
RESUME
Exhibitions/
Performances
Solo shows
2022
Perfectly Natural, Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2021
Man In Uniform, Grant Hall Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Group shows
2025
Gravity, curated by Desert Biennial Project x LAZARUS, Jean Dry Lake Bed, Las Vegas, NV
Dickstruction, curated by Romina Villareal and Kayla Lockwood, Grant Hall Gallery/UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
VS: Wrestling Art, curated by Darren Johnson, Sahara West Library, Las Vegas, NV
Big Softy, curated by Adrianna Chavez, Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
inauditx (unheard), curated by Isaac Quezada, SPCKRFT Studios, Las Vegas, NV
2024
Public Employee Art Exhibition, curated by City of Las Vegas, Chamber Gallery/Las Vegas City Hall, Las Vegas, NV
Measure Twice, Cut Once, curated by Bernadette McConnell, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Goodwill 50 Year Celebration, Goodwill of Southern Nevada 50th Anniversary Charity Auction, Las Vegas, NV
Oops! 2, curated by Bailey Anderson, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
Reassembly Required, curated by Jeannine Hua, Rotunda Gallery/Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV
Strobe, curated by Chad Martinez/The Las Vegas Collage Collective, SPCKRFT Studios, Las Vegas, NV
You're Fired!, curated by the Las Vegas Collage Collective, SPCKRFT Studios, Las Vegas, NV
Torn Together, curated by the Las Vegas Collage Collective, Available Space Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV
¡Intermediary Fluctuations of a Post-Fluxus World!, curated by Yasmina Chavez, Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
2023
The Emotional Show, curated by Alisha Kerlin, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Diversified III, curated by Jerry Schefcik, Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
In Print, curated by Erik Beehn, Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
Oops!, curated by Bailey Anderson, Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2022
Tremendous, curated by Aaron Cowan, Las Vegas City Hall, Las Vegas, NV
Heart to Heart: Our Pandemic Stories, curated by Kathleen Kuo, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2021
Paper View (an MFA exchange exhibition between UNLV and UNR), curated by John McVay, Emily Sarten, and Kyle Karrasch, Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
What Seems Like Forever, curated by Erik Beehn, Test Site Projects, Las Vegas, NV
The Banality of Privilege (live performance for New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas), performance developed by Yasmina Chavez and including Brent Holmes and the Julian Tanaka Jazz Ensemble, Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2020
New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas, curated by Wendy Kveck, founder, Settlers + Nomads, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Drive-Thru Open Studios, curated by Emily Sarten and Laurence Myers Reese, UNLV Graduate Research Studios, Las Vegas, NV
Neon Cornucopia, curated by Brent Holmes, La Matadora Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
Unshelved, curated by Laurence Myers Reese, Sahara West Library, Las Vegas, NV
London Biennale: Las Vegas 2020, curated by JK Russ, Matthew Couper, Laurence Myers Reese, and Jevijoe Vitug, Las Vegas, NV and London, UK
Long Distance RADAR: Season 2 #5: Episode Three, curated by Adriana Chavez, Heidi Rider, Karla Lagunas, Brent Holmes, and Pierson Brown, presented online, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpxN9K05CM
Greeting From Bonanza Gift Shop, online exhibition for ASMR CD by Wendy Kveck for Settlers and Nomads, Las Vegas, NV
There But Not There, curated by Wendy Kveck for Settlers and Nomads, Las Vegas, NV
Glitter Ghosts, curated by Wendy Kveck for Settlers and Nomads, Las Vegas, NV
2019
Commodified, curated by Laurence Myers Reese, Fawn Douglas, Erin K. Drew, Aaron Cowan and John McVay, UNLV Graduate Art Studios, Las Vegas, NV
Wake UP! Memorial, sound and video curation by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, http://wake-up.engad.org/
Playground Arts Gallery Opening Reception, curated by Kristen Miologos and Sound Art Arizona, Playground Arts, Mesa, AZ
Informal, curated by Hannah Whittaker, The Lot, Phoenix, AZ
2018
Low Data, curated by Miguel Angel Monzon, Modified Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Winter Juried BFA Show, curated by Rembrandt Quiballo, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
Hands On/ Hands Off, senior exhibition, curated by Merryn Alaka, Rebecca Emily, Carrie Coe, Mia Adams, and John McVay, Gallery 100, ASU, Tempe, AZ
Endpages with Euan MacDonald (soundtrack), curated by Julio Cesar-Morales, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Impress, juried printmaking exhibition at ASU, curated by Merryn Alaka, Rebecca Emily, and Nathan Feller, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
Sound Art Perfomances
2022
