Angela Miskis
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b. 1987, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Lives in Queens, NY, USA
Education
2021 Rights, Camera, Action!, Emerald Isle Immigration Center with Third World Newsreel and the Museum of the Moving Image with support from QCA, NY, USA
2021 Create Change Fellowship, The Laundromat Project, NY, USA
2020 ARTWorks Professional Development Fellowship, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning NY, USA
2017 NYFA - Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program, NYSCA/NYFA (Hosted by NoMAA), NY, USA
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual and Critical Studies, School of Visual Arts, NY, USA
2011 Associate of Fine Arts, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2022 It’s a Luxury to Look Back, Miller Gallery at JCAL, NY, USA, Curator: Teri Henderson
2019 Systems and Shapes, Pine Plains Free Library, NY, USA, Curator: Peter Fulop
2015 Regarded Strangers and Other Urgencies, Inter-Space Gallery and Lab, NY, USA
Group Exhibitions
2023 Alchemy: The Process of Time and Change, Flushing Town hall, Queens, NY
2023 No Love Without Humanity and Courage, Rio Gallery III, Washington Heights, NY
2022 Care and Repair Part II, Flushing Town hall, Queens, NY
2022 Care and Repair Part I, Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY
2021 Apparitions, Paradise Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Made in Queens, King Manor Museum, Jamaica, NY, Curator: Fatima Shabbir from South Queens Women’s March
2021 Spring Showcase, Solas Studio, NY, USA, Curators: Liam Cotter, Coner Corbett, and Brandon Wisecarver)
2021 Process -> Project: What Comes Out of Our Sketchbooks, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, NY, USA, Curators: Damali Abrams & Rejin Leys
2020 Romancing Sustainability: Figuring Change, ChaShaMa: 340 E 64th St, NY, USA, Curator: Peter Fulop
2020 Art as Self-Reflection: 2020 ArtWorks Group Show, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, NY, USA, Curator: Heng-Gil Han
2020 Alphabet Soup Virtual Exhibition, AlterWork Studios, NY, USA, Curator: Tim Kelly
2020 2-1-2 Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT, USA, Juror: Sharon Butler
2019 Creative Mosaic, LIC Artists - The Plaxall Gallery, NY, USA, Curator: Osman Can Yerebaken
2019 The Art of Layering, National Association of Women Artists, NY, USA
2018 Small Works 2018 Online Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, NY, USA
2018 Nuestra Muestra: La Gloriosa Casa de la Cultura Núcleo del Guayas, GY, ECU
2018 Puro Color!, La Bodega Gallery, NY, USA
2017 Continuations, RVCC Art Gallery, NJ, USA
2016 Small Works for Big Change, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, NY, USA
2016 Summer Haven - Visual Artists Corner, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA
2016 Uptown Arts Review, Rio II Gallery, NY, USA
2015 Zeit und Geist, VCS Gallery, NY, USA
2015 49th Exposición de Pintura y Escultura, Asociación Cultural Las Peñas, GY, ECU
2015 Annual Photography Show, Greenpoint Gallery, NY, USA
2014 Time Traveler, Spinnerei Spring Gallery Tour, Leipzig International Art Programme, LE, DEU
2014 Open Studios of International Awardees, Leipzig International Art Programme, LE, DEU
2014 Asteroid, Spinnerei Winter Gallery Tour, Leipzig International Art Programme, LE, DEU
2013 VCS Open Studios, West Side Building, NY, USA
2013 Defending Dialogue, West Side Gallery, NY, USA
2012 Women’s History Month, RVCC College Center, NJ, USA, Curator: Tiffany Calvert
2012 Independent Study Show, RVCC Main Gallery, NJ, USA
2010 Infect/Affect/Effect, RVCC Mini Gallery, NJ, USA
2010 Juried Student Exhibition, RVCC Main Gallery, NJ, USA, Juror: Paul Henry Ramirez
2010 Student Art Exhibition Part I & II, RVCC Main Gallery, NJ, USA
Public Art Events and Festivals
2023 3rd Annual Fitness and Health Fair by WeRunHollis, Hollis, NY
2023 Civics Art Fair, King Manor Museum, Jamaica, NY
2022 Hollis Earth Day Celebration, Hollis, NY
2022 Fall Kids Fest, The4AirProject, Queens, NY
2022 Summer Wellness Series, The4AirProject, Hollis, NY
2022 SEQ Family Field Day, Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY (This workshop is funded by a City Artist Corps Grant)
2022 Idlewild Park Earth Day Expo, Idlewild Park Environmental Center, Springfield Gardens, NY
2022 Hollis Earth Day Celebration, Hollis Playground, Hollis, NY (This workshop is funded by a GreenFund NYC Partnership for Parks Grant)
2021 Queens Represent! DIY T-shirt Workshop, Hollis, NY (This workshop is funded by a City Artist Corps Grant)
2021 My Park Moment Photo Show in the Presidio, Photoville, San Francisco, CA
2021 Shared Dialogue, Shared Space, Korean Art Forum, NY, USA, Curator: Heng-Gil Han
2021 Art in Odd Places 2021: NORMAL, Art in Odd Place, NY, USA, Curators: Furusho von Puttkammer with Curatorial Assistants Yasmeen Abdallah, Lorelle Pais, and Natalie Ortiz
Art Residencies
2019 ChaNorth International Residence Program, ChaShaMa, NY, USA
2015 Inter Space Residency Program, Inter-Space Gallery and Lab, NY, USA
