Jason hackenwerth
bio
Currently live/working in Long Island City, NY
Education
2003
MFA Savannah College of Art and Design. Savannah GA.
1993
BFA Webster University. St. Louis MO.
Solo Exhibitions
2007
The Sheppard, City Museum, St. Louis MO
Digital Brain, Four Seasons NY
Liminal Space, Lyons Wier Ortt, NY
2006
Megamite Army, Art Basel, Miami Beach
Orgasmoebic, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA. Aug 5
Summer Song, Jang Heung Art Park, Seoul Korea July 8
The Steeplechase, Jang Heung Art Museum, Seoul Korea. July 8
Revenge of the Megadon, Peabody Museum, New Haven CT. June 17
Megamite on Site, International Arts Festival, New Haven CT. June 17
The Light That Guides Us, Navta Schluz, Chicago Il. June 10
The Light That Guides Us, Knoll, Illinois Institute of Technology, June
9
Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, Diesel Denim Gallery, NYC May 20
Honeysuckle Labyrinth, New Museum Gala, NYC April 30
2005
Megamite in Miami, Art Basel, Miami Beach
Belly of the Beast, The Proposition, NYC
Megamite in Vegas, First Fridays, Las Vegas Arts District
Megamite in Manhattan, Dietch Projects Art Star Parade.
Public art installation and performance, Venice Italy. 51st Biennale
Spawn, Orleans Hall, Savannah GA.
2004
Scope Miami, Featured installation and Performance
Scope London, Featured installation and performance
Anna Ortt, Independent Curator, Scope London
Anna Ortt, Independent Curator, Scope LA
Robert Steele Gallery, Project room. NYC
2003
Hauswerks, Savannah GA. “Here and Now”
1996
St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis MO. “Monster,”
Group Exhibitions
2007
Art Campaign, Bloomingdales NY
LIC Sculpture Show, Socrates Sculpture Park NY
2006
Balloonery, Riverside Art Museum CA
Ghosts and Machines, Rush Arts, NYC
Happy Birthday, Insa Art, Seoul Korea
The Hollow Earth, Pig Iron theater production Philadelphia
2005
Multiple Partners, Pablo’s Birthday
Waterways, Vara Global, Vaporetto installation, Venice Italy
The New Beasts, Chelsea Hotel, NYC group show Vara Global
Elastic Boundaries, Red Gallery, Savannah GA.
2004
Margaret Thatcher Projects, From Here to There, NYC
Eliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis MO 20th Anniversary Show
Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC “Hard and Soft”
Eliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis MO “Everything You Ever Wanted
to Know About Art“.
Red Gallery, Savannah GA. “Vivid”
Red Gallery, Savannah GA “Red”
Blue Gallery, Kansas City MO
Savannah Gallery, Atlanta GA “Red”
2003
Robert Steele Gallery, NYC Affordable Art Fair.
Robert Steele Gallery, NYC “Summer Show”
Savannah Gallery, “Vivid” Atlanta GA.
Red Gallery, Savannah GA. “Making Our Mark”
Savannah Gallery, Atlanta GA. “Making Our Mark”
2002
Pei Ling Chen Gallery, Savannah GA. “Watch This Space“
Oglethorpe Row Gallery, Savannah GA. “Fixation”
2001
Blue Gallery, Kansas City MO. “Abstractions”
2000
Blue Gallery, Kansas City MO. Opening Show.
1998
Lisa Steinmetz Gallery, St. Louis MO.
1997
Maryville University Gallery, St. Louis MO. “New Abstractions,”
1996
St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis MO. “Monster,”
1994
St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis MO. “Implicit Coordinates”
Selected Publications
2007
Sculpture Magazine, Revenge of The Megadon. Peabody Museum CT.
New York Sun, Megamite Army performance Socrates Sculpture Park
2006
Chicago Reader, Balloon Man, Fred Camper
Icon Magazine, Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife
New York Times, Society Page, New Museum Gala
2005
New York Sun, “Jason Michael Hackenwerth” an Ascending Talent Gary Shapiro
Savannah Morning News, “The Art of Play” Allison Hersh
2001
SCAD TV Interview at Pei Ling Chen Gallery, Savannah GA
1997
“Innocence is Full of Pleasure” The Imps, CD cover art.
1996
“Earthy Illusions” A review by Robert Duffy, St. Louis Post Dispatch
1994
St. Louis Post Dispatch, A review by Robert Duffy
Awards
2005
Scope Roving Artist Grant, Public Art-Venice Biennale, Venice Italy
2003
New York Work Space Residency, Art Link/SCAD
“Making Our Mark” Grant Recipient. Savannah GA
2001
Morse Sheer Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design.