Updated November 9, 2023
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2020-2022 MFA.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2020-2022, Teaching Certificate.
Harvestworks, New York, NY, 2018-2019. Max / MSP Certificate Program.
Belmont University, Nashville, TN. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Design Communications; December 2008, Cum Laude.
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. 2002. Five-Week Summer Performance Program.
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Bozeman, Montana 1999.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES
2023 Captive Portal; Copenhagen, Denmark; “Call, Holler.”
2023 Kompan Gallery; Siglufjö∂ur, Iceland; “Ringside Seat.”
2020 Harvest Works Governors Island Building; Governors Island, New York; “Tributary.”(COVID CANCELLED)
2020 Water Works Museum; Philadelphia, PA; “Tributary.” (COVID CANCELLED)
2019 Smith College Boathouse Studio, Northampton Massachusetts; “Tributary,” Featuring movement artists: Xan Burley, Alex Springer, Sha Harrell, Jenna Riegel.
2019 Kunsthalle Nummer Sieben; Saint Petersburg, Russia; “Синестезия Pavlov Party.” In collaboration with Anna Andrzhievskaya.
2019 The Blue Hall Gallery, Petrozavodsk, Russia.”Popsicle Painting Machine Drum.”
2019 Fringe Arts Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Community Electric Toothbrush Choir.”
2019 Sound Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. “Delaware River Cycle.”
2019 33 Hawley Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts. “Drop Phase Popsicle.”
2018 ARoS Museum; Aarhus, Denmark; “Community Electric Toothbrush Choir.”
2018 Les Ateliers Gallerie; Clermont-Ferrand, France, “Hematoma Auris.”
2017 Flux Factory; New York, NY, “Tutti Frutti.”
2015 ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum; Aarhus, Denmark, “Brødbånd / Breadband.”
2015 Kunsthalle Aarhus; Aarhus, Denmark, “Brødbånd / Breadband.”
2015 Dome of Visions, Copenhagen, Denmark, "Basic Need of Others."
2014 Little Berlin Annex; Philadelphia, PA, “Under A Tongue.”
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Gamel Gaard Collective, Assedrup, Denmark.
Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; USA.
Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina; USA.
Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark. A collaborative piece with Sophie Dupont.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES
2024 INTOO Festival, Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland.
2024 Advancing the Warp • Shuttle Service, Performance under moniker Sponsored Lynx The University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA USA.
2023 INTO Festival, Aarhus, Denmark.
2022 Boller Divination, TANKEN EKSTRA, Vemb, Denmark. Curated by ET4U. Collaboration with Hey There Kapplow.
2022 To a Being Other Than Myself, Elizabeth Foundation For the Arts, Manhattan, NY USA. Curated by Tausif Noor.
2022 Frjó, Kompan Gallery, Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland.
2022 Imperative of Struggle, Icebox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Jamal Batts.
2022 5into1, Tyler Atrium, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
2022 Leave No Trace, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2021 Sportische, Kompan Gallery, Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland (Canceled--Covid19)
2021 Temperature of Wait, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2020 CEC Artslink, St. Petersburg, Russia / Philadelphia, PA, “Arts Prospect Festival.”
2020. Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC. “Wish You Were Elsewhere.”
2020. Flux Factory, New York, NY; DJ Set as Sponsored Lynx, “Flux Club Night.”
2020 Urban Institute for Contemporary Art; Grand Rapids, Michigan; “Everything is a Circle.” (COVID POSTPONED)
2020 Gallery Kompan; Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland; “Too Much.”
2019 Thorsminde, Denmark; MEETINGS 2019: International Video and Performance Art Festival.
2019 AROS Museum; AROS Public Atelier Performance Evening; “Sound and Stillness.”
2018 Independent Seaport Museum; Philadelphia,PA, “River Alive!“
2018 Les Limbes + Greenhouse Gallery, Saint-Etienne, France; “Carbone 18.”
2018 Flux Factory, New York, NY; “ANYTHING! Artist in Residence Exhibition”
2018 Bregenz, Austria; Bregenz Bienniale.
2018 Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA, "EST & UTC + 5."
