J. Gavin
Heck
Baltimore MD 21211-1929
twogoatsmeetonabridge@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE:
To
create art, sound, write, increase public awareness & participation
in art and availability of art supplies and resources to artists,
art educators and art organizations.
EXPERIENCE:
6-8/2006
LOF Studios, Balt, MD
Co-curator, Transmogrification of Machination group show.
7/2006
Altscape,
Load of fun, Balt., MD Wrote, Produced and Performed in RAG
A short multimedia performance piece featuring Gavin Heck, Stephen
Thomas, an original soundscape and a gnome with a very runny head.
6-7/2006
Fluid Movement, Balt., MD
Performed as wrestler "Drip Dry Amigo" in a water ballet
at the Riverside Park Pool
6-7/2006
American Visonary Art Museum, Balt,
MD
Created Original Art piece for silent auction S&M (Sock &
Monkey) Bra for the Braball
6/2006
Modified "2 goats meet on a bridge" for the Charles
Village Parade, Balt., MD
Won Most Outrageous award, and a scholarship, cash prize.
5/23/2006
Operation
Waiting; 2 photos in Citypaper, Balt., MD
5/2006
Operation
Waiting, performed role of Lucky & assisted in sound design,
staging, script revision, in a version of Waiting for Godot @ LOF
studios directed by J Groves, JHU Balt., MD
9/2005-5/2006 Produced, directed a team of artists in production of
"2 goats meet on a bridge" for the Kinetic Sculpture Race
Balt., MD winning
3 awards.
12/2005
Grant Recipient from Keytech Engineering, Balt., MD for "2 goats
meet on a bridge" kinetic sculpture.
11/2005-1/1/2006
Holy Frijoles 4 original photos in gallery show. Balt, MD
9/2005
Grant Recipient from Fluid Movement, Balt., MD for "2 goats meet
on a bridge" kinetic sculpture.
8/2005
to present Event Security American Visionary Art Museum
7/2005
Artscape @ Theater Project, Balt., MD Sound designer & engineer
for 4 plays "VOD, sampler"
7/2005
Fluid Movement, Balt., MD
Performed as biker "Erik Von Zipper" in a water ballet at
the Riverside Park Pool
7/2005
Run of the Mill Theater, Balt, MD
Sound designer for 10 plays "Variations on Desire" produced
7/1-17/05
5-7/2005
Two H.A.C. Gallery, Balt., MD 5 original photos in gallery show.
2-7/2005
Run of the Mill Theater, Balt, MD
Wrote and revised original play "Coming up, Going down"
Produced 7/1-17/2005.
Review, Citypaper http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=10256
"The Kabuki-style "Coming Up, Going Down" by Gavin
Heck is the most imaginative piece."
3/2005
Radar Review, Balt., MD Review of public art event published in Radar
13.
3/2005
Fluid Movement, Balt, MD Performed as dancing shark for a fundraising
event "King Neptune's Aquarama" at the American Visionary
Arts Museum
3/2005
Grand Central, Balt., MD Wrote, Produced and Performed in "cleaning
up" for a show at Grand Central entertainment complex. Performed
3/2005.
2/2005
The Urbanite, Balt, MD Review of "the signal" Radio Show
on WYPR published in Feb 2005 edition.
2/2005
Creative Alliance, Balt, MD Performed new works @ "The Pity Party"at
the Patterson Theater, Baltimore MD.
1/2000
- 11/2004 Dark Passage Brooklyn, NY
Performed as nympho #1 in a re-enactment of "Shock Corridor"
a 50's
Film, on location in an abandoned mental institution in Northampton
MA.
http://www.darkpassage.com/parlor/corridor.htm
Performed as a man in a wheelchair in a citywide event "The last
Micronesian" http://www.darkpassage.com/parlor/macronesian.htm
Performed as a spy posing as a bouncer in a citywide event "The
lost
head of Mata hari" http://www.darkpassage.com/parlor/lost_head.htm
10/1999 - 11/2005 The Madagascar Institute Brooklyn, NY Founding Member
Performed as team captain (of team "go to jail"), "Flaming
Soccer", Ludlow Street.
Performed as Hades in a re-enactment of Orpheus's decent into Hades
on
the Williamsburg waterfront. Managed of a team of ~10 lost souls.
Performed as a priest/fire safety in "The Feast of Saint Madagascar"
on
Ludlow Street.
Performed as Old Hemmingway in a boxing match for "The Running
of the
Bulls", Brooklyn.
Performed as man in a paper bag (boxing) for "Lost Vegas",
Brooklyn.
Production assistant/head of security for "The Hurting"
a fundraiser/event.
Production assistant/DJ for NYE 2002 party.
Security/Door various events.
4/2004-8/2004
Fireworks by Grucci, Long Island NY Certified Pyrotechnician
Duties:
End to end production of national, city and private level pyrotechnics
events including electrical wiring and testing, safety, firing and
cleanup.
5/1999
- Present Topsy Crew Brooklyn, NY and Balt, MD
Founding Member, Producer Duties: Float production and construction
for the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in 1999 and 2001 and 2003, Makeover
for sculpture from the American Visionary Arts Museum for their 2005
kinetic sculpture race. Management of a team of ~10-20 artists of
various skills and interests.
Results:
1999 1st prize for best sea-creature; Coney Island Mermaid Parade
2001 1st prize trophy for best pedestrian float; Coney Island Mermaid
Parade
2003 International press attention, gallery show, permanent placement
of sculpture in Coney Island Museum
2nd prize trophy for best motorized float
"Best 100yr old dead elephant", Village Voice http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2003/detail.php?id=3819
2005 "Spirit of the Founder" award AVAM KSR,
local television, radio and print media coverage.
9/21/2003
Prospect Heights Art Tour, Brooklyn NY Open Studio Participant
7/2003
Dollhaus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Co-curator, Topsy gallery show.
4/1999
- 11/2005 Spencer Tunick NYC, NY
Photo production assistant/crowd control for mass public nude photo
shoots 2000-present in NYC and Gerlach Nevada. http://www.spencertunick.com/
1/2001
- 7/2002 Society for Experimental Arts and Learning NYC, NY
Participated as Ombudsman, Community Board Member
Managed security & Production Assistant for Blast Furnace 1 &
2 (fundraising event)
REFERENCES:
(contact info on request)
Name:
Stacey Mink
Company/ORG: Fluid Movement/One
less car
Title: Founding member/Board member
Name:
Theresa Segreti
Company/ORG: American Visionary Art
Museum
Title: Director of Design and Education
Name:
Julia Solis
Company/ORG: Creative
Preservation
Title: Founding member/Board member
modified
06/06