Vista, AR
Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR
CUBEMUSIC
Art Center of the Ozarks, Sprigdale, AR
INSTALL
ARC, Bella Vista, AR
MOON PHASES
Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR
2015
Sound + Light
Enough Pie, Charleston, SC
Sun Boxes
ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
CUBEMUSIC
Illuminate Springdale, AR
MOON PHASES
ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC
2014
Sun Boxes
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Mount Holyoke College, Hadley, MA
Copley, Dewey and Commons, Boston MA
Bernheim Arboretum, Louisville, KY
ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC
Valley of the Vapors Festival Hot Springs, AR
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St Leonard, MD Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL
CUBE MUSIC
Valley of The Vapors, Hot Springs, AR
Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR
INSTALL
Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2013
Sun Boxes
CONNECT at Bernheim Arboretum, Louisville, KY IMPORTANT RECORDS Groveland, MA
Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Fall In...Art and Sol festival, Midland, MI
Solar Decathlon, Irvine, CA
Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL
AMOA Arthouse, Austin, TX
LEXARTS, Lexington, KY
ARTOSPHERE, Northwest Arkansas
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR CUBEMUSIC
Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL
Anne Kittrell Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR INSTALL
Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Independent Film Festival Boston, Boston, MA AMOA-Arthouse, Austin, TX
LEXARTS, Lexington, KY ARTOSPHERE, Fayetteville, AR
2012
Sun Boxes
Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Vermont State Parks, 5 locations, Vermont
AMBLE, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Brooklyn, NY The College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, MA COMMUNIKEY Festival, Boulder, CO
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL CUBEMUSIC East Prospect Exhibition, Fayetteville, AR
Camden International Film Festival, Camden, ME
INSTALL
Camden International Film Festival, Camden, ME
MB 89
Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA
2011
Sun Boxes
Martha’s Vineyard, various locations
The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA ARTSCAPE, Baltimore, MD
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2010
Sun Boxes
Turners Falls RiverCulture, Turners Falls, MA TRACE, Maudslay State Park, Newburryport, MA IMPORTANT Records Headquarters, Groveport, MA Forced Exposure Parking Lot, Malden, MA
2009
Sun Boxes
Off The Grid, Residency at Goldwell Open Air Museum, Ryholite, NV
MB 89
Heirloom Arts, Danbury, CT
2008
MB 89
Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH Big Car, Indianapolis, IN
LEMP Arts, St. Louis, MO
Ghost Parlour, Manhattan, KS UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Red Light, Salt Lake City, UT Object+Thought, Denver, CO