Mitchel King Ahern
47 Sampson Ave.
Swampscott, MA 01907
508-397-1482
twitter.com/mitchelka
artist site: electrocaster.org
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artist catalogs: flickr.com/photos/mitchelka/
video art: youtube.com/user/mitchelka
Artist Curriculum Vitae
Linoleum Multi-block Monoprint Printmaking - Exhibitions
- 2009 - Outpost Gallery, Cambridge MA - Solo Show
- 2008 - 516 Arts, Albuquerque NM - "Speak Out" - Juried Show
- 2008 - MAP Gallery, Manchester NH - Solo Show
- 2008 - Ello Gallery, Portsmouth NH - "Impression Proces" - Juried Show
- 2008 - DeCordova Museum, Lincoln MA - Annual Exhibition
- 2007 - 119 Gallery, Lowell MA - "Creative Ferver" - Artist Members' Show
- 2006 - 119 Gallery, Lowell MA - "I Had the Strangest Dream" - Juried Show
- 2005 - Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead MA - Juried Open Show
Selected Performance Art - Solo, Groups and Performances
- 2008 - Mobile Readings of "'On The Road' Scroll", text by Jack Kerouac, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln MA - Annual Exhibition
- On the Scroll, interpretations of Jack Kerouac performed by dadallama: 119 Gallery, Lowell MA, Red Tail Art Collective, Boston MA; The Schoolhouse, Brooklyn NY; DeCordova Museum (selection)
- Perky Pat Layouts, written by Mitchel Ahern, performed by dadallam: Goddard College, Lesley University / Boston Cyberarts Festival; 119 Gallery, Lowell MA; Red Tail Art Collective, Boston MA; LTC Lowell Public Access
- Martha Stewart in the Underworld,written and improvised by Mitchel Ahern, solo performance: Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge MA; 119 Gallery, Lowell MA; Brewd Awakenings, Lowell MA; Upstairs Gallery, Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead MA; LTC Lowell Public Access
- Stalingrad, readings from "Stalingrad", solo performance, Zeitgeist Gallery: Cambridge, MA
- Solo Invented Instruments: Knitting Factory, New York City, NY; Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA; WCUW Community Radio, Worcester MA; National Federation of Community Broadcasters convention, Montreal
- Invented Thing Quartet - sound sculpture performance company: Worcester Artist Group, Worcester MA; Trenton Avante Garde Festival, Trenton NJ; AS220, Providence RI; Zeitgeist, Cambridge MA; The Rathskeller, Boston MA; The Middle East, Cambridge MA
Selected Self-Invented Instruments
- The Lid - 1981: Wringer washing machine lid on cello-style body played with bows, mallets, erasers and other implements
- The Record: Hand-made sheet-steel record played on antique electric 78 player
- Elexoluxopipe-o-phone: Vacuum cleaner and organ pipes played like a wind-driven Theramin
- The Leaf-Spring-Olean: Broken vehicular leaf springs placed back-to-back as a drone instrument
- The Bass Rake: An upright bass-like instrument constructed out of a bass neck and fingerboard, axe handle, garden rake and construction spikes
- The Swamp Thing: An antique public-school turntable with spinning strikers and magentic tone bars
- The Crutch: Antique British child's toy keyboard affixed to a crutch and played along with other vintage analogue effects
Musical Groups
- Ursonate Orchestra 2009 - present: Race St Collective, Holyoke MA; Bowery Poetry Club, NYC NY (scheduled)
- PKD/dadallama, 2005 - Present: 119 Gallery, Monastary Art Collective, Redtail Collective
- Bop Ant Big Band, 2002-2005: Deep Listening Space, Zeitgeist Gallery, SCAT Somerville Public Access
- Invented Thing Quartet, 1989-1999: Trenton Avante Garde Festival, The Middle East, The Rat, AS220, Worcester Artist Group
- The Judas and Natasha Experiment, 1985-1994 - CD: "Not Everyone's Cup of Tea"
- Massive Sonic Organism, 1981-1984
