MARK, PAPER, SCISSORS | May 1 - June 26, 2010

Mia Pearlman
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.


EDUCATION

- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- College of Art, Architecture and Planning; BFA 1996


SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

- Mia Pearlman / Kinke Kooi Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, the Netherlands 2010
- Mia Pearlman: Maelstrom, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL 2009
- Mia Pearlman: Paperstorms, Septieme Etage, Genva, Switzerland 2008
- Mia Pearlman + Gareth Bell-Jones, Centre for Recent Drawing, London, UK 2008
- Cloudscapes, Ten Tents Gallery, Beacon, NY Installation Shots 2006
- Baited Breath, 31 W.21, NY, NY 2004
- Lastoprexit, 31 W.21, NY, NY 2003


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

- Paper Landscapes (title tba) Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN 2012
- Escape from New York, Fabricolor Building, Paterson, NY 2010
- Paper Jam 2, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY 2010
- Mark, Paper, Scissors, Roos Arts, Rosendale, NY 2010
- Chablis, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN 2010
- Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY 2009
- Weather Channel, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY 2009
- 10th Anniversary Show, Mixed Greens, New York, NY 2009
- Drawing 2009, The Drawing Room, London, UK 2009
- Add and Subtract, Gallery Kafayas, Boston, MA 2009
- Cutters, Hunter College, New York/Hunterdon Museum, NJ 2009
- All Cut Up, Roebling Hall, New York, NY 2008
- Paper City, Mixed Greens, New York, NY 2008
- Site Specifics '08, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY 2008
- Site 92: Phase II, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY 2008
- I Wonder If You Know What it Means, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY 2008
- Drawing the Line, Mills Gallery, the Boston Center for the Arts 2007
- Per Square Foot, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY 2007
- Etch A Sketch, the drawing show, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY 2007
- Raid, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN 2007
- Wood, Water and War, Starpin Gallery, Shelton, CT 2006
- Making Your Mark: On Paper, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006
- Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, NY, NY 2003
- Lucky Draw, Sculpture Center, LIC, NY 2003
- Casino Night, Henry Street Settlement, NY, NY 2003
- Tributary, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY 2001 Field Trip Wax Gallery, NY, NY 2000
- The Judson House Project, Judson House, NY, NY 2000
- Crazy Eights, Cornell University 1996
- Paintings, Cornell University 1995


FELLOWSHIPS

- UrbanGlass Visiting Artist Fellowship for Established Artists 2009


RESIDENCIES

- Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, Netherlands Print media residency 2010
- 20x24 Studio, NY, NY Project residency using a 20 x 24 Polaroid camera 2010
- Proyecto'Ace, Buenos Aires, AR Two week laser cutting residency 2009
- Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY One month residency 2008
- Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT One month residency in sculpture 2008
- Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY One month residency in painting 2003
- Lower East Side Printshop, NY. NY Keyholder residency 2001
- Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT One month residency in sculpture 2001


GRANTS
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2008
-Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant for C4RD exhibition costs 2008


BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGS

- “Papercutting” (working title), Laura Heyenga, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA 2011
- “vSurprise” China Youth Press International, London, UK 2010
- “Cutters” (exhibition catalog), Birmingham, Mary, Hunter College, NY and Hunterdon Museum, NJ 2009
- “From the Artist-in-Residence” Someone’s Garden Press, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
- “Slash: Paper Under the Knife” (exhibition catalog), McFadden, David, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, 2009
- "Paper: Tear, Fold, Rip, Crease, Cut" Black Dog Publishing, London, UK, pages 54-57 , 2009
- “Perfect Paper” Page One Group, Singapore, pages 128-131, 2009


BIBLIOGRAPHY

- "Slash: Paper Under the Knife" Grafik Magazine, January 2010, pgs. 90-91
- "Making the Cut" New York Magazine, 2/8/10, p. 73 2010
- Genocchio, Bejnamin "The Weather We Barely Notice" New York Times, Long Island Section, 10/9/09
- McQuaid, Cate "Adding Up" Boston Globe, 2/4/09
- Rosenberg, Karen "Move Over, Humble Doily: Paper Does a Star Turn" New York Times, p. C3, 10/20/09
- Ruyak, Jacqueline "Mia Pearlman: Capturing Ephemera" Surface Design Journal, Fall 2009, pgs. 42-47
- Schumaker, Mary Louise "Shopportunities: Museum of Arts & Design" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/9/09 2009
- Belina, Slawomir "Made of Paper: Thunder and Tornadoes" Machina, Poland, August 2008
- Cardenas, Jennifer “Agenda: Paper” South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 6/6/08, Styles, p. 22
- “Comfort Zone” New India Press, Chennai, India, 2/9/08, Sunday Express “Curio” Craft: Volume 08, August 2008, p. 24
- DeJesus, Krystal “Diverse Materials Seek to Create Different Images” Islip Bulletin, 6/26/08, p.7
- Holmes, Lucinda “Mia Pearlman + Gareth Bell-Jones” Interface, 5/08, sites.a-n.co.uk “ISSUE #4” FUR, April 2008, www.fur.uk.com
- Killeen, Michael “Power-Hungry Guy, Crimson Landmarks, Paper Cavemen: Chelsea Art “ Bloomberg.com, 8/5/08 2008
- Cook, Greg “Sketch Artists” The Boston Phoenix, 11/20/07
- McQuaid, Cate “Drawing Show Works Around Edges” The Boston Globe, 12/20/07, Style p. D7 2007 -“Featured Artist” Failbetter.com, Winter 2005
- “Featured Artist” Glowork.org, Ongoing 2005


ARTIST REGISTRIES

- The Drawing Center Viewing Program
- Artists Space - Irving Sandler Artists File


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

- Martha Dayton Minneapolis, MN
- Sima Familant New York, NY
- Monica Halpert New York, NY
- Kim M. Heirston New York, NY
- Steven L. Holley Garrison, NY
- Jennifer Melin and David Miller Minneapolis, MN
- Nancy Roberts New York, NY
- Lisa Schiff Los Angeles, CA
- Lynn Surrey New York, NY
- Barrett and Anne White Brooklyn, NY