Education
B.F.A. 2007 Art Academy of Cincinnati
M.F.A. 2013 Northwestern University, Art Theory + Practice
Selected Solo, two- and three-person projects
2013 Grids + Other Erotica, Low Road Gallery, Greencastle, IN
2010 Recipes During Wartime, solo exhibition, U·turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH
2009 Pairs Well With, solo exhibition, Aisle Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2009 A White Hunter, a white hunter is nearly crazy, solo installation project, Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, OH
2008 I Will Never Recover from This Macaroon, solo exhibition, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Bermuda Triangle, solo performance, Murmur Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 There Were Three, with Molly Donnermeyer + Eric Ruschman, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Sum _____ Beyonde the Crystal Sea. with Steve Kemple, Convergys Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Paper Tigers, with William Hutchinson, Warsaw Projects Space, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Monsters in the Garden, with Eric Ruschman, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
Selected Group projects
2013 CLOWN FLANEUR, Mary + Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston IL
2013 Otherwise, Beige, Memphis, TN
2012 Oh My Goddess, Queer Thoughts, Chicago, IL
2012 The Scrotum Portfolio, limited edition folio organized by Kris Harzinski
2012 Fly Your Own Freak Flag, Thunder-Sky Inc., Cincinnati, OH
2011 The Romance Show, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2011 2 + 2 = 5, Thunder-Sky Inc., Cincinnati, OH
2010 Chocolat, Prairie Gallery, curated by Brian Joiner, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Vanguard of Six, Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Raw Walls, JBar Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Deep Fried Freedom Festival, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2010 By Way of An Apology, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2009 IDEA, organized by Julia Ranz, semantics, Cincinnati, OH
2009 Art After Hours, Campbell County Public Library, Newport, KY
2008 The Today Show, Murmur Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Inspiration Nation, Leapin Lizard Gallery, Covington, KY
2007 Exposed: The Best of Secret Artworks¸ ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007 The Collect, Rohs Street Café, with ArtWorks
2007 Welcome the Interruption, senior thesis exhibit, Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Student Juried Show, with juror Jean Feinberg, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Ofrenda and Memory, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Eight Painters, Carnegie Visual + Performing Arts Center, Convington, KY
2006 Opening Doors, Nicholas Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Fantastic Four, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati
2005 Follow the Leader, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Staff Infection, Mary R. Schiff Library, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Visual Fringe Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Curatorial Projects
2011 Steve Kemple: The World is Everything That It Isn’t, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Carmel Buckley: New Work, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Feedbag Feedback, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 The Sour Princesses, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Palling Around with Socialists, U·turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH
2009-2011 U·turn Art Space Collective, Cincinnati, OH
2009 She Keeps It In Play / They Don’t Know What to Call It, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008-2011 semantics gallery co-op, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Murmur gallery co-op, Cincinnati, OH
2006-07 Student Director of Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Reality Show, group exhibition, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Staff Infection, Mary R. Schiff Library, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Publications
2012 (forthcoming) Odie Off, exhibition monograph accompanying exhibition by Kelly Kaczynski + Mike Rea, threewalls, Chicago, IL
2012 (forthcoming) Taint, exhibition publication accompanying Anthony Luensman, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012 Suzanne Silver: Cartoon Geometry, exhibition monograph, Aisle Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012 I Dozed, I Napped, I Writhed, I Dreamed, exhibition take home for Judith Brotman, The Bike Room, Chicago, IL
2012 Nature’s Stain, exhibition catalogue for Carmel Buckley + Joel Fisher, Aisle Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Bruce Riley monograph, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Aloha Means Both Hello + Goodbye, U·turn Art Space monograph
