workspace - Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

May 2012
DREAD SCOTT
dreadscott.com
AUSTIN SHULL
austinshull.com
Austin Shull was born in Washington, DC and
is a Brooklyn-based multi-media artist. He
received an MFA from the School of Visual
Arts in 2007 and a BA from Bard College in
2001. He participated in the Whitney Museum
Independent Study Program from 2007–
2008 and attended the Skowhegan School
of Painting and Sculpture in 2008. Most
recently, he was an artist-in-residence at the
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center.
Shull has exhibited work nationally and
internationally at various venues: Cooper Union,
Syracuse University, International Print Center,
Pratt Institute, Nurture Art, Exit Art, and Socrates
Sculpture Park in New York; the Hyde Park Art
Center in Chicago; the ACC Gallery in Weimar;
Hall 14 Gallery in Leipzig; and Chiado Museum
in Lisbon.
Dread Scott makes revolutionary art to
propel history forward. In 1989, his work
became the center of controversy over its
use of the American flag while he was a
student at the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, where he received a BFA.
His ongoing body of work has continued
to become part of a larger public dialogue
about significant social questions.
The 2006 Whitney Biennial included
his art in the Down by Law section.
MoCADA recently presented a survey
of his work, and his projects have been
included in shows at MoMA PS1 and the
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
He has received a Creative Capital
Foundation grant, fellowships from NYFA,
and was a resident at Art Omi.
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