Mores McWreath

Born 1980, Washington, PA, USA

Lives in New York, NY

 

Education:

Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, New York, 2008-09.

The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, MFA, 2008.

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York, BFA, 2003.

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2009

CUE Art Foundation, New York, New York.

Reinscribe Scribble, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, California.

2008

The Bud, the Seed, the Egg, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

2007

Everything's Better, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2006

Westlake, Parish Hall, Cleveland, Ohio.

 

Group Exhibitions:

2009

Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Exhibition, Art in General, New York, New York.

Theoretical Practice, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, New York.

2008

Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2007

End Times, Lasso Gallery at the Butcher Shop, Chicago, Illinois.

2006

Flex Your Textiles, John Connelly Presents, New York, New York.

mex / sub- urBAN, 413 Vandervoort, Brooklyn, New York.

Janos Sugar and Mores McWreath, Cleveland Institute of Art Rheinberg Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio.

2003

Obviously Prepared to work in Advertising, The Cooper Union Houghton Gallery, New York, New York.

 

Selected Screenings:

2010

Director's Lounge, Contemporary Media and Film Festival, Meinblau Arthouse, Berlin, Germany.

700IS Reindeerland Experimental Film and Video Festival, Egilsstadir, Iceland.

V.I.P. Art Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia.

2009

Videomedeja 2009, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.

Duration: London, Candid Arts Trust, London, England.

FEED, Fragmental Museum at Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, New York.

Jakarta International Video Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia.

New Language Makers, Videotage at Wah Luen Industrial Building, Block A, Hong Kong.

Street Address: My Bloody Valentine, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California.

2008

Untitled Play for 5 Voices and Short FIlms, Curated by Darin Klein, Eighteen Thirty, Los Angeles, California.

2007

Ghosts of Presence, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2006

Echo Park FIlm Center, Los Angeles, California.

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athena Cinema, Athens, Ohio.

 

Awards:

2007-2008

Full Teaching Assistantship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

2006

Director's Citation Award, Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, New Jersey.

2003

Robert Breer Film and Video Award, New York, New York.

Post-Undergraduate Benjamin Menschel Fellowship for Creative Inquiry, New York, New York.

2002

Benjamin Menschel Fellowship for Creative Inquiry, New York, New York.

 

Selected Libraries/Collections:

The Aphasia Institute (Canada)

Arizona State University

Brooklyn College Speech and Hearing Center

California State University, East Bay

Case Western Reserve University

Detroit Medical Center Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

Eastern Washington University

Idaho State University

Magee Rehabilitation Hospital

Medical University of South Carolina

MGH Institute of Health Professions Communication Science and Disorders

The National Aphasia Association

New York University Medical Center

San Francisco State University

San Diego State University

University of Florida

The University of Queensland, Australia

University of Texas El Paso

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Western Carolina University, Hunter Library

 

Teaching:

Projects in Final Cut Pro and After Effects, Adjunct Instructor, Cooper Union

 

Bibliography:

Emily Hall. "Mores McWreath", Artforum, March 2010. (pdf)

Cameron Shaw. Mores McWreath: "Maybe If I Keep Talking". CUE Art Foundation Catalogue, 12 November 2009. (pdf)

Andrea Zittel. Curator's Statement. CUE Art Foundation Catalogue, 12 November 2009. (pdf) or (full catalogue pdf)

Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni, Lauren Hoptman. The Younger than Jesus Artist Directory. Phaidon Press. 2009. (pdf)

Daryl Bank. Ghosts of Presence: International Emerging Artists' Video Art Gallery of York University. 7 November 2007. (pdf)