SOLO EXHIBITIONS

FUTURE HISTORY NOW: A Retrospeculative, Overture Center for the Arts, Gallery III, Madison, Wisconsin, 2019

Dayroom 1, Abel Contemporary, Paoli, Wisconsin, 2017

Select a World, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | INSTALLATIONS

2020

This Show Has Been Curated, SoE Gallery, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

2019

8th Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camagüey (FIVAC), Camagüey, Cuba

Annual Spring Exhibition, Wally Douma Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Open Relationship: 4D Area Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Ossuary (Curated by Laurie Beth Clark), Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2018

2018 Endless Biennial: OPTIMISM (Curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo), EFA Project Space, New York, New York

Municipal Restored, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, Wisconsin

FLUSHED: Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery 7, Madison, Wisconsin

13th Annual Student Art Showcase, Bascom Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Bodily Functions: 4D Area Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Annual Exhibition, Wally Douma Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Precipice: Second Year Graduate Review, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Seed the Vote, Kohler Art Library, Madison, Wisconsin

2018 Digital Salon, DesignLab, Madison, Wisconsin

First Year Graduate Review, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

90th Student Art Show, Gallery 1308, Madison, Wisconsin

CHE Symposium, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin

2017

The Void() Looks Back, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Swap|Meet, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Oversight, Gallery 7, Madison, Wisconsin

Summer of '68, Virtual Open Space, Linz, Austria

17 Days (vol. 9), University Gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts

FORGE, Madison Brass Works, Madison, Wisconsin

POLITICKED OFF!, Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, New York

Soundings: Protest|Politics|Dissent, Power Plant Gallery, Durham, North Carolina

2016

UniMadEx, The Marquee Theater, Madison, Wisconsin

MUNICIPAL, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, Wisconsin

RJE13 (Juried by Sergio Gomez), Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, Illinois

Democritique, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois

17 Days (vol. 9), Richmond Center for Visual Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Miami New Media Festival, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida

17 Days (vol. 9), The Bret Llewellyn Art Gallery, Alfred, New York

You Can't Take It With You, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin (catalogue)

Empowerpoint (Curated by ARTS.BLACK), The Luminary, St. Louis, Missouri

Experimental Film and Video, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea (catalogue)

Open AiR, Level 6 Gallery, 100state, Madison, Wisconsin

TILL IT’S GONE (Curated by Çelenk Bafra, Paolo Colombo), Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey

2015

Art Speaks Out (Curated by Vanina Saracino), ARTCOP21, Berlin, Germany

Flesh (Curated by Carlos de Lins), Espacio Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Gallery Night, Level 6 Gallery, 100state, Madison, Wisconsin

Interference Festival of Visual Communication Forms, Shakespeare Theatre, Gdańsk, Poland

Depart, Level 6 Gallery, 100state, Madison, Wisconsin

58th Beloit & Vicinity (Juried by Ryan Mandell, Frank Trankina), Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, Wisconsin

What Are You Watching? (Curated by Ronald Lambert), Stairwell Gallery, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Sound Installation for UW Hospital, C5/2 Surgical Waiting Atrium, Madison, Wisconsin

Momentum Technology Video Film Festival, IWA, Rutgers University, New Jersey

2014

Once Effigy, The Bubbler, Madison, Wisconsin

Twenty-Three Sisters, Gallery 1308, Madison, Wisconsin

5th Digital Salon, DesignLab, Madison, Wisconsin

Ossuary (Curated by Paula Katz), Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana

Animals Playing Instruments, The Bubbler, Madison, Wisconsin

2013

Ossuary (Curated by Laurie Beth Clark), Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee


AWARDS | GRANTS | RESIDENCIES

Overture Center for the Arts, Artist Honorarium, 2019

Glen R. Allen Graduate Award, 2019

Bascom Purchase Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2019

Best Entry Scholarship Award, Wally Douma Gallery, 2019

Network Fellows, School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2018–19

John B. and Susan S. Patterson Fund, Professional Development Grant, 2019

Wisconsin Arts Board, Creative Communities Grant, 2019

Kathy Schroeder Memorial Award, Progressive Dane, 2018

M List Award: Innovation in the Arts, Madison Magazine, 2018

Artists-in-Residence, Bayview International Center For Education And The Arts, 2018