2011 The Middle of White: Michelle Grabner + Sarah Blyth-Stephens, U·turn Art Space monograph
2011 Moon in the Wall/ Hope It Don’t Dissolve: Joey Versoza, U·turn Art Space monograph
2010 Summer Some Aren’t, U·turn Art Space monograph
2010 One Solid Mutiny: Zach Rawe, U·turn Art Space monograph
2010 Sparklezilla, Spring 2010 issue
2010 Unemployed Title: Keith Benjamin, U·turn Art Space monograph
2010 Recipes During Wartime, U·turn Art Space monograph, contributing writer + editor
2010 COLONY, U·turn Art Space exhibition catalogue, co-authored with Isaac Hand
2009 Alice Blue Review Vol. 10
2009 Brighton Approach, Vol. 1
2009- present Contributing writer for Sculpture Magazine
2009 Sparklezilla, Summer 2009 issue
2009-2010 Contributing writer for Aeqai
2008 Making Sense of Contemporary Art, pamphlet funded by Fine Arts Fund, Cincinnati, OH
2008- present Contributing writer for Art Papers, Atlanta, GA
2008 There Were Me, self published artist book
2007- 2011 Contributing writer for City Beat, Cincinnati, OH
2006 S.O.S. Book of Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice
2006 The Incliner: Journal of Literary and Visual Arts, Issue #13
2006 Art Academy News: “Student Studios in Summer.”
2004 Art Academy News: “China Adams.”
Work Experience
2012 Editorial Assistant, Art Journal
2010 Visiting Artist, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
2010 Judge, Drag Show, Leapin’ Lizard Lounge, Covington, KY
2010 Panel discussion participant, Politics and Aesthetics, Miami University
2010 Lecturer, 6th Conference on Food Representation in Literature, Film and the Other Arts, San Antonio, TX
2009- present Contributing writer for Sculpture Magazine
2009- 2010 Contributing writer for Aeqai
2008- present Contributing writer for Art Papers, Atlanta, GA
2009 Moderator, Contemporary Conversations, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2009 Guest artist, moderator, juror, Studio E, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Guest lecturer/critic, Making Sense of Contemporary Art, Art Academy of Cincinnati
2008 Visiting Artist at Baker Hunt Arts Center, Covington, KY
2007-2011 Art Critic for City Beat, Cincinnati, OH
2006-2007 Student Director of Chidlaw Gallery
2003-2007 Gallery Assistant in Pearlman and Chidlaw Galleries, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Bibliography
2011 “Matt Morris: Artist, Writer, Curator,” by Maria Seda-Reder, Aeqai
2010 “Garde Duty: A Vanguard of Six at Phyllis Weston Gallery,” by Alan Pocaro, Aeqai
2010 Interview with Jane Durrell for Around Cincinnati, WVXU Radio
2010 Recipes During Wartime, U·turn Art Space monograph
2010 “A Piece Written After Attending Matt Morris’ Opening at U·turn,” by William Renschler, Aeqai Adumbrationes
2010 “Recipes During Wartime,” Michael J. Morris, blog post.
2010 “Appetite for Art,” by Sheila Owens, Soapbox Media Soapicks February 2-8
2010 “Pay Attention to What’s Behind the Curtain,” by Molly Donnermeyer, U·turn Art Space Blog
2009 “Belated Remarks Perhaps Concerning Matt Morris’ Opening,” by William Renschler, Aeqai Adumbrationes
2009 “Pairs Well With at Aisle,” Dania Eliot, Aeqai Adumbrations
2009 “Pairs Well With at Aisle,” by Steve Rosen, City Beat
2008 “Walls can’t contain memory’s power” by Jackie Demaline, Cincinnati Enquirer
2008 Art Recommendation, by Laura James, City Beat
2008 “An Artful Weekend,” by Steve Rosen, City Beat Blog
2008 Art Recommendation, by Steve Rosen, City Beat
2008 Sara Pearce, Eye Spy Blog, Cincinnati Enquirer
2007 Articulations, Tamera Muente, City Beat
2005 “Truly Unhooked: Visual Fringe expands Fringe Festival Concept in unexpected ways,” by Jackie Glaser, City Beat
2005 “Duo’s Monsters a nostalgic, mysterious fantasy world,” by Anne Price, Baton Rouge Advocate
