Rebecca Mir
Rebecca Mir is a Chicagoan by way of Alaska and Maine. When she was too little to walk, she was pulled around on a sled by a german sheperd called Namer. She is an artist, writer, and explorer. Recently she changed her last name from Grady to Mir.
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Rebecca Mir
b. 1982 Palmer, Alaska
Education
2010
Master of Fine Arts - Studio Arts - The University of Illinois at Chicago
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ceramics and Sculpture - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Uncharted Territories, , Chicago IL
Selected Exhibitions, Performances and Screenings
2010
350 dot org Global Work Silkscreen Party, He Said She Said, Oak Park IL
National, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal IL
UIC MFA GOLD, Next Fair, Chicago IL
UIC MFA Thesis Show, Gallery 400, Chicago IL
Temporary Allegiance, Gallery 400, Chicago IL
What Made it Through the Fire, The Nightingale, Chicago IL
Isolated Fictions, FluxSpace, Philadelphia PA
2009
Aspect Ratio, Plaines Project, Chicago IL
Isolated Fictions, AS220, Providence RI
The Yield, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
2008
Collection Collection, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL
2007
SmartMouth, Hothouse, Chicago IL
NFO/XPO, Version Fest 07, Zhou B. Art Center Chicgao, IL
Art Shanty Projects, Medicine Lake, Plymouth MN
Great Lakes Society for Exploring Girls, Warehouse Club, Chicago IL
2006
The Perfect Man, All Rise Gallery, Chicago IL
New Cartography, Lobot Gallery, Oakland CA
NFO/XPO, Version Fest 06, Iron Studios, Chicago IL
2005
Puppet and Doll Show, Reversible Eye, Chicago IL
Crushin', Diamonds on Archer, Chicago IL
Everyone's Art Car Parade, The Orange Show, Houston TX
2004
Mapping Part II, Mess Hall, Chicago IL
Drunk vs. Stoned, General Store, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York NY
BFA Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago IL
20 x 20 x 20, Buddy, Chicago IL
Patchwork, Living Quarters, Chicago IL
2003
Big Open Nothings, Texas Ballroom, Chicago IL
Chicago Art Open, Gallery 2, Chicago IL
Awards
2010
ACRE Residency, Stueben WI/Chicago IL
2009
Harold Arts Residency, Jeffers Tree Farm
Critical Fierceness Award, ChancesDances
2008
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
University of Illinois Board of Trustees Tuition Waiver and Navona/KRP Scholarship
2007
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Art Shanty Project's Residency and Grant, The Soap Factory
2005
Everyone's Art Car Parade Travel Assistance Award, The Orange Show
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2000
Academic Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Artist Publications
2010
Composite Issue #1: Tourism, ed. Zach Clark, Kara Cochran, Xavier Duran, and Suzanne Mokol, Composite Arts Magazine, 2010.
Between Mountains and the Sea, Rebecca Mir, self published, Chicago IL 2010.
2009
The North Georgia Gazette, ed. Caroline Picard, Green Lantern Press, Chicago IL 2009.
2008
I was born to be an explorer, Rebecca Grady, self published, Chicago IL 2008.
2007
Shipwreck, Rebecca Grady, self published, Chicago IL 2007.
Press
2007
Del Curto, Jessica. “Superheroes: Class Creates Comic Books Based on Personal Experiences”, Extra, 11/8/07.
Brandel, Jennifer. “The Soft Shop/Pimp My Shack/Illcutyou.com/Shanty”, Mule Magazine, #4.
Brandel, Jennifer. “Soft Shop on the Crackling Ice”, 848, Chicago Public Radio. Aired on 2/8/07.
2005
Levinson, Cate. “Static”. Punk Planet. Issue #67 May/June 2005.
Teaching
2009-2010
Instructor, Drawing 1, University of Illinois at Chicago
2009
Teaching Assistant to Dan Peterman, Art and Ecology, University of Illinois at Chicago
2006-2008
Instructor, Comic Book Project, After School Matters at Clemente, Noble, North Grand and Kelvin Park High Schools, Chicago IL
2005-2006
Instructor, TeenREACH Arts and Crafts Program, Chinese American Service League, Chicago IL
2005
Instructor, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2003-2005
Programming Coordinator and Instructor, Artists and Children Create Together, Chicago IL