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Jeremy Boyle

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Phone: 413-545-1902
Email: boyle@art.umass.edu

website: www.jeremyboyle.com



Untitled
, fiberglass structure, amplifier, speaker, CD player and recording, vegetable glycerine, water, titanium dioxide and dye (2001)




Performance Unit
(w/Jamie Boyle), mobile battery operated PA system, 2006




Performance Unit I
(w/Jamie Boyle), in use, 2005





(Self Playing) Guitar, midi-controlled pneumatic guitar, 2006

Jeremy Boyle

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Booster and Seven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 L-R-L-L-R-L-R-R, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Megahan Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville PA
2003 Studio Project” Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh PA
2003 boom, Chicago IL
2003 TRAF Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Soundlab, Buffalo NY
2002 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2001 DYG Projects, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago IL
2000 Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago IL
1999 GBU Gallery, Chicago IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Song For… Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose Univ. Davenport IA
2006 Pinch Hitters, SPACE, Pittsburgh PA
2006 Tracce Di Un Seminario, ASSAB ONE, Milan, Italy
2005 I remain the Same: Changed, Center Galleries, College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI
2005 41/90, Figge Art Museum, Davenport IA (catalog)
2005 Aesthetics of Resistance, ex-Ticosa, Como, Italy (catalog)
2005 Miracles (co-curator), SPACE, Pittsburgh PA (catalog)
2005 soundscapePGH (organizer), 3 Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
2005 Bull’s Eye, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York NY
2005 Inkjet, Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh PA
2004 Eight Artists, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2004 8 Hour Wall Drawing, Doane Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville PA
2004 Lit, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2004 3 Rivers Arts Festival, Associated Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2004 Art Chicago at Navy Pier w/Shane Campbell, Chicago IL
2004 Suspension: Sonic Absorption, Consolidated Works, Seattle WA (catalog)
2004 Petite Enveloppe Urbaine, Space, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Stray Show w/boom, Chicago IL
2003 Detours, Art Spot, Atlanta GA
2003 Information Man, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Filter, Consolidated Works, Seattle WA
2003 Theory Schmeory, Allan Koppel Gallery, Chicago IL
2003 Pittsburgh Biennial, PGH Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Init Two, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester NY
2002 Digital Visions, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento CA
2002 PCA Resident Artists, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2002 Waiting Room/Session Room, Deluxe Gallery, Chicago IL
2002 Meet Me in St. Louie, Crowe T. Brooks Gallery, St. Louis MO
2002 Pictures of Music. Block Museum. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL
2001 Humid, Moore Building, Miami FL (catalog)
2001 Resynthesis, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago IL
2001 Revolutions Per Minute, Gallery 400, Chicago IL
2001 Between Vision and Sound, Gallery 400, Chicago IL (catalog)
2000 Installation View, Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago IL
2000 Sound Video Film, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago IL
2000 Libidinal, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago IL (catalog)
2000 Robot Love, Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago IL
2000 Prabeo Show, BWR, Boston MA
1999 This Way to the Egress, Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago IL
1999 Drunk on Small, Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago IL
1999 Grassy Plains and PVC, GBU Gallery, Chicago IL
1998 Deposit (Collaboration w/ Byron Kim), Gallery 400, Chicago IL
1998 Tradition of Excellence, GBU Gallery, Chicago IL

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2005 V24/7/365, Strawberry Way Public Art Commission (Collaboration w/Gerard Damiani), PittsburghPA (Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and Heinz Endowment)
2005 Street Performance Unit (Collaboration w/Jamie Boyle), Pittsburgh, PA (Funded by a Sprout Fund Seed)
2002 Finalist, David L. Lawrence Convention Center Public Art Commission, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Times Project/Hill District Public Art Commission

AWARDS
2006 Sprout Fund Seed Award
2005 Sprout Fund Seed Award
2003-4 Heinz Creative Heights Grant recipient
2003-4 Mattress Factory Artist in Residence
2003 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
2002 Emerging Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2001 John and Clara Higgins Foundation artist grant recipient

