Seth Mittag

 

Born: 1974, New Port News, Va

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010  Sudhaus, Berlin,Germany

Material & deStructure:  The Creative Alternative in Art, PG Contemporary,Houston,TX

 

2008 Fictitious Realities/Realistic Fictions, Austin, TX (two person show)

Shit Where You Eat,Texasfirehouse, NY,NY

Transitional Structures,Grotto Gallerie, NY,NY

 

2007 Identity, University of Maine, Augusta, ME

White trash heroÕs, Texasfirehouse, NY, NY

 

2006  Beast, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX(catalog)

From the pages, Gallery 125, Houston, TX

Gunplay, Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX (solo exhibition)

Faculty Show, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX

 

2005 Texas biennial, Austin, TX

Fashionista 6, Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX

Outdoor Sculpture show, Montgomery Community College, Conroe, TX

 

2004 Instu, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX

Lumber liecium, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX (solo exhibition)

Dia De Los Muertos, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

Strahandle, Derie City Iron Works, Houston, TX

I love it when you É,San Jacinto Colllege, Houston, TX 

 

2003 Yea Yea, Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX (solo exhibition)

MFA thesis exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX

Domestic Bliss, Raw Space, Houston, TX

ItÕs a trend not a fad, Aurora picture show, Houston, TX

Power ball, Acts studio, Galveston, TX

 

2002 North Harris outdoor sculpture show, Houston, TX

Petcentric, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX

Dia De Los Muertos, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX

 

2001 Narrative, Houston community college, Houston, TX

Faculty show, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX

Scene of the crime, Small projects gallery, Houston, TX

  

 

RESIDENCIES & GRANTS

2008 Charged Studios, Brooklyn, NY, Artist in residence

2005 Cultural Arts Council Houston, Individual artitst Grant

2003 University of Houston, Bunker Fellowship

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Haskell,Caitlin Ò Fictitious Realities/Realistic FictionsÓ ArtPapers,

Nov./Dec. 2008 p.56

Rios,Josh Ò Fictitious Realities/Realistic FictionsÓ, Fluent Collaborative, Oct 2008.

http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/reviews/review/108/67

Lazano ,Ivan ÒFictitious Realities/Realistic FictionsÓ, Glasstire, Oct.2008

http://glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2646&gtsect=Blogs&gtcat=Capital%20A&Itemid=61

Finesilver Gallery, Beast (catalog), 2008

http://www.finesilver.com/images/Files/BeastCatalogue.pdf

Klassmyer,Kelly, ÒKingdom ComeÓ, Houston Press, Oct. 26 2006.

http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-10-26/culture/kingdom-come/full

Davenport,Bill, ÒSeth Mittag: GunplayÓ, Glasstire, Mar. 2006

http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?gtcat=Review&gtsect=Articles&id=214&option=com_content&task=view

Hyland,Peter, ÒLessons and Lies: Seth MittagÓ artshouston, Feb. 2006

ÒWord on the StreetÓ Houston Free press, Feb. 2006

ÒAre guns bad?Ó Artbeat, Mar. 2006

http://blogs.chron.com/artbeat/archives/2006/02/are_guns_and_hu.html

Cohen,Rachel ÒTexas Biennial 2005Ó, Artlies, Issue 46 2005

http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=1208&issue=46&s=1

Barnes,scott Kuhf radio interview, 2004

 

EDUCATION

 

2003 M.F.A., University of Houston, Houston, TX

1997 B.F.A, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX