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Erik Fabian B.A., M.F.A.

EDUCATION:
Masters of Fine Arts, Performance
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2004
Principle Professors: Lisa Wainwright, Werner Herterich, Lin Hixson, & Anne Wilson

Bachelors of Arts, Liberal Arts (with focus on Live Arts)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 2000
Principle Professors: Mark Levensky, dorranne crable, & Cabby Mitchell III

Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
Focus on Creative Writing and Fine Arts 1994-97
Principle Professors: Judy Jordan & Barbara MacCallum

AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Media: Performance, Installation Art, Interviews, Event Production, and Performance Criticism.
Thematics: Precious Metals & Investment, Human/Animal Encounters, Integrating Meditation and Performance.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
2009 VoiceLab Workshop (with Lynn Book), Ripley Greer Studios, New York, NY
Field Workshops, The Field, New York, NY
2007 SITI Company Workshop, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Westwood College Teacher Trainings, Completed PDC111 Success Strategies Certification; ETS 100, 150, & 200.
2005 Ten Day Vipassana Retreat (Goenka Style), Illinois Vipassana Center, Pecatonica, IL
Creative America Project: Campaign Training, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Observing the Now: Improvisation and Spontaneity in Practice and Performance, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Goat Island Workshop, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Morganville Performance Workshop, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2004 Ten Day Vipassana Retreat (Goenka Style), Vinton, VA
DOG, Performance Workshop (with director Leslie Buxbaum), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
New Years Vipassana Retreat (four day) with Andre Getz, Insight Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003-04 Tai Chi training with Hau Kum Leung-Kneip, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Katsura Kan, Butoh Master Class, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Goat Island Summer School, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001 Field Workshop, Field Seattle, Seattle, WA
2000 Tacoma Community House Tutoring ESL Workshop
2000-02 Meditation Training (Vipassana), Hawks Prairie, WA
1997-02 Martial Arts training in Budo Taijutsu with Manuel Gomez and Dan Klug, Olympia, WA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2007 Adjunct Professor, Westwood College, Chicago, IL
2006-07 Adjunct Professor, St. Augustine College, Chicago, IL
House Manager, Chicago Cultural Center
Developer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois, Chicago, IL
2005 Artistic Director - Events, UnderRock Productions LLC, Chicago, IL
2004 Freelance Event Management, SOFA Expo Chicago & World Business Forum, Chicago, IL
Installation & Preparation, Intuit Folk Art Sale & Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Advance Ticket Sales, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago, IL
Intern with Performance Productions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2003 Teaching Assistant (4D Class), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002-04 Graduate Assistant, Performance Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002-03 Media Authorization Tech, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000-02 Sound Technician/House Manager, Midnight Sun, Olympia, WA
Media Intern, Washington Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA
2000 ESL Tutor, Mason County Literacy, Shelton, WA

CLASSES TAUGHT
Art History (4 terms)
Contemporary Fine Art (1 term)
Creative & Critical Thinking (2 terms)
Public Speaking (2 terms)
Success Strategies (College 101) (3 terms)
Career Management (1 term)
College Writing I (1 term)
College Writing II (1 term)
4D (1 term) (Teaching Assistant)

AWARDS & COMPETITIVE RESIDENCIES:
2009 Artward Bound Residency, Earthdance/The Field, Plainfield, MA
2007 Special Assistance Grant, Illinois Art Council
Alumni Grant Recipient, The Evergreen State College
Artist Residency, Catwalk, Catskill, NY
Artist Residency, Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Greensboro, NC
2006 CAAP Grant Recipient, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2005 CAAP Grant Recipient, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Nominated for Student Leadership Award: School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2004
Most Innovative Group Performance (One Night Stand): Pac/Edge Festival 2004 *

PERFORMANCES/EXHIBITIONS:

2009

Silver Ticket Project: Help Wanted, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
An Online Introduction to Midnight Gardening, Low Lives, FiveMyles (Brooklyn, NY), Diaspora Vibe Gallery (Miami, FL), and labotanica (Houston)
An Introduction to Midnight Gardening, University Settlement, New York, NY

2008

Don’t Panic, Bridge Art Fair Miami, Miami, FL
Silver Ticket Project: Eternal Truths & Hot Tips, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Foosball Tournament Announcer (for Monika Wührer’s installation Wuzeln), Bread and Soccer, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
No Rules: Governors Island Edition, Emergence, Governors Island, NY
Silver Ticket Project: Testimonials, Me, Myself & I, Freeark Gallery, Riverside, IL
Asset-Backed Performance Documentation (stamps), Zazzle.com
Silver Ticket Sales Meeting, Jeffrey Boone Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2007

Silver Ticket Project: “It’s a spa concept…”, Bridge Art Fair Miami, Miami, FL
Silver Ticket Sales Meetings, various hotel lobbies, Chicago, IL
The value of a silver ticket…, Bridge Art Fair, Chicago, IL

2006

A good first impression…, Me, Me, Me, Orleans St. Gallery, St. Charles, IL
Compendium (dir. Plasticene), Site Unseen, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Fight or Flight, Artnight, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
No Rules: Kill The Bunny, MusicGarage, Chicago, IL
How many performance artists...a light bulb?, The Chicago Review of Economics, Green Lantern Gallery, Chicago, IL
I appreciate your spare change., 14th Annual Performance Art Celebration, South Union Arts, Chicago, IL

2005

The Bee, Direction and the Driving Lesson, Drive By, Seep Art/Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Best Man, Green Lantern Gallery, Chicago, IL
I have a lion's head..., Musicircus, Chicago Composer’s Forum/MCA, Chicago, IL
Spin Cycle, Early Adopters, Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
Performance Responses, www.ErikAndTheAnimals.com

