Selected Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITS

2018  BY FITS AND STARTS Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD June 23, – July 29,2018

2009  IF THE WALLS COULD TALK at Laundromat Galley, Brooklyn NY Curated by Kevin Curran October 2009

2006  ENTRY ISLAND, Jack the Pelican Presents, November 18 - December 18, Brooklyn, NY

           BLACK McLEAN, MFA Thesis Exhibit, Temple Gallery, May, Philadelphia, PA

2004  CELLBLOCK NINE, Solo Project. Eastern State Penitentiary April-November, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP EXHIBITS

2025

WOMEN OF THE ELEMENTS The LIC-A Art Space LIC NY, March 5th to March 29th, 2025 curated by Karen Dimit and Janet Rutkowski.

THE GENOCIDE SHOW ABC No Rio in Exile at Bullet Space, NYC October 2025 curated by Mike Estabrook

2024 

ART OF CHRISTMAS PAST AND PRESENT Studio 34 Gallery LIC, NY December 2024 curated by Micki Spiller

RED | BULLET SPACE w\ ABC No Rio in Exile Bullet Space East 6th Street NYC February 2024 curated by Yasmeen Abdullah

2023 

SPRING BREAK ‘WILD CARD’ /TOMATO MOUSE GALLERY 625 Madison Ave, NYC September 6-11, 2023 curated by Rebecca Bird

GRACE SQUARE ART SHOW Carl Shurz Park Conservancy, NYC September 9-10, 2023

THREADING THE NEEDLE Mann Library at Cornell University March –September 2023

2022 

WUNDERDONK Underdonk Gallery Brooklyn NY December 5- December 18, 2023

OFF THE WALL LIC Artists at Plaxall Gallery, Queens NY November 5-December 18 2022 curated by Nora Homberg

2021 

SCULPTURES IN THE PARK Group sculpture show through Art Mora Gallery Ridgefield Park NJ, 12/11/21-09/31/22 Curated by Sunny Shin.

MOCA LIGHTS Animations projected outdoors through the town of Patchogue LI, October 2021

ARTS ON TERRY Group show at the Patchogue Arts Council September 26, 2021

NOT JUST ANOTHER ANTHROPOCENIC LOVE STORY Group Show at Trestle Gallery September 3 – 25, 2021 Curated by Sisi Chen

DRAWING IN THE TIME OF RENEWAL Group show at LIC-A – Online Exhibition July 20 – August 31, 2021

STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WALL Group Screening outdoors – 14 Thames Street Brooklyn NY 11206 June 11, 2021

TRANSCENDENCE Group Exhibition at Local Project NYC, January 30 – February 26, 2021

2020 

SOLUTIONS Group Exhibition at Tomato Mouse Gallery, November 20, 2020 – January 4, 2021

THE FUTURE IS NOW Virtual Groups Exhibition and event, curated by Electric Djinn and She’s Excited April, 2020

REGRESS Group Exhibition at ABC no Rio in Exile at Bullet Space, Manhattan, NY February 7-23, 2019

2018 

MALONNY Crowd surfing – Permanent Public Artwork Mural painting in Marijampole, Lithuania June 30- July 6 2018

2016 

30WORKS30DAYS 12ø collective and Set The Controls, London April 1 – April 30, 2016

MAKING THE FUTURE David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY curated by Michael David and Julie Torrez September 30,2016

2013 

LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE BABY Printed Matter, NYC, curated by Chido Johnson, February 14 – March 14

TRANSMISSIONS Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by Kevin Curran, May 2013

2010 

HOUSE ARREST Work Sound Gallery, Portland Oregon. Curated by MK Guth May 7- June 7

DROP IN THE BUCKET Local Project, Long Island City, NY June 26-July 10

2009 

1.5 MILLIION Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery at Temple University, Curated by Cory Antis. October 2 – October 17

GLOBAL WORKS Global Works, Curated by Ella Kruglyanskaya. October 22 – November 22, 2009

BURGER SHOW Laundromat Art Gallery, Curated by Kevin Curran August 8, 2009

VICTORY FOR TYLER / SCULPTURE Crane Arts’ Ice Box Project Space, Curated by Sarina Basta. April 1-26

2008 

CHERRY VALLEY SCULPTURE MILE TRAIL Cherry Valley Sculpture Mile trail. Cherry Valley NY July 15 – October 15

CREST HARDWARE ART SHOW Crest Hardware. Curated by Joe Franquinha Brooklyn June

2007 

MADE HOME Current Gallery, Curated by Hanna Brancato and Thao Hguyen. Baltimore January

EXPOSURE Rotunda Gallery. Curated by Patrick Grenier Brooklyn November

FLOATING PICNIC Dumbo Arts Festival, Collaboration with Pauline Marcelle. Brooklyn September

