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MALCOLM McCLAY : Resume
   

EDUCATION
1992
 The Ohio State University M.F.A. Sculpture and Performance Columbus, Ohio
1988
 New Mexico State University, M.A. Sculpture Las Cruces, New Mexico
1985
 The University of Ulster, B.A.(Hons) 3D Design (Ceramics) Belfast, Northern Ireland
1982
 Regional Technical College, Cert. Visual Education Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2016
 Solo Exhibition: Swimming to Inishkeel, Wandsford Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Solo Exhibition: Swimming to Inishkeel, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Solo Exhibition: Solo Exhibition: The Wallsteads of Civilization, Adelphi Univerisity Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition: The Wallsteads of Civilization, Island Pacific Academy, Honolulu, HI
2015
 Solo Exhibition: Zero, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Solo Exhibition: Material, Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia Hertzagovina
Solo Exhibition: Zero, Sternstudio, Vienna, Austria
Solo Exhibition: Draught, Treo Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Prospect 3 Satellite)
Katrina Then and Now, Part 1, Dealing with Disaster, Cantor Art Gallery, Worcester, MA
Katrina Then and Now, Part 2, The Rebirth of Art, Cantor Art Gallery, Worcester, MA
2014
 Toward a New Paradigm, (co-curator) Gallery 126, Galway, Ireland
Solo Exhibition: Draught, Trio Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Prospect 3 Satellite)
Water Works, Proteus Gowans, Brooklyn, NY
Seeing the Invisible, Begovich Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Takeover, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY
2013
 Solo Performance Series: Ekstasis, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Solo Exhibition: The Wallsteads of Civilization, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
Cardak Ni Na Nebu Ni Na Zemlja, Barrister»s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Class Reunion, The Big Top, New Orleans, LA
2012
 drawnOVERdrawn, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland
drawnOVERdrawn, The Drawing Project, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
Are We There Yet, The Warehouse, (Earagail Arts Festival & MacGill School) Glenties, Ireland
St. Claude, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011
 Solo Exhibition: Concrete Republic, Sternstudio, Vienna, Austria
Solo Exhibition: Concrete Republic, Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland
2010
 Solo Exhibition: Traffic Island Prison Farm, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Drawing on Sculpture, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Automata, (co-curator) The Candle Factory, New Orleans, LA
Spill, Disaster and Recovery, St. Denise Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Artists of Conscience, Amnesty International AGM, New Orleans, LA
2009
 Two Person Exhibition: A Tale of Two Cities, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Two Person Exhibition: A Tale of Two Cities, Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland
Lock Down, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Everything Must Go, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008
 Solo Exhibition: The Lost Year, Beijing Art Museum, Beijing, China
Solo Exhibition: The Lost Year, The Kings Hospital School, Dublin, Ireland
Two Person Exhibition: A Tale of Two Cities, Barrister»s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Through the Lens: New Media Art from Ireland, Beijing Art Museum, Beijing, China
Les Enfants Rouges (Curator) Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Deluge Concert, The Narragansett Towers, RI
Prospect 1 St. Claude Collective, The New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, LA
United Artists, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2007
 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibition: The Forgotten City, The Thomas Hunter Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition: The Lost Year, Tigh Fili Cultural Centre, Cork City, Ireland
Solo Exhibition: The Deluge, The Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland
Solo Exhibition: The Engine Room, UNO Gallery, University of New Orleans, LA
Super Nova, Curated by Jeanette Ingberman, Exit Art, NY, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Deluge Concert, The Balor Theatre, Earagail Arts Festival, Donegal, Ireland
Katrina, Catastrophe and Catharsis, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO
Tangible and Embedded Interaction, 14th Annual Mardi Gras Conference, Baton Rouge, LA
Decaturodeo, (Curator) French Quarter Fest, New Orleans, LA
2006
 Louisiana Biennial, Curated by Tyler Stallings, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Solo Exhibition: The Dog Tail Wars, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Katrina Exposed, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Celebration, Warehouse Gallery, Washington DC
The Bridge, B-Complex, Atlanta, GA
Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Fear of Water, Peligro Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2005
 New Orleans Diaspora, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004
 Solo Exhibition: Empire/Umpire, The Big Top Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Orange Alert, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