2018 FOMMA Trust, Karachi, Pakistan,"EST & UTC + 5."
2017 Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA; "Found."
2017 Thybøron, Denmark; MEETINGS 2017: International Video and Performance Art Festival.
2017 Elsewhere Museum; "Time Sensitive." Greensboro, NC.
2017 Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA; 10th Anniversary Member Exhibition.
2016 ALT CPH, Copenhagen Alternative Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark. (In collaboration with Utopia School)
2016 Reitir; Siglufjörður, Iceland.
2016 Arcana, Durham, North Carolina. As part of Discotoño's residency at Arcana. "Solo Sound Performance."
2015 Museum of the Moving Image; NY, NY; “MATA Interval Presents I/O.”
2015 Copenhagen Metro System "Crossfade Commute." Interactive Installation for the Copenhagen Metro
System
2015 Copenhagen Art Week; Copenhagen, Denmark; "Artist Run Boat Tours."
2015 Art Prospekt Festival; St. Petersburg, Russia; "Perpetual Piñata Parlor" (In collaboration with 6 Flux Factory Artists)
2015 ACE Hotel; NY, NY; “One Night Only: Selections From The ACE AIR 2014 Program.”
2015 Flux Factory; NY, NY; "Hotel Wars."
2015 Boiler Room / Pierogi Gallery, NY, NY; "Menu 4 Mars."
2015 Queens New Music Festival, The Secret Theatre; NY, NY; “Queens New Music Festival.”
2015 Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN; “Sound.”
2015 Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA; “Screens.”
2015 Flux Factory; NY, NY; "Strobe Network."
2014 Black Mountain College Museum; Black Mountain, NC; “Re:Happening.”
2014 Flux Factory; Queens, NY; “Flux Hospital.”
2014 Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA; “Hard To Please.”
2014 Long Island City Community Garden / Flux Factory; Queens, NY; “Nightlight.”
2014 Philadelphia Water Works; Philadelphia, PA; “FLOW River Festival.”
2014 Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA; “Zodiac Dinner Club.”
2014 Flux Factory; Queens, NY; “Pink Noise Salon.”
2014 Open Space Gallery; Baltimore, MD “Alternative Art Fair” (as part of Artscape).
2014 Goldie Paley Gallery; Philadelphia, PA “Interchange.”
2014 Flux Factory; Queens, NY; “You Made It. AIR Exhibition .”
2007 Group Thesis Exhibit, Belmont University, Nashville, TN.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Instructor; “Masters Thesis in Digital Media.” New York University, NYC. Spring 2024.
2023 Sculpture Technician / Instructor; Sculpture 100, Sculpture 200; Haverford College, Pennsylvania. Fall 2023.
2023 Instructor; “Masters Thesis in Digital Media.” New York University, NYC. Spring 2023.
2023 Workshop Instructor; “Collaborative Practice: Re-imagining the Future.” Workshop Series, BULT, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Fall 2023
2022 Instructor, ”Drawing I- Expanded Practice” University of Pennsylvania. Spring 2022.
2021 Teaching Assistant “Drawing I” A course teaching hands on skills and looking at contemporary drawing and rendering TA under Alexis Granwell. University of Pennsylvania.
2021 Teaching Assistant “Sculpture I” A course teaching hands on skills and looking at contemporary sculpture TA under Willie Udell. University of Pennsylvania.
2021 Teaching Assistant “Design 21” A course looking at contemporary technology within culture TA under Orkan Telhan. University of Pennsylvania.
2021 Teaching Assistant “Mystics and Visionaries” A course looking at spirituality within contemporary art TA under Jackie Tileston. University of Pennsylvania.2020 Teaching Assistant for Professor Michelle Lopez. Thesis Writing Workshop. University of Pennsylvania.
2020 Teaching Assistant for Professor Oren Pinhassi. Space / Form. University of Pennsylvania.
2019 Visiting Lecturer and Finals Critic, Franklin and Marshall University, Lancaster, PA, Undergraduate Sculpture I.
2018 Visiting Artist Workshop Series and Artist Talk, New York University, Shanghai, China Interactive Media Arts program (NYU IMA).
