Michael Lasater
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Collections
The Collection of Allen and Kelli Questrom, Dallas, Texas / Aspen, Colorado.
The Roy and Mary Jones University Art Collection, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California.
University of Northern Iowa, Religion & Education, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Solo exhibitions & screenings
Center for the Arts, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Spring, 2009, TBA. Invitational exhibition. Curators: Adriane Litttle and Sylvie Belanger.
Frostic Video and Sound Art Series, James and Lois Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, November 3-29, 2008. Invitational exhibition. Curators: Andriane Little and Sylvie Belanger.
Solo Exhibition, Hun Gallery, New York, New York. Hun Gallery 2008 Art Foundation Award Exhibition, TBA.
Visions Fugitive: New Work in Video, Animation, and Sound. Warner Gallery, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana, October 25-November 9, 2007. Distinguished Research Award Exhibition.
Michael Lasater: Solo. Underground Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri, July 13-August 17, 2007.
New and Recent Work in Video, Animation, and Sound . Gallery 101, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., November 2-December 7, 2005. Curator: Evan Reed.
Solo exhibition of multiple works. Performing Arts Center, Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois, April, 2005. Curator: Jennifer Costa.
New Video: Michael Lasater & Tiffany Holmes. Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 14-April 20, 2003 . Curator: Julia Muney Moore.
Arts IUSB Showcase . Indiana University South Bend , November 10, 2002. Solo exhibition of multiple works.
Passing Figure. South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana, June 15-August 11, 2002. Curators: William Tourtillotte and Jason Lahr.
I Have a Place: The Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller. James Still: Man on Troublesome Creek. Television Profiles of Kentucky Writers, 20th-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, February 24, 1989.
I Have a Place: The Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller. James Still: Man on Troublesome Creek. Appalachian Symposium, University of Rome, Italy, January 18-20, 1989. Presenter: James Still.
Selected juried & invitational group exhibitions
2008
Opposition. Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri, October 3-November 14, 2008. Juried regional exhibition.
Destruct | Construct. Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, September 12-October 10, 2008. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Gregg hertzlieb.
re: Member September. The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida. Member's exhibition, September 5-27, 2008.
Ready, Set, Go. South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, June 23-July 18, 2008. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Renee Rhodes.
Hun Gallery International 2008, The Hun Gallery, New York, New York, February 1 - 29, 2008. International juried group exhibition. Juror committee.
Between Heaven and Earth: Spiritual Transformation and Sacred Spaces, The College of New Jersey, January 16-February 13, 2008. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Eleanor Heartney.
2007
Perspectives, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, September 14-October 12, 2007. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Allison Peters.
63rd Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition. Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana, July 7-August 31, 2007. Juried regional group exhibition. Juror: David Edgar.
18th Annual Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works. New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley and Berks, Pennsylvania, May 25-July 14, 2007. National invitational group exhibition.
Painted Tongue: Union of Art and Word, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, March 9-April 13, 2007. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Lanny Silverman.
Self Perceptions, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, February 1-29, 2007. National juried group exhibition. Juror committee.
2006
Holiday Exhibition. The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, November 10-December 31, 2006. National juried and invitational group exhibition. Juror committee.
New Media . Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana , California, November 2-December 6, 2006. National juried group exhibition. Juror committee.
Digitally Propelled Ideas Biennial . Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, September 18-October 21, 2006. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Elliot Earls.
Single Channel. South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana, July 15-September 10, 2006. National juried group exhibition. Jurors/curators: Jody Boyer, Russ Nordman, Echotrope.
Signal Channel. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha , Nebraska , June 30- July 20, 2006 . National juried group exhibition. Jurors/curators: Jody Boyer, Russ Nordman, Echotrope.
Summer Show/Critic's Choice. Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas , June 23- August 20, 2006 . Members' group exhibition.
2005
Juried Exhibition. The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, November 11- December 31, 2005 . National juried group exhibition. Juror committee.
16th Annual Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works. New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley and Berks, Pennsylvania, May 27- July 23, 2005. National invitational group exhibition.
Embedded: living with technology. Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia, April 1-May 8, 2005. National juried group exhibition. Jurors/curators: Caroline Cason & Lizzie Zucker Saltz.
Spirituality & Religion in a Modern World. Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, March 18- April 29, 2005 . National juried group exhibition. Juror: Robert Stanley.
2004
W.R. Monroe Museum, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, October 10-November 16, 2004. Invitational group exhibition of multiple works.
