Michael Sirianni

Michael Sirianni

b. 1983, Utica, NY

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

  1. MFA

    Studio Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago, 2010

  2. BS

    Cinema and Photography (summa cum laude), Ithaca College, 2005

  3. Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL, Exchange Student, 2004

  4. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AU, Exchange Student, 2003

Selected Exhibitions

  1. 2011

    Intimacies - Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

  3. CTRL - Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL (solo)

  5. Joan Mitchell Foundation 2010 Grant Exhibition - CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY

  6. Hang in There - Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

  7. Beacons - Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI

  10. NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

  11. Other Western Tales - High Concept Laboratories, Chicago, IL

  12. Other Western Tales - Unusual Enconters Festival, San Diego, CA

  13. Other Western Tales - The Milk Factory, Chicago, IL

  15. The Rodan Scholars - Rodan, Chicago, IL

  1. 2010

    Violence - Los Caminos, St. Louis, MO

  2. Violence - The Exhibition Agency, Chicago, IL

  3. Ground Floor - Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL

  4. Engender Trouble - Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL

  5. Mugs - LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL

  6. MFA Thesis Exhibition - Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

  7. NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art - Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

  8. What Made It Through The Fire - The Nightingale, Chicago, IL

  9. Changing Ecologies - Unit 2, Chicago, IL

  10. 2009

    The Sky Taped Together - Antimatter Film Festival, Vancouver, BC

  11. The Familiar Re-Made - Onion City Film Festival, Chicago, IL

  12. Elevate - Prak[sis], Chicago, IL

  13. 2008

    Collection Collection - Mess Hall, Chicago, IL

  14. 2007

    Morgellons - Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  15. William Way Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  16. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

  17. 2006

    Outside the Box - White Box, New York, NY

  18. Art Bars Project, Ithaca, NY

  19. 2005

    Munson-Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

  20. Thesis Exhibition - Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca, NY

  21. Pendleton Exhibition - Roy H. Park Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

  22. In Every Sense of the Word - SRAS, Ithaca, NY

  23. The State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY

  24. 2004

    11:34-14:55 - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL

  25. Happening - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Fellowships & Grants

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant (2011)

Rodan Scholarship, ACRE Residency (2011)

Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant (2010)

The Image of Research, University of Illinois, Chicago (2010)

Dean's Scholar Fellowship, University of Illinois, Chicago (2009)

University Fellowship, University of Illinois, Chicago (2008)

Constance Saltonstall Foundation Artist Grant (2006)

Cinema and Photography Department Award, Ithaca College (2005)

James B. Pendleton Research and Production Grant (2005)

James B. Pendleton Project Grant (2004)

IES Fine Arts Scholarship, Gerrit Rietveld Academie (2004)

Leadership Scholarship, Ithaca College (2001)

President's Scholarship, Ithaca College (2001)

Bibliography

Gretchen Holmes. "Eye Exam: Personal Spaces." Review. New City, September 20, 2011

Risa Puleo. Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients Catalogue Essay, May, 2011
Alban Fischer. “Tell,” Feature. TRNSFR, Vol. 1, Issue 3, February, 2011

Molly Kimelman. "Luminous Art," Review. The Grand Rapids Press, January 13, 2011

Jessica Baran. "Violence," Review. Riverfront Times, January 6, 2011

Candice Weber. "Violence," Review. Time Out Chicago, December, 2010

Lauren Weinberg. "Chicago's Next Art Stars," Profile. Time Out Chicago, September, 2010

Lauren Viera. "Making Way for What's Coming Next," Review. Chicago Tribune, September 24, 2010

Fred Camper. "From Statements on Seeing to Slug Sex," Review. Chicago Reader, June 11, 2009

Edith Newhall. "Pleasant Uncertainty," Review. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2007

Roberta Fallon. "Bugging Out," Review. Philadelphia Weekly, January 3, 2007

Residencies

ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) – Steuben, WI/Chicago, IL (2010, 2011)

Lectures

Visiting Artist, ChiArts, Chicago, IL (2011)

Hot Media Series, Session 5: Dis/embodiment, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL (2010)

Teaching

Lecturer of Art, Digital Photography, North Central College (2011)

Teaching Artist, Video Detectives, Marwen Foundation (2011)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intro to Time Based Media, University of Illinois, Chicago (2010)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Audio Aesthetics, University of Illinois, Chicago (2010)

Teaching Assistant, Photography; Documentary, Ithaca College (2005)

Teaching Assistant, Cinema Production 1, Ithaca College (2004)