2017 Visiting Finals Critic, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Undergraduate Digital Imaging and Animation.
2016 Audio Field Recording Workshop, Johns Hopkins University.
2015 Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture Series; Smolny University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
POSITIONS
2022 - Present; Board Member; Artistes-en-Residences; Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2017 - Present; Board Member; Flux Factory International Artist Residency and Gallery; New York, NY.
2023 - Artwork Fabricator, Michelle Lopez Studio, Philadelphia, PA.
2020 - Jury Member, CEC Artslink Fellowship; Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2019 - Jury Member, CEC Artslink Fellowship; Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2014 - 2018; Artist in Residence; Flux Factory International Artist Residency and Gallery; New York, NY.
2013 - 2018; Member; Artist / Curatorial Collective Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA.
AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES / INVITATIONS
2024 Artist In Residence Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan. July - September, 2024.
2023 Invited Visiting Critic and Reseach Artist University of Florida, invitation extended by Alex Springer and Xan Burley December 2023.
2023 Invited workshop Instructor. “Collaborative Practices: Re-imagining the Future.” Conference. Almaty, Kazakhstan; October 2023.
2023 Governors Island Studio Residency, Flux Factory House. New York, NY.
2023 The Croft Residency, Horton Bay, Michigan. August 2023.
2022 The Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Award.
2022 ARoS Public Atelier Residency w/ Flux Factory, AROS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
2022 Herhusi∂ Residency, Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland.
2022 Governors Island Studio Residency, Flux Factory House. New York, NY.
2021 ARoS Public Atelier Residency w/ Flux Factory, AROS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
2021 The Lawrence Shprintz Award. UPenn, Philadelphia, PA.
2021 Center for Experimental Ethnography Summer Funding, University of Pennsylvania.
2021 Sachs Program Grant, Philadelphia, PA.
2021 ARoS Public Studio Residency; ARoS Museum in Aarhus, Denmark With Flux Factory.
2020 Herhusi∂ Residency in Siglufjör∂ur, Iceland. (COVID POSTPONED)
2019 VIsual Art Research Grant, Danish Arts Foundation.
2019 Artist Fellowship, CEC Artslink, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2019 Artist in Residency, AIR Karelia, Petrozavodsk, Russia.
2019 Invited Artist for MEETINGS 2019 in Thorsminde, Denmark. In collaboration with Molly Haslund.
2019 NYU Shanghai IMA Visiting Artist, Shanghai, China.
2019 AROS Public Artist in residence with Flux Factory and Lead Organizer for 2 month summer residency,
ARoS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
2018 Visiting Artist, NYU Shanghai, China, Interactive Media Arts Program.
2018 Artistes-En-Residence, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Artist in Residence.
2018 AROS Public Artist in residence with Flux Factory and Lead Organizer for 2 month residency, ARoS
Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
2017 Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Arts Grant for upcoming Studio residency at ARoS Museum, Aarhus,
Denmark -- August and September 2018.
2017 Invited Artist for MEETINGS 2017 in Thyborøn, Denmark. In collaboration with Molly Haslund.
2017 Artist in Residence at Elsewhere, Greensboro, North Carolina.
2016 Residency (artist / curator) as part of Welsh Arts International 2016 Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom.
2016 Danish Arts Foundation, Danish Art Abroad Grant (curatorial grant for Molly Haslund).
2016 Artist in Residence REITIR, Iceland.
2016 Artist in Residence (with the Median Movement) Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn.
2016 Artist In Residence Have Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2016 Danish Arts Foundation Danish Art Abroad Grant (curatorial grant for Matthias Borello, Ursula Nistrup, and
Kristoffer Ørum).
