M E S H A K A I W O L F
BORN
Covelo, California - 1979
Grew up in New York City
Lives and works between New York City and Berlin
EDUCATION
Emory University – 1997 - 2001
B.A., Philosophy and Spanish
Atlanta College of Art – 2000
Alternative Photography and Screenprinting
New York Film Academy – 1999
Directing and Documentary filmmaking
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
New Street Gallery, Decatur, March - June, 2008
Meshakai Wolf: Feedback, multi-channel video installation and prints
Tatistcheff Gallery, New York City - November 4 - 30, 2006
Found in Atlanta, large-scale color photographs (catalogue)
City Gallery East, Atlanta - May 3 - June 12, 2004
Macro, 16 piece photographic mural
Aurora Gallery, Atlanta - October 1 - 28, 2003
Micro, 8 individual polaroids
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Independent Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA - April 2018
Eclipse, artist book
Independent Art Book Fair, Brooklyn, NY - September 2016
Squares, digital paintings and video installation
Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany - January 30, 2016
Sometimes it Takes Hours to Disappear, one-of-a-kind inkjet print
SPEKTRUM, Berlin, Germany - December 31, 2015
Marathon 2015, audio/visual performance
Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany - December 5, 2015
Pool Side of Town, custom-printed towel and photographic installation
AssemblyStudio, New York City - October 6 - 30, 2015
Minerals, Pulls and Compositions, prints, paintings, video installation
Neue House, New York City - December 10 - 28, 2014
Polaroids
Train Gallery, Perugia, Italy - December 6 - 22, 2012
The Vinyl Show II, original work on vinyl records (catalogue)
58 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ - October 6 - 31, 2009
Masks of God, large-scale polaroid print
Kaverna Gallery, Decatur, GA - March, 2008
Courants Sous Marins (Undercurrents), ink prints on watercolor
Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA - May, 2007
Art Benefit Pin-up Exhibit
New Street Gallery, Decatur, GA - March, 2007
The Vinyl Show, original work on vinyl records
City of Atlanta Public Art, Atlanta - April 4 - September 30, 2005
Art in Freedom Park: public installation, road signs (catalogue)
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta - 2004
So Atlanta, large-scale color photographs
Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta - 2004
Conversations with the Contemporary Figure, video installation
FILMS
House of Dengbêj, 3 mins., 2015
Premiered on Jungles in Paris
The Dictionary, 6 mins., 2015
Premiered on Nowness
Flames of God, 62 mins., 2011
Margaret Mead Film Festival, Museum of Natural History, New York City
Freiburger Film Forum, Germany
CIMMFest, Chicago, USA
Motovun Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Flahertiana International, Perm, Russia
Pravo Ljudski Human Rights, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo
VIVISECTfest Human Rights, Novi Sad, Serbia
Rolling Film Festival, Pristina, Kosovo Winner Best Documentary
Gussie, 50 mins., 2006
Provincetown International Film Festival, Provincetown, USA
Boston Jewish Film Festival, Boston, USA
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, USA
Magnolia Film Festival, Mississippi, USA Winner Best Documentary
PUBLICATIONS
Eclipse, 2018
Stills from super 8 film
Squares: Self-Similar, 2016
240 pages, 120 images, 60 cm x 60 cm
Truckers, 2009
Mark Batty Publisher, black and white photographs
The Open Face Sandwich, 2008
Literary journal, eight fold-out color photographs
Covelo, California - 1979
Grew up in New York City
Lives and works between New York City and Berlin
EDUCATION
Emory University – 1997 - 2001
B.A., Philosophy and Spanish
Atlanta College of Art – 2000
Alternative Photography and Screenprinting
New York Film Academy – 1999
Directing and Documentary filmmaking
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
New Street Gallery, Decatur, March - June, 2008
Meshakai Wolf: Feedback, multi-channel video installation and prints
Tatistcheff Gallery, New York City - November 4 - 30, 2006
Found in Atlanta, large-scale color photographs (catalogue)
City Gallery East, Atlanta - May 3 - June 12, 2004
Macro, 16 piece photographic mural
Aurora Gallery, Atlanta - October 1 - 28, 2003
Micro, 8 individual polaroids
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Independent Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA - April 2018
Eclipse, artist book
Independent Art Book Fair, Brooklyn, NY - September 2016
Squares, digital paintings and video installation
Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany - January 30, 2016
Sometimes it Takes Hours to Disappear, one-of-a-kind inkjet print
SPEKTRUM, Berlin, Germany - December 31, 2015
Marathon 2015, audio/visual performance
Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany - December 5, 2015
Pool Side of Town, custom-printed towel and photographic installation
AssemblyStudio, New York City - October 6 - 30, 2015
Minerals, Pulls and Compositions, prints, paintings, video installation
Neue House, New York City - December 10 - 28, 2014
Polaroids
Train Gallery, Perugia, Italy - December 6 - 22, 2012
The Vinyl Show II, original work on vinyl records (catalogue)
58 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ - October 6 - 31, 2009
Masks of God, large-scale polaroid print
Kaverna Gallery, Decatur, GA - March, 2008
Courants Sous Marins (Undercurrents), ink prints on watercolor
Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA - May, 2007
Art Benefit Pin-up Exhibit
New Street Gallery, Decatur, GA - March, 2007
The Vinyl Show, original work on vinyl records
City of Atlanta Public Art, Atlanta - April 4 - September 30, 2005
Art in Freedom Park: public installation, road signs (catalogue)
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta - 2004
So Atlanta, large-scale color photographs
Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta - 2004
Conversations with the Contemporary Figure, video installation
FILMS
House of Dengbêj, 3 mins., 2015
Premiered on Jungles in Paris
The Dictionary, 6 mins., 2015
Premiered on Nowness
Flames of God, 62 mins., 2011
Margaret Mead Film Festival, Museum of Natural History, New York City
Freiburger Film Forum, Germany
CIMMFest, Chicago, USA
Motovun Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Flahertiana International, Perm, Russia
Pravo Ljudski Human Rights, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo
VIVISECTfest Human Rights, Novi Sad, Serbia
Rolling Film Festival, Pristina, Kosovo Winner Best Documentary
Gussie, 50 mins., 2006
Provincetown International Film Festival, Provincetown, USA
Boston Jewish Film Festival, Boston, USA
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, USA
Magnolia Film Festival, Mississippi, USA Winner Best Documentary
PUBLICATIONS
Eclipse, 2018
Stills from super 8 film
Squares: Self-Similar, 2016
240 pages, 120 images, 60 cm x 60 cm
Truckers, 2009
Mark Batty Publisher, black and white photographs
The Open Face Sandwich, 2008
Literary journal, eight fold-out color photographs
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