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Education

PhD in Fine Art candidate, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK, expected 2013
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, USA, 2009
BFA in Sculpture and Painting, Tyler School of Art – Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2000
Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy, 1999

Selected Exhibitions

An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA, 2011
Global Studio, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 2010
Virion 2010, H Block Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2010
Thinking Outside the Box, Greestone Gallery, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK, 2010
*Transient Spaces, Campus Gate Art Gallery, Young Harris College, Young Harris, Georgia, USA, 2009
*Practice Writings, Haybarn Gallery, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, USA, 2009
The Art of Word, Science, and Sound, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA, 2008
AGENDA: Queering Popular Media, Current Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2008
Silent/Sound Film Festival, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, New York, USA, 2008
Central Gallery, SUNY Empire State College, Syracuse, New York, USA, 2008
Painting the Spectrum: SASOD Film Festival, Georgetown, Guyana, 2008
Evolutionary Girls, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, New York, USA, 2008
Critical Line Invitational, Critical Line, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2007
Drawings, Dessins, Zeichnungen, Basil Hallward Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2006
*No Sale, Tollbooth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2005
Rorschach Notions, Tollbooth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2004
Art Born New, SOTA Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Please Take Care of My Baby, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Making Babies, Don't Bite the Pavement, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Making Babies, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Bleh, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1999
*Michele Quaresima: Gifted Personal Advisor, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy, 1999
*Post-its, Temple University Gallery, Temple University, Rome, Italy, 1998
*Post-its, various (city-wide installation), Rome, Italy, 1998
Drawings, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1997
*True Blue, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1996
Copies, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1995
Enveloped Angels, Aliquippa Projects, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA, 1994
PGSA Exhibition, Mercyhurst Gallery, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, 1993
Collaboration, Frick Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1992

Papers and Presentations

Lent, M. 2011 (forthcoming). Towards a new mobile cartography/fragmentation as spatial praxis. Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. Monash University. Prato, Italy.
Lent, M. 2011. Courting Dissolution: the praxis of adumbrational space. Mobile Geographies of Art. Royal Geographical Society International Conference. London, UK.
Lent, M. 2011. Praxis of potentiality: A consideration of spatial disappearance. Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture First International Symposium. Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Lent, M. 2007. Make Your Own Life: Artists in and out of Cologne. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. Seattle, USA.
Lent, M. 2005. Public Art as a Conduit to Contemporary Art. Americans for the Arts Conference. Austin, Texas, USA.

Selected Publications

Lent, M. 2011 (forthcoming). Praxis of potentiality: A consideration of spatial disappearance. Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture Proceedings. Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Lent, M. 2010. October Fire. The Minutiae of Visionaries: Experiments Toward Social Evolution. Evo Girls Press. Rochester, New York, USA.
Lent, M. 2007. The Curator's Eye: Toxic Warning. City Arts. Seattle, USA.
Lent, M. 2003. Building a new Tacoma Art Museum. Toby Room. Tacoma, USA.
Publisher and Co-Editor, Toby Room, 2001 - 2005

Lectures and Teaching

University of Lincoln - Faculty of Art, Architecture, & Design Research Committee, Lincoln, UK; 2010 – 2011
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; BA (Hons) Fine Art: Entropy; Term A 2011
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; BA (Hons) Fine Art: Art Practice Year 2; Term A, 2011
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; BA (Hons) Fine Art: Art Practice Year 2; Term B, 2011
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; BA (Hons) Fine Art: Curatorial Methods; Term B, 2011
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; BA (Hons) Fine Art: Art Practice Year 2; Term A, 2010
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; BA (Hons) Fine Art: Curatorial Methods; Term A, 2010
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; MA Fine Art: Graduate Teaching Assistant; Term B, 2010
University of Lincoln - School of Architecture, Lincoln, UK; BArch (Hons): Visiting Lecturer; Term B 2010
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK; Global Studio exhibition: Artist Lecture, 2010
Young Harris College. Young Harris, Georgia, USA; Transient Spaces exhibition: Artist Lecture, 2009
Goddard College. Plainfield, Vermont, USA; Studio Gestures in Space, Place, and Colour: Artist Lecture, 2009

Honours, Awards, and Residencies

University of Lincoln – Faculty of Art, Architecture, & Design. Research Development Group Funding, 2011
University of Lincoln. Awarded Full Bursary to PhD in Fine Art programme, 2010 - 2013
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Grant, 2009
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA: Tollbooth Gallery project included in curriculum, 2007
Amocat Arts Genius Award – Individual Innovators, 2005
Google.com Grant recipient, 2005 - 2009
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Grant, 2004 - 2006
City of Tacoma Arts Project Grant, 2004 - 2007
Washington State Arts Commission Project Support Grant, 2005 - 2006
Midwest Academy, Blackwood, New Jersey, USA, 1997
School of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1995
Pennsylvania Governor's School for Excellence in the Arts, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, 1993

