EDUCATION (C. Tara & David Gladden)
Master of Fine Arts in Performance and Interactive Media Arts
Thesis: Partnership, A Study of Collective Creation
Brooklyn College, 2009.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, COLLABORATIONS

2019
Insecure/Unsecure Transmission 020, Multimedia installation performance, Kohl Gallery at Washington College, Chestertown, MD, curated by Julie Wills.
Electronic Meditations, collaborative exhibition, Civilian Art Projects (in residence at Studio 1469), Washington, DC, curated by Director and Founder, Jayme McLellan.

2018
Initiation Video Performance from Earth Ritual Series, LATITIUDES International Performance Art Festival, curated by Hector Canonge, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
DistENDed interr_ptus, Expanded Cinema Performance, curated by David Linton, h0L0, Brooklyn, NY
Freak Flag Fest, Expanded Cinema Performance, curated by LoVid, Brooklyn Kitchen, Brooklyn, NY.
Illuminate, Group Exhibition showing video sculpture, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA. PUSH and PULL: Variations on Nature, Group Exhibition showing selections from Earth Rituals Series, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD.
Day-glo painted Utility Box, Public Mural Commission for National Folk Festival by City of Salisbury Arts & Entertainment District.

2017
SIGHTsight | HEARhere #3: Angel’s Crest, San Gabriel National Forest, Artist-in-Residence, conceptual performance and exhibition, Earth Rituals Series, San Gabriel Mountains, CA

Achromatic: Confetti Machine Real Time Media Festival, featured artist, audiovisual performance curated by Eric Barry Drasin, Artists Outpost Resource, Brooklyn, NY
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: multimedia performance, Panoply Performance Laboratory, curated by Esther Neff, Brooklyn, NY.
Eye of Horus, audiovisual performance, Secret Project Robot, curated by David Linton, Brooklyn, NY.

2016
Forgotten and Now the Coming Thing, live performance, curated by Kristen Anchor, Space 2640, Baltimore.
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, live performance, curated by Victor Torres at Lighthole, Baltimore.
Color Games, exhibition, HEREArts Center in NYC.
Revolution, Dada Lives!, exhibition, University of Cincinatti, Blue Ash College.
SIGHTsight | HEARhere #2, Brattleboro, VT, artist residency, performance, exhibition, Earth Rituals Series, curated by John Loggia, 118 Elliot, Brattleboro VT.
WOrried MAN BLUES performance on WFMU’s Ridgewood Radio.
Canticum Interr_ptus? New Breeds in Music and Media Performance, live performance, curated by David Linton, Trans-Pecos, NYC.

2015
SIGHTsight | HEARhere, #1 Re-Visioning the West, live performance and exhibition Earth Rituals Series, curated by Marisa Sage, New Mexico State University.
Transmissions, 12 inch LP, released on Cage Park Records.
DistENDed Cinema, curated by David Linton, Artists Outpost Resource, NYC.
Itinerant Performance Festival, curated by Hector Canonge, Momenta Art, NYC.
Lock it Down, performance, curated by David Watson, The Sump, NYC.
fear, yes, and freewheeling, performance with choreographer Jennifer Schmermund, University of Delaware

2014
The Luminous Surface, Mission for Temporal Arts, Asheville, NC. curated by David Linton.
Ylla Dreams, audiovisual screening presented at Screen Off, audiovisual group exhibition curated by The Northwest Film Forum, Seattle WA.
Ylla Dreams and Revolution, audiovisual screening and featured artist presented at Stigmart 10, Videofocus Biennial, Italy. Curated online magazine and video exhibition.

2013
Polestar: Source_Live, performance, DistENDed Cinema, curated by David Linton, Artists Outpost, NYC.
The Ida May Project, video documentary, community outreach project and multimedia exhibition), Bethel Heritage Museum, Bethel, DE.
Diva prepares: will she ever be ready? performance, Temp Arts Gallery, Salisbury MD.
Voice:Source, performance, W.O.R.K. Gallery, Salisbury, MD.

2012
The Ida May Project, video documentary, community outreach project and multimedia exhibition, Maryland libraries and the Delmarva Discovery Center, Pocomoke, MD.
Documentary selected for screening at the 2012 Rehoboth Beach Film Festival, Rehoboth, DE.
John Cage Memorial Park, co-founder, Chance, MD.
W.O.R.K., founding collective member, multimedia art studios, gallery and performance venue, Salisbury, MD.
Warming Room, installation performance, Monochromes, W.O.R.K. Gallery, Salisbury, MD. Global 4’33”, organized by the World Listening Project, John Cage Memorial Park, Chance, MD.
Integrated Circuits, performance & exhibition, Audio-Visual: The Intersection of Art and Music, curated by Elizabeth Kauffman, Fulton Gallery at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD.

