My work frequently deals with aspects of personal and social identity and place in society. I am currently working in mixed and multimedia techniques, drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation art. I also enjoy collaborating with other artists and many works on this site are collaborative. Titles and information about each artwork are available in the captions. Any collaborating artists are also listed in the captions for each artwork or series. For more information about the work on this site or more current or older work please contact me.
Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions
2011 "SPREAD" with William Hundley, Big Medium, Austin, TX
2008 “The World Is Making Us Look Bad”, with William Hundley, Stacey Farrar, and Peter VonDiest, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 “Under the Microscope, Standing on Glass” with William Hundley and Sean Ripple, Salvage Vanguard Theater Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 “Impressively Technical Abstract Remedies and Opportunities” (performance collaboration with J.Haley), Co-Lab, Austin, TX
2006 “SWELL”, Else Madsen Gallery, Austin, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 "The Drawing Show (2nd Annual)", Pump Project, Austin, TX
2012 "Think Unsexy Thoughts", Wardenclyffe Gallery, Austin, TX
2012 "Arts Across Borders", The Monstrosity, Austin, TX
2012 "The Drawing Show", Pump Project, Austin, TX
2009 “Booksmart”, (collaboration on piece “This Business of Art” with William Hundley), Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
2009 “Co-Lab’s Birthday/Anniversary + 4th Of July/Independence Day Party” Co-Lab, Austin, TX
2009 “Spacebook”, project for Cantanker Magazine conceived by Michael Merck, Big Medium, Austin, TX
2008 “Holiday Hipster Snow-Ball Party and Fundraiser” for Cantanker Magazine, Co-Lab, Austin, TX
2008 “8th Annual Alumni Invitational” curated by Mary Mikel Stump, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2008 “The Empty Box”, Box 13, Houston, TX
2008 “Multipaintiplication”, Co-Lab, Austin, TX
2008 “Night Owl and Early Bird”, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 “EXCESS [Installation Overload]” curated by Christina Hiett, Salvage Vanguard Theater Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 “Paraphernalia” (collaborating with William Hundley as “Peter VonDiest”), Pump Projects, Austin, TX
2007 “Bio-Fucked”, Vtrue Artspace, San Antonio, TX
2006 - 2007 “:Retroreflection:”, Else Madsen Gallery, Austin, TX
2002 “Faces IV”, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
2000 New Mexico Art League Member Show, Albuquerque, NM
1999 “Artworks”, selected work from faculty and students at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Illustrations
2007 Here Come the Mandible CD cover, packaging, and artwork
2002 These Little Pieces of Me by Myria Mandell, interior and cover illustrations
Artist Lecture
“Slide Jam”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX June 19, 2007
Other Exhibitions
2013, Vuka Art Night, August 2013, Austin, TX
2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 “5 x 7 Art Splurge and Exhibition” ArtHouse/AMOA, Austin, TX
2011, 2010 “Paramount Theatre Gala”, Austin, TX
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 "E.A.S.T at Co-Lab", Austin, TX
2011 “110-4-100”, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 “AYW Art Show”, American Youthworks, Austin, TX (as faculty)
2009 “Pretend You Are Rich”, art auction, Pump Project, Austin, TX
2009, 2008 “Red Hot, Red Dot”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
Bibliography
"Delayed Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents with Hereditary Angioedema", M. Ayazi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, presentation to European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Congress 2016
"Angioedema: Forefronts in Diagnosis & Management" , Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Dr. Avner Reshef MD, 2011
“Ein HAE Patient malt seine Attacken Wir stellen den Maler Paul Moncus aus den USA vor”, HAE – BLATT Informationsheft Nr. 2, December 2009
Cantanker Magazine issue 7 titled “Identity”, “Spacebook: a project by Michael Merck with photographs by Matt Cowan, February 2009
Salvador Castillo, “The World Is Making Us Look Bad,” Art Review, Austin Chronicle, February 5, 2008
Cantanker Magazine issue 3 ½, a juried show in print form, Summer, 2007
Sari Krosinski, “Instinct, Honesty Serve Self-Published Poet Well,” Daily Lobo, September 9, 2002. Regarding Illustrations for These Little Pieces of Me by Myria Mandell, 2002
Teaching Experience
2006 – 2011: Teacher, Art and Multimedia, American Youthworks Charter High School, Austin, Texas
