A-B Moore
ablythemoore@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art
Bachelor's of Fine Arts, Painting
Dean’s List Fall 2009 - Spring 2012
Summa Cum Laude
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2015 / Session Space presents: Get Small 3, Turpentine Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 / Indian Summer, Fleetwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 / Open Space Gallery's Publications & Multiples Fair, D-Center, Baltimore, MD
2014 / Starcrossed: The Art of Baltimore Promotion, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2014 / ALLOVERSTREET: Last Minute, Bodega Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013 / The Alchemists, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2013 / Art Show 04: Prints, Hole in the Sky, Washington, DC
2012 / A-B Moore: 7, MICA Studio Center, Baltimore, MD
2012 / Metatron's Cube, The Curious Palace, Baltimore, MD
2012 / Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011 / WELFARE, Brown 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011 / PhilaMYTHOS, Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2011 / Vend Send Mend, Sub-Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD
2010 / Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2010 / Foundation Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2010 / First Days, The Music Factory, Charlotte, NC
PRESS + PUBLICATION
2011 / Issue 6: Feminisms & Communication, Hoax, November
2011 / PhilaMythos, Bam-Pow Arts Zine 2, Editor Fletcher VanVliet, August, Philadelphia, PA
2011 / When We Were Young, OjodePez 24, Editor Bruno Ceschel, March, Spain
2010 / Issue 1, Kudzu Southern Comics Anthology, Editor Ben Zuerlin, Spring, Oxford, MS.
2010 / Issue 4, The Rooster, December 2010, Baltimore, MD
2009 / Block, Susan. How to Gossip Nicely: A Southerner Ponders the Grapevine, Booksurge
SKILLS + EXPERIENCE
Screen Print Studio Artist + Assistant
2012 - PRESENT, Castle Print Shop
- Resident artist working with up to 3-layered screen prints
- Assist & collaborate with studio silkscreen projects
- Assist shop tech with creative spatial design & storage solutions
- General cleanliness & organization of shop materials
- Screen-building, paper ordering & color-mixing
Ceramics Studio Monitor + Assistant
2012 - 2013, Maryland Institute College of Art
- Regularly mixed several varieties of clay in large (300lb+) quantities
- Mixed shop glazes
- Basic shop maintenance and cleaning
- Construction of shop equipment & storage units for students, including kilns
- Assisted students in Raku firings
Sculptural Forms Studio Monitor + Assistant
2011 - 2012, Maryland Institute College of Art
- Monitored wood shop tool usage & technique
- Educated beginner sculpture students on safe use of tools & equipment
- Taught sculptural problem-solving methods and techniques in an independent-study wood shop studio environment as an advisor/mentor
Contributor to contemporary arts blog
2013, bmoreart.com
- Critical & interpretive review
- Interview
- Strong copy editing skills
- Gallery, performance, & exhibition photography for web display
Project + Freelance Illustrator
2008 - PRESENT
- Work intimately with musicians to design full vinyl, CD, & tape package artwork from concept to completion in a variety of mediums, including promotional flyers, logos, and merch
2009 - 2010
- Contributed a full-color cover and 30 black-and-white illustrations for Susan Block's book "How to Gossip Nicely"
2008 - 2009
- Collaborated with team of writers and programmers to develop characters and illustrations for three individual stories for an interactive iPad storybook application, "Fly-to-Learn."
Assistant Art Instructor
2012, Maryland Institute College of Art & Baltimore Clayworks
- Collaboratively lead a community tile-building workshop for elementary schoolers in East Baltimore
2008 - 2009, Northwest School of the Arts
- Organized & taught lessons on basic elements of art & principles of design, including still life drawing, drawing with perspective, rendering form with light & shadow through textural elements, etc
- Graded assignments, gave individual feedback to students
References available upon request.