This program is currently being re-developed.
Past MP5 Artist Residencies
April – May, 2009 Gary Wiseman and Meredith Andrews. Gary Wiseman is a Portland-based artist, curator and event planner whose work ranges from performance to inter-media. Wiseman has exhibited and performed in Australia, Canada, New York and Portland. Wiseman has shown with Flux Factory (NY), Nuit Blanche Festival (Toronto), the PICA TBA Festival, The Reed College Cooley Gallery, Gallery Homeland and the Igloo Gallery.
Jan – Mar, 2009: Justin Gorman. Justin Gorman is a Portland-based artist and a recent graduate of Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). Gorman has had installations at Audio Cinema, Upper Playground, Mark Woolley Gallery and Pause Gallery, all in Portland, OR. He has exhibited work nationally at Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, BC, and at Capers Gallery in Salina, KS. Gorman’s work was included in Portland Modern, Issue 4: Saturation, curated by Kristan Kennedy and Matthew Stadler. For more information visit www.buildproduction.com.
January-March 2010: Avantika Bawa. Born and raised in India, Bawa currently lives in Atlanta, Ga., where she is a curator, educator, and self-described “thing-maker” concerned with physical, social, and communal space. Her proposed project, “retail/nullified,” will explore the effect of the economic climate on daily life in the Portland area. To find out more about Avantika please visit her website at avantikabawa.com.
Spring 2010: Jay Critchley. An artist and activist in Provincetown, Mass., Critchley has recently been in residence at Harvard University, AS220 in Rhode Island, and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center in New York City. His work may be viewed on his website: www.jaycritchley.com
Summer 2010: Judith Arcana. A native of the Great Lakes region, Judith has lived in Oregon since 1995. She writes poems, stories, essays and books, and is a notable reader/performer. Her most recent book is 4th Period English (2009), a chapbook of poems written in the voices of high school students.
Winter 2010: Mariana Tres is a multidisciplinary artist working with photography, video, installation, sculpture and performance. Her work manifests in various formats including the museum display strategies, objects and written fiction. She received her MFA from Portland State University in 2004, was selected for the Oregon Biennial in 2006 and has exhibited widely, recently at PS122 in New York. She teaches at Indiana University Bloomington.