Fusion·Form·Function. Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, October 1- November 4, 2004 . National juried group exhibition. Juror: Nancy Roach.
Digitally Propelled Ideas Biennial. Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, September 20-October 20, 2004. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Carol Ann Klonirides.
60th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition. Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana, September 18- October 24, 2004 . Juried regional group exhibition. Juror: Nato Thompson.
Fall Arts Festival 2004: Film & Video. Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, Illinois , September 10-12, 2004 . National juried group exhibition. Juror committee.
Dialogue: art, technology, imagery. Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland , September 8, 2004-September 8, 2005. National juried group exhibition of the Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Juror committee.
Der Sechste Sinn-Konrad Bayer auf Schloss Hagenberg. Konrad-Bayer-Gesellschaft und Theaterverein Meyerhold/Weinviertelfestival 2004, Hagenberg, Austria, June 19 & 20, 2004. International invitational group exhibition. Presenter: Christoph Theiler.
15th Annual Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works. New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley and Berks, Pennsylvania, May 28- July 24, 2004. National invitational group exhibition.
2003
The Human Condition. Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton , Wyoming, October 22- November 23, 2003 . National group exhibition. Curator: Nita Kehoe.
59th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition. Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana, September 20- October 26, 2003. Juried regional group exhibition. Juror: Lawrence Rinder.
Digital Time Pieces. California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside, May 18- September 7, 2003 . National group exhibition. Curator: Georg Burwick.
TechArt . South Shore Art Center, Cohasset , Massachusetts / Boston Cyberarts Festival, April 18- May 25, 2003 . National juried group exhibition. Jurors: Aaron Fry and Dorothy Simpson Krause.
2002
Celebrating Spirituality. Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton, Wyoming, September 9- October 8, 2002. National group exhibition. Curator: Nita Kehoe.
7 th Annual Not Still Art Festival. The Micro Museum, Brooklyn, New York, April 27, 2002. National juried group exhibition in association with WNET, Experimental Television Center. Juror committee.
Collage/Assemblage/Montage. Pennsylvania School of Art & Design, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 4–March 22, 2002. National group exhibition. Curator: Kristy Krivitsky.
Hopscotch: Associative Leaps in the Construction of Narrative. Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1- March 16, 2002. National juried member's exhibition of the College Art Association Annual Conference. Juror: Ellen Rosenholtz.
Video Marathon 2002. Art in General, New York, New York, January 12, 2002 . National juried group exhibition, sponsored by Experimental Television Center, New York State Council on the Arts. Juror committee.
2001
A Question of Faith. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, October 1- October 26, 2001. National juried group exhibition. Juror: Eleanor Heartney.
Journeys: mind-body-spirit . Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, August 22- September 30, 2001 . National juried group exhibition. Juror: Deborah McLeod.
Video Jam/Quick Flicks. Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida , July 14- August 19, 2001 . National juried group exhibition. Jurors/curators: Michael Rush & Jody Servon.
Valleyfest Film Festival. Knoxville, Tennessee, March 15-18, 2001. National juried group exhibition. Juror committee.
1998-2000
SCANARTS 20/2000. Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 2000. National juried group exhibition in association with the University of the Arts. Juror committee.
BitByBit All Digital Exhibition. Manitou Springs, Colorado, October-November, 2000. National juried group exhibition. Juror committee.
Grand Opening Exhibition. Warner Gallery, Indiana University South Bend, September 26- October 21, 2000. Group exhibition, IUSB faculty & invited artists.
An Evening of Electronic Music . Indiana University South Bend, January 22, 1999 .
Kindred Spirits. Daughtrey Gallery, Sage Center for the Arts, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, October 30-November 22, 1998. Invitational group exhibition.
W.R. Monroe Museum, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, September 13-October 11, 1998. Invitational group exhibition
Other Exhibitions and Screenings
Visions Fugitive. Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana. Distinguished Research Award Lecture & Screening, October 25, 2007.
New Work in Video, Animation, and Sound. Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana. Lecture screening of multiple works, December 1, 2006 .
Musical Structure in Media Composition. Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana . Lecture screening of multiple works, November 18, 2005 .
Video, animation, sound . Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Lecture screening of multiple works, November 2, 2005
Video as Art. Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana. Lecture screening of multiple works, September 3, 2003 .
Indiana University South Bend, 1998-present. Faculty exhibitions, various years.
