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Mores McWreath

Adjunct Instructor

Mores McWreath was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA in 1980 and grew up in ten different cities scattered throughout the South and Midwest.  He received a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and an MFA from the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts.  He attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program in 2008-09. Recent solo shows include CUE Art Foundation selected by Andrea Zittel and Between Everywhere at Kunsthalle M+B in Los Angeles. Recent two person and group exhibitions include Differentiate: Gina Osterloh and Mores McWreath at UNC Chapel Hill Allcott Gallery, Video Art: Replay at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; the Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition; The Whitney ISP Group show at Art in General; Theoretical Practice at the International Studio and Curatorial Program; Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes at the Walker Art Center; Ghosts of Presence at the Art Gallery of York University, Toronto; and Flex Your Textiles at John Connelly Presents.  His work has been screened in festivals and exhibitions both nationally and internationally including Videomedeja Serbia, the Athens International Film and Video Festival, 700IS Iceland, and the Jakarta International Video Festival.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.