SHANA MOULTON
Born 1976, California
Lives and works in New York
Education
1994–1999 University of California, Berkeley, CA
2001–2004 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, MN
2004–2006 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
SOLO Exhibitions
2009
Deterioration, they said, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
New Commission 2009, Art in General, New York, NY
4 x 4, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK
2008
Repetitive Stress Injuries, Pianissimo, Milan, Italy
Whispering Pines, Contemporary Museum of Art, Uppsala, Sweden
SAND SAGA, Broadway 1602, New York, NY
2007
Whispering Pines, Project Room, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
Whispering Pines, Project Room, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
Selected Group Shows
2009
Subjective Projections, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld. DE
Temple, Ring Gallery, HDLU, Trg žrtava fašizma bb, Zagreb, Croatia
Second Skin, Diet Gallery, Miami, FL
Purpling, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK
Losing Yourself, Welch School Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, and Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Modal Worlds - The 6th Burren Annual Exhibition, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan, IE
No More Worlds, Concertina Gallery, Chicago, IL
Alternative States, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK
Mermaids and Unicorns, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
Dream Room Project, Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati, Parma, Italy
Losing Yourself, Welch School Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Arnhem Mode Biënnale - La Maison de Poupée, HISTORISCH MUSEUM ARNHEM, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Practice Practice Practice, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Newageriot, Country Club, Los Angeles, CA
The Company Presents, The Sagamore, Miami, FL
Torched by Mystics, Ditch Projects, Eugene, OR
2008
Landscape as Litmus, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Srpska, Banjaluka.
Extasi, Extano, Frieze Art Fair, Broadway 1602 booth E16, London, UK
Funny Not Funny, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
What's Mine Is Yours, Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA
Second Thoughts, Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
World’s Smallest Art Fair, video program, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
Disarming Matter, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Ceremonial Actions, York Quay Gallery, part of the Images Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Video Stations in Public Space, the County Council of Uppsala, Gävleborg, and Dalarna, Uppsala, Sweden
Squaring the Circle, Suite 405, Brooklyn, NY
NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Country Club booth, Chicago, IL
2007
Star Systems: Bjorn Kjelltoft and Shana Moulton, Fordham Lincoln Center Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Sara Reisman
Viewing on Demand, EFA Gallery(part of Performa 07), New York, NY
I will be alright, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH, curated by Matt Distel
How do I look?, Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
PLAN S, Pianissimo, Milan, Italy, curated by Marco Antonini
Videogarden, ICP studios, Long Island City, NY
Finn Presents the S.A.W. Show, Finnieston Saw Doctors, Glasgow, UK
Hot for Teacher, Nog Gallery, London, UK
Modern Solitude, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
I COULD BE YOU, Fluctuating Images, Stuttgart, Germany
2006
St. Mungo and Me, Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA
Pump the Cherry 2, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, NL, curated by Erik Van Lieshout
Wendy House, NewYorkRioTokyo, Berlin, Germany
Oh the Weight of it All, Rooftop Media Installation, Brooklyn, NY
Action Adventure, Canada, New York, NY
Interior, 312, Corner Brook, Canada
Offspring, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fantasy Island 2, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Pandora Box, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2005
Multiplex 2, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Rebecca Clemen and John Thomson
Launch: EAI Projects, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, NY
Precious Moments, Joymore, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Josh Kline
Decorations of the Soul, Aurora, Edinburgh, UK (joint show with Lucy Stein)
Fantasy Island, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Armory Show, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, NY
2004
Corin Hewitt/Shana Moulton, Livingroom-D-Lyx, Malmo, Sweden, (joint show)
Shock and Awesome, Regina Miller Gouger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Diamond Eyes Crystal Visions, Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2003
Visceral, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, GA
Performances
2010
Whispering Pines 10, The Kitchen, New York, NY(spring 2010)
2009
The Undiscovered Antique, Performa, New York, NY
Body ÷ Mind + 7 = Spirit , The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK
Body ÷ Mind + 7 = Spirit , Cote Court Film Festival, Pantin, FR
Listen In, Harvestworks, New York, NY
Body ÷ Mind + 7 = Spirit , Starlite Cinema, Madison, WI
Body ÷ Mind + 7 = Spirit , Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD
2008
Rhizome Benefit Show, Participant, Inc., New York, NY
An Evening with Shana Moulton, Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival, Portland, OR
