Mike Beradino / Bio & CV

Lives and works in Houston, TX

EDUCATION
2008
Parsons The New School for Design, MFA, New York, NY
2006
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012-Present
Visiting Lecturer, Rice University, Houston, TX (Sculpture)
2012
Visiting Artist Lecture, EMERGEncy Room, Rice University, Houston, TX
2010-2012
Adjunct Professor, Houston Community College, Houston, TX (Digital Art/Sculpture)
2011
Digital media and the internet (lecture), Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX
2009-2010
Adjunct Professor, Auburn University, Montgomery, AL, (2-D)
2008-2009
Adjunct Professor, Troy University, Troy, AL, (New Media)
2009
Digital Nature (lecture), Auburn University, Montgomery, AL
DIY and New Media (lecture), Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL
2007
Robotics (lecture), Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT

SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES 
2012
EMERGEncy Room, Visiting artist, Rice University, Houston, TX
HCC, A.I.R. (Artist in Residence), Houston, TX
2006
Second Life (Linden Labs) fellowship
Graduate Deans Scholarship Parsons, New York, NY
2005
SAIC Academic Scholarship, Chicago, IL
Millie Manlove Rea Scholarship

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Crystal Palace, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2012
Load Runner, Rice University, EMERGEncy Room, Houston, TX
Freq-out, Art Palace, Houston, TX
2009
Digital Nature, Auburn University, Montgomery, AL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2012
Load Runner installation, Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
2011
Play Station, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
Dis, Dat, Deez, Doz, The Joanna, Houston, TX
Great New Work, The Joanna, Houston, TX
2009
M.A.G Show, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
2008
Reset/Play, Art House Contemporary Art Center, Austin, TX
BITMAP: As Good as New, The Leonard Pearlstine Gallery Drexel University, Philadelphia, PN
Parsons MFA Thesis Show, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY
2007
Robotics, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Fountain Art Fair, Miami, Florida
Good as New, Vertextlist, Brooklyn, NY
Self 2.0, Vertextlist, Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate Thesis Show, SAIC Gallery 2, Chicago, IL