Southeastern Invitational, Southeastern LA University, Hammond, LA
Emerging Sculptors, Barriere Space, New Orleans, LA
2003
 Southern Current, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
The Decline of Western Evolution, Barrister»s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2001
 Solo Exhibition: Hostis, Works/San Jose, CA
Aerovox, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
1998-99
 Solo Exhibition: Full Shackle, Planet Theater, Austin, TX
The Wong Multimedia Center, San Antonio, TX
Plan B Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
The Lab, San Francisco
N.P.N. African American Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1996
 Solo Exhibition: Sapa, Dublin Theater Festival, Dublin, Ireland
1995
 Solo Exhibition: Rite, Piety St. Warehouse, New Orleans, LA
1994
 Solo Exhibition: Swollen Eye, Neutral Corner, New Orleans, LA
Solo Exhibition: Frontiers, Cleveland Performance Festival, Cleveland, OH
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, Mobius, Boston, MA
Pussycat Caverns, New Orleans, LA
1993
 Solo Exhibition: Deed, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1992
 Solo Exhibition: Every Revolution, The Omar Bakery, Columbus, OH
Approximately, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
1991
 Solo Exhibition: Border, The Sound Stage, Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibition: Chair, Hopkins Hall, Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibition: Suite, The Oval, Columbus, OH
Quod Erat Demonstratum, Hoyt L. Sherman Gallery, Columbus, OH
1990
 Spontaneous Construction, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
1988
 Solo Exhibition: Cruse Control, University Ave. Las Cruces, NM
Solo Exhibition: With Rockets Red Scare, The Attic Theater, Las Cruces, NM
1987
 Solo Exhibition: Ostrich, Student Gallery, New Mexico State University
Solo Exhibition: The Big Silence, Museum Courtyard, N.M.S.U. Las Cruces, NM
Solo Exhibition: Asylum Screamed, Hershel Zhon Theater, N.M.S.U. Las Cruces, NM
Solo Exhibition: Think no Evil, The Attic Theater, Las Cruces, NM
N.M.S.U. Student Exhibition, Chamizal Nat. Monument, El Paso, TX
El Paso Scholaristic Invitational Exhibition, El Paso, TX
Apposite, N.M.S.U. Juried Exhibition, N.M.S.U. Las Cruces, NM
1986
 Collective Images I & II Crescent Arts Center, Belfast, Flowerfield Arts Center, Coleraine, N
Solo Exhibition: Collage Drawings, Balor Theater, Donegal, Ireland
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016
 Swimming to Inishkeel, interview & exhibition overview, Culturefox Web TV April 2016
Malcolm McClay, Swimming to Inishkeel, Visual Artists Ireland, April 2016
2015
 Good Children Gallery Predstavlja Materijal, Kultura, STAV Magazine, Bosnia, Sept 2015
Good Children Gallery Predstavlja Materijal, Studanski Radio, Sarajevo, Bosnia, July 2015
Good Children Gallery Predstavlja Materijal, Oslobodenje, Sarajevo, Bosnia, July 10, 2015
House Keys, Not Handcuffs: 30 Years of Art and Homeless Organizing in San Francisco Authors: Bob Prentice, Paul Boden, Art Hazelwood, Publisher: Freedom Voices, San Francisco
Seeing the Invisible, Life on the Street (catalogue) Begovich Gallery, Fullerton, CA
2014
 Crowning Glory, (catalogue) Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013
 Artpapers, Review of Good Children Gallery by Amy Mackey, Atlanta, GA, Jan/Feb, 2013
2012
 Artforum, Review of Spaces by Nick Stillman, New York, NY, May 2012
Artpapers, Review of Spaces by Erik Bookhardt, Atlanta, GA, May/June, 2012
Irish Examiner, Cork, Ireland, February 22nd 2012
The Cork News, Cork, Ireland, February, 3rd 2012
2011
 Donegal on Sunday, Donegal, Ireland, October, 2011
Finn Valley Voice, Donegal, Ireland, October, 2011
Hit Refresh, (catalogue) Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010
 Donegal News, Donegal, Ireland, Jan 18, 2010
Times Picayune, Lagniappe, New Orleans, May 7, 2010
NOLA.com (video) New Orleans, May 7, 2010
Arts Extra, B.B.C. Radio Ulster, (radio) Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 23, 2009
2009
 Nationwide, R.T.E. Irish National Television, (T.V. documentary) Dublin, Ireland, July 27, 2009
Arts Extra, B.B.C. Radio Ulster, (radio) Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 23, 2009
Donegal Democrat, Donegal Ireland, July 9, 2009
Finn Valley Post, Donegal Ireland, July 2, 2009
Earagail Arts Festival (catalogue) Donegal, Ireland, July 4, 2009
Donegal on Sunday, Donegal, Ireland, June 21, 2009
Finn Valley Voice, Donegal, Ireland, June 24 & July 1, 2009
Donegal News, Donegal, Ireland, June 26 & 29, 2009
Times Picayune, Lagniappe, New Orleans, May 15, 2009
Cork Examiner, Cork, Ireland, April 2, 2009
Evening Echo, Cork, Ireland, March 4 & March 13, 2009
The Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge, March 29, 2009
2008
 United Artists, Good Children Gallery, (catalogue) New Orleans, Nov 2009
Gambit Magazine, New Orleans, April 29 & Dec 1, 2008
Artvoices, New Orleans, February 2008
The Daily Reveille, Baton Rouge, May 2, 2008
2007
 ARTnews / Volume 106, Number 1, January 2007
Florence Biennale, (catalogue) Florence, Italy, Dec 2007
Highland Radio, (radio) Donegal, Ireland, July 2007
Evening Echo, Cork, Ireland, June 22, 2007
Letterkenny Post, Letterkenny, Ireland, June 21 & 28, 2007
Donegal News, Donegal, Ireland, June 22, 2007
Donegal on Sunday, Donegal, Ireland, June 24, July 8 & 15, 2007
Donegal People’s Press, Donegal, Ireland, June 26, July 8, 10 & 17, 2007
