M IK A L M A R I E
S H A P I R 0
Art Education:
2010-current The School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, MFA
Film/Video/New
Media, Creative Writing
2007-2009 Sarah Lawrence College, BA
Digital
Filmmaking, Film History, Creative Writing
2000-2002 Kansas City Art Institute
Painting/Drawing,
Creative Writing, Art History
1999 University of Missouri-Kansas City
Art
History, Performance
Internships:
2009 The Washington Post, with Emmy-award winning video
journalist Travis Fox (NY)
Digital
photography and video assistance, Research and generation of breaking news leads.
2007 NewLab Digital Print Studio (HI) Digital
photography and printmaking, Art handling, Color and file correction, Graphic
design.
2007 Annie Leibovitz
Photography Studio
(NY) Archiving
photography and media, Image research, Art handling.
2005 Hammerpress Fine
Letter Press Printing
(MO) Operation
of Vandercook presses, Letterpress design, Original linocuts.
Professional Creative Experience:
Studio Work
2000-currentArtist
Experimental
Video and Sound, Digital Photography, Performance art, Shadow theatre, Painting,
Drawing,
Printmaking, Puppetry, Installation.
Exhibitions include:
2010 "Ripe" Group
showatLeedy-Voulkos Art Center (MO)
2009 "Receipts and Souvenirs (for the living)" Solo show at Telephonebooth Gallery (MO) 2009 "Danza Macabra" Shadow performance at Mattie Rhodes Art Center (MO)
2009 "Little Tokoyo and Dreamytime" Puppeteer for the ArtSounds series
at Kansas City Art
Institute (MO)
2009 "What's Black
and White and Red All Over" Shadow performance atThe Tank (NYC)
2008 Winter
Invitational Group show at Telephonebooth
Gallery (MO)
2007 Genesis Group
show at A* Space, Sarah Lawrence College (NY)
2007 Group Show Telephonebooth
Gallery (MO)
2005 The Fairytale
Show The Farenheit Gallery (KS)
2003 Group Show Bella
Mosaique (MO)
2002 The Frank
Heath Show Hobbs Building (KS)
2000 Group Show Crown
Center Pavilion (MO)
1995-currentMusician/Composer/Songwriter
Vocal and instrumental
performance (including guitar, clarinet, electronica, djembe),
Managing
bands, Touring, Recording and sound engineering.
Discography includes:
2010 For Good Solo Release (Independent)
2008 The Crow, the Lark and the Loon Solo
Release (Independent)
2006 Fool's Gold with The Boon(Blinking Light Records)
2004 No Coast with Eudora (Independent)
The GypSee
2003-2007 Co-founder and director of a nomadic arts program that supports
performance art and installation
Recruited and organized artists in
cross-disciplinary collaboration for 13+ productions (including but not limited
to: film/video, photography, installation, performance art, new/digital media,
puppetry, dance, painting, sculpture, printmaking, book making, fiber,
ceramics, assemblage, and musical performance). Experience also includes: Designing
exhibits, Producing and directing original performances, Procuring performance
spaces, Guerrilla and conventional marketing, Media networking and public
relations, Creative writing, Fundraising, Fiscal management, Recruiting and organizing
volunteers, Installing/recovering shows, Puppetry, Performance art,
Experimental shadow theatre, Set design, Composing and arranging original
music, Graphic design, Printmaking, Photo-video documentation.
Joshua Hoffine Studios 2002-2005
Video and Photography assistant
Set
design, Lighting, Modeling, Prop fabrication, Post-production video editing and
effects.
Evolving Woman Magazine 1997-1999 Columnist and Assistant editor
Created Maiden Voyage, a "zine" for adolescent girls covering topics on
sex, drugs, music,
environmental studies, art, health, education, and self-esteem (40,000 copies
in distribution),
AuthoredThe Mything Link--a monthly
column exploring the sacred
through cross-cultural perspectives of everyday phenomena based of the works of
David
Abram, Riane Eisler, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, Recruited teen and adult
artists and
writers, Directed and documented teen discussion groups.
Not-for-Profit Creative Experience
The Nature
Conservancy (Big Island, Hawaii)
2007 Volunteer
Photo
documentation of endangered native plant species in cloud forest bioregion.
Raincoast.org (The
Great Bear Rain Forest, Bella Bella, B.C.)
2006 VolunteerPhoto/video
documentation of old growth forests and aquatic life, Rehabilitation of an area
research
facility.
Published Art and Creative Writings:
2009-Present Zupa Venu,
a collaborative zine with artist/musician Meghan Orbek (NY)
2008-Present The Phenomenology of the
Internet, on-line blog at http://netizenation.blogspot.com
2008 Drawings, Bright Red Shorts: A Sarah
Lawrence Visual Art Review
2006 The Mnemonics of Place or LOST:
Small Black Dog—Mixed Breed The Review's Annual Architecture Issue
2001-2002 Various articles, The Red Fruit
2001 Kismet Show, Review
2000 Mountainside, Untitled: The Kansas City Art Institute Literary
Magazine
Press:
From the
Shadows Again, The Kansas City Star (10/29/2009)
A Boon for a Busy Artist, The Kansas City Star (5/25/06)
Danger! The Pitch (11/03/2005)
Thirty Under Thirty, The
Kansas City Star (11/25/04)
GypSee Presents…
Review (6/04)
Special Honors:
2005 "Thirty Under Thirty" The Kansas City Star–selected as one of
thirty outstanding community members
under
the age of thirty for contributions to the Kansas City arts and culture scene