Selected Articles and Reviews

Clayton, A., 2007. 3x2. City Arts. Jan.
Clayton, A., 2005. Stupid Rain: Mother Nature Rains on Michael Lent's Brilliant 'No Sale'. Weekly Volcano. 3 Nov.
Clayton, A., 2004. Critical Line: Tacoma's New Gallery Opens with 'Found Space’. Weekly Volcano. 27 Apr.
Clayton, A., 2004. Underground Rumblings. Weekly Volcano. 28 Apr.
Clayton, A., 2004. Creative View. Weekly Volcano. 2 Jul.
Driscoll, M., 2004. A Video Visionary. Weekly Volcano. 17 Nov.
Dunkelberger, S., 2005. 24-hour Lent: Art Man About T-town. Weekly Volcano. 18 Apr.
Engeleson, A., 2004. Reviews: Tollbooth. Seattle Weekly. 30 Jun. et al.
Graves, J., 2006. Critical Line (With a Nod Towards Mass). The Stranger: SLOG. 11 May.
Graves, J., 2005. Art in Tacoma's Present Links Past with Uncertain Future. The News Tribune. 2 Jan.
Graves, J., 2005. The Tollbooth Beckons for Thee.The News Tribune. 6 Mar.
Graves, J. 2004. On Top of the Underground.The News Tribune. 12 Mar.
Graves, J., 2004. Three of a Kind. The News Tribune. 12 Nov.
Hackett, R., 2004. Mind-Expanding Art Packed into Cramped Quarters at Tollbooth. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2 Jul.
Hackett, R., 2004. Reviews: Tollbooth. The Organ Review of Arts. Mar./Apr.
Hall, E., 2004. Reviews: Tollbooth. The Stranger. 17 Nov. et al.
Kavage, S,. 2005. Creative Class: Yes, it is About the Artists: The Tacoma Story. The Next American City. Jan.
Lippens, N., 2005. Reviews: Tollbooth. The Stranger. 27 Jan. et al.
Lippens, N., 2005. Toby Room. The Stranger: SLOG. 20 Jul.
Lamoza, C. 2004. Society of the Spectacle: Tollbooth Gallery Redefines the Monument. The Internationalist. Aut.
Meade, F., 2004. Autumn Preview. Artist Trust Journal. Sum.
Peper, S., 2006. New gallery proves critical to new media scene. Tacoma Weekly. 18 May.
Ponnekanti, R. 2006. That Aroma from Tacoma? It's the Smell of Artistic Success. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 12 May.
Stump, S., 2004. Tollbooth. Weekly Volcano. 10 Jun.
Wagonfeld, J., 2005. Tacoma: The Dynamics of Temporary. Public Art Review. Spr./Sum.

Selected Curatorial Work

Curator, Critical Line
Critical Line Invitational, Critical Line, 2007
The End, Critical Line, 2007
Nativity Artists, Critical Line, 2006
Keeping Score, Critical Line, 2006
Found Space, Critical Line, 2006

Curator, Tollbooth Gallery
Dreams of Failure, Tollbooth Gallery, Ido Fluk, 2006
Public Parks/Public Beaches, Tollbooth Gallery, Lauren Steinhardt, 2005
Antenna, Tollbooth Gallery, Kristen Baumlier, 2005
Split, Tollbooth Gallery, Alex Schweder, 2005
Jealous Poche, Tollbooth Gallery, Alex Schweder, 2005
The Valentine's Day Round-Up Massacre, Tollbooth Gallery, Patrick Rock, 2005
Tollbooth Junction: 11th & Broadway, Tollbooth Gallery, Bridget Irish, 2004
Maps to Radical Imagining, Tollbooth Gallery with Performance, Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics), 2004
Perfect Entrance, Tollbooth Gallery, Tim Sullivan, 2004
Rorschach Notions, Tollbooth Gallery, Delta Camshaft Collective, 2004
Rising Up, Tollbooth Gallery, Vanessa Renwick, Donovan Skirvin, and Celebrate People's History Project, 2004
Stepback, Tollbooth Gallery, Denise Smith, 2004
Seadrift, Texas, Tollbooth Gallery, Bill Daniel, 2004
Some Say She Lost Her Head, Tollbooth Gallery, Jared Pappas-Kelley, 2003