MEGAN E. SULLIVAN

Born 1975, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Lives and works in Berlin

MEGAN SULLIVAN is co-editor of MAT magazine

Education

2006 - 2007            
Jan van Eyck Academie Post-Graduate Research, Maastricht, NL
2004-2005              
Staedelschule, Frankfurt, Germany (Class of Michael Krebber)
1994 - 1998            
Cooper Union School of Art  New York, (BFA)

 

Solo Exhibits (Selection)

2007                         
I want to get up, I want to stay in bed  BROADWAY 1602, New York
Schatten Deiner Selbst, After the Butcher Contemporary Art, Berlin
2006                         
C’est la vie – Liberty! BROADWAY 1602, New York
2004                         
Charms of Supposed Fundamentals  Galerie M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf
2003                                           
Die Verzweiflung der Gemeinde, Holzgebiet (Megan Sullivan and Katrin
Lewinsky), Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin
2002                         
Wannaville Berlin Book Project  Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York

 

Group Exhibits (Selection)

2008

WALKING ON THIN ICE
curated by Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth, Artnews Projects, Berlin
L'Education Sentimentale -
Freymond-Guth & Co Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Megan Sullivan, Dani Gal,Tanja Roscic
The John Institute,
Ulrike Ottinger, Jimmy Robert, Michael van Ofen, Torbjørn Rødland, Jesper Just, Megan Sullivan,
Lala Rascic, Laibach, Nicole Bachmann, Discoteca Flaming Star, Gentlemen’s Challenge, Erik van
Lieshout, Palace Cinema, St. Gallen, CH
2007
WALK REAL SLOW Megan Sullivan, Martin Soto Climent, Agnieszka Brzezanska,
Babette Mangolte, curated by Guillaume Rouchon, Anna Helwing Gallery, LA
LISTE 07(with BROADWAY 1602), Basel
2006                   
Resonance curated by Astrid Wege, STUK, Leuven
Keep passing the open windows or Happiness
Agnieszka Brzezanska, Ei Arakawa, Edwin Laliq, Charlie Hammond, Martin Soto Climent,
Megan Sullivan, Steven Claydon, Christopher Williams
Curator Anke Kempkes, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Contragolpe – Reinacting a Failed Operation INSTITUTO DIVORCIADOS Berlin
LISTE 06(with BROADWAY 1602), Basel
mexico arte contemporaneo (with BROADWAY 1602), Mexico City
The Galleries Show  Extracity Antwerp (with Galerie Meerrettich)
Bernadette Corporation, Karl Holmqvist, Wolfgang Breuer, Susanne Winterling, Josef Strau, Megan Sullivan, Michaela Eichwald, Anna Parkina
2005                         
suburbs  book presentation and exhibit with Josef Strau, stue, Berlin
Getting Dark  galerie nomadenoase, Hamburg
Three Black Minutes  Autocenter, Berlin
2004                         
Warten auf das Glück  Galerie M+R Fricke, Berlin
Rheinschau (with Galerie Meerrettich), Art Cologne, Köln
Einige RealistInnen Werkleitz Biennale, Halle
2002                                           
Private Popstar Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin

 

Artist Books and Publications

2008
Mat#3, co-edited with Francesca Lacatena, Berlin
2007
Mat#2, co-edited with Francesca Lacatena, Berlin
Matrose, co-edited with Francesca Lacatena and Nadira Hussein, Berlin
2006                         
Germans Are Reserving Judgement On Showhunters Article on the Finale of the
Land Rover Hunter Cup, ‘Chronicle of the Horse’ May 2006
2005
Comets and Misgivings Fanzine
The Agnostics Fanzine
2004
HBL - Hedgebrook Lane  Artist’s book, Revolver Verlag, Frankfurt

 

Projects

Mat Magazine

The Hunter Seat
Die FN-Hunterklasse upcoming publication in collaboration with the Jan van Eyck Academie and the German Riding Federation (FN)

J-bunnyrecords
Music label since 2000, including band projects Sandy, Butterknife Krüsh and Radiostar

 

Performances/ Events (Selection)

2007                         
Megan Sullivan talks about Charlotte Posenenske talking on TV
Riot the 8 Bars, curated by Ei Arakawa, NGBK, Berlin
2006
Sandy at Meerrettich-on-Ice Volksbühne, Berlin
FN-Hunterklasse Reitturnier Fläminghof Wernicke, Wendoche, Germany
2005                         
Butterknife KrüshConcerts in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, New York
2004                         
Butterknife Krüsh MAK Center/Schindler House, LA; concerts in Germany and the Netherlands
Megan Sullivan reads Kathy Acker  Berlin Biennale, Berlin, curated by Uta Meta Bauer
2003                         
J-bunnyrecords Special Event Printed Matter, New York
2002                         
Butterknife Krüsh – Tribute to Arakawa/Gins Performance at Joe’s Pub, New York
 2000                        
Radiostar - Performances at Galerie Maschenmode and various venues in Berlin

 

Prizes / Fellowships

2006                         
Research Fellowship, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
1998                        
Fulbright Scholarship, Berlin