About
I've struggled with the idea that, as humans, it is actually impossible for one person to completely understand another; the fact that I can not verbally or visually describe an idea perfectly to another person. Right now, these ideas revolve around validation of my thoughts and feelings by way of digital creation in augmented reality and fiber. I like to think of a mobile phone with a camera as a looking glass and I’m able to produce figments of my imagination that exist within a reality only accessible with that looking glass, juxtaposed with the softness of the yarns I use, creating a vision of queerfuturism.
I hope to see you there.
- Mack
they/them
Autistic, OCD, trans, non-binary, artist, human
photograph by IAN GEORGE SCHULTZ
EDUCATION
2015 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Arts, Photography Amherst, MA.
2023 University of Wisconsin, Madison Master of Fine Art (forthcoming) Madison WI
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 University of Wisconsin-Madison Professional Development Grant. Madison, WI
Professional development proposal supported through Ernie Moll Graduate fund.
2020 University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education Bridge to Success Madison, WI
Additional Academic Year scholarship support to students experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19.
2015 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Mini Grant Amherst, MA
Arts Council grant aimed to support student-run projects/events; utilized for Loves Me, Loves Me Not show.
2014 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Anderson Ranch Arts Center Scholarship Snowmass, CO
Through Susan Jahoda’s partnership, this scholarship grants access to artists with financial adversity.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020-2021 University of Wisconsin-Madison Stephen Hillyard’s Research Assistant Madison, WI
2021-Present University of Wisconsin-Madison Art 100 Instructor of Record Madison, WI
AWARDS
2021
Honorable mention; UW DesignLab 12th Annual Digital Salon; online
2017
Finalist for the John Chervinsky Award Emerging Photographer Scholarship; online and gallery show
2016
Winner of Creative Quarterly's 45th issue; sold in Barnes & Noble and Borders and exhibited online
1st place in Digital Media for the "South Shore Arts Festival Juried Show;" Cohasset, MA
2015
3rd Place in External Juried "Junior/Senior Exhibition;" University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2014
Winner of Amazon’s "Head in the Clouds" digital image contest; online
"HFA Student Showcase," Spotlight Artist; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Honorable Mention in the "South Shore Arts Festival Juried Show;" Cohasset, MA
2013
2 Honorable Mentions in Boston’s "Photorama" contest; Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS & Talks
2021
11 Art Talks; April 30, 2021; online
Feeling Fragmentary: A Graduate Student Material Culture Symposium; May 14, 2021; online
’Personal Meme’; Interview by Ben Kenney; Nov 9, 2021; online
2018
Two photos published by Vogue Italia; online, December 17, 2018; June 11, 2018
2017
LoosenArt's "Shift" publication; online and print
Featured artist in PhotogrVphy Magazine; online
2016
Feature on Mall Pretzel's homepage gallery and Instagram; online
Published in Femme Fotale's "Volume III" photography zine; Phoenix, AZ
2015
"Skorch" magazine publication om collaboration with Kobi Jae; online
Cover artist for UMass Amherst’s Literary Journal, "Jabberwocky;" Amherst, MA
EXHIBITIONS
2022
”Magical Thinking” solo MFA-Qualifier show, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2021
”Transitions,” Non-binary Artist Call; online
”4D Area Group Exhibition” Backspace Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
”In This Economy?” Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
”Personal Meme” solo show, Art Lofts Front Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
”Cliffhanger” Art Lofts Front Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2020
”CATSTATE: 4D Area Group Show” artist; University of Wisconsin-Madison, online
2017
RAW Boston's "Fixate" community showcase; Malden, MA
2016
Black Box's "Photo Shoot: 2016" exhibition; online, published in a Blurb Book
Black Box's "Color Burst" exhibition; online, published in a Blurb Book
"Projections! Art on the Brewery Wall" exhibition; Jamaica Plain, MA
"Boston Biennial 4" juried exhibition; East Boston,
2015
Bachelors of Fine Arts Thesis Show, "Loves Me, Loves Me Not;" University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2014
Hampshire College's "Tea House Exhibition;" Amherst, MA
Photography Center of Cape Cod and the Cape Cod Art Association’s exhibition "Night;" online
2013
"Amalgam" exhibition; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Starbucks’s "Featured Artist" solo show; Hingham, MA