Media Archeology, Aurora Picture Show, Diverseworks, Houston, TX
Cynthia’s Moment, Onion City Experimental Film Festival, The Nightingale, Chicago, ILSAND SAGA, Broadway 1602, New York, NY
PDX Film Festival, Portland, OR, curated by Gretchen Hogue
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX, curated by Nick Hallet
Rhizome Benefit Show, Participant, Inc., New York, NY, curated by Lauren Cornell
2007
Body ÷ Mind + 7 = Spirit, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, NY
Float, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, curated by Sara Reisman
Maison Du Chic, Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Nick Hallet
2006
Liefde in De Stad, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Romancing the Unknown, public performance, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Menu-Action, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands, curated by Defne Ayas
2005
Dear John the Divine, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands (in collaboration with Andrew Kerton)
2004
Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Decorations of the Mind, Regina Miller Gouger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
AMP, Brew House, Pittsburgh, PA
Festivals and Screenings
2009
Futurist Life Redux, Performa, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
Brisbane Festival, Brisbane, AU
Running up that Hill, San Francisco Cinematheque, Sand Francisco, CA
Mike Smith at The Building, the building, Berlin, Germany
New American Video Art, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
Art|Film at Art Basel, Stadtkino Basel, Switzerland
Migrating Forms, New York, NY
Stan Brakhage Symposium, University of Colorado, Boulder
Cote Court Festival, Featured Artist, Pantin, France
Noise + Signal Festival, Vancouver, Canada
International Women's Film Festival, Dortmund, Cologne, Germany
Vision Division, Czarna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Life on Venus, Vtape, Montreal, Canada
Homo A Go Go Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Boston LGBT Film Festival, Boston, MA
Zummer Tapez, Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival Invitational, Portland, OR
On from Here, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
CHANNELING: an invocation of spectral bodies and queer spirits, touring screening
2008
Avant to Live, Other Cinema, San Francisco, CA
Clair-Obscur Filmfestival, Basel, Switzerland
IAO: French Psychedelia from 1968 – Infinity, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
X, Y, etc.! Video lounge at Artissima 15, Turin, Italy
Out of Print, EAI at the NY Art Book Fair, New York, NY
Women’s Experimental Cinema, ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
The Program, Video Association of Dallas Film Festival, Dallas, TX
Mind Officially Blown, Gallery TPW, Totonto, ON
Video Theatre, Raumerweiterungshalle Berlin, Germany
Shana Moulton, Miss Micks, Berlin, Germany
CHANNELING: an invocation of spectral bodies and queer spirits, touring screening
Trooz & Reality Testing, PARKHAUS in Malkasten Park, Düsseldorf, Germany
Human Beyond a Cure, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, Canada
Onion City Experimental Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Madrid. Spain
Internationale Kurtzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
Special Effects Film Festival, FACT, Liverpool, UK
Specter, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival Invitational, Portland, OR
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
The 15th New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Videoformes 2008, Auvergne, France
Digital Showcase 43, Austin Museum of Digital Art, Austin, TX
Reality Testing, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits, Los Angeles, CA
Apportmanteau, Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart, Germany
Fade to Black, Publico, Cincinnati, OH
Cartune Xprez- Sprng Cruisr Tour, traveling
2007
THE 4TH BUSAN INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL, Busan, Korea, curated by Space Bandee
Insertions, CRG Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Angela Dufresne
En Perfecto Desorden, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Mind Hacking, Wewerka Pavillon, Münster, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Siegen, Germany
Selections from PDX Fest 2007, Chroma Festival, Guadalajara, Mexico
Américain préparé, Nova Cinema, Brussels, Belgium
Best of the American Underground, Nova Cinema, Brussels, Belgium
Now is the Winter, Together We Slope, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, curated by Michael Robinson
Sunday Mrning Cartune Xprez, Portland Art Museum,Portland, OR
Float, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, curated by Sara Reisman
TBA Festival, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Small Xcape, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway
Fall Arts Festival, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL
Summer Loving Series, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Anat Ebgi
Performance Video Performance, Mudima - Fondazione per l‘Art Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Collectives of Irrepressible Cinema(s), Orchard47, New York, NY
Nothin Special, Version Festival, Chicago, IL
The Parallax Crew, Museo Internazionale della Musica, Bologna, Italy
Peripheral Produce, Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Portland, OR
Troooz, ArtOffice, Los Angeles, CA
