Ethan Shoshan
Curriculum Vitae
Born in Brooklyn, New York, 1980
Education
1998 – 2003: Rutgers University, New Jersey
B.S. in Physics and Visual Arts, High Honors
Awards + Residencies
Commonwealth & Council Artist Residency, Los Angeles CA 2011
Kushi Institute, Becket MA 2009
Soulforce Q Residency, Austin TX 2009
CineSlam Residency, Brattleboro VT 2009
Puffin Foundation Grant for Community Arts Project in San Francisco CA 2006
Makor A-I-R, Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd Street Y NY 2006
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Strange Birds, a project by Ethan Shoshan, The Center for Book Arts, NYC
2011
Falling Towards Light, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Escape to Uranus DVD Release, NP Contemporary Arts Center, NYC
Escape to Uranus, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, NYC
"I’m always thinking of you even when I’m kissing another boy," Aljira, Newark NJ
2009
I'm always thinking of you even when I'm kissing another boy, Envoy Enterprises, NYC
2006
The Secret Society, Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco
2005
Fruits of Labor, Le Petit Versailles, NYC
Group Exhibitions
2013
Artists’ Studios Pop-Up Exhibition, NYC
2012
Papryi, Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice Italy
2011
Failed States, curated by Wayne Northcross, Cuchifritos, NYC
Genitalia, Gayleria, Hombres Lounge, NYC
Thirty Everything, curated by Dan Fishback, Dixon Place, NYC
First Fridays, International Playground, Los Angeles CA
Collective Show Los Angeles, Silvershed, Los Angeles, CA
2010
NYC Emerging Talented Visual Arts Community, Rush Arts Gallery, NYC
NYC Emerging Talented Visual Arts Community, Essex Street Market, NYC
Brother My Lover X, hosted by Robert Smith, NP Contemporary Art Center, NYC
Commonwealth, curated by Young Chung, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
Ides of March, ABC No Rio, NYC
2009
CineSlam, Brattleboro, VT
Northside Arts Festival, Momenta Art, NYC
Web Release + For You, Envoy Enterprises, NYC
Chain of Love, Momenta Art, NYC
Handmade Paper & Artist Books, Ice House, Morgan Arts Council, WV
La Vie en Rose, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark NJ
Chemical Utopia, CSV Cultural Center, NYC
Detainee Wear, Bluedahlias Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cocoon, Full Moon Evening, 92Y Tribeca, NYC
2008
The B-Sides, curated by Edwin Ramoran, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Inquiry: NYU Queer Arts Festival, Kimmel Center, NYC
MIX 21 Film Festival, The Seaport Museum, NYC
Democracy In America, The Armory, Creative Time, NYC
Ides of March, ABC No Rio, NYC
Finocchio, Gene Frankel Theater, NYC
2007
20 Years of Dedication to Demanding Experimental Queer Films, MIX NYC Film Festival curator, NYC
Spoken Word, curated by Mathieu Copeland for Performa’07, Swiss Institute, NYC
The Red Badge of Courage, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ
Loyal Rooftops, Galerie Loyal, Kassel, Germany
reLOVution, Colony Arts Center, Woodstock, NY
The Art of Drag, Fresh Fruit Festival, Cherry Lane Theater, NYC
Chocolate City, MNN, Cable Access TV Show, NYC
Peace Action Coalition Exhibit, Judson Memorial Church, NYC
MANifest, curated by Leor Grady, Makor/Steinhardt Center, 92nd St Y, NYC
2006
MIX 19: The GateCrashers, MIX NYC GLBT Film Festival, 3LD, NYC
Haulter Skelter in the Garden of Earthly Delights, Nowhere Bar, NYC
Chocolate City Screening, Carlito’s Café, NYC
little dreamO in slumberland, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
Anti-Violence Mural Project, El Balazo 18 Art Gallery, San Francisco
Crash Cabaret, Roxy Theater, San Francisco
Margarita Fridays (curated by Meredith Arena), Pochron Studios, Brooklyn
He Can Dance if He Wants To (curated by Arthur Aviles) Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx
Queering Sound ’06, The Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC
