Austin Shull

Austin Shull was born in 1977 in Washington D.C., and presently lives and works in Brooklyn NY. He received a BA in studio art from Bard College in 2001 and is enrolled in the MFA Fine Art program of the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Shull's sculptures, installations, and photography investigate social conditions that can be seen globally and within the United States. Exploring issues of consumer marketing and natural resources recent projects have included "The Pandemic's Coming, BUY NOW" 2006, a series of sculptures influenced by the Bird Flu Pandemic, and "Digging for Water" 2006, a project in which the artist hand dug a well in a quest for water.

Education:
2007 MFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 BA Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006	5 X 5 Acarigua-New York, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY The Culture of Fear 2, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany Ignite Annual, Artworks Gallery, Trenton, NJ Social Layers Formal Times, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY The Culture of Fear - Die Kultur der Angst, Curated by Frank Motz and Knut Birkholtz, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
2005	La Coleccion 1987-2005, Museo de Arte de Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela Made In Venezuela, ACC Studios, Miami, FL Transparency, High School Space, Chicago, IL
2004	Nothing in Common, ACC Studios, Miami, FL Stereognost & Propriocept, Curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa and Donald Kunze, The Lab Gallery, New York, NY 5 X 5 Acarigua-New York, Curated by Juana Valdes, Museo de Arte de Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
2003	Asimetria Americana, Dumbo Arts Festival, Apt. 3D, Brooklyn, NY Kingston Biennial 5, Curated by Judy Pfaff, Kingston NY
2002	4-B, Curated by Juana Valdes, White Box Annex, New York, NY
2001	The World Is Your Oyster, Bard Thesis Exhibition, Red Hook, NY Beyond the Center, Curated by the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Red Hook, NY
1999	Lacoste Summer Show, Lacoste, France

Bibliography
Reimann, Sandra Beate, 'Verweise und Ahnungen', Art Magazine, Vienna, 7 September, 2006
Altmann, Susanne, 'Katastrophisch', die Tageszeitung, Berlin, 9 August, 2006
Hellmich, Sigrun, 'Nur nicht zweifeln', Sachsische Zeitung, Germany, 24 August, 2006
'Museum of Art Acarigua Araure', Analitica, Venezuela, 21 March, 2005

Other
2004 Art Institute of Chicago Grant
2004 Panel Speaker, Museo de Bellas Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
2003 1000 Drawings Benefit, Artists Space, NYC
2000 Teaching assistant Bard College foundry class
1995 Eagle Scout, Troop 143, Boy Scouts of America

email info: austinshull@hotmail.com