HerShorts Women's International Video Festival, Tucson, AZ American Video Art, LAZNIA, Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
Experimenta 2007, Bangalore, India
Fuzzy Logic, Clark Gallery, Montreal, Antitube, Canada
2006
Music Video Art, Art Basel Miami, FL
Blue Room, Open Video Project, Rialto Santambrogio, Rome, IT
Microcinema International, Halloweird Edition, Traveling
Vernacular Spectacular Video Festival, 2006 Society for Photographic Education Conference, University of Pennsylvania
Polymer Video Show, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
NEMAF 2006, New Media Festival In Seoul, Korea (screening)
The Transcendent Show, Magic Lantern, Providence, RI and Chicago, IL
Music Video Art on the Hudson River, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, NY
Dark Light Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Armory Show, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, NY
European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany
Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen, Germany
Flatpack Festival, 7 Inch Cinema, Birmingham, UK
Asheville Fringe Festival, Asheville, NC,
Video Salon, hosted by Eva Respini and Jacob Dryenforth, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Loop ‘05 Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris, France
Imagination Station, Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
Notes from the Underground, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
2004
New Video from Skowhegan, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
Awards & Residencies
2009 Finishing Funds, Experimental Television Center, New York, NY
2008 New Works Residency, Harvestworks, New York, NY
2004 - 2006 Dutch Ministry Grant to attend De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Skowhegan Fellowship to attend Skowhegan School of Painting and
Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2003 GUSH Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Talks/Lectures
2010 University of Colorado, Boulder, Visiting Artist Lecture, Boulder, CO
University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Artist Lecture, Berkeley, CA
University of California, Davis, Visiting Artist Lecture, Davis, CA
2009 School of Visual Arts, Artist Talk, New York, NY
Panel Discussion: Aporias of Perfection, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2008 Binghamton University, BFA program, Visiting Artist Lecture, Binghamton, NY
Parsons the New School for Design, MFA program, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
Filmmaker workshop at the Northwest Film Center, Portland, OR
Massachusetts College of Arts and Design, MFA Program, Visiting Artist Lecture,Boston,MA
Skowhegan TALKS at PS1: Shana Moulton and Alix Pearlstein, PS 1, LIC, NY
2005 De Ateliers, Artist Talk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004 Shocking is Awesome, Gallery Talk, Regina Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Bibliography
2009
Antonini, Marco, "Brand New," Flash Art.
Schindler, Feli, "Die MTV Generation ist im Kunstmuseum angekommen," Tages Anzeiger, Zurich, CH
McGarry, Kevin, "Diary - Swiss Watch," Artforum.com,
Weber, Candice, "No More Worlds," Art Review, Time Out Chicago
Antonini, Marco, "Interview with Shana Moulton," Museo Magazine.
Anania, Kate, “Practice, Practice, Practice,” Critic’s Picks, artforum.com.
Walleston, Aimee, “Video Vortex: A Conversation with Shana Moulton,” Artinamericamagazine.com
James, Donald, “Shana Moulton,” Bref Magazine, Paris, France
“Shana Moulton, New York Artist Dictionary.” Flash Art
Trezzi, Nicola, “Survey: Hybrid Space in New York,” Flashartonline.com
2008
“Reel Leaders, The Year in Film 2008: Top flick picks from critics and filmmakers: Michael Robinson’s Top Ten.”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA.
Motley, John, “Not Just for Kids.” The Portland Mercury, Portland, OR.
Ruyters, Domeniek, “Herfsttij in Kunstland, Frieze art Fair.” Metropolis M, The Netherlands.
Ostendorf, Yasmine “Shana Moulton.” Mister Motley, The Netherlands.
Copeland, Colette, “Specter vs. Spectrum.” Afterimage.
Espinosa, Renata, “Shana Moulton Wants to Believe.” Blend Magazine, The Netherlands.
Mesh, Aaron, “So fresh it Floats.” Willamette Week, Portland, OR.
Halter, Ed, “The Year in Experimental Cinema.” The Village Voice, NY.
2007
Schwarting, Jen, “Whispering Pines.” The Brooklyn Rail.
Orden, Abraham, “The Minute.” Artnet Magazine.
Sennert, Kate, “Studio Visit.” Tokion Magazine.
Coburn, Tyler, “New Age Angst with Shana Moulton.” Tomorrow Unlimited.
Schleussner, Laura, “New Age Kitsch Takes Us a Level Higher.” . INMYX Magazine.
Eler, Alicia, “How do I Look?” TimeOut Chicago.
Menin, Samuele, “PLAN S: Una Dimensione Altra.” Flash Art, Italy.
Bronwasser, Sacha. “Kunsttips.” De Volkskrant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Brzezinski, Kathleen, “St. Mungo and Me,” Map Magazine, Glasgow, UK.
2006
Colrus, Bill, “And Now for Something Completely Different.” The Chattanooga Pulse.
2005
Cotter, Holland, “Art in Review.” The New York Times.
Davis, Ben, “August Company.” Artnet Magazine.
Weinstein, Emily, “Love Your Work.” Jane Magazine.
2004
Giniger, Noa, “Untitled.” 42 Maalot, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Shaw, Kurt, “Future Tenant Showcases Installations of 3 Women.”, Pittsburgh Tribune
Horne, Jean, “Andy’s Garden Party.” Pittsburgh Tribune,
Uricchio, Marylynn, “Garden of Earthly Delight’s.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
2002
Hug, Ernst-Waller, “Wenn aus Shana ein Einhorn wird.” Haller Tagblatt, Schwabisch Hall, Germany.