Wanderings, 92nd St Y Makor/Steinhardt Center, NYC
Tragic Bride Fashion Victim (curated by Ethan Shoshan) MIX NYC & Collective Unconscious, NYC
3rd Rail Revisited: An Evening of Al Hansen Performance, Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC
Tonight We Dye, Ukranian National House, NYC
EnGendered Species, CSULB Gatov and Merlino Galleries, Long Beach, CA
EnGendered Species, Advocate Gallery at the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
No More Drama II: The Saga Continues (curated by Edwin Ramoran), Center for Book Arts, NYC
Racing Pages (curated by Rory Golden), LGBT Community Center, NYC
Moving Men (curated by Arthur Aviles) Dixon Place, NYC
2005
Time Travel, the Bistro, NYC
Serenading the Death of the Big Cup, site specific, the Big Cup, NYC
“Hey, Is That a Boy or a Girl?” Artists Look at Gender, Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC
Groundwork: Space and Place in American Cultures, American Studies Association Conference,
Washington, DC
Crushed Crushes, ARC Gallery, Chicago
The Emperor’s Premiere, Gowanus Arts, Brooklyn
The Emperor’s Premiere, Fresas y Chocolates, Bronx, NY
The Emperor’s Premiere, Liquid Sky, Guerneville, CA
The Emperor’s Premiere, Le Petit Versailles, New York
Let’s Take the Role (curated by LTTR) The Kitchen, New York
2004
Sand, Sea, Sky, site specific, Oahu, HI
Papierbomben, site specific, Frankfurt, Cologne, Germany; Honolulu, Kauai, Hawaii; New York, Brooklyn, Queens, NY; Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA; and San Francisco, Oakland, CA
The Wedding Project (curated by Jennifer Musawwir and Melissa Potter) 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2002
Freak Show (curated by Jennifer Musawwir) MUSAWWIR Art Space, New Jersey
Pause, BFA thesis show, MGSA Gallery, New Jersey
Writing on the Wall, visual poetry exhibition, T.W. Wood Gallery and Art Center, Vermont
Activities
• Hatha Yoga Instructor 2008 - Present (@ Gay Mens Health Crisis, Integral Yoga Institute, & Privately)
• Cook for Food Not Bombs, vegan free food public distribution organization, NY 2007 - 2008
• Visual AIDS Volunteer (non-profit arts organization/resource for artists w/ HIV), 2005 - Present
• Volunteer Art Installation Coordinator for artists with disabilities exhibition, Fedcap Services, NY 2008
• Archivist for ABC No Rio Archive Project (database & web infrastructure) 2006 - 2007
• Collaborated on the film score for Les Mystères du Château des Lesbiennes by Jim Hubbard, 2007
• Intern for HUNGZINEPAPERS art publication, 2007 - 2008
• Press and Visuals for John Lovett, www.nycruising.com, Events Promoter, NY 2005 -2007
• MNN Cable Access Producer, NY 2006 - Present
• MIX NYC GL Experimental Film Festival Visuals Coordinator, 3LD, NY 2006
• Mural Painter, Anti-Violence Mural Project, San Francisco, CA 2006
• Window Display, Printed Matter, NYC 2006
• Volunteer, helped rebuild resident homes, Common Ground Collective, New Orleans 2006
• Lighting Assistant, “The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black,” Deitch Projects, NY, 2006
• Assistant Set Designer, Zaldi clothing, NYC, Fall Fashion 2006
• Queer Fist Member, participated in local queer activist group, 2004 – 2005
• Research studies in cultural anthropology, 2004 - 2005
• Production Designer, Columbia University, NY 2004.
• Bookbinder, Vogel Bindery, NY 2004.
• Book Restoration, Audrey Flack, NY 2004.
• Papermaking Workshop, Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, NY 2004.
• Performer, Flux-Mass directed by Geoffrey Hendricks, Rutgers University + Amherst College, 2003.
• Art Assistant, White Box Annex Project, NY, March 2003.
• Print Collaboration w/ RCIPP + Philadelphia Print Collaborative, Broadstreet Broadside, PA, 2002.
• Museum Assistant, American Museum of Hand Papermaking, GA 2002
• Taught papermaking workshops, Marlboro High School, NJ 2001