Born 1981, La Crosse, WI USA
Lives and works in Northampton, MA
EDUCATION
2011 MFA Studio Art, Tufts University & School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2005 BFA Studio Art, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
2005 BA Art Education, Viterbo University, LA Crosse, WI
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2019 Memory Palace, JDAC Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
Lot Lines, with Greta Svalberg, Looky Here, Greenfield, MA
2018 Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition, Scollay Square Gallery at Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
2016 Obstacle Course, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA
2015 Reliquary: An Exhibition of Performance and its Remains, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2013 Slowness, Howard Art Project, Boston, MA
Old Work/New Work, Solo Exhibition, Happy Collaborationists, Chicago, IL
Salon, Solo Exhibition, McGladrey Gallery, Bentley University, Waltham, MA
8 Hour Projects, Bowman~Penelec~Megahan Art Galleries at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
2012 Spin the Bottle, Howard Art Project, Boston, MA
Bookstore, Drift Station, Lincoln, NE
2011 Time, Body, Space, Objects, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
Whistling Past the Freedom Trail, William Morris Hunt Library, Boston, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lufthansa Studios, Boston, MA
2010 Infr’action: Sete, Open Space, Sete, France
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
We’ll Take You Seriously Someday, Mobius, Boston, MA
Carry Out, Meme Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2009 The Mind is a Beautiful Beast, OKW Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Those Who Came Before, 57 Delle, Boston, MA
HONORS, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2012 Residency, ACRE, Steuben, WI
Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, SMFA, Boston, MA
2011 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, SMFA, Boston, MA
President’s Research Award, SMFA, Boston, MA
2010 Residency, The Homestead AK, Sunshine, AK
Montague International Travel Grant, SMFA, Boston, MA
Studio Assistant Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, SMFA, Boston, MA
2009 Springborn Fellowship, SMFA, Boston, MA
INVITED TALKS
2012 Artist's Collectives and Artistic Collectivism, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011 Alternative Spaces, Unpanel: Cultural Council of Lowell, Lowell, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 McQuaid, Cate. “There's No 'I' in 'Team,' but What about in 'Art?'.” Boston Globe, 9 Nov. 2016.
"Garett Yahn." Miranda, Lynnette. Web log post. Make-Space. N.p., 28 Sept. 2012. Web.
2011 "Familiar Skill as Art." Interview by Jordan Tynes. Going Towards Radio. Boston, MA, 2 Sept. 2011. Radio.
2010 Greg, Cook. "New Directions." Boston Phoenix 14 July 2010: 28-29. Print.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2013-18 Lecturer, School of Art and Art History, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2013-18 Lecturer, College of Design, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
2010-12 Teaching Fellow, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Tufts University
Printmaking Without a Press (2013-18)
Artists’ Books and Publications (2013-18)
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Design Perspectives: Topics in History (2015-18)
Design History (2016-17)
Drawing I (2013-17)
3D Design (2015)
Color & Composition (2014)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pre-College Summer Studio: 3D & Installation (2012-18)
Advanced Sculpture Critique (2012)
CORE Seminar (2011-12)
MIT Contemporary Visual Art Workshop (2011, 2014)
Contemporary Performance Art Theory, Teaching Assistant (2011)
Intermediate Sculpture (2010-11)
Down, Dirty, and Dimensional (Beginning Sculpture) (2010)
Beginning Lithography, Teaching Assistant (2008,10)