Finn Valley Voice, Ballybofey, Ireland, June 27, July 18 & 25, 2007
EXT, Donegal Democrat’s Arts & Entertainment Guide, Donegal, Ireland, June 28
Derry People & Donegal News, Donegal, Ireland, July 9, 2007
Donegal Democrat, Donegal, Ireland, July 10, 2007
Finn Valley Post, Ballybofey, Ireland, July 18, 2007
London College of Communications, London, England
“Art in Excess of Documentary” by Dr. Simeon Hunter, December 5, 2007
2006
 Katrina Exposed, A photographic Reckoning, (book) August 2006
Louisiana Biennial, (catalogue) Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, December 2006
Southeastern Juried Exhibition, (catalogue) Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL October 2006
Times Picayune, Lagniappe, New Orleans, October 13, 2006
Gambit Magazine, New Orleans, November 7, 2006
Gambit Magazine, New Orleans, November 28, 2006
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, April 19, 2006
2005
 Prime Time (T.V.documentary) R.T.E. Irish National Television, September 2005
2004
 Gambit Magazine, New Orleans, April 6, 2004
Times Picayune, Lagniappe, New Orleans, March 26, 2004
2003
 Works/ The First Quarter-Century, (catalogue) San Jose, CA. September 2003
Saltline Biennial, (catalogue) Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL. October 2003
Southern Current, (catalogue) Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL. December 2003
Mobile Register, November 16, 2003
Times Picayune, Lagniappe, New Orleans, February 28, 2003
2001
 San Jose Mercury News, October 2001
San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 2001
2000
 San Jose Mercury News, December, 2000
1999
 Donegal Democrat, Ireland, August 1999
Donegal People’s Press, Ireland, August 1999
Finn Valley Voice, Ireland, August 1999
The Irish Herald, April 1999
The San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, April 1999
San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 1999
East Bay Express, Oakland, April 1999
1998
 Arts Review, (radio) KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley, October 1998
The Santa Fe New Mexican, November 1998
The Austin chronicle, November 1998
KLBJ 93.7 FM (radio) Austin, TX. November 1998
The Irish Herald, October 1998
San Francisco Bay Times, October 1998
San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 1998
1996
 In Dublin Magazine, Dublin, Ireland, November 1996
Fortnight Magazine, Belfast, Northern Ireland, October 1996,
Evening Herald, Dublin, October 1996
Cursai Elani (T.V. documentary) R.T.E. Irish National Television, October 1996
Ireland Nation Wide, (T.V News) R.T.E. 1, National Television News, October 1996
Ireland Tonight, (radio) R.T.E. Radio 1, October 1996
Irish Sculpture Review, Dublin, August 1996
Donegal Democrat, Ireland, September 1996
1994
 Art Papers Magazine, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1994
P-Form Magazine, Chicago, IL May 1994
New England Theater Review, March 1994
Gambit Magazine, New Orleans, August 1994
Times Picayune, New Orleans, January, February 1994
1993
 Gambit Magazine, New Orleans, August 1993
Times Picayune, New Orleans, September 1993
1991
 Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH. January 1991
1988
 Las Cruces Sun News, New Mexico, April 1988
El Paso Times, Texas, April 1988
 

Visiting Artist Lectures and Conferences
2016
 Guest Lecture Series, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland
Gallery talk, Wandsford Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Performance as Practice lecture, workshop, exercises, studio visits, tutorials
Art and Process MA course, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Guest Lecture, The Wallsteads of Civilization (Skype) Island Pacific Academy, Honolulu, HI
2015
 Sternstudio, Vienna, Austria
Gallery talk, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Gallery talk, Cantor Art Gallery, Worcester, MA
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2014
 Gallery Talk and Forum, Seeing the Invisible, Begovich Gallery, Fullerton, CA
Homeless Deaths Poster Project California State University, Fullerton, CA
‘Ekstasis’ Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
‘Ekstasis’ Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA
2013
 ‘Ekstasis’ University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2011
 Webster University, Vienna, Austria
Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland
2009
 Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland
2009
 Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland
St. John’s College, Cork, Ireland
2008
 ‘The Polemic Spectacle’ Southeastern College Art Conference, New Orleans, LA
2007
 Hunter College, New York, NY
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Tigh Fili Cultural Centre, Cork, Ireland
The Balor Arts Centre, Donegal, Ireland
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
‘Sculpture & Computer Science’ Teaching in Higher Education Forum, Baton Rouge, LA
2006
 National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland
Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland
Dun Laoghaire School of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Amnesty International Regional Conference, New Orleans, LA
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, LA
2005
 The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of Cincinnati, Art Department, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Ohio State University, Art Department, Columbus, Ohio.