2013 The Leipzig International Art Programme, The Spinnerei, LE, DEU
Awards and Grants
2023 NYC Green Fund Grassroots, NYC Partnership for Parks
2023 Create & (Re)Connect Fund, The Laundromat Project
2023 Community-Led Cleanup Group Customized Tool Kit Micro Grant!, Sanitation Foundation
2023 #TeamSeas Project: International Coastal Cleanup, Ocean Conservancy & The International Coastal Cleanup
2022 Green Fund IOBY Crowdfunding Challenge, NYC Partnership for Parks
2022 Capacity Fund Grant, NYC Partnership for Parks
2022 QAF Arts Access Grant, Queens Council on the Arts
2021 Cultural Solidarity Fund Grant, The Inside Theater Fund
2021 NYC Green Fund Grassroots Grantee, NYC Partnership for Parks
2021 City Artist Corps Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts
2021 New Work Grant, Queens Council on the Arts
2021 Fellowship for Utopian Practice 2021, Culture Push
2021 Awesome Foundation April 2021 Grantee, Awesome Foundation NYC
2013 Kickstarter Campaign, Funded, Project Name: Angela Miskis - Leipzig International Art Programme
2013 Visual and Critical Studies Scholarship, School of Visual Arts
2012 HSF/Lowe’s Companies, Inc Scholarship Lowe’s Companies
2012 Nota Bene Awardee, Raritan Valley Community College
2011 Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship, School of Visual Arts
2011 Department Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, Raritan Valley Community College
2010 Phi Theta Kappa Scholar Award, Raritan Valley Community College
2010 RVCC Merit Scholarship, Raritan Valley Community College
Public Talks and Programing
2023 Public Artist Talk, Jackson Heights Art Talks, NY, USA
2022 How to: Create an Impactful Event, Sanitation Foundation, NY, USA
2022 Como Organizar un Evento de Limpieza Comunitaria, Sanitation Foundation, NY, USA
2022 How to Organize a Community Cleanup, Sanitation Foundation, NY, USA
2022 Virtual Visit on Instagram Live, Paradise Palace, NY, USA
2021 Remapping Power: 2021 Create Change Fellowship Artist Presentations, The Laundromat Project, NY, USA
2021 Around Jamaica Bay: The Sacredness and Health of the Shoreline, Works on Water, NY, USA
2021 A Forum to Shared Dialogue, Share Space, Korea Art Forum, NY, USA
2021 Water Ritual: Tending the Edge at Jamaica Bay, Works on Water, NY, USA
2021 Guest Speaker fo Earth Day 2021, Growing up Green II Charter School, NY USA
2021 SEQuence The Podcast, Interviewed for Episode 15: If you can change one person, NY, USA
2020 Jam Journal Website Launch & Reading, J. Expressions, NY, USA
2020 ARTWorks 2020 Virtual Artist Talk, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, NY, USA
2020 2-1-2 Juried Show Artist Walk and Talk, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT, USA
2019 Systems and Shapes Artist Talk, Pine Plains Free Library, NY, USA
2019 Artist-in-Residency Artist Talk, Pine Plains Free Library, NY, USA
Professional
2023 Juror - 2023 Queens Arts Fund, NYFA, NY, USA
2020 Executive Director and Founder, Abuela Neighborhood Maintenance (Art and Stewardship programming in Southeast Queens), NY, USA
2020 Community Organizer for Queens Village Community Fridge, NY, USA
2020 Self-lead Art Donation and Fundraiser for Safe Horizon, NY, USA
2019 Public Collage Workshop Facilitator, Pine Plains Free Library, NY, USA
2019 Portfolio Development – Teen Arts Program Mentor, Free Arts NYC, NY, USA
2017 Portfolio Development – Teen Arts Program Mentor, Free Arts NYC, NY, USA
2015 Art Facilitator – Parents and Children Making Art, Free Arts NYC, NY, USA
2013 Successfully funded a Kickstarter campaign, Self-driven, NY, USA
Print and Online Publications
2023 Sophie Krichevsky, Separating trash, yard waste may be required, Queens Chronicle
2022 Sophie Krichevsky, Multi-agency plan will take on trash, Queens Chronicle
2022 Sophie Krichevsky, Taking out the trash? You may need to wait, Queens Chronicle
2022 Billy Anania, 21 Art Shows to See in New York This Summer, Hyperallergic
2022 Rachel Vick, New exhibition from Southeast Queens organizer set for JCAL, Queens Daily Eagle
2022 Sophie Krichevsky, How will Adams pay for cleaner streets?, Queens Chronicle
2022 Gabriel Sandoval, Illegal Dumping Piles in Southeast Queens but Neighbors Fights Back, The City NYC
2021 Jocelyn Beausire, Issue #1: a place you find yourself touching, Direct Object
2021 Heng-Gil Han, “2021 Shared Dialogue, Shared Space”, Korea Art Forum
2021 Jacob Kaye, South Queens Women’s March open exhibit for underrepresented artists, Queens Daily Eagle
2021 Tangerine Clarke, Art exhibition at King Manor Museum tells stories of Queens community, Caribbean Life
2021 Carlotta Mohamed, South Queens Women’s March to host opening of art exhibition at King Manor Museum in Jamaica, Qns.com
2021 Rowana Abbensetts, “Inside My Lungs,” Spoken Black Girl Issue 3: Diaspora
2020 Sherese Francis, “Session 1: Keisha-Gaye Anderson + Angela Miskis + Jaquelin Carr,” Jam Journal
2020 Naomi Kuo, “Check out what the 2020 ARTWorks fellows have been working on in quarantine,” JCAL Blog
2016 A Color Green, “A Color Green Zine: NEVER BLUE,” Endless Editions
2015 Jowy Romano, “The Artist’s Commute: Angela Miskis,” Subway Art Blog