Kentucky Educational Television (KET), Barr Films, National Educational Television Association, Coronet Film/Video, Western Kentucky University Public Television, 1985-1998. PBS system, national and regional broadcasts and distribution of work in documentary and educational video. Significant work includes:
Jesse Stuart: An American Writer (1997).
Multiple broadcasts beginning February, 1998, by Kentucky Educational Television (KET). Distributed by KET.
James Still: Man on Troublesome Creek (1989).
Multiple broadcasts by Kentucky Educational Television (KET). Distributed to PBS sytem stations nationwide through KET and the National Educational Television Association (NETA).
Invited screening, Appalachian Symposium, University of Rome, Italy, January 18-20, 1989 . Presenter: James Still.
Invited screening, Television Profiles of Kentucky Writers, 20th-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, February 24, 1989 .
I Have a Place: The Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller (1985).
Multiple broadcasts by Kentucky Educational Television (KET). Distributed to PBS system stations nationwide through KET and the National Educational Television Association (NETA).
Invited screenings, Appalachian Writers Workshop, Hindman, Kentucky, July, 1997, and Jim Wayne Miller Annual Celebration of Creative Writing, Western Kentucky University, 1997-2002.
Invited screening, Appalachian Symposium, University of Rome, Italy, January 18-20, 1989 . Presenter: James Still.
Invited screening, Television Profiles of Kentucky Writers, 20th-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville , February 24, 1989 .
Invited screening, Independent Showcase, J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, April 15, 1989 .
Reviewed by F.P. Hulme, The Arts Journal, May, 1986, and by John Egerton, author of Generations: An American Family .
Awards & prizes
Hun Art Foundation Award, Hun Gallery International 2008, Hun Gallery, New York, New York.
Pfizer, Inc. Award of Honor for Epiphany (2006). 63rd Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana, July 7-August 31, 2007.
Distinguished Research Award, Indiana University South Bend, 2007.
First Place for Persona (2001), Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, Spirituality & Religion in a Modern World, March 18- April 29, 2005.
Best of Show for Flight (2000), Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, Fusion-Form-Function, October 1-November 5, 2004.
Juror's Award for In tempo (2002) and Billboard (2004), Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, Digitally Propelled Ideas Biennial, September 20- October 20, 2004 .
Burke Award of Honor for Billboard (2004), 60th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, September 18- October 24, 2004 .
Best of Category, Dynamic Media, for Flight (2000) and Passing Figure (1999), BitByBit All Digital Exhibition, Manitou Springs, Colorado, 2000.
Honorable Mention, Summit Creative Awards, 1998.
University Award for Research and Creativity, Western Kentucky University, 1989.
Director's Choice Award, Sinking Creek Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee, 1989.
Honorable Mention, National Educational Film and Video Festival, 1989.
Certificate of Creative Excellence, U.S. Film and Video Festival, Chicago, Illinois, 1988.
Silver Apple Award, National Educational Film and Video Festival, 1988.
Honorable Mention, American Film and Video Festival, 1988.
Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film and Video Festival, 1986. Best of category for I Have a Place: The Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller.
Finalist, American Film Festival, 1986.
Silver Apple Award, National Educational Film Festival, 1986.
Bronze Medal, International Film and Television Festival of New York, 1985.
Red Ribbon Award, American Film Festival, 1985.
Finalist, Birmingham International Educational Film Festival, 1985.
Resolution of Commendation, Western Kentucky University Board of Trustees, 1985.
Finalist, National Monitor Awards, 1984.
Gordon J. Alderman Award for Outstanding Creativity , S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University , 1981.
Reviews & publications
Still image from Flight (2006) published as brochure cover art and website banner for Summer Show & Critic's Choice, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas, June 23- August 19, 2006 .
Still image from Flight (2000) published in Solo Exhibitions by Artist Members, CAA News, College Art Association, Volume 31, Number 1, January, 2006.
Artistic and Cinematic Lines Blur at Edges, review of solo show of multiple works, by LiJia Gong, The Hoya, Georgetown University, November 11, 2005 .
Review of work and publication of still image from Flight (2000), by James W. Mahoney, Washington, D.C. editor, Art in America, published in Art Papers, September/October, 2005.
Still image from Contrapunctus (2004) published as cover art for Marquee, Arts & Entertainment, Athens Banner Herald, May 19-25, 2005 .
Technological Affectations, review of multiple works by Melissa Link, Athens Banner-Herald, May 19-25, 2005 .
