MIAH ARTOLA
Artist | Editor | Educator | Producer
243 East 118th Street, #2, New York, NY 10035
Email: artoladigital@gmail.com | Website: artoladigital.com | Phone: 917.386.3138
Selected One-Woman Shows
2021●The Man from Eritrea, EV Gallery, Motion-activated installation and paintings
2017●Sanctuary, Sanctuary at Sanctuary City, Governor’s Island, Artist in Residence / Paintings and audio-activated installation
2016●Far Away: Installation, The Wild Project; Three-month installation featuring motion-activated dual projections and paintings
2015●I’m Not Telling You What To Do, But You Have To Do It , Silent Barn; Interactive installation (5-month duration)
2014●The Problem of Memory, HarvestWorks; Interactive audio-activated installation
Selected Group Shows & Screenings
2025●Aqueous Memory Archive, online permanent installation●Group Show Stories of Water, Stories in Water, Rock Paper Scissors Collective●Bodies, Mixed Poetics installation “no body”, Loisaida Inc
2024●Screening at Roulette Intermedia, Phil Niblock Forever●Union Docs Showcase, Word, Sound, Power
2023●Lucky (documentary short), Maysles Documentary Center
2022●Two-person installation, EVG Stream
2021●Poetry without Boundaries, REEL/poetry, El Caballo Ahogado
2020● Visual composer, Parish Art Museum, Pennies from Heaven
2019●Featured artist, Experimental Intermedia, Screen Compositions, Kiryoku
2018●Visual composer, Cornelia Street Cafe, Sound Traffic
2017●Governor’s Island New York Poetry Festival, 3-week screening of Nicaraguan Poetry Films●Selected artist, OptoSonic Tea, Landlines, Pioneer Works
2016●Anthology Film Archives, Screening of documentary Far Away●Pier 59 Studios, Large Scale Video Installation, The Great Beauty
2015●Flamboyán Theater, Live Visualist Deer Run ●Goodbye Blue Monday Group Show, Friend of the Night
2014 ●Ft Tildon / Studio 7, Group Show, Paintings: Land and Sea
2013●Museum of Natural History, Live Visuals with Glowing Pictures Blue Blue Blue
2012●Issue Project Room, Ear to Earth Festival, Bodies in Light
Additional Venues: Ramis Barquet Gallery, 303 Gallery, Galapagos, Clocktower Gallery
Producing & Curatorial Work
2023–ongoing ●Conceived and produced Mixed Poetics showcases
2015–2020 ●Co-producer and innovator of monthly AV event Ab Uno Pluribus
Editing & Post-Production
Artola Digital, Owner | 2005–Present | New York, NY
Full-service post-production:
●Concept & narrative development/Color grading/Audio mixing and Repair
Software Expertise: Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, MaxMSP, Modul 8, Audition
Clients Include: Brooklyn Museum, DIA Chelsea, David Lee Roth, Phil Niblock, United Nations, Meredith Monk, Institute for Studies
on Latin American Art, CCS Bard, Naeem Mohaiemen, Duston Spear, Pier 59, Pat Oleszko, The American Opera Project, Queens
Museum, Museum of Natural History, SXSW, Dance Theater Workshop
Teaching Experience
2018–Present School of Visual Arts, Faculty Instructor, BFA Department (Film: Visual Critical Studies; Photo & Video)
2024–Lead Instructor, Art Interventions, Bedford Women’s Correctional Facility
2016–2017– Creative Art Works: Painting, Drawing, Design, Editing, and Documentary Workshops
2014–2015– Parsons, Time: Composition
Affiliations & Community Work
2020–Present – CAFEMIN Refugee Center, Ciudad de México
2020 – Refugee Center, New York City – WANA
2013–2018 – Member, La Esperanza, Granada, Nicaragua
2005–2020– Member, Miracle Garden, East Village, New York
Press, Grants & Residencies
2025– Participant, Aqueous Memory Archive
2022– Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts ( Sky )
2022– Press: Featured Artist, Epicenter
2021– Grant, City Artist Corps ( The Man from Eritrea )
2018– Residency, Governors Island, Sanctuary City
2017– Press: Creative Tech Week, Women in Creative Technology
2014– Co-creator, APE (Audio Peak Etcher) VJ software
2013– Author, Final Cut Pro for the Visual Mind
Education
Pratt Institute– Undergraduate Art Studies
The New School– MA in Media Studies