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Contact Mik Kastner
Email: mikkastnerart(at) gmail (dot) com
Phone: 985.517.0493
EDUCATION
2009 - 2010 Masters of Fine Arts Degree
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
1994 – 1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL
EXHIBITIONS
2010 Final Statement, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
2010 The Assumption of Critical Mass, Gallery 525, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2009 Around the Coyote Winter Fund Raiser, curated exhibition, Chicago, IL
2009 Technically, It’s Art, invitational, Abryant Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival, curated exhibition, Chicago, IL
2009 Around the Coyote Spring Arts Festival, curated exhibition, Chicago, IL
2009 Object Symposium, St. Paul’s Cultural Center, juried exhibition, Chicago, IL
2008 Slaughterhaus Rose (cd release party), Marcus’s, Seattle, WA
2004 Group Exhibition, Presence, Seattle, WA
2003 Mik Kastner Recent Works, The Blue Door Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Open studio, Rainier Cold Storage, Seattle, WA
2001 Sets for Retinal Abnormalities Based in Realtime, The Cafe News,
Seattle, WA
2000 Art Detour, Seattle, WA
1998 Cinco Banderos juried exhibition, Northwest Florida Arts Council
1998 BFA exit show, Trouble Shooting the Collective Dialectic, Millennia:2000,
Right Angles Gallery, Pensacola, Fl
1998 Sixth Pneumonic Cognition: Condition Red, invitational, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, FL
1998 Fuzzy Memories juried exhibition, Artel Gallery
1997 Cinco Banderos juries exhibition, Northwest Florida Arts Council
1997 Artel Invitational, Artel Gallery
1997 University of West Florida Student Exhibition
1997 Sacred Cow juried exhibition, Artel Gallery
1996 Cinco Banderos juried exhibition, Northwest Florida Arts Council
1996 Power Show juried exhibition, Artel Gallery
1996 University of West Florida Student Exhibition
PRIVATE
2006 Mark McGlauphlin, Seattle, WA, commissioned art work
2000 Untitled, Production Support Services, Madrid, Spain Commissioned to create sculpture for overseas tradeshow.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010 Prop Shop Technician
Battleship - Battleship Delta Productions, Baton Rouge, LA
2008 - 2010 Lab Technician, Electronics and Kinetics Lab, Art Institute of Chicago
2007 Scenic Artist
Spring Break ’83 – Big Sky Productions - Hammond, LA
2007 Propmaker
Blackwater Transit – Reel Transit Productions - New Orleans, LA
2007 Propmaker
American Summer – Pool Boy Productions - New Orleans, LA
2006 – 2007 Propmaker / Gangboss
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons – Paramount Pictures Corp.
New Orleans, LA
2006 Scenic Artist
Initiation of Sarah – ABC Family and MGM Studios INC. - Shreveport, LA
2006 Special Effects Technician
Solstice – Solstice Productions LLC. – New Orleans, LA
2006 Propmaker
Deal – Satchimo Productions LLC. – New Orleans, LA
2006 Scenic Foreman
Not Like Everyone Else – Lifetime Channel Movie – Shreveport, LA
2006 Propmaker
Déjà vu – Already Seen Productions LLC. – New Orleans, LA
2006 Assistant Art Director
Labou - Labou Productions, LLC. – New Orleans, LA
2005 Propmaker
Roadhouse II – L.I.F.T. Productions – Shreveport, LA
2005 Construction Co-ordinator
Labou - Labou Productions, LLC. – New Orleans, LA
2003- 2005 Welder/ Fabricator
Twisted Metalworks - Seattle, WA
Duties included assistance in design, fabrication, finishing and installation
of various metal projects, such as stairs, railings, metal doors, and other
high-end custom metal projects.
2000- 2003 Construction/ Props/ Set Dresser/ Painter/ Welder
Production Support Services - Seattle, WA
Duties included design, construction, and installation of stage sets for
Bill Nye the Science Guy, other local PBS shows, TOPOFF 2
(anti-terrorism drill for Seattle), various commercials /infomercials,
and tradeshows.
2000 Sculptor
Production Support Services
Commissioned to create sculpture for overseas tradeshow.
1998- 1999 Sign Painter
Bradenton Sign Company – Bradenton, FL
Duties included: prepping, painting and finishing of signs.
1998 Assistant in production of “Sleep: Perchance to ....”, Installation by artist
Deb Davis
1997- 1998 Assistant to the director
University of West Florida Art Gallery
Duties included: hanging various shows, including Leslie Dill’s
“These Saw Visions.”
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2010 Assistant to Eduardo Kac, artist
Designed and fabricated feeding mechanism for Biotopes. Assisted with preparation for summer 2010 tour to Europe, including coordination of packing and shipping crates as needed.
2010 Assistant to Lynn Basa for Florida Atlantic University
public art finalist proposal
Developed 3D model of proposed site and art, coordinated with fabricator on finalization of design and budget, assisted in development of concept and final design of piece.
2010 Research Assistant, 49th Ward Chicago alderman’s office, Chicago, IL
Assisted public art committee in compiling proposal for participatory budgeting completion.
2009 Bioart Research Network, Chicago, IL, Founder
click to visit site[ www.bioartresearchnetwork.com]
An nitiative to develop safe, effective and creative avenues for the investigative research of domestic biotechnology.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 TA, Neon Animation, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009 TA, Metals for DESOB: Design for Wearing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009 TA, Introduction to Experimental 3D, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009 TA, Introduction to Light Metals, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009 TA, Introduction to Experimental 3D, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008 TA, Design for Well-being, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008 Lab Assistant, CNC: From Model to Object, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1998 TA, Sculpture I, II, and III, University of West Florida
1997 Silkscreen demonstration, University of West Florida
ARTIST AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008 Dean’s Grant, Art Institute of Chicago
2008 SAIC Grant, Art Institute of Chicago
2008 Artist Career Advancement Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts
1998 2nd Place, University of West Florida Student Exhibition
1996 Honorable Mention, University of West Florida Student Exhibition
LECTURES + WORKSHOPS
2010 Approaching the Nanofax Singularity, curated exhibition and symposium at Version Fest, Chicago, IL
Presentation of bio printing technology including discussion of personal bio printer currently under development.
2010 Thesis Lecture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2009 Invited artist’s lecture, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2009 Object Symposium, St. Paul’s Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Public workshop on creating 3 dimensional bacterial aggregates.
Silkscreen demonstration, University of West Florida
PRESS
2001 The Stranger – Seattle, WA, August 9 – 15, Pg. 79
1998 The Voyager – Pensacola, FL, January 20, Pg. 12
COLLECTIONS
Mark McGlauphlin, Seattle, WA
Sally Cooper and Kyle Hoffman, Columbus, OH
Jeremiah Skender, Seattle, WA
James Caudle, Seattle WA
Donna Rambo, Seattle, WA
Kim Baker, Pittsburg, PA
William Lint, Seattle, WA
Joy McMichael, Pensacola, FL
Deb Davis, Pensacola, FL
Gail McKinney, Pensacola, FL
Karen Haworth and Terry Prewitt, Pensacola, FL
Susan Flynn, Tallahassee, FL
University of West Florida Permanent Collection
David Gordon, Tampa, FL