Born in Coventry, Connecticut, U.S.A., in 1979. Grew up in a family of six boys. Played in bands with friends. Studied Linguistics, Russian and Studio Arts at Brandeis University. Worked at a small Siberian village trade college for a year. Got an MFA at the University of Connecticut in 2005. Worked on a goat farm making cheese for a while. Moved to New York and started doing odd jobs. Through all this developed a life practice involving active, public works utilizing books, music, film, events, play and conversation.


PUBLIC PROJECTS
A Lot in Our Lives, April-September 2007. 8000 sq. ft. Interactive Public Installation and Event Series with The K.I.D.S., including collaborative projects with Frank Brescia, Bob Hurd, Henry Loomis, George Newman, Jon Singer, Steve Tarquino, Kristina Zallinger, and the Teen Docents of Artspace. The Lot at Artspace, New Haven, CT.

A Sauna -or- Something about Temperature & Time, Memory & Moments, Labor, Leisure & Location, Saving & Sharing, Usefulness & Us 2007. Functional Installation and Event Series with The K.I.D.S. (Kindness and Imagination Development Society), in collaboration with Sam Ekwurtzel. Skowhegan, ME.

A Game for the Kids We Were, May 2007. Spontaneously Invented Participatory and Performative Games, Night of Museums, Belgrade, Serbia.
MOBILIZE: the Wandering Workbench, Begun 2007. Public Actions and Conversations about Work, Space, Life and Invention, NY, NY.

MOBILIZE: the Portable Pantry, Begun 2007. Public Actions and Events, including Foraging Wild Plants and Throwing Tea Parties with the Resulting Foods, NY, NY.
Public Domestications, Begun 2007 (ongoing). Sidewalk Installations produced in collaboration with Huong Ngo and The K.I.D.S., New Haven, CT and NY, NY.
Pulling Together, October, 2006 – May 2007 and continuing. Open Boatbuilding Workshop and Series of Public Actions with The K.I.D.S., featuring Ted Efremoff and the Citizen Shipwrights of Willimantic. Artspace Windham, CT.

Work Together, September, 2006. Spontaneous Collaboration with Strangers. Project space at LMCC Swing Space, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY.

Footprint Factory, Begun 2005 (ongoing). Public Block Printing Collaboration. Portable: shown in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Germany and New York to date.

MOBILIZE: the Moving Picture Show, Begun 2004 (ongoing). Public Actions, Connecticut and New York. Social Series, Begun 2003 (ongoing). Public Gatherings and Actions with The K.I.D.S., Connecticut and New York.

Today is a Work Day, November, 2003. Public Text Interventions. Storrs, CT.

Play the Game, September, 2001. Public Participatory Event with The K.I.D.S., Waltham, MA.

The Machine, November, 2000. Public Participatory Event with The K.I.D.S., Waltham, MA.


EXHIBITIONS
AIM 28, June-July 2008. Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.

Three person show, May-June 2008. Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY.

How the K.I.D.S Meets, April, 2008. BBBP, Bronx, NY.

Life's Work, January-February 2008. CUE Art Foundation, NY, NY.

Work With Me Here, Date TBD, 2008. When Time Becomes Form Performance Series, Artists Space, New York, NY.

The Invisible Exhibition, October 2007. Installations and performances in collaboration with Sam Ekwurtzel. Nomad II, Hartford, CT.

Ripped from the Monster's Heart by the Master Himself, July 2007. The Dean's Locket Gallery, Victoria Fu's Neck, Madison, ME.

A Game for the Kids We Were, May 2007. Night of Museums, Belgrade, Serbia.

who is your friends/The Soap Operas, February 2007. Soap Gallery, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Lighting Up the Painter Siji's House, October 2006. Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.

Emcee C.M. and the Gigantopumpkin, October 2005. Galleria Illy, New York, NY.

Rock, Paper, Scissors…Shoot!, June 2005. Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Gifted Generation: In the Theatre, May 2005. Hau Eins, Berlin, Germany.

A Work of Art, April 2005. William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT.