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE Artist in Residence with Tim Folland Homeland Gallery, Portland Oregon August

LABOR K1 Group Project at Labor K1 Curated by Juliane Zelwies and Jana Linke. Berlin, Germany September

ART DAZE Aldrich Museum, Connecticut NY. July

DETROIT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Screening of Gas Em, Entry Island and FIVE. At the Museum of New Art (MONA) March 9 – 31 Detroit MI

2006 

TURF, Project Space at Luxe Gallery. Curated by Nathalie Angles, April 1 – April 29, New York, NY

2005 

TYLER GRADUATE FELLOWS EXHIBITION Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, April 2005, Philadelphia, PA

JURIED MFA EXHIBITION The Crane Arts Building, April 2005, Philadelphia, PA

SCOPE MIAMI / GRENDEL House Truck, Tunnel Jack the Pelican Presents Curated by Matt Zalla and Don Carroll December

HOME PREMIERE Gil and Moti Home Gallery in collaboration with the Netherlands Photo Museum. Curated by Gil and Moti September 8-October 8, Rotterdam, NL

59 SECONDS FESTIVAL Pioneer Theater NYC Curated by Irina Danilova September 5

LIGHT/SOUND/ACTION: Art and Technology Utica College, one of a 7-site series, 'Sculpture Central International', October 15- December 22. Utica, NY

59 SECONDS FESTIVAL: EUROPEAN TOUR Screening of Gas Em Babylon Cinema, April 23, Berlin, Germany OFFicyna, April 24, Szcecin, Poland, Monochrome Museumsquarier April 25, Vienna, Austria Multimedia Festival Multiplace in Jan Koniarek Gallery, April 26, Trnava, Slovakia Film Club 35mm, April 27, Bratislava, Slovakia Top Kino, May 22. Vienna Independent Shorts Festival Vienna, Austria

2004 

59SECONDS FESTIVAL: WEST COAST TOUR- screening of GAS ‘EM, Winter 2005 911 Media Arts Center, December 2. Seattle, WA Artists' Television Access (ATA), December 8. San Francisco, CA EZTV, December 13. Santa Monica, CA Media Arts Center, December 15. San Diego, CA

MS.FILMS NORTHWEST TOUR-Screening of LIVER Artists' Television Access, October 23, San Francisco, CA The Long Haul Info Shop, October 24, Berkeley, CA Liberty Hall Community Center, October 26, Portland, OR Yes Yes Alliance, October 27, Olympia,

Residencies

2006 

MYHOUSE GALLERY Shining Cliff Residency, Derbyshire England Feb 26 – March 1 2007

HOMELAND GALLERY Scratching the Surface Residency and Exhibition August 1 – August 31 2007 Portland, Oregon

2005

ART OMI, Residency recipient for June - July 2005, Hudson Valley, NY

2002 

SCULPTURE SPACE Residency and grant recipient for July – August, Utica, New York

1999 

THE MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER-1999 Summer Scholarship Recipient, New York, NY

Awards

2018 NYFA ARTIST AS ENTREPENEUR BOOTCAMP October 11-14, 2018

2007 LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOUNDATION Nominated for the 2007 award

2005 LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOUNDATION Nominated for the 2005 award

ROLEX MENTOR AND PROTÉGÉ ARTS INITIATIVE Nominated for the 2006 award

2003 TYLER SCHOOL of ART – TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fellowship recipient for the MFA Sculpture Program 2003 – 2005

Publications

2021 Artwork and Writing – Orenda Arts Journal, Volume 2 #1 Winter 2021

2020 Interview, https://theartsandeducation.wordpress.com/2020/02/16/expressing-our-inner-childlike-nature- again/

2019 Interview, https://123art.net/index.php/2020/04/11/meet-ianth-jackson/ April 2020

2018 Interview, Art Reveal Magazine no.41, August 2018 pg 18-19 ISBN 9780464943921

2010 ‘Lookout House’ Architectural Inventions – Visionary Drawings by Matt Bua and Maximillion Goldfarb

2010 Drawing Magazine. New and Notable Summer 2010, pg . 14-15

2005 Libby Rosof, “I Love a Parade”, Philadelphia Art Blog, review of BLACK McLEAN, May

2004 Roberta Fallon, “Eastern State Penitentiary”, Philadelphia Art Blog, review of CELLBLOCK 9, April

Lectures

2019 HECKSCHER MUSEUM with the Patchogue Arts Council – Presentation of artwork - February 8, 2019

2007 PICA Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts, Visiting Artist Lecture August 2007

TYLER SCHOOL of ART Visiting Artist Lecture, September 2007

2006 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY Visiting Artist Lecture, November 2006, NYC

2005 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON COLLEGE - Visiting Artist Lecture, November, Teaneck NJ