Finalists, Arts Business Competition, UW–Arts Institute, 2018

Wisconsin Arts Board, Creative Communities Grant, 2018

University of Wisconsin–Madison, Graduate Fellowship, 2017-18

Madison Arts Commission, BLINK Grant, 2017

Madison Arts Commission, Visual Arts Grant, 2017

Artists-in-Residence, 100arts, Madison, Wisconsin, 2015-16

Overture Center for the Arts, Curatorial Honorarium, 2017

Madison Arts Commission, Visual Arts Grant, 2016

Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Visual Arts Grant, 2016

ArtSlant Showcase Winner, Mixed Media, 2016

ArtSlant Showcase Winner, New Media, 2015

Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Visual Arts Grant, 2014

Overture Center for the Arts, Curatorial Honorarium, 2014


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Carl Corey: Along the Yellowstone Trail, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2017

Digital Aura, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, 2017

CSArt Madison, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2017–present

It Can Happen Here, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016

OFF THE WALL, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016–18

Captured: Narratives of Incarcerated Youth (traveling; photography by Amber Sowards)

Dane Arts Gallery, City-County Building, Madison, Wisconsin, 2017-18

Gallery II, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin, 2017

Power Plant Gallery, Durham, North Carolina, 2017

UW South Madison Partnership, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016–17

Colucci Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016

LGBT Campus Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016

Sun Prairie Public Library, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 2016

Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2015-16

Beyond Function, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016

Intimate Systems, Level 6 Gallery, 100state, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016

Justified Art!, Gallery I, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin, 2014-15


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

University of Wisconsin–Madison


LECTURES | WORKSHOPS

Artist Talk, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin, May 3, 2019

Presentation/Panel Discussion, Education Policy 810: Education and Resistance in Community-Based Spaces, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Dec 3, 2018

Artist Talk, Speed Dating, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, April 30, 2018

Curator Talk, OFF THE WALL, UW–Madison Arts Institute, April 27, 2018

Curator Talk, Digital Aura, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, May 20, 2017

Lecture and Graduate Critique, Visiting Artist Colloquium, University of Wisconsin–Madison, February 8, 2017

Artists-in-Residence Panel Discussion, Level 6 Gallery, 100state, Madison, Wisconsin, March 16, 2016

Artist Talk, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, February 19, 2016

Lecture/Presentation, Art 448 Lab 009: Art + Social Justice, University of Wisconsin–Madison, February 17, 2016

Curator Talk, Justified Art!, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin, April 27, 2015


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lead Curators, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, 2016-2018

Members, Art Activist Work Group, 2016-present

Project Managers, Captured: Narratives of Dane County’s Incarcerated Youth, 2015-present

Co-Founders, Midwest Story Lab, Multimedia Studio, 2015-present

Installation Assistants, Do Ho Suh, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2017

Artist Assistants, Eric and Heather ChanSchatz, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2015


