M SLATER is an interdisciplinary artist who, via photography and sculpture, engages with language and the built environment as one intertwined, moving architecture. In particular, they are interested in questions of being in space and being shaped by space. They have exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Vox Populi Gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, The Woodmere Art Museum, Fjord Gallery, and Little Berlin (Philadelphia, PA); The Luminary (St. Louis, MO); and Bedroom Gallery, (Hong Kong). Their work has also appeared in Title Magazine and Facility.
Alongside their practice, M is a freelance graphic designer via BELSH. (︎Hire me!)
Alongside their practice, M is a freelance graphic designer via BELSH. (︎Hire me!)
Education
2016
B.A., Fine Arts and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2015
University of Bologna Study Abroad Program, Bologna, Italy
Solo/Two-person Exhibitions
2020
Feeling Language, Flat 4 Hoxton Street, London, UK
2018
Fit, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2024
minor details, Institute for the Contemporary Image (TILT), Philadelphia, PA
2023
Vox Populi I XVIII: Oil of Milk; Annual Juried Exhibition Curated by Nirvana Santos-Kuilan, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020
A Practice in Process, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
2019
The Green Sun, Atelier FAS Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2017
Combination Skin, The Annex at Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
Things Fixed and Stuck, The Brodsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
She's Got A System, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
The Woodmere Annual: 76th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Things Fixed and Stuck, The Brodsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
She's Got A System, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
The Woodmere Annual: 76th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Shout, TREE, FJORD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ghost, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Good To Know, Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ghost, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Good To Know, Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Xmas Breakdown, NewHive, NewHive.com
Twenty-Three Individual Artists, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Troupe 13, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Twenty-Three Individual Artists, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Troupe 13, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Performances
2016
i am holding it together, April 18th and 19th, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Live Stream / 12 hr., February 27th, Philadelphia, PA
Live Stream / 12 hr., February 27th, Philadelphia, PA
Press + Publications
2024
Artblog, Icons, the sacred, the lost, the overlooked, in ‘minor details’ at TILT Institute [ ︎ ]
2020
Softpunk Magazine, Issue 2, ‘Feeling Language,’ Print
2019
Facility: A Magazine About Bathrooms, Issue 1, 'Home Checklist (Bathroom),' Print
2018
Margin, Vol. VII, 'Home Checklist II,' Print
2017
Title Magazine, 'Home Checklist' [ ︎ ]
2016
Saint Louis Magazine, ‘In the Ephemeral Spirit: “Ghost” at The Luminary’ [ ︎ ]
NewHive Blog, ’Emily Belshaw All-Day Performance’:http://bit.ly/1WxRN3x [ ︎ ]
NewHive Blog, ‘Featured Artist: Emily Belshaw’:http://bit.ly/1TlPhZj [ ︎ ]
NewHive Blog, ’Emily Belshaw All-Day Performance’:
NewHive Blog, ‘Featured Artist: Emily Belshaw’:
2015
Printeresting, ‘Ghost at UPenn Printmaking’: http://bit.ly/1UodlzG [ ︎ ]
Residencies + Awards
2024
Artist-in-Residence, Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2019
Artist-in-Residence, The Studios at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2016
Phi Beta Kappa Academic Achievement
Fine Arts Chair Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Senior Thesis, University of Pennsylvania Department of Fine Arts
Fine Arts Chair Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Senior Thesis, University of Pennsylvania Department of Fine Arts
Related Work
2020 — Present
Art Cataloging and Photographic Documentation Intern, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Project Designer and Printer Coordinator, Site to be Seen, RAIR (Recycled Artist in Residence), Philadelphia, PA.
2021
Guest Curator, William Way LGBT Community Center; Moving Pieces: Selections from William Way’s Permanent Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA. online at movingpieces.cargo.site
2019
Key Collaborating Artist, Killjoy’s Kastle, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia PA