EDUCATION PROJECTS/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006 Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh PA (Summer high school workshop)
2003-5 Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts, Adjunct Faculty (1st year Concept Studio, Sound Art, Independent Study)
2005 Shaler Area Middle School, Pittsburgh PA (Outdoor installation of permanent musical instruments)
2005 Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh PA (SpaceSiteSound 10 week high school workshop)
2005 Homewood Elementary School, PA (1st grade audio recording & neighborhood mapping project – 20 session program)
2004 Knoxville Elementary, Pittsburgh PA (10 session neighborhood audio mapping project with 1st grade students)
2004 Knoxville Elementary, Pittsburgh PA (10 session garden installation project with Young Poets Club 1st-5th grade students)
2004 Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh PA (SpaceSiteSound 10 week high school workshop)
2004 Shaler Elementary, Piittsburgh PA (Permanent Sound Art installation in school – 5 session 4th grade project)
2004 Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit Summer Arts Academy (6-8th grade 10 session Music Program)
2004 Sci-Tech Festival at Science Center, Pittsburgh PA (1 day family program – sound and installation art)
2004 Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh PA (Installation Art Workshop 10 session summer high school program)
2003 Shady Lane Preschool, Pittsburgh PA (20 session sound art program with Young 2 – Kindergarten students)
2000 A.N. Pritzker School, Chicago IL (1 month sound recording project with 1st and 2nd grade students)

MUSIC RECORDINGS (SOLO)
2003 Circuits of Steel, Various Artists, CD
2002 Music for Alltagszeit (In Ordinary Time), CD, Aster
2002 Brian Alfred, Exhibition Catalog, CD, Max Protech Gallery, NY
1999 Songs from the Guitar Solos, CD, Southern Records
1999 God Bless America, Various Artists, Top Score Records

MUSIC RECORDINGS (JOAN OF ARC)
2006 The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc. Polyvinyl Records
2005 Joan of Arc Presents: Guitar Duets. Record Label
2001 How Can Anything… 2001. Jade Tree Records
2000 The Gap. 2000. Jade Tree Records
1999 Live in Chicago: 1999. 1999. Jade Tree Records
1998 How Memory Works. 1998. Jade Tree Records
1998 Busy Bus, Sunny Sun. 7” single. 1998. Southern Records
1997 A Portable Model Of. 1997. Jade Tree Records
1996 Method and Sentiment. 7” single. 1996. Jade Tree Records

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
2003 The Audible Still Life. CD and Online Exhibition. Stasisfield.com
2001 Musical Score for Alltagszeit (In Ordinary Time), Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, video installation
2000 Music for Climate, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, video installation
1999 Music for La Basier, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, video installation
1999 Sound Designer, The Apparent Trap, Julie Zando, video
1999 Sound Designer, Cage Rhythm, Kia Korthron, play, directed by Cheryl Bruce
1998 Musical Score, Doghunter, Masahiro Sugano, 16mm film
1997 Audio Contributor, Gregnik Proto II, Gregory Greene, NYC Public Art Fund

SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2006 Andy Warhol Museum (w/Bell Orchestre)
2005 Messages, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh PA
2005 Art Institute Museum for Focus: Inigo Manglano-Ovalle (w/Rick Gribenas), Chicago IL
2005 CERF Computer Music Festival, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
2003 Garden Party, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Andy Warhol Museum, w/ Nobukazu Takemura, Pittsburgh PA
2003 WRCT, Advanced Calculus, radio performance, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Soundlab, Buffalo NY
2003 3 Rivers Educational Technology Conference, UPMC Sports Center, Pittsburgh PA
2003 A Night of Sound Art, PGH Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Init Two, VSW, Rochester NY
2001 Laptop Orchestra, WLUW radio performance, Chicago IL
2001 Line Reading, Frijole Canyon w/Alison Knowles and Larry Miller, Drawing Center, New York NY
2001 Performance Drawings, w/Alison Knowles, Larry Miller, Ron Song, Drawing Center, New York NY
2001 Between Sound and Vision, Hothouse and University of Illinois, Chicago IL
2001 Japanese Tour, Solo and Joan of Arc performances in Japan
2000 Joan of Arc 4th complete tour of the USA (1997-2000)
2000 Chicago Society for Contemporary Arts 25th Anniversary Celebration

SELECTED ACTIVITIES
2005 Advanced Course in the Visual Arts, Fondozione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
2005 Guest Speaker, Department of Radio and Television Broadcast, Brooklyn College, NY
2005 Guest Critic, Carnegie Mellon University, MFA Candidates Final Critiques
2005 Notions of Expenditure, Chicago IL
2003 Keynote Address, 3 Rivers Educational Technology Conference, UPMC Sports Center, Pittsburgh
2003 Pitt Arts Artist Talk, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Gallery Talk, Pittsburgh Biennial, PGH Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2003 Guest speaker, Concept Studio, CMU, Lance Winn
2002-5 PCA Artist in Residence
2002-3 Guest Speaker, Rhythm, Lenny Young, CMU
2001 Co-curator John Cage Notations Recordings – exhibition and catalog, Gallery 400, Chicago IL
2000 Guest speaker, Time Arts, SAIC, Chicago, Kim Hassenfeld
2000 Guest speaker, Sound Arts, SAIC, Chicago, Nick Collins




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