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | PRESS

"Isthmus Picks: Gallery Night," Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2019
Jason Fuhrman, Edwanike Harbour, Reid Kurkerewicz, Chris Lay, Grant Phipps, Mark Riechers, and Daniel Seeger, "The state of Madison filmgoing in 2018," Tone Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, December 20, 2018.
Ali Muldrow, "Creative Conversations – Art & Activism," WORT 89.9 FM, A Public Affair, Madison, WI, December 19, 2018.
Katie Vaughn, Sammy Gibbons, Neil Heinen, Enjoyiana Nururdin, and Deney Li, "The M List 2018: Innovation in the Arts," Madison Magazine, Madison, WI, October 23, 2018.
Chali Pittman, OFF THE WALL interview, WORT 89.9 FM, 8 O'Clock Buzz, Madison, WI, August 17, 2018.
John McLaughlin, "Back to the Alley," Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, August 9, 2018.
Reid Kurkerewicz, "An eclectic and electric series of international short films that aim to inspire and challenge," Tone Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, July 30, 2018.
Gayle Worland, "Want art fast? Try 'Speed Dating' Monday," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, April 29, 2018.
Gayle Worland, "Fruitful CSArt Madison to return this spring," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, February 11, 2018.
John McLaughlin, "Movies in the Alley," Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, August 10, 2017.
Brett Schlough, "Podcast: The world of 'Digital Aura', Part I," Tone Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, July 6, 2017.
Sheikh Jammeh, "New Overture exhibits put faces on the issue of mass incarceration," The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, June 17, 2017.
Robyn Norton, "On View | Digital Aura," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, May 28, 2017.
Jonathan Zarov, Digital Aura interview, WORT 89.9 FM, 8 O'Clock Buzz, Madison, WI, May 19, 2017.
Jonathan Zarov, CSArt Madison interview, WORT 89.9 FM, 8 O'Clock Buzz, Madison, WI, May 12, 2017.
Gayle Worland, "CSArt Madison hopes to connect artists and collectors," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, May 14, 2017.
Robyn Norton, "On View | Artisan Gallery," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, March 26, 2017.
John McLaughlin, "Art in the cooler: An installation about juvenile detention is designed to provoke," Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, March 2, 2017.
Jay Rath, "Seeding the arts: CSArt Madison to yield bumper crop,” Wisconsin Gazette, Vol. 8, No. 5, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 12, 2017. 24.
Holly Henschen, “Art for the people,” Isthmus, Vol. 42, No. 1, Madison, Wisconsin, January 5, 2017. 21, 26.
Sarah Witman, "Standout art moments in Madison from 2016," Tone Madison, Madison, WI, December 21, 2016.
Lindsay Christians, "Art by the share: New 'CSArt' plants the seeds for more original art in Madison," The Capital Times, Madison, WI, December 21, 2016.
Erica Hess, You Can't Take It With You, Commonwealth Gallery, exhibition catalogue, October 1 - October 8, 2016, Madison, WI. 2-3, 28-29.
Antwaun Sargent, "A New Exhibition Explores The Social Critique of Funny Art," Vice | The Creators Project, September 29, 2016.
James Kreul, "Review: OFF THE WALL," Madison Film Forum, Madison, WI, August 13, 2016.
Lee Moran, "If This Art Could Vote," The Huffington Post, July 29, 2016.
Toni Sikes, “Healing Art II,” CODAmagazine, No. 27, Madison, WI, June 17, 2016.
Jenie Gao, “Who controls the content?,” Madison365, Madison, WI, February 9, 2016.
Jordan Gaines, “Poetry reading Friday captures the voices of incarcerated youth,” The Capital Times, Madison, WI, January 8, 2016.
David Dahmer, “Captured: New photography exhibition puts a face to local racial disparities and incarceration,” Madison365, Madison, WI, December 11, 2015.
Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis, “Justified Art!: Visualizing Activism for Social Justice,” Overture Center for the Arts, exhibition catalogue, March 10 - May 31, 2015, Madison, WI. 2, 33.
Scott Gordon, “Mutope Johnson, Jerry Jordan and Amber Sowards on Justified Art!,” Tone Madison, Madison, WI, April 30, 2015.
Michael Muckian, “Justified Art! strikes an all-too-relevant chord,” Wisconsin Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 9, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 26, 2015. 41.
Lindsay Christians, “In Justified Art!, painters, photographers and sculptors explore facets of race,” The Capital Times, Madison, WI, March 18, 2015. 36.
Scott Girard, “Justified art exhibit hopes to continue race discussions: Q&A with Simone Doing and Max Puchalsky,” Your Family Magazine, Madison, WI, Spring 2015. 24-25.
Katie Vaughn, “‘Justified Art!’ continues dialogue about racial disparities,” Madison Magazine Artscape Blog. March 5, 2015.
Madison Magazine, exhibition announcement with photographs, Madison, WI, March, 2015. 15.
Laurel White, “‘Justified Art!’ seeks discussion on racial inequality in Dane County,” The Capital Times, Madison, WI, December 31, 2014. 30.
Brian Standing, Interview, “Sisterhood Portrayed in Art,” WORT 89.9 FM, Madison, WI, August 18, 2014.
Katie Garth, Twenty-Three Sisters: A Group Exhibition, Gallery 1308, exhibition catalogue, August 8 - September 30, 2014, Madison, WI. 8-9.