Crotch Photograph performance @ First Style, 11/04, Las Vegas, NV
Go As DeatH performance @ The Cube, 8/13, Las Vegas, NV
Frontier Days performance @ The Cube, 8/5 Las Vegas, NV
2021
Rug Rubber performance for Perfectly Natural exhibition @ Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2019
ReviveR: Performance Art Night, 10/23, Las Vegas, NV
Sound Art Arizona #14, 6/22, Mesa, AZ
Sound Art Arizona Showcase @ Crescent Ballroom, 6/3, Phoenix, AZ
Aural Drifting, a collective sound installation, @ Playground Arts, 5/18, Mesa, AZ
Informal, 2/24, live noise set, @ The Lot, Phoenix, AZ
Sound Art Arizona #10, 2/23, Tempe, AZ
Sound Art Arizona #9, 1/19, Tempe, AZ
Audio/visual collaborative set w/Emily Sarten for the closing reception of Low Data, 1/4, @ Modified Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018
Collaborative aural set w/Brandon Meged for the opening reception of Low Data, 12/21, @ Modified Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Sound Art Arizona #6, 10/27, Tempe, AZ
Sound Art Arizona #5, 9/29, Tempe, AZ
Audio/visual collaborative set w/Emily Sarten for Night of Neuralgia 7/11 @ The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ
Audio/visual collaborative set w/Emily Sarten for ASU’s Project Space exhibition, Elena, 3/2, Phoenix, AZ
2017
Tucson Noise Symposium, Tucson, AZ
Skills
PHOTOSHOP
ILLUSTRATOR
AUDITION
PREMIERE
EXCEL
POWERPOINT
PAST PERFECT
TMS
Work
Experience
Part-Time Instructor of Studio Art classes, College-level 2021- current
-3D Fundamentals, UNLV, spring 2021, fall 2022, spring 2023, fall 2023, spring 2024, fall 2024, spring 2025
-Beginning Lithography, UNLV, fall 2021, spring 2022, fall 2023, spring 2025
-2D Fundamentals, UNLV, fall 2024
-Beginning Screenprinting, UNLV, spring 2025
Art Handler 2023- current
-City of Las Vegas, Cultural Affairs Department, 2024- current
-Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, UNLV, 2023- 2024
-Test Site Projects, Las Vegas, NV, 2022- 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2019- 2021
-3d foundations course, UNLV, fall 2019, fall 2020
-Beginning Lithography, UNLV, spring 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021
ASU Art Museum Print Room Assistant 2017- 2018
-archival print collection work (organizing, inventory, and handling a collection of over 6000 fine art prints)
ASU Art Museum Ambassador 2015- 2017
Education
Master of Fine Arts
2019-2022
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Master of Fine Arts, visual art studies
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts
2018
Arizona State University, Printmaking focus with a minor certificate in Art History, Summa Cum Laude
Artist Talks/
Workshops
Artist Talks
2023
Collage presentation for Emily Sarten's 2D Fundamental Design course, UNLV
2021
Slide Slam (John McVay: Posing The Male), presented through Zoom from Las Vegas, NV
2020
Slide Slam (Cut-Up, Dismantled, Re-Arranged, and Flipped Inside-Out), presented through Zoom from Las Vegas, NV
2019
Slide Slam (Recent Work), presented at Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2018
artist practice discussion and noise loop demonstration for Dr. Kat Medill’s ARS 100: Intro to Art class @ ASU, Tempe, AZ
Workshops
2019
Collaging with John McVay, collage table @ ASU Art Museum’s Playfest, Tempe, AZ
Curating
Curating
2021
430 Apart, 11 Together: UNR Exchange Exhibition, curated with Kyle Karrasch and Emily Sarten, Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2021- Paper View: UNLV Exchange Exhibition, curated with Kyle Karrasch and Emily Sarten, Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, UNR, Reno, NV
2020
VICE (Vegas Institute for Contemporary Engagement) presents Experimental Video Shorts, curated with Emily Sarten, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
The Other Side of Paradise, curated with Laurence Myers Reese and Fawn Douglas, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Curation
Publications
/Press
Publications and Press
2021
Art Talk Talk Talk: Episode 5, video interview with Beck + Col, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3C8xYcls6Q
“Stop, Stare Off Into Space, and Listen,” authored by John McVay for Nevada Humanities, https://www.nevadahumanities.org/heart-to-heart/2021/2/23/stop-stare-off-into-space-and-listen
"An epic group art show creates 'New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas," Las Vegas Weekly, https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/fine-art/2021/jan/07/an-epic-group-art-show-creates-new-monuments/
2020
“V.I.C.E. Squad: UNLV MFA Art Students Build A Place For Community Engagement,” Las Vegas Weekly,
https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/fine-art/2020/oct/01/vice-squad-unlv-mfa-art-students-build-a-place/
2019
"Meet UNLV's MFA Students," Double Scoop, https://www.doublescoop.art/meet-unlvs-mfa-students/
illustration in Witness Magazine
“Meet John McVay,” interview with Voyage Phoenix; http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/meet-john-mcvay-tempe