2011
The Escape Artist, public performance in collaboration with Jefferson Pinder, Wicomico County Courthouse, Salisbury, MD.
Occupy your World, public performance action in collaboration with The Living Theatre, John Cage Memorial Park, Chance, MD.
With What Voice, multimedia performance, International Electro-acoustic Music Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Faculty Recital, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD.
Form and Texture, exhibition, Salisbury University, MD.
Plastic Fantastic, collaboration with Diedra Krieger, Salisbury University, MD.
Urban Ritual, Lumen Festival of Video, Sound and Performance Art, Staten Island, NY.
New Routes, multimedia performance, The Living Theatre, NYC.
The Highway, multimedia performance, Salisbury University Electronic Gallery, Salisbury, MD.

2010
Angel of America, performance, The Blame Show, Emily Harvey Gallery, NYC.
Requiem, multimedia performance, The Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Passing Apparitions, multimedia performance, The Hexagon, Baltimore, MD.
Chrononaut Detritus, multimedia performance, Performance MIX Festival, Joyce SoHo, NYC.
YouTunes, collaboration with Preston Poe, Over the Opening Gallery, NYC, Baltimore Contemporary Museum.
Trans, exhibition, collaboration with Adriana Varella, Oi Futuro Museum, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

2009
Particle Motion Machine, multimedia performance, Play with Fire Festival, Harvestworks, NYC.
Mirror Organism, A/V collaboration with Adriana Varella and Dizzi Kohatsu, Leo Kuelbs Gallery, NYC and Berlin, Germany.
Behold these Beings, performance collaboration with Shizu Homma, Dixon Place, NYC.
Kurt Schwitters’ Ursonate, performance, The Living Theatre, NYC.
Partnership, multimedia performance, Grace Exhibition Space, The Living Theatre, Santos’ Party House, NYC.
Meeting God, A/V collaboration with Adriana Varella, Leo Kuelbs Gallery, NYC.
Noir (Music Director/composer) Adhesive Theatre Project, Vorhees Theatre, NYC.
Ahoy 2.0, composers/performers, House of Yes, NYC.

2008
of the Bush Terminal, performance installation, Labor Party, curated by Michael Connor, Industry City, NYC.
The Interactive Keyboard Project, sound collaboration with Abraham Nowitz, Labor Party, curated by Michael Connor, Industry City, NYC.
MIKA, an activist theatre work to end violence against women, composers/performer), Global Theatre Ensemble, the United Nations and the Consulate of Argentina, NYC.
BetaToys, performance with circuit bent toys, Beta Spaces, Bushwick Arts Festival, NYC.
Coffin’ it up, multimedia social performance, Judson Memorial Church, and the streets of NYC.
Iphigenia composers/performers, Global Theatre Ensemble, Vorhees Theatre, NYC.

CURATORIAL & COLLECTIVE PROJECTS

2012 – current
Co-Founders, John Cage Memorial Park and Artist Residency, Chance MD
Artist Residency Project in a 100+ year old Farmhouse on 4 ½ acres of land on the Chesapeake.​

2012 - 2018
Co-Founding Collective Members and Curators, W.O.R.K., multimedia art studios, gallery, and performance venue, Salisbury, MD.

2010
Co-founders/Organizers/Producers, ArtLab at the Living.
One-year residency program, presenting monthly art events, exploring and creating cross-disciplinary, collaborative experiments. The Living Theatre, NYC.

2009 - 2012
Co-founders/Organizers/Curators, NYC Anarchist Art Festival.
Annual art festival devoted to exploring art and anarchy, and processes of collective creation, held at The Living Theatre and Judson Memorial Church, NYC.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2017
Salisbury University Faculty Development Grant
2016
Salisbury University Faculty Development Grant
2011 - 2012
Maryland Traditions Grant, supporting The Ida May Project.
2010
Experimental Television Center, Presentation Fund Grant for Chrononaut Detritus, 2010 Performance MIX Festival, NYC.
2009
Research Grant, Graduate Investment Program, Brooklyn College.
2008
Research Grant, Graduate Investment Program, Brooklyn College.
Travel Grant, Graduate Investment Program, Brooklyn College.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DAVID GLADDEN - *ONLY
2014 – current
Assistant Professor of New Media and New Media Area Head,
Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

2010 - 2013
New Media Lecturer & Multimedia Gallery Technician
The Electronic Gallery at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD.

2011 - 2012
Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD. Taught courses in Art Appreciation 2d and 3d Design as well as independent studies in Video Animation.

TARA GLADDEN - *ONLY
beginning August 2019
Director and Curator for Kohl Gallery
Washington College, Chestertown, MD

2014 – 2019
Galleries Manager
Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury MD

2011-2016
Lecturer of Music, Art and Interdisciplinary Studies,
Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

 

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