Embedded: living with technology, review of multiple works by Lizzie Zucker Saltz, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, April 9- May 29, 2005.
Still image from Flight (2000) and artist's statement published in Indiana University Research & Creative Activity, Volume XXV, No. 2, Spring 2003.
Virtual disrealities, review of solo exhibition at the Indianapolis Art Center by Julianna Thibodeaux, published in Nuvo Weekly, Indianapolis, April 2, 2003 .
Excerpt from Passing Figure published as cover art (with artist's statement) in Religion & Education, Volume 29, Number 1, Spring 2002.
Jesse Stuart: An American Writer, reviewed by Susan Voelkel, IU Homepages, January 23, 1998 .
Interviewee, subject source for Lights, camera, action at IUSB , article by Marilyn Hughes, South Bend Tribune, November 27, 1995.
I Have a Place: The Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller, reviewed by F.P. Hulme, The Arts Journal, May, 1986, and by John Egerton, author of Generations: An American Family .
Grants
Information Technologies Grant for construction of New Media Studio, Indiana University South Bend, Fall, 2005.
Dean's Discretionary Fund grant, Division of the Arts, Indiana University South Bend, for TIMARA Workshop in Electronic & Computer Music, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, June 14-28, 1998.
Media Grants, Kentucky Humanities Council/National Endowment for the Humanities, 1995, for Jesse Stuart: An American Writer.
Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University South Bend, 1995. Production support for Jesse Stuart: An American Writer.
Professional Development Grant for Artists, Kentucky Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts, 1990.
Project Funds, Kentucky Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts and Kentucky Humanities Council/National Endowment for the Humanities ( The Kentucky Film and Video Project ) to research and write screenplay for What Money Buys, adapted from a novel by Jim Wayne Miller. 1988-1989.
Project Funds, Kentucky Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts, for screenings of I Have a Place: the Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller and James Still: Man on Troublesome Creek at the Appalachian Symposium, January 18-20, 1988, University of Rome, Italy.
Production Funds, Kentucky Humanities Council/National Endowment for the Humanities, for Stories of the Mountain South, 1988-1989.
Production Funds, Kentucky Humanities Council/National Endowment for the Humanities, for Conversations with James Still, 1988.
Production Funds, Kentucky Humanities Council/National Endowment for the Humanities, for James Still: Man on Troublesome Creek, 1987-1988.
Production Funds, Kentucky Humanities Council/National Endowment for the Humanities, for I Have a Place: The Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller, 1985-1986.
Other honors, professional activity, etc.
Doctoral Fellowship/Research Assistantship, Syracuse University, 1989-1991.
Graduate Assistant, Syracuse University, 1980-1981.
Fellowship, National Orchestral Association/The Juilliard School, New York, New York, 1973 -1975.
Scholarship, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio, 1965-1969.
Professional performance career in music
L'orchestra del Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto, Spoleto, Italy; Villach, Austria; Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1976.
Christopher Keene, Gian Carlo Menotti.New Jersey Symphony, Newark, New Jersey, 1975-1976. Henry Lewis.
Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York, 1973-1975. James Levine, Rafael Kubelik, James Conlon, Sixten Ehrling.
Bolshoi Opera of Moscow, USSR, New York tour engagements, July, 1975.
Tanglewood Festival Fellowship Orchestra, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1975. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Gunther Schuller .
National Orchestral Association Orchestra, New York, New York, 1973-1975.
Lincoln Center Student Program ensembles, New York, New York, 1973-1975.
Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1969-1977. Imre Pallo, Gunther Schuller, Victoria Bond.
Show band work in Catskills, New York resorts The Pines, The Raleigh, 1969-1972. Mel Torme, various Broadway and Hollywood performers .
United States Military Academy Band, West Point, New York, 1969-1972.
Aspen Festival Orchestra, Aspen, Colorado, 1968, 1969. James Levine, Walter Susskind, Darius Milhaud, Leonard Slatkin, Lawrence Foster.
University Circle Orchestra, Cleveland, Ohio, 1967-1969. James Levine, members of The Cleveland Orchestra.
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Band . Mid-Kansas tour, 1964/65. Merle Evans.
Education
Ph. D. Syracuse University 1992 M.S. Syracuse University 1981 M.M. The Juilliard School 1975 B. Mus. Oberlin Conservatory 1969
Academic Position
Professor of Communication Arts Director of New Media Indiana University South Bend 1700 Mishawaka Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46615