2004

Wishing Gums & Swallows, Gutted, SeepArt Collective, Chicago, IL
Some Part of Ten Thousand Things (Studio), Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
The Shark & Carol Burnett, MFA Thesis Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Cockroach Party (as a member of the Attendant), The Track House Gallery, Oak Park, IL
Cockroach Postcard (the Attendant), The Chicago Ravioli Project (Tasty Productions/Temporary Services), Chicago, IL
2 Letters, The Chicago Ravioli Project (Tasty Productions/Temporary Services), Chicago, IL
Come As Your Grandpa, One Night Stand; PAC/edge Festival, Chicago, IL *
Love Me, Love Me Not , Unlucky in Love, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2003

String Pointing Piece, BigShowCity Festival, Olympia, WA
Soiled (as a member of Irene), Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
The Tiger Ate the Clown, Open Studio Night, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2002

The Listening Corridor, The Blow Talent Show, Schuba’s Tavern, Chicago, IL

2001

Improv #8 (with Zack Lenihan), Field Show, R.E.D. Studio, Seattle, WA
Improv #7 (with Zack Lenihan), 12 Minutes Max, On the Boards, Seattle, WA
Improv #6 (with Zack Lenihan), Evening of short Performances, Midnight Sun, Olympia, WA
Rehearsing Edward Albee, BigShowCity Festival, Olympia, WA

1999

In Case of Emergency, Salon, Black Lake Grange, Olympia, WA

ACTING & DIRECTING:
2009 Theater Role: we are destroyed (by Howard Fishman, dir. Ed Schmidt), Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2005 Dance Role: PDA (dir. Jennifer Allen & Sarah Ross), Intimate and Epic, Small Acts for the City, Chicago, IL
2004 Film Role: Civil War Soldier, "21 Lives of Billy the Kid" (Feature Length, 2005)
2003 Dance Role: Fish, Katsura Kan’s Curious Fish, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000 Under the Bed (Director/Performer with Molly Robertson), The Midnight Sun Performance Space, Olympia, WA
Film Role: Returning Student/Young Master/Good Guy, Untitled (10min, Kung-Fu Film)
Event Role: Fantasy Blackjack and Craps Dealer, Fantasy Casinos, Seattle and Tacoma, WA
1999-00 Phone Role: Tarot Card Reader, Magical Journeys, Olympia, WA
1999 Fashion Show Role: Stage Hand, You Move in a Fashion, 14th annual Olympia Film Festival
Theater Role: Informant, “X-Files” Adventure, Olympia, WA
Theater Role: Nugget, Sad Café, various locations, Olympia, WA
1997-00 Member of Cracked Dog Ensemble
Collaboratively created and performed four evening length theater pieces, Olympia, WA
1997 Theater Role: Director, Six Characters in Search of an Author, the Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Film Role: Bartender, "Murder" (10min, Student Film)

PRODUCTION & CURATION
2006/2007 For Public Consumption, Co-Curator, Hyde Park Art Center/Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2006 Thaw, a benefit for Links Hall Performance Space, Co-Curator, Sonotheque, Chicago, IL
2005-06 Interviews with Chicago Performance Artists, www.ErikAndTheAnimals.com
2005 UnderRock Productions' Summer Series, Artistic Director, Chicago, IL
2004 Unlucky in Love, Lead Facilitator, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001 Mason County Literacy: A Community of Learners (video), Mason County Literacy, Shelton, WA
2001 Evening of Short Performances, Curator, Midnight Sun performance space, Fall ArtsWalk, Olympia, WA
2000-02 BigShowCity Festival, Founder and Co-director (with Elizabeth Lord), Olympia, WA
1999 Salon (with Zack Lenihan), Co-Produced evening length performance event and dinner, Olympia, WA
1998 Haunted House (as member of Cracked Dog), Capital Theater, 15th annual Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA
1996-97 Lucid Oona, Co-editor (with Midori Baer) poetry magazine, Charlottesville, VA

LECTURES/PRESNTATIONS:
Chicago Painting, UnderRock Productions, 2005
Visiting Artist/Panelist, Anne Wilson's Interdisciplinary Seminar, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2004
Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2003

WRITING:
For Public Consumption Blog, www.HydeParkArt.org, 2007
Performance Criticism, www.ErikAndTheAnimals.com, Ongoing

AFFILIATIONS:
2005 Little Arts Society
Performance Studies International
2004 & 2006 Member of the College Art Association
2003-04 Associate, Integral University’s Art Domain, http://integralinstitute.org
2002-03 Member of Integral Salon of Art, Boulder, CO

PRESS:
Interview, WHPK’s The Art Museum of Chicago with Nathaniel McLin, 2007
New City Weekly, Tip of the Week: Drive By Performance Series, 2005

COMPUTER & EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE:
PC and Mac OS. Microsoft Office Suite, iLife Suite, Soundedit, Soundtrack, Final Cut HD, Internet Explorer/Netscape/Safari, Dreamweaver, Illustrator and Photoshop. Can troubleshoot Mac OS.

Taught orientations to GL1 & 2, DAT & Mini Disk Recorders, Video Projectors, Photo Light Kit, Mic Kit, and Mavica Digitial Still Camera. Experienced with Canon ZR model and Sony DV Cameras, iPod, PDA’s with Palm OS, Network Routers, VHS editing deck, Audio Mixing Board, Lighting for Photo and Theater, 35mm Camera.