MARIAH TATE KLEMENS
WWW.MARIAHTATEKLEMENS.COM
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Biography
1990 Born, Bellevue, WA
2013 Western Washington University (BFA)
2014 Worked and Resided in Guadalajara, MX (Artist in Resident, Art Educator)
2018 University of Wisconsin—Madison (MA)
2019 University of Wisconsin—Madison (MFA)
Currently lives and works in Milwaukee, WI
Education
2019
MFA, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI
2018
MA, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI
2013
BFA, summa cum laude, Mixed Media, Art Education, Minor Art History, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Awards
2021
Semifinalist, Mary L. Nohl Individual Artist Fellowship, Milwaukee, WI
2020
Curator in Residence, Postponed due to Covid, Ski Club, Milwaukee, WI
2019
Finalist, Pfister Artist in Residence, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Sculpture Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI
2014
Artist in Residence, Centrum Emerging Artist Residency, Port Townsend, WA
2013
Artist in Residence, Esquela Superior de Arquitectura, Guadalajara, JAL, MX
Honorable Mention, Beyond Borders Exhibition, Bellingham, WA
2012
Best in Show, Beyond Borders Exhibition, Bellingham, WA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020
Solo Show at Ski Club, postponed due to Covid, Milwaukee WI
2019
It Costs A Lot To Look This Cheap, Backspace Gallery, Madison WI
2018
At Last and Still Too Soon, Gallery Seven, Madison, WI
2017
Clandestine Possessions (with James Pederson), Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
All You Were Waiting For, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Pink (with Jackson Hunt), Integrus Architecture, Seattle, WA
Blue (with Jackson Hunt), Make.Shift, Bellingham, WA
Precious Moments, Open House, Bellingham, WA
2015
Gravel Field and Earthquake Drawings, The Hazel Room, Portland, OR
2014
How Can We Cheer Up or the Laugh? Addison on Fourth, Seattle, WA
2013
Possibly, But Not Certainly, ESARQ Guadalajara, JAL, MX
What If I Was Empty, Make.Shift, Bellingham, WA
Concrete Shroud (With Jake Reller), Lucia Douglas, Bellingham, WA
2012
Voyeuristic Containment, Overgrowth, Bellingham WAVoyeuristic Containment, Overgrowth, Bellingham WA
Group Exhibitions
2021
Faculty Show, Frederick Layton Gallery at MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Punching Bag, Punching Line, REAL TINSEL, Milwaukee, WI (Curator Siara Berry)
2019
The Human Stain, REAL TINSEL, Milwaukee, WI (Curator Shane McAdams)
2017
The Right Stuff, Pitch Project, Milwaukee, WI (Organizer Will Pergyl)
2016
The Jettisoned Object, Gallery Seven, Madison, WI (Curator Chase Boston)
2014
Centrum Emerging Artist Exhibition, Pop Up Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2013
ArtFest, American School Foundation of Guadalajara, Guadalajara JAL, MX
Beyond Borders, Viking Union, Bellingham WA (Juror Barbara Miller)
In Situ, FIXTURE, Bellingham WA Strange Bedfellows, Lucia Douglas and Make.Shift, Bellingham, WA
2012
Color Mad, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Selected Curatorial Projects
2021
Sex Show, (Co-curated w/Brit Krohmer) Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Payless, Pop-up Space, Milwaukee, WI
2020
Untitled Show, Postponed due to Covid, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
2019
Product Placement, REAL TINSEL, Milwaukee, WI
2018
Solo Show, Shane Walsh, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Solo Show, Cara Jaye, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Sculpture Show, Gallery Seven, Madison, WI
2017
The Right Stuff, Pitch Project, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Beep Boop Bop, Make.Shift, Bellingham, WA
2013
Math and Frailty: Electronic Sunday, Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, Bellingham, WA
Prima Materia, FIXTURE, Bellingham, WA
2012
Continuum, B Gallery, Bellingham WA
Color MAD, Western Gallery, Bellingham WA
Lectures/ Guest Critique
2021
Guest Critic, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (Fall 2021, Senior Seminar, instructor Richard Galling, Fall 2021, Digital 2D Design, instructor Max Hautala)
2020
Guest Critic, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Fall 2020, Advanced Sculpture, instructor Aris Georgiades)
Guest Critic, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, (Fall 2020, Digital 4D, instructor Brit Krohmer)
Artist Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, (Spring 2020, Senior Thesis, instructor Richard Galling)
Artist Lecture, Western Washington University, (Fall 2020, Drawing II, instructor Cara Jaye)
2019
Guest Critic, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (Fall 2019, Junior Level Professional Practice, instructor Monica Miller, Fall 2019, Advanced Sculpture, Instructor Will Pergyl)
2017
Panel Discussion for Clandestine Possessions and Family Time, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Visiting Artist, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Thirteen Artists Talking, Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2015
On Boris Groys, Western Washington University, Florence, Italy
2014
Guest Lecture, Western Washington University, (Spring 2014, Drawing & Painting, instructor Cara Jaye)
Professional Practices Guest, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2013
Artist in Residence Lecture, ESARQ, Guadalajara, JAL, MX
Bibliography
2013
What if I was Empty?, Monograph, Bellingham, WA
Malestrom, Jake Reller Monograph, Bellingham, WA
2012
ColorMad, Poem Entry in Exhibition Catalog, Bellingham, WA
The Lesse Legacy: Al and Vera Lesse Collection, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Teaching
2021-Present
Faculty, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI (courses taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2022 Intro to Drawing, Spring 2022 Surface Design)
2021-Present
Faculty, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI (courses taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2022 Intro to Drawing)
2019-Present
Faculty, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI (courses taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021 Systems of Drawing, Spring 2020, Spring 2021 New Studio Practices: Intro to Advanced Studies, Spring 2021 The Artist’s Joke, Spring 2022 Studio Principles: Soft Sculpture, Independent Study)
2019
Lecturer, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA and Italy (course taught: Summer 2019 Art Across Italy)
2017-2019
Instructor of Record, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (courses taught: Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Drawing I, Fall 2018 Spring 2019 3-Dimensional Foundations)
2016
Middle School Drawing, Oregon College of Arts and Craft, Portland, OR
2015
Teaching Assistant, Art Workshop In Italy, Western Washington University, Italy and Washington
Camp Director, Oregon College of Arts and Craft, Portland, OR
2014
Camp Director, Oregon College of Arts and Craft, Portland, OR
2013
Elementary Art Teacher, The American School Foundation of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, JAL MX
Teaching Assistant of Professional Practices with Sebastian Mendes, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2012-2013
Teaching Assistant, Western Washington University (Spring 2013 Professional Practices, Fall 2012 South and Southeast Asian Art History, Spring 2011 2D Foundation)2016
2011
Art and Literacy Instructor, Whatcom Middle School, Bellingham, WA
Additional Experiences
2020
Faculty Lead, Poetry Club, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
2019
Faculty Lead, River Rat Writes, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
2014
Grant Writer and Assistant to Artist Cara Jaye, Bellingham, WA
2013
Board Member for Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, Bellingham, WA
2012
Search Committee for Foundations Professor, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA