Megan and Murray McMillan
MEGAN McMILLAN
Born in 1975 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Lives and works in Providence, RI, USA.
MURRAY McMILLAN
Born in 1973 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Lives and works in Providence, RI, USA.
EDUCATION / MEGAN MCMILLAN
2008 - Massachusetts College of Art, MFA in photography
2004-5 California State University Long Beach, graduate work in art history, theory and criticism
2000 St. Edwards University, B.A., English writing and rhetoric, Austin, Texas
EDUCATION / MURRAY MCMILLAN
2001 The University of Texas at Austin, MFA, transmedia, art history minor, Austin, TX
1996 Kansas City Art Institute, BFA, sculpture, Kansas City, MO
TEACHING / MURRAY MCMILLAN
2007-present Roger Williams University, Dept of Art, assistant professor, new media, Bristol, RI
2006-2007 Webster University, Dept of Art, assistant professor and visiting artist, St Louis, MO
2001-2006 Biola University, Dept of Art, assistant professor, transmedia and sculture, Los Angeles, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Qbox Gallery, Athens, Greece
2009 Kwan Fong Gallery, CLU, What’s He’s Saying While She Waits for the Light, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Titanik Gallery, A Slight Shift of Gravity, Turku, Finland
Greenleaf Gallery, The Listening Array, Whittier College, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Qbox Gallery, The Oldest Song We Know, Athens, Greece
White Flag Projects, Channelbone, St Louis, MO
Friesen Galleries, Selected Work, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID
Sound Art Space, Bruc Fugue, Laredo, TX
Laredo Center for the Arts, Bruc Fugue Models, Laredo, TX
2006 Cecile R. Hunt Gallery, Bruc Fugue, Webster University, St Louis, MO
Upfront Gallery, Sea Shovel, Ventura, CA
2005 Stewart Center Gallery, Mountainside, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2004 Texas Women’s University, People, 29 Burdens, Denton, TX
Grand Central Art Center, 27 Acknowledged and Sanctioned People, Santa Ana, CA
2002 Patrick McCarthy Gallery, 25 People Lifting, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Pulling Back the Curtain, curated by George Fifield and Heidi Kayser. Axiom Gallery for New and Experimental
Art, Boston, USA
2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty, Thessaloniki, GR
Migrations, curated by Hether Kouris. Kalamata National Gallery, Kalamata, GR
2008 Preview Berlin represented by Qbox Gallery. Berlin, DE
Open Plan, curated by Bettina M. Busse represented by Qbox Gallery, Athens, GR
2007 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Foundation for Culture & Arts, Istanbul, TR
Truck, Urban Culture Project, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
2006 Gal/Loco, Can Serrat International Art Center, Barcelona, Spain
Intersections, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
Two, The Factory, St Louis, MO
2005 SIART Biennale Bolivia 05, National Museum of Art, La Paz, Bolivia
2004 Boundary Crossings, Max. L. Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA
FILM FESTIVALS
2007 Extremely Short Shorts 10, juror: Jytte Jensen, MOMA film curator, Houston, TX
Prix Ars Electronica 2007, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
Tabor Film Festival 2007, Zabok, Croatia
Simultan03: Video and New Media Art Festival, Timisoara, Romania
One Minute Film and Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland
20th Annual Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX
Venturous Vanguard Video Festival 2007, toured to Sylmar, CA; Northridge, Lancaster, CA; CA; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN
ACT ART 5, London, UK
2006 Sound Experimental Film Festival 2006, Laredo, TX
AWARDS / GRANTS
2008 Greenleaf Gallery, honorarium, Whittier College, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Qbox Gallery, stipend, Athens, Greece
White Flag Projects, honorarium, St Louis, MO
Friesen Galleries, honorarium, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID
2006 Can Serrat International Artist Center, stipend, Barcelona, Spain
Sound Art Space, honorarium, Laredo, TX
Cecile R. Hunt Gallery, honorarium, Webster University, St Louis, MO
2005 Stewart Center Gallery, honorarium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2004 Grand Central Art Center, honorarium, Santa Ana, CA
Texas Women’s University, honorarium, Denton, TX
RESIDENCIES
2008 Sumu residency, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland
2007 Artists-in-residence, Qbox Gallery, six-week residency, Tzia, Greece
2006 Can Serrat International Art Center, five-week residency, Barcelona, Spain
VISITING ARTIST
2006-07 Webster University, St Louis, MO
2007 Northwest Nazarene University, Department of Art, Nampa, ID
2006 California State University Channel Islands, Department of Art, Camarillo, CA
2005 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2004 Texas Women’s University, Department of Art, Department of Dance, Denton, TX
LECTURES / PANELS
2007 Northwest Roger Williams University, School of Architecture, Providence, RI
Northwest Nazarene University, Department of Art, Nampa, ID
2006 Can Serrat International Art Center, Barcelona, Spain
California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2005 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2004 Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX
Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Keller, Margaret. “Megan and Murray McMillan at White Flag Projects”. Art in America (November issue 2007). photos.
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Brouk, Tim. “Myth Inspires ‘Mountainside’ Installation.” The Journal and Courier (28 August 2005): sec. E p. 2. photo.
Castillo, Gabriel. “The Art of Recycling.” Divino Magazine (January 2007): p18. photos.
Castillo, Gabriel. “A Trash-to-Treasure Display.” Laredo Morning Times (14 January 2007): sec. C p.1, 8.
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Dossin, Catherine. “Intersections: Bill Lundberg – Megan and Murray McMillan.” Intersections, Creative Research Lab (4 November 2006): 2. photos.
Judson, Ben. “Sound Experimental Film Festival.’ Emvergeoning.com (17 Dec 2006): http://emvergeoning.com/?p=16.
Shackleford, David. “25 Emerging Artists: Megan and Murray McMillan.” Seen (Vol. 1V, 2004): p. 10-11. photos.
Valdez, Michelle Gonzalez. “Dissociative Disorders and Dancing in Laredo.” Emvergeoning.com (13 January 2007): http://www.emvergeoing.com