2015 Invited Artist for Copenhagen Art Week and Aarhus Art Week by Kunsten.Nu and Råderum.
2015 Artist in Residence at PB 43 / Beton Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.
2015 MATA Interval Recipient Awardee & Performance-- Executive Produced by Philip Glass.
2015 Danish Arts Foundation Danish Art Abroad Grant (curatorial grant for T. Karl Sandegård).
2015 Artist in Residence (With the Median Movement); Cultivate New Hampshire, Bethlehem, NH.
2015 Artist in Residence (With the Median Movement); Dance Now: Silo; Bucks County, PA.
2014 Artist in Residence; Ace Hotel, NYC.
2014 Artist in Residence (With the Median Movement); Cultivate New Hampshire, Bethlehem, NH.
2014 Artist in Residence; Flux Factory; Queens, NY.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Althihusid, INTO festival: 2, Siglufjordur, Iceland.
2023 Governors Island; Flux Factory House “Ornaphonism.” Governors Island, NYC.
2022 ARoS Staff x Flux Factory Group Exhibition. ARoS Public Floor, ARoS Museum. Aarhus, Denmark.
2019 Flux Factory; Queens, NY. WicketLeeks.Curated with Abdul Dube and Illesha Khandelwal
2018 The Front; New Orleans, LA. Libaries.
2017 Flux Factory; Queens, NY, 7 Common.
2017 Flux Factory; Queens, NY, Self-Storage.
2017 Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA, Baker’s Dozen.
2017 Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA, Reuptake.
2016 Fung Wah Biennial; Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 3 Chinatown Buses.
Curated with Matthias Borello (Copenhagen Art Week) and Sally Szwed (Creative Time)
2016 Little Berlin; Villus; Philadelphia, PA.
2016 Little Berlin Annex Space; Jet Lag: Solo Works by Julie Bitsch (DK); Philadelphia, PA.
2015 Museum of the Moving Image; Queens, NY, MATA INTERVAL PRESENTS: I/O.
2015 Flux Factory; Queens,NY. BAZT.
2014 Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA, Books: Solo Work by Kevin McNamee-Tweed.
2014 Spectrum NYC; New York, NY, ZODIAC CLUB III. Co-Curated by Allison Halter, Lena Hawkins, and
2014 Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA ZODIAC CLUB II. Co-Curated by Allison Halter, Lena Hawkins, and
2014 Sunview Luncheonette; Brooklyn, NYC ZODIAC CLUB I. Co-Curated by Allison Halter, Lena Hawkins, and
2014 Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA, 3 Truths and a Lie, A film series for emergent film makers,
Co-Curated with Maddie Hewitt.
PUBLICATIONS
Meetings, Essay 2018, Published by ET4U, Funded by Danish Arts Foundation.
7 Common, graphic designer and co-editor with Josefin Vargö, Louise Hobson, and Sam Perry, 2018, Self-Published, Funded by Swedish Arts Funding Commiteé.
SOUND PERFORMANCES: solo & with various ensembles
2023
BULT, Almaty, Kazakhstan
REASONABLE DOUBT Exhibition Opening; Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark
2019
ARoS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
Sound Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kunsthalle Nummer Sieben Bunker, Petrozavodsk, Russia.
Fringe Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
2018
Les Ateliers Gallery in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
ARoS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
NYU Shanghai, Interactive Media Arts Department, Shanghai, China.
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
2017
Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
2016
Danspace Project at St. Marks Church With The Median Movement, NYC.
Movement Research at Judson Church With The Median Movement, NYC.
Center For Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY With The Median Movement, NYC.
2015
Museum of the Moving Image, NYC.
Kunsthalle Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, St. Petersburg, Russia.
ARoS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
Movement Reseach at Judson Church With The Median Movement, NYC.
Statens Museet før Kunst (SMK) Cast Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dome of Visions, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Flux Factory, NYC.
Queens New Music Festival, NYC.
Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY.
Steelstacks, Bethlehem, PA
Little Berlin Gallery Philadelphia, PA.
2014
Spectrum, NYC; Baby’s Alright, NYC; Bethlehem, NH; Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA; Open Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2013
Rippers, Far Rockaway, NY; High Horse Saloon, Brooklyn, NY; Nugentheim, Brooklyn, NY.
