M Greenwald



For, of Them
Lost, fracture, remain
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M Greenwald is a Virginia-based artist who lives on a ridge and likes to sit and watch the vultures. They work through the language of craft to explore themes of magic, the body, and land. In this, finding spaces for connection and restoration, as well as reckoning with sites of fracture, loss, and grief in the context of capitalism, colonialism, and whiteness.

M earned their MFA in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts from James Madison University, and a BA from Tufts University. They were twice awarded the Dehn Fellowship for travel and independent research from the Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, as well as a Graduate Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. M has attended residencies at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, MD the Urban Soils Institute at the SWALE house on Governors Island, NYC, and TEXERE in Oaxaca, Mexico, and have exhibited work in Baltimore, New York, and Seoul. Outside of their artistic practice, they are a farm worker at Second Mountain Farm, a gardener of medicinal herbs and dye plants.

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SOLO AND TWO PERSON SHOWS
2024              Murmuration: with Shoz Frantz, The Wing Gallery, Harrisonburg VA
2023              Heretic Territories: Spells for Fracture, Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art, Harrisonburg, VA
2022              Corporeogeo, The Burrow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2021               On The Face of It, Grace St. Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA

GROUP SHOWS
2023               Dirt Emoji Think Tank: Flux Factory, Governors Island, NYC
                          SADAH Faculty Show: Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art, Harrisonburg, VA
                          Key to Success: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore                                                  International Fiber Arts Festival: Design Museum Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
                          Everybody’s Birthday, Stuarts Draft, VA
2022                Pop Up: ArtWorks Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2019                Queer Ecologies Hanky Exhibition: The Future, Minneapolis MN, Pittsburgh PA
                          10x10 Exhibition: Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville MD

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2024                Arrowmont School of Craft: Dr. Judith Temple Scholarship
                          James Madison University: Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Award
2023               Conference of Southern Graduate Schools Graduate Thesis Award Honorable Mention Recognition
                          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship
                          James Madison University Graduate Travel Fellowship
2013, 2014    SMFA Dehn Fellowship

RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2025                Instructor, Introduction to Frame Loom Weaving, Friendly City Clay Center, Harrisonburg, VA
2023                Studio Assistant, Gasali Adeyemo's 'Traditional Yoruba Dyeing Techniques with Indigo', Penland     School of Craft, Penland, NC
                           Instructor: Clay Resist on Indigo, TEXERE, Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico
                           TEXERE Independent Fiber Residency, Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico
2022                SWALE house/ Urban Soil Institute Residency, Governor’s Island, NY
                           Institute for Postnatural Studies: Mutability & Mutualism, Virtual
2021                 Art.Coop: Study-Into-Action: The Cultural Economy We Want, Virtual
                           Both/And Collective: Somatics for Social Justice, Virtual
2019                 Instructor: Introduction to Reduction Woodcut, Pyramid Atlantic Artist Center, Hyattsville, MD
                           Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Keyholder Residency, Hyattsville, MD

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023                Heretic Territories: Artist Talk, Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Arts
                           Artist Talk, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
                           Artist Talk, James Madison University Fiber and Weaving Area.
2020                Illustrator, Transforming Trauma in Children and Adolescents: An Embodied Approach to Somatic Regulation, Trauma Processing, and Attachment-Building
2019                Map/Place/Being: Artist Talk, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
2012                Cuba (Re)Considered Symposium, Tufts University, Medford, MA

EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIPS
MFA, Interdisciplinary Studio Art, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Community Herbalism Apprenticeship, Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center, MD
BA, International Literary and Visual Studies. Tufts University, Somerville, MA

WORK EXPERIENCE 
Instructor, James Madison University

Fall 2024: Introduction to Fiber Arts Surfaces: Led demonstrations and designed curriculum in embroidery, natural dye, and applique. Assigned readings to supplement curriculum and deepen knowledge of craft history and theory.
Advanced topics in Fibers: Weaving: Introduced upper levels studio arts students to practical and conceptual elements in weaving

Spring 2024: Foundations 2D design: Designed a curriculum based around introducing students to
aspects of 2D design such as form, line, color, and text.
Introduction to Drawing. Created a curriculum for students to explore the meaning of drawing
and mark making, building skills, and scaffolding exercises across skill level.

Fall 2023: Foundations 2D Design
Introduction to Drawing. 
Spring 2023: Foundations 2D Design.
Fall 2022: Introduction to Fiber Arts Surfaces.

TEACHING ASSISTANT 
James Madison University
ART 243: Introduction to Fiber Arts: Surfaces
ART 102: Introduction to 2D Design
FIBERS STUDIO ASSISTANT AUG 2020-MAY 2023
James Madison University

Graduate Assistant in the Fibers Studio, responsible for studio maintenance, cleaning, and stocking for
classes. Completed safety training yearly through the position to ensure proper use of studio facilities.