Education 2005 M.F.A. Painting Pratt Institute of Art, NYC 2000 B.F.A. Painting Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Music Projects 2019-Present Bass and Drums, Craig Thompson- bass/vocals, Butch Merigoni- drums, NYC 2012-2019 Beasty, Craig Thompson- bass/vocals, Matt Winters-guitar/vox, Butch Merigoni- drums, NYC
2010-2012 Man Lee, Woosung Lee- guitar/vocals, Butch Merigoni- drums, NYC 2008-2010 Bull City, John Albano- vocals, Brian Goodheart- guitar, Matt Winters- guitar, Butch Merigoni- drums, NYC
Performances/Exhibitions 2024 Bass and Drums tour ‘90 Million’ album, Northeastern U.S. 2022 Up By 5, Satellite Art Club, NYC 2020 Bass and Drums tour ‘Bernard Hopkins’ album, Northeastern U.S. Tour 2019 A Garden in The Shape of Dreams, Collaborative Performance with Christopher Nunez, Arantxa Araujo, Marious Augustos Galeanous & Vanessa Vargas, Dance and Process Series, The Kitchen, NYC 2019 Multiple Tasks, Light Box Performance Space, Detroit, MI 2019 Out of Context, Performance Mix Festival, University Settlement, NYC 2018 Out of Context, Collaborative Performance with Eiren Shuman, Satellite Art Fair, NYC, 2018 Multiple Tasks, So and So Arts Collective, London, England 2018 Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance, Chisenhale Dance Space, London, England 2018 Untitled, Collaborative Performance with Tonny Ajoup, Rambert Dance Company, London, England 2018 Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance with Kriesje Hoomaert De Grote Post, Ostend, Belgium 2018 Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance with Yuri Bongers, ZSenne Art Lab, Brussels, Belgium 2018 Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance with Julie Garber & Dave Koenig, Spoke the Hub, NYC 2018 Holly’s Salon, Multiple Duets, The Woods, NYC 2018 Multiple Tasks, Inverse Performance Festival, Fayetteville, Ar 2017 Making Sandwiches/Duet Counting, Collaborative Performance with Jeff Shortt, Sandra Baptista & Pelenakeke Brown, Northbound 2 Train, NYC Subway System 2017 Multiple Tasks, Light Box, Detroit, MI 2017 Multiple Tasks, The Woods, NYC 2017 Multiple Tasks, Soak Festival, NYC 2016 Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance with Quinn Dukes, Dave Koenig & Shawn Escarciga, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, Fl. 2016 Solo 6, Solo Performance Performing Arts Forum, St. Erme, France, 2016 Solo 5, Pulsar Performance Series, Catland Books, NYC 2016 Solo 4, Leimay Dance Company, Opening Night, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC 2016 Multiple Tasks, Judson Church, NYC 2016 Collaborative Performance with David Griess and Elizabeth Lamb, Todo Bajo Control Film Festival, Providence, RI 2015 Strobe Network Event, Stack/Climb/Drag, Collaborative Performance with Ilona Bito, Flux Factory, NYC 2015 Strobe Network Event, Jumping, Collaborative Performance with Ian Burns, Michael Findlay and Joshua Carrafa, Flux Factory, NYC 2015 Strobe Network Event, Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance with Ariane Bernier, Flux Factory, NYC 2015 Making Sandwiches, Collaborative Performance with Ariane Bernier, Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, Panoply Performance Lab, NYC 2015 Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance with Ariane Bernier, Court Square Open Studios, NYC 2015 Solo 3, The Woods, NYC 2015 Solo 2, House Fest, NYC 2015 Solo 2, Eden’s Expressway, NYC 2015 Solo 1, Sphinx Returns Performance Series, Grace Exhibition Space, NYC. 2015 Multiple Tasks, Collaborative Performance with Ariane Bernier, Performance Anxiety, NYC 2015-2018 Klutz, Collaborative Performance with Alex Romania, Millie Kapp & Raquel Mavecq, Grace Exhibition Space, Judson Church and Center for Performance Research, NYC 2015 Face Down, Collaborative Performance with Lola Guerrero/Gili Nir, Dixon Place and MX Gallery, NYC 2015 30 Minutes, Collaborative Performance With Ventiko Dean, Performance Anxiety,, NYC
2015 Out of Context, Panoply Performance Lab, NYC 2014-2015 Quartz Control, Collaborative Performance with Thea Little, Ariane Bernier, Laura Bartzak, Adi Etyan & Emelie Hedvall Leimay’s Soak Festival, Glass House, Bushwick Open Studios and IMAR Residency, NYC & Conn 2014 Beasty tour, ‘Vacation’ album, Northeastern U.S. 2014 Someone Else’s Stuff, IMAR Residency, Lakeville, Conn 2013 Beasty tour, ‘Vacation’ album, Northeastern and Southeastern U.S. 2012-2014 Any Size Mirror is a Dictator, Collaborative Performance with Panoply Performance Lab, Firehouse Space, Gibney Dance, Chashama Residency, Momenta Art Residency, NYC 2012-2014 Beasty, Multiple Locations, NYC 2010-2012 Man Lee, Multiple Locations, NYC 2008-2009 Bull City, Multiple Locations, NYC 2006 Space and Air, Group Exhibition of Paintings MMP Gallery, NYC 2005 Ten, Group Exhibition of Paintings, Gallery MC, NYC 2002 Mobility, Solo Exhibition, Red Bike Gallery, NOLA 2000 Five, Group Exhibition of Paintings, Calhoun St. Gallery, NOLA 1999 Parts of a Whole, Scully Scholarship Recipient Exhibition, Loyola University, Diboll Gallery, NOLA Residencies 2018 Things Happening or Not Happening Research, Workshop and Performance, De Grote Post, Ostend, Belgium 2018 Things Happening or Not Happening Research, Workshop and Performance, ZSenne Art Lab, Brussels, Belgium 2018 Things Happening or Not Happening Research, Workshop and Performance, Chisenhale Dance Space, London, England 2018 Things Happening or Not Happening Research, Workshop and Performance, So & So Arts Collective, London, England 2017 Things Happening or Not Happening Research, De Burburestraat 11, Antwerp, Belgium 2016 ‘Solo’ Research and Performance, Performing Arts Forum, St. Erme, France 2014 ‘Someone Else’s Stuff’ Research and Performance, IMAR, Lakeville, Connecticut
Awards/Grants/Funding 2018 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Provided funding for participation in Inverse Performance Festival, NYC 2014 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Provided funding for participation in IMAR Residency, NYC 2008 Visiting Artist Series, Loyola University, Provided funding for the durational performance, ‘1986’, New Orleans, LA 1999 Scully Scholarship, Loyola University, Outstanding Achievement in the Bachelor of Studio Art Program, New Orleans, LA
Visiting Artist Critiques/Interviews/Forums 2021 K.A.K., International Performers Forum, Hosted by Esther Gouarné, Brussels, Belgium 2018 De Grote Post 2018/2019, Book Created/Edited/Interviews Conducted by Photographer Kathie Danneels’, Ostend, Belgium 2018 Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inverse Performance Festival interview by Jocelyn Murphy, Fayetteville, Ar. 2017 Movement Research Performance Journal #50, Contributing Writer for ‘Photos and Reflections’, NYC 2017 Soak Festival Performers Forum, Moderated by Ximena Garnica, NYC 2014 Hyperallergic, Interview for ‘Any Size Mirror is a Dictator’ by David LaGaccia, NYC 2012 Artist talk and BFA critique, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 2008 Artist Talk and BFA Critique, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA