Macon Reed is an artist working in sculpture, ceramics, installation, fibers, video, and social practice. Their work draws from participation in queer, punk, and DIY communities that experiment with how we can, and cannot, consciously shape the world in which we live. Their brightly colored, large-scale installations combine studio and social practices to create temporary worlds that highlight undervalued histories and social issues.
Reed’s work has shown at venues such as the National Art School and University of New South Wales Gallery (Sydney), San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Transmediale Vorspiel (Berlin), La Patinoire Royale (Brussels), Columbia University, Center for Craft, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, and Museum of Art and Design NYC. They received First Prize at the 2023 Louisiana Contemporary exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
Reed completed their MFA at University of Illinois at Chicago (2013) and BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (2007). They studied Physical Theater at Dah International Theatre School (Belgrade), Radio Documentary at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies (Maine), and Socially Engaged Arts at The Kitchen (NYC). They attended residencies and fellowship programs at Royal Academy of Arts (London), Eyebeam Center for Art + Technology, and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
To learn more about Macon Reed, visit www.maconreed.com.
Macon’s residency was generously sponsored in part by Phyllis Childress.
