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, and M+B 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 Berkeley, California and is currently an Adjunct Full Professor at The University of California, Berkeley.
Statement
My work explores the gap between our inner lives and the structures society offers for self-expression. I’m especially interested in what gets lost or distorted in that translation. As technology evolves, I adapt my tools—right now I’m working with AI-generated text, images, audio, and video. I often approach these materials through humor and the abject, using them to surface what’s awkward, messy, or unsettling beneath polished interfaces. I’m drawn to moments where the technology fails or glitches, because those failures can reveal something more human—more vulnerable or absurd. For me, these cracks open up new ways of thinking about who we are and how we communicate, not just as individuals, but as a species.