Mores McWreath

Born 1980, Washington, PA, USA

Lives and works in Brooklyn, 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 and Two Person Exhibitions:

2011

Differentiate: Gina Osterloh & Mores McWreath, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2010

Between Everywhere, Kunsthalle M+B, Los Angeles, California

2009

CUE Art Foundation curated by Andrea Zittel, 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.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011

5C5C, KT&G Sangsang Madang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

Remnants, The Werkhaus, Brooklyn, NY.

2010

COMVIDEO, apexart, New York, New York.

Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

Video Art: Replay, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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

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

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

2006

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

2003

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

 

Selected Screenings/Performances:

2011

JULIO, #6, www.thisisjulio.com

Troutman Hall Salon, Queens, NY.

Blue-Sky Sprites, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Ventrakl with Christian Hawkey, Video/Poetry Performance, Space Space, Queens, NY.

2010

Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest, Hungary.

Ventrakl with Christian Hawkey, Video/Poetry Performance, Triple Canopy, Brooklyn, NY.

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

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

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.

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

2008

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

2006

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.

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

 

Awards and Honors:

2011

Hot Picks, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York.

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.

 

Bibliography:

2011

A.M. Kerstetter. "The fragments in between: an interview with artist Mores McWreath", The Interstitial Arts Foundation Blog, 12 April 2011 (link)

Riley, Breeze. "Differentiate Exhibit Questions Identity", The Daily Tar Heel, 19 September 2011

2010

Emily Hall. "Mores McWreath", Artforum, March 2010. p251-252. (pdf)

2009

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, Laura Hoptman. The Younger than Jesus Artist Directory. Phaidon Press. 2009. p341. (pdf)

2007

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

 

Selected Libraries/Collections:

Arizona State University

San Francisco State University

The University of Queensland, Australia

Western Carolina University, Hunter Library

 

Teaching/Lectures:

2010

Visiting Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Temple University

2008 - present

Adjunct Instructor, Cooper Union