2006-12 (Selected)
The End, Nashville,TN; Exit/In, Nashville, TN; The Rutledge, Nashville, TN; Bottle Tree, Oxford, MS;
The Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA; Hair of the Dog, Nashville, TN; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
SELECTED PRESS
Kunsten.NU, “The Collective Spirit Has Taken in ARoS.” September 2018.
NPR Morning Edition, "Artists Pay Tribute To No-Frills Chinatown Bus, Discomforts And All," March 2016.
Art In America, “Fung Wah Biennial,” April 2016.
Hyperallergic, "A Biennial on a Bus Examines the Leisure and Labor of Travel," March 2016.
The Atlantic, "Everything You Love (and Hate) About Chinatown Buses in One Traveling Exhibit," March 2016.
Gothamist, "The Fung Wah Biennial Took Me On A Weird Art Field Trip," March 2016.
Omni Magazine, “Experimental Sound at the Museum of the Moving Image,” March 2015.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “April First Friday picks,” April 2015.
Art In America, “The Agenda: This Week in New York,” July 2014.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Celebrating the Power of Water,” September 2014.
NPR/WHYY/NewsWorks, “FLOW taps into the beauty, bounty, surprises of the Schuylkill,” September 2014.
Time Out NY, “Critic’s Pick -- Flux Hospital,” November 2014.
Art F City, “This Week’s Must-see Art Events: Hard To Please,” November 2014.
Philadelphia City Paper, “What to Do This First Friday: Kevin McNamee-Tweed: Books,” July 2014.
St. Clair Review, “Kevin McNamee-Tweed at Little Berlin,” October 2014.
Time Out NY, “Critic’s Pick -- Night Light,” June 2014.
Art F City, “Flux Factory’s Garden Party, Nightlight,” May 2014.
DNA Info, “Solar-Powered Art Installation Lights Up Community Garden After Dark,” June 2014.
VOLUNTEERING
Catholic Worker Free Clinic, Kensington, Philadelphia, 2010 - Present.
The Hospitality Kitchen, Los Angeles California, 2009.
The Oasis Center, Homeless Teen Outreach Volunteer, Nashville, TN, 2005,2007-2008.
Nashville Greenlands Urban Farm, Apprentice and community member, Nashville, TN, 2007-2008.
New Visions Homeless Services, Intake Coordinator and Computer instructor, Camden, New Jersey, August 2006 - August 2007.
Urban Promise After School Program and Summer Day Camp, Camden, New Jersey, August 2006 - August
Big Brother, Big Sister Nashville, TN, December 2005 - May 2006.
PUBLICATIONS-- Graphic Design
Huffington Post, Graphic, More Pride Needed Over Treatment of Homeless Young People, June 2014.
The Economist, Doctors Without Borders graphics; October 2013.
Roll Call, Doctors Without Borders graphic; October 2013.
La Tribune de Genève, Infographic, Novartis a soif d’Exclusivité; September 11, 2012.
PLOS Blogs, Infographic, Do No Harm: How a US-Led Free Trade Agreement Threatens the Prospects for an
AIDS-Free Generation; August 7th, 2012.
Al Jazeera UK, Infographic, How Global Fund Shortages and PEPFAR Cuts are Jeopardizing the Fight Against HIV and TB; March 2012.
Doctors Without Borders, Infographics, Issue Brief: Losing Ground; March 25, 2012.
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RELATED EXPERIENCE
Curator, Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA; February 2014 - 2018.
Free-lance Art Director; August 2006 - Present.
Contracted Design Consultant, Doctors Without Borders, New York, NY; September 2012 - 2016.
Contracted Design Consultant, Safe Horizon, New York, NY; May 2013 - 2018.
Contracted Design Consultant + Photo Editor, Alcott Clothier, New York, NY; September 2012 - 2013.
Free-lance Graphic Designer + Art Direction, The Guild, Brooklyn, NY; October 2012.
Social Media / Web Intern, Doctors Without Borders, New York, NY; January - September 2012.
Apprentice Screen Printer, Kangaroo Press LTD, Nashville, TN; August - October 2011.
Intern + Art Director + Designer, The Guild, Brooklyn, NY; May - September 2008.