Contemporary Arts Center, Artspeak, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2004
 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana
The Big Top Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Series of Lectures on the new NOMA Sculpture Garden, May & December 2004
2001
 Works Gallery, San Jose, California.
1998
 Irish Literary and Historical Society, San Francisco, California.
University of Houston, Sculpture Department, Houston, Texas.
New Mexico State University, Art Department, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
1996
 Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin, Ireland.
1994
 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Boston Museum School, Boston, Massachusetts.
1986
 University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland.
 

Awards, Committees and Residencies
2016
 Faculty Travel Grant, (Cork, Ireland) LSU Office of Research & Economic Development. LA
2014
 Faculty Travel Grant, (Los Angeles) LSU Office of Research & Economic Development. LA
2011
 Faculty Travel Grant, (Vienna, Austria) LSU Office of Research & Economic Development. LA
2008
 Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, Career Opportunity Grant
Good Children Gallery, Co-Founder and Co-Director, New Orleans, LA
2007
 Sirius Arts Centre Residency, Cobh, Ireland
Comhairle Ealaion / The Arts Council, Ireland
Comhairle Contae Chorcai / Cork County Council, Cork, Ireland
Earagail Arts Festival, Donegal, Ireland
Comhairle Chontae Dhun na nGall / Donegal County Council, Donegal, Ireland
Flight of the Earls Festival, Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism, Ireland
LSU Office of Research & Graduate Studies, Junior Faculty Travel Grant
2006
 National Sculpture Factory Residency, Cork, Ireland
LSU Office of Research & Graduate Studies, 2006 Summer Stipend.
2005
 Louisiana State Arts Council, Individual Artists Fellowship award 2005-06.
2004
 Louisiana Division of the Arts, Percent for Arts, Mini Grant, January 2004.
Louisiana Division of the Arts, Percent for Arts
Search committee for LSU Coastal Environment Building public sculpture project.
2000
 Irish Literary and Historical Society, Advisory Board, San Francisco, CA
1999
 Theater Bay Area C.A.S.H. Grant, San Francisco, CA. 1999
Global Children’s Organization, Advisory Board, 1998-1999
1993
 National Endowment for the Arts
Regional Projects Grant, New Orleans, LA. 1993
Contemporary Arts Center, Steering Committee, New Orleans, LA. 1993
1992
 Edith Gilmore Award, Columbus, OH. 1992
Sara Jane Pyne Memorial Grant, Columbus, OH.
 

Teaching Experience
2003-
 Louisiana State University, School of Art, Associate Professor of Art.
Area Coordinator, Sculpture
2002-2003
 Southeastern Louisiana University, Art Department, Adjunct Professor.
Basic Drawing, Figure Drawing, Ceramics, Painting
Arts in Education teacher at Hoffman Learning Academy, New Orleans.
2001-2002
 San Jose City College, Art Department, Instructor
Three Dimensional Design / Beginning Sculpture and Ceramics.
California College of Arts, Sculpture Department.
Graduate program independent study instructor.
1999-2000
 Global Children’s Organization,
Visual Arts Coordinator, Theater Program Director.
1996
 The Fire Station Arts Centre and The Projects Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland, Artist in Residence
Lead workshops, participated in panel discussions and trained interns.
1994
 New Orleans Public Schools, Arts in Education program, Art Teacher,
1990-1992
 The Ohio State University, Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Taught Beginning drawing, Visual Studies 2-D and New Projects Laboratory
1986-1988
 New Mexico State University, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Taught sculpture, beginning drawing and 2-D fundamentals.
1986
 University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland, Ceramics Lecturer
Taught foundation course, including hand building, glazing and firing.
Harmony Hill Arts Centre, N. Ireland, Ceramics Teacher

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