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
2010
"One Hour Photo," American University Museum, Katzen Art Center, Washington D.C.
"Human Nature: Megan Cump & Thierry Kupferschmid," Collective Gallery 173-171, New York NY
"Tragic Sense of Life," Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla, NY
2009
"Unseen," curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel- Randall Scott Gallery, Brooklyn NY
"Still Life," Rayko Gallery, San Francisco CA
"State of Consciousness," Collective Gallery 171-173, New York NY
"Currents in Contemporary Photography," Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh NC
2008
"The Rain, The Park and Other Things," curated by Renee Riccardo, Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson NY
"Working Space 08," Cuchifritos Gallery, New York NY
"The Sparky Show," Schroeder Romero/Winkleman Gallery Project Space, New York NY
"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


Bibliography
2010
Dawson, Jessica, Review "One Hour Photo," The Washington Post, May 7, 2010
2009
"Todays Flak Photo," Flak Photo, September 8, 2009
Ruby Mag, June 2009, Issue #37
"Den," Take the Handle, The Mysteries Issue p.27-28
"Feral," 180 magazine, April 2009 issue
"Today's Flak Photo," Flak Photo, February 5, 2009
2008
"Into the Wild," NY ARTS magazine, September-October 2008, Vol. 3 N o.9/10; pp.102-103
Banai, Nuit, "Working Space 08," Time Out New York, Issue 676: September 11-17, 2008
2006
Genocchio, Benjamin, "Objects at Rest," The New York Times, Long Island Edition, July 23, 2006
PJ, “Natural Reaction,” Flavorpill.net, December 2006, issue 338
2005
Harrison, Helen, “Art in Review: In Process,” The New York Times, Long Island Edition, May 1, 2005
2004
Bethencourt, Carmen. 'The Little Things," NYARTSmagazine.com, January 2004
Donnelly, Erin, “Critical Distance,” Site Matters, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s
World Trade Center Artists Residency, 1997-2001 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (book)
Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review: Colony,” The New York Times, April 9, 2004
2003
Yee, Lydia and Rosenblum Martin, Amy; AIM 23, Bronx Museum of Art, 2003, exhibition catalog
2000
Erikson, Karl, “Chicago Five,” Artnet.com, September 2000
Senseman, Susan, “Libidinal Zone,” Libidinal, TBA Exhibitions, Chicago IL, 2000, exhibition catalog

Grants/Awards
2008
Summer Fellowship, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts- Ithaca NY
2007-2008
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
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



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, book
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