Megan Cump

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Lives: Brooklyn, NY

Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, Master of Fine Arts
Macalester College, St. Paul MN, Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude



Solo Exhibitions
2004
"Dark Matter," White Room Exhibition, White Columns, New York NY


Group Exhibitions
2008
"Topography of Nature," Station Independent Projects @Arcade Gallery, New York NY

2007
"Cinema Scope," Perpetual Art Machine@ Scope New York & Hamptons, NY
"Summer Photography," SVA, Westside Gallery. New York NY
"Momenta Benefit,"Preview:Momenta Art & Exhibit: White Columns, New York NY
"Coma Erotique," Issue Project Room, New York NY

2006
"Natural Reaction," Tastes Like Chicken Artspace, Brooklyn NY
"Stilled Life," curated by Daria Brit Shapiro, Islip Art Museum, Islip NY
"A Distant Mirror," M.Y. Art Prospects. New York, NY
"Young Video Art from New York," Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn Germany
"Panoramica," Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
"Emotional Landscape," curated by Paul Laster and Renee Ricardo,Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2005
"Dark Nature," Station Independent Projects, Brooklyn NY
"Hey, Hotshot!" Jen Bekman Gallery
"Video_Dumbo," Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
"Undercover," Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester NY
"In Process ‘05: Megan Cump, Dennis Leder, Jeffrey Allen Price," Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, Islip NY
"Me, Myself, and I: Video Remix," The Living Room, Miami FL
"New Photography," Newspace Center for Photography, Portland OR

2004
"Me, Myself, and I," Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL
"There is a Light that Never Goes Out," Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
"Orchard," Big Apple Fest, Midtown Orchard Silverstein Properties, New York, NY
"Colony," Hudson Clearing, New York NY
"Frisbee Art Fair," exhibited with Arena Gallery, Miami FL
"Scapes," Berlin Kunst Projekt, Berlin Germany

2003
"AIM 23," Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx NY
"Phelanges," 50 Broadway Gallery, New York NY
"My Mother’s An Artist," Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York NY

2002
"Scratch," Arena Gallery, New York NY
"Regarding Beauty," Texas Women’s University, Denton TX
"Residual Images," Studio Z, San Francisco CA

2001
"Emerge," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
"Viva la Video," Works Gallery, San Jose CA
"Think Again," Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
"Lifeline," The Artery, New Port KY

2000
"Libidinal," TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago IL
"Fuzzy Logic," Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
"Hot Sauce' (traveling), Diverse Works, Houston TX and Soil Gallery, Seattle WA
"Law Office," TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago IL

1999
"…And Everything Nice," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL
"Homely," No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis MN
"All Girls, All Live!," Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago IL
"Disco Snowball," Dispensing with Formalities, Copenhagen Denmark
"Secondary Spaces," Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston IL

1998
"Alix Lambert, Scott Hug, Lori Daniels, Megan Cump,' Chicago Project Room, Chicago IL
"Sculpture in Chicago: The Next Generation," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL

1997
"Sweet and Nasty," RX Gallery, Chicago IL
"PETS," 1717 S. Federal, Chicago IL
"MFA Thesis Exhibition," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL


Bibliography
Bethencourt, Carmen, “Little Things,” NYartsmagazine.com, January 2004
Budick, Ariellla, “Apprentices, Curators Of Their Mother’s Art,’” Newsday, May 9, 2003, p.50
Estep, Jan, “CPR takes off: a conversation with Michael Hall and Dan Hug,” New Art Examiner, May 1999, pp.28-30
Erikson, Karl, “Chicago Five,” Artnet.com, September 2000
Genocchio, Benjamin, "Objects at Rest," The New York Times, Long Island Edition, July 23, 2006, p.11
Harrison, Helen, “Art in Review: In Process,” The New York Times, Long Island Edition, May 1, 2005, p.10
Hawkins, Margaret, Dialogue, May/June 1999, pp.50-51
Johnson, Ken, "A Mix of Works in the Bronx," The New York Times, August 15, 2003, Section E, p.30
Klefstad, Ann, “On View: Minnesota,” New Art Examiner, September 1999, pp.40-41
Marofsky, Eve, “Home Installation,” MN Daily, August 1999, p.30
Morgan, Cynthia, New Art Examiner, June 1999, pp.50-51
PJ, “Natural Reaction,” Flavorpill.net, December 2006, issue 338
Rosenberg, Karen, "Market Share," The Village Voice, August 22, 2003
Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review: Colony,” The New York Times, April 9, 2004, Section E, p.37
Weinberg, Michelle, “It’s All About Me,” Miami News Times, November 25, 2004


Grants/Awards
2008
Artists Alliance Inc.'s Lower East Side Studio Residency, New York NY

2005
Carriage House Winter Studio Residency, Islip Art Museum, Islip NY

2004
The MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough, NH

2003
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Residency at The Woolworth Building, New York NY
Vermont Studio Center Residency and Artists Grant, Johnson VT

2002
The MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough NH

2001
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach FL

2000
Skowhegan Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME

1999
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago IL

1998
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs,

1997
Anna Louise Raymond Graduate Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,


Publications
Bramson, Phyllis, “…And Everything Nice,” Rockford Museum of Art, 1999, catalog
Donnelly, Erin, “Critical Distance,” Site Matters, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s World Trade Center Artists Residency, 1997-2001. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2004
Laster, Paul and Riccardo, Renee: Me Myself, and I, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL, 2004 exhibition essay
Senseman, Susan, “Libidinal Zone,” Libidinal, TBA Exhibitions, Chicago IL, 2000, catalog
Yee, Lydia and Rosenblum Martin, Amy; AIM 23, Bronx Museum of Art, 2003, catalog