Cleaning the House, June 2004. NMAC Foundation, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain.


SCREENINGS
We are the United Divided, November 2007. Collaborative A/V performance with Mono Haha. Mono no Aware Film Festival, Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY.

Life's Work, August, 2007. Sounds of Silents Festival. Somerville, MA.

Live score performed with Seamus McMullan.

Life's Work, August, 2007. Skowhegan Participants Screening. Seattle, WA.


AWARDS/HONORS
Smack Mellon Studio Residency and Grant, 2008-2009.
Visiting Artist at Hartford Art School, Media Studies Department, April, 2008.
CUE Art Foundation Studio Residency, fall 2007.
Panelist for "Performing Life" Discussion at Artists Space, NYC, Dec. 15, 2007.
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, summer 2007.
Chashama Studio Residency, 2006-2008.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space Award, fall 2006.
Somerville Arts Council Union Square Event Producers Grant, 2005.
Mitchell F. Siporin Award in Sculpture, 2002.


EDUCATION
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
MFA in Sculpture, High Honors, 2005.
Performance Workshop with Marina Abramovic, Spain, 2004.

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BA with Highest Honors in Studio Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 2002.
Minors in Linguistics and Russian Language and Literature.


BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Bronx Artist's Gallery is Home Sweet Home," The Bronx Beat. April 7, 2008.
"Lush Life: No-Mad II: A grand opening in Parkville," The Hartford Advocate. October 11, 2007.
"Steal that Book, Bash that Drum," The New York Times. Sunday, July 29, 2007.
"The Whole Lot," The New Haven Advocate. June 12, 2007.
"Anchors Away," The Willimantic Chronicle, p. 1. May 10, 2007.
"Igra za decu kakva smo bili," Danas (Belgrade), p. 30. May 18, 2007
Cleaning the House, Catalog, Fundacion NMAC, 2007, p. 53.
Merz's Room, Catalog, Seoul Museum of Art – Namseoul Annex, Seoul, Korea, pp. 41-3. 2006.
"Light Up the Painter Siji's House," Wolgan Misool, p. 80. November, 2006.
"Ship Ahoy," The Willimantic Chronicle, October 20, 2006.
"Colin and Ted's Excellent Adventure Needs Help: Community is Invited to Help Build 18-foot Boat," Broadcaster, p. 1. October 6, 2006.
"Moving Picture Show: Colin McMullan and His Trike are a Traveling Movie Theater, Buttered Popcorn and All," The Tribeca Trib. September, 2006.
"Marathon: Abramovic-Studenten mit 'Gifted Generation' im HAU," Berliner Morgenpost. May 19, 2005.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors – Shoot! Brings Student Work to Benton," Daily Campus. April 6, 2005.
Rock Paper Scissors Shoot, Exhibition Catalog, University of Connecticut. 2005.
Handbook of Workspeak, Self-published, Offset, edition of 500, 2005.
"Special Neighbor: A Trike that's a Piece of Art too," The Willimantic Chronicle. November 20, 2004.
Workbook, Self published. Offset, edition of 67. 2004.
"Building Blocks," Suite of ten screenprints, edition of 10 (in collection of Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA), 2002.


EMPLOYMENT
Design Shop Technician, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. 2007-present.
Freelance Writer, Flavorpill, New York, NY. 2007.
Woodworker and Fabricator, Barron Arts, Brooklyn, NY. 2006-2007.
Russian Translator and Tax Preparer, Acorn tax preparation service, Brooklyn, NY. 2006.
Personal Assistant to Marina Abramovic, New York, NY. 2005.
Goatherd and Cheese Maker, Beltane farm, Lebanon, CT. 2005.
Film Technician and Librarian Assistant, UCIMT, UConn, Storrs. 2005.
Public Art Research Coordinator, UConn Public Art Committee, Storrs. 2004-2005.
Gallery Assistant, Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs and Stamford, CT. 2003-2005.
Video Art Instructor, Department of Art, University of Connecticut. Spring 2005
English Teacher, Krasny Chikoy Vocational Lyceum, Chita, Siberia. 2002-2003.


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