Megan Cump

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Lives: Brooklyn, NY

Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, Master of Fine Arts
Macalester College, St. Paul MN, Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude



Solo Exhibitions
2013
BLACK MOON, Station Independent Projects, New York, NY
2004
Dark Matter, White Room Exhibition, White Columns, New York NY


Group Exhibitions
2013
One Minute Film Festival: 10 Years, organized by Moyra Davey and Jason Simon, MASS MoCA, North Adams MA
2011
CABIN FEVER, MIXED GREENS, New York NY
One Hour Photo: with Megan Cump, Tim Davis, Jade Doskow, Matthew Gamber, Sam Jury, Kalle Kataila, Jason Lazarus, Oliver Wasow, Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography, Biel/Bienne Switzerland
The Emerging Landscape: Photographs & Drawings Exploring Real & Imaginary Landscapes, Society Contemporary, New York
MYSELF, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno NV
2010
One Hour Photo, American University Museum, Katzen Art Center, Washington D.C.
Human Nature: Megan Cump & Thierry Kupferschmid, Collective Gallery 173-171, New York NY
Tragic Sense of Life, Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla, NY
2009
Unseen, curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel- Randall Scott Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Still Life, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco CA
State of Consciousness, Collective Gallery 171-173, New York NY
Currents in Contemporary Photography- Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh NC
2008
The Rain, The Park and Other Things- curated by Renee Riccardo, Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson NY
Working Space 08 -Cuchifritos Gallery, New York NY
Romero/Winkleman Gallery Project Space, New York NY
Topography of Nature- Station Independent Projects@Arcade Gallery, New York NY
2007
Summer Photography-SVA, Westside Gallery. New York NY
Coma erotique- Issue Project Room, New York NY
2006
Stilled Life- curated by Daria Brit Shapiro, Islip Art Museum, Islip NY
A Distant Mirror- M.Y. Art Prospects, New York NY
Panoramica- Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
Emotional Landscape- Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2005
Hey Hotshots- Jen Bekman Gallery, New York NY
Dark Nature- Station Independent Projects, Brooklyn NY
video_dumbo- dumbo art center, Brooklyn NY
In Process, three person show with: Dennis Leder, Jeffrey Price- Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, Islip NY
Me, Myself and I: Remix-The Living Room, Miami FL
2004
Me, Myself and I- curated by Renee Riccardo & Paul Laster, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL
There is a Light that Never Goes Out- dumbo arts center, Brooklyn, NY
Colony- Hudson Clearing, New York NY
Scapes- Berlin Kunst Projekt, Berlin Germany
2003
AIM 23, Bronx Museum of Art, New York NY
Phelanges-50 Broadway Gallery, New York NY
My Mother�s An Artist-Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York NY
2002
Scratch-ARENA Gallery, New York NY
Regarding Beauty-Texas Women�s University, Denton TX
Residual Images-Studio Z, San Francisco CA


Bibliography
2013
"Black Moon," twelve page portfolio in LID magazine, issue 16, May 2013
"All but natural elements and primal urges: Megan Cump goes into the wild," SLEEK Magazine, #37, Spring 2013,pp.152-159.
2012
Hughes, Holly Stuart, "RAREFIED A-I-R The MacDowell Colony: Megan Cump," Photo District News, November 2012, p.54
Oates, Leah, "In Conversation: Leah Oates interviews Megan Cump," NY ARTS Magazine, Vol. 19, Summer 2012, pp.12-13
2011
Stauffer, Tema, "Traces: Ayala Gazit, Corinne May Botz, Megan Cump, Paola Davilla" CultureHall, Feature Issue 74, Aug. 2011
Douer, Irana, "RUBY: Otherwordliness", book published by Gestalten
Megan Cump: Darkening, portfolio in La Lettre de la Photographie, February 2011
Vecchio, Marjorie; MYSELF, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno, exhibition catalog
2010
"Selection 1," Ruby Mag, published August 2010, pp.6-10
Artist Focus: Photography, Re-title.com, June 2010
Dawson, Jessica, Review "One Hour Photo," The Washington Post, May 7, 2010
2009
"Todays Flak Photo," Flak Photo, September 8, 2009
Ruby Mag, June 2009, Issue #37
"Den," Take the Handle, The Mysteries Issue p.27-28
"Feral," 180 magazine, April 2009 issue
"Today's Flak Photo," Flak Photo, February 5, 2009
2008
"Into the Wild," NY ARTS magazine, September-October 2008, Vol. 3 N o.9/10; pp.102-103
Banai, Nuit, "Working Space 08," Time Out New York, Issue 676: September 11-17, 2008
2006
Genocchio, Benjamin, "Objects at Rest," The New York Times, Long Island Edition, July 23, 2006
PJ, �Natural Reaction,� Flavorpill.net, December 2006, issue 338 2005
Harrison, Helen, �Art in Review: In Process,� The New York Times, Long Island Edition, May 1, 2005
2004
Smith, Roberta, �Art in Review: Colony,� The New York Times, April 9, 2004
2003
Yee, Lydia and Rosenblum Martin, Amy; AIM 23, Bronx Museum of Art, 2003, exhibition catalog


Grants/Awards
2011
Residency, Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Program- Woodstock NY2008
Summer Fellowship, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts- Ithaca NY
2007-2008
Artists Alliance Inc.'s Lower East Side Studio Residency, New York NY
2005
Carriage House Winter Studio Residency, Islip Art Museum, Islip NY
2004
The MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough, NH
2003
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council�s Residency at The Woolworth Building, New York NY
2002
The MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough NH
2001
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach FL
2000
Skowhegan Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
1999
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago IL