Bio

 

Mores McWreath received a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and an MFA from the University of Southern California. He attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Program. Recent solo and two person exhibitions/commissions include the New Museum, CUE Art Foundation, M+B Gallery, and Bryan Ohno Gallery. Select group shows include The Kitchen, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Walker Art Center, Art in General, Soloway Gallery, ar/ge kunst Bolzano, and the International Studio & Curatorial Program. His videos have been screened in festivals and exhibitions both nationally and internationally including Anthology Film Archives, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, NURTUREart, European Media Arts Festival Osnabrück, Taiwan International Video Exhibition, Fonlad Portugal, Videomedeja Serbia, Crosstalk Budapest, 700IS Iceland, and the Jakarta International Video Festival. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and is currently an Adjunct Professor at The Cooper Union.

 

Statement

 

My work has changed over the years as I’ve continued to explore the way that popular mediums have shaped Western society. My current interest is in optics and the way that screen technology has dominated everyday modes of perception. My desire is to use painting to bring organic human physicality to the invisibly seamless digital spaces surrounding us.