RESUME
Professional
info
Group shows
2021- The Banality of Privilege (live performance for New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas), performance developed by Yasmina Chavez and including Brent Holmes and the Julian Tanaka Jazz Ensemble, Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2020- New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas, curated by Wendy Kveck, founder, Settlers + Nomads, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2020- Drive-Thru Open Studios, curated by Emily Sarten and Laurence Myers Reese, UNLV Graduate Research Studios, Las Vegas, NV
2020- Neon Cornucopia, curated by Brent Holmes, La Matadora Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
2020- Unshelved, curated by Laurence Myers Reese, Sahara West Library, Las Vegas, NV
2020- London Biennale: Las Vegas 2020, curated by JK Russ, Matthew Couper, Laurence Myers Reese, and Jevijoe Vitug, Las Vegas, NV and London, UK
2020- Long Distance RADAR: Season 2 #5: Episode Three, curated by Adriana Chavez, Heidi Rider, Karla Lagunas, Brent Holmes, and Pierson Brown, presented online, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpxN9K05CM
2020- Glitter Ghosts, curated by Wendy Kveck for Settlers and Nomads, Las Vegas, NV
2019- Commodified, curated by Laurence Myers Reese, Fawn Douglas, Erin K. Drew, Aaron Cowan and John McVay, UNLV Graduate Art Studios, Las Vegas, NV
2019- Wake UP! Memorial, sound and video curation by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne,
2019- Playground Arts Gallery Opening Reception, curated by Kristen Miologos and Sound Art Arizona, Playground Arts, Mesa, AZ
2019- Informal, curated by Hannah Whittaker, The Lot, Phoenix, AZ
2018- Low Data, curated by Miguel Angel Monzon, Modified Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018- Winter Juried BFA Show, curated by Rembrandt Quiballo, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
2018- Hands On/ Hands Off, senior exhibition, curated by Merryn Alaka, Rebecca Emily, Carrie Coe, Mia Adams, and John McVay, Gallery 100, ASU, Tempe, AZ
2018- Impress, juried printmaking exhibition at ASU, curated by Merryn Alaka, Rebecca Emily, and Nathan Feller, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
2016- Cult of Nostalgia, Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, AZ
2015- Nightbloom, Solar Culture Gallery, curated by Steven Eye, Tucson, AZ
2015- Variations, curated by David Andres, West Campus Student Visual Art Gallery, PCC, Tucson, AZ
Installations
2018- Endpages with Euan MacDonald (soundtrack), curated by Julio Cesar-Morales, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Sound Art Perfomances
2019- ReviveR: Performance Art Night, 10/23, Las Vegas, NV
2019- Sound Art Arizona #14, 6/22, Mesa, AZ
2019- Sound Art Arizona Showcase @ Crescent Ballroom, 6/3, Phoenix, AZ
2019- Aural Drifting, a collective sound installation, @ Playground Arts, 5/18, Mesa, AZ
2019- Informal, 2/24, live noise set, @ The Lot, Phoenix, AZ
2019- Sound Art Arizona #10, 2/23, Tempe, AZ
2019- Sound Art Arizona #9, 1/19, Tempe, AZ
2019- Audio/visual collaborative set w/Emily Sarten for the closing reception of Low Data, 1/4, @ Modified Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018- Collaborative aural set w/Brandon Meged for the opening reception of Low Data, 12/21, @ Modified Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018- Sound Art Arizona #6, 10/27, Tempe, AZ
2018- Sound Art Arizona #5, 9/29, Tempe, AZ
2018- Audio/visual collaborative set w/Emily Sarten for Night of Neuralgia 7/11 @ The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ
2018- Audio/visual collaborative set w/Emily Sarten for ASU’s Project Space exhibition, Elena, 3/2, Phoenix, AZ
Album Covers/Band Graphics
2019- Sex Headaches t-shirt design (punkers from New Mexico)
2019- Fibber t-shirt design (punk band from New Mexico)
2015- Harsh Mistress- Harsh Mistress, Burger Records BRGR784
Publications and Press
2021- "An epic group art show creates 'New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas," Las Vegas Weekly, https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/fine-art/2021/jan/07/an-epic-group-art-show-creates-new-monuments/
2020- “V.I.C.E. Squad: UNLV MFA Art Students Build A Place For Community Engagement,” Las Vegas Weekly,
https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/fine-art/2020/oct/01/vice-squad-unlv-mfa-art-students-build-a-place/
2019- "Meet UNLV's MFA Students," Double Scoop, https://www.doublescoop.art/meet-unlvs-mfa-students/
2019- illustration in Witness Magazine
2019- “Meet John McVay,” interview with Voyage Phoenix; http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/meet-john-mcvay-tempe
2015- Sandscript, PCC’s student visual arts and poetry magazine
Skills
PHOTOSHOP
ILLUSTRATOR
AUDITION
TMS
Work
experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
-3d foundations course (x2)
-beginning lithography (x2)
ASU Art Museum Print Room Assistant 2017-2018
-archival print collection work (organizing, inventory, and handling a collection of over 6000 fine art prints)
-TMS (The Museum System database program)
-cutting mat board (including window mats)
-float-hinging and photo-cornering prints in mats
-removing adhesive from prints for conservation
-framing prints
ASU Art Museum Ambassador 2015- 2017
-leading tours with visitors
-gallery security
-setup and takedown for special events in the museum
Education
MFA Candidate
2019-2022- University of Nevada, Las Vegas graduate visual art studies
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts
2018- Arizona State University, Printmaking focus with a minor certificate in Art History, Summa Cum Laude
-Printmaking- Screenprinting I, Advanced Screenprinting (x2), Digital Processes for Printmaking, Relief, Intaglio I, Lithography I, & Photolithography
-Art History- History of Photography, Art and Television, The Portrait, Art in America, Art and Technology, Art of China, Mexican Art, Dada/Surrealism
Associate’s Degree in Fine Arts
2015- Pima Community College, Printmaking focus
-Intaglio, relief, and screenprinting classes
Lectures/
Workshops
2019- “Collaging with John McVay,” collage table @ ASU Art Museum’s Playfest, Tempe, AZ
2018- artist practice discussion and noise loop demonstration for Dr. Kat Medill’s ARS 100: Intro to Art class @ ASU, Tempe, AZ