MIAH ARTOLA
Interdisciplinary artist
243 East 118th Street #2 • New York, NY 10035 | 917.386.3138 | artoladigital@gmail.com | artoladigital.com
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Man from Eritrea | 2021 EV Gallery, New York — Motion-activated installation incorporating painting, video, and sound.
Sanctuary at Sanctuary City | 2018 Governors Island Artist Residency, New York — Painting and audio-activated installation exploring sanctuary, migration, and public space.
Far Away | 2016The Wild Project, New York — Three-month installation featuring motion-activated dual projections and paintings.
I’m Not Telling You What To Do, But You Have To Do It | 2015 Silent Barn, New York — Interactive installation.
The Problem of Memory | 2014 Harvestworks, New York — Interactive audio-activated installation.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS & PROJECTS
2026
• We are the Resist-Ants — Battery Park, NYC; screening for Pat Oleszko production
• NOICE — MISE-EN-PLACE; Producer
• NOICE — Emily Harvey Foundation; Participant & Producer
• Vision Festival — Arts for Art / Abrons Arts Center; visual participant, two shows
• Sky — Native Lens Festival; screening
2025
• Aqueous Memory Archive — permanent online installation
• Stories of Water, Stories — Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA; four paintings
• no body — Mixed Poetics / Loisaida Inc., NYC
2024
• Phil Niblock Forever — Roulette Intermedium, NYC; screening
• UnionDocs Showcase: Word, Sound, Power
2023 • Lucky — Maysles Documentary Center; documentary short
2022 • Stream — EV Gallery, NYC; two-person installation
2021 • Poetry Without Boundaries — REEL/Poetry; El Caballo Ahogado
2020 • Visual Composer, Pennies from Heaven — Parrish Art Museum
2019 •Featured Artist, Screen Compositions: Kiryoku — Experimental Intermedia
2018 • Visual Composer, Sound Traffic — Cornelia Street Café
2017 • New York Poetry Festival — Governors Island; three-week screening of Nicaraguan poetry films • Landlines — OptoSonic Tea / Pioneer Works; selected artist
2016 • Far Away — Anthology Film Archives • The Great Beauty — Pier 59 Studios; large-scale video installation
2015 • Deer Run — Flamboyán Theater; live visualist • Wolf — Goodbye Blue Monday
2014 • Take a Moment — Fort Tilden / Studio 7
2013 • Blue Blue Blue — American Museum of Natural History; live visuals • Friend of the Night — MoMA PS1
2012 • Bodies in Light — Ear to Earth Festival / Issue Project Room
Additional venues: — 303 Gallery • Clocktower Gallery • Galapagos Art Space • Ramis Barquet Gallery
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ARTOLA DIGITAL — New York, NY
Owner / Editor / Post-Production Specialist | 2005–Present
Independent media and post-production studio specializing in concept development, narrative development, editing, color grading, audio mixing, sound restoration, and multimedia production.
• Develop and shape works from initial concept through production, editing, and final delivery. Selected Clients: United Nations • Brooklyn Museum • DIA Chelsea • David Lee Roth • Phil Niblock • Meredith Monk • Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) • CCS Bard • Naeem Mohaiemen • Duston Spear • Pier 59 Studios • Pat Oleszko • Queens Museum • American Museum of Natural History • SXSW • Dance Theater Workshop • American Opera Project • Better Homes and Gardens • Kathy Brew
TEACHING
• SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS — New York, NY Faculty Instructor | 2018–Present Departments: BFA Film • Visual & Critical Studies • Photography & Video
• BEDFORD HILLS WOMEN’S CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Art Interventions Instructor | 2024
• CREATIVE ART WORKS — New York, NY Instructor | 2016–2017
P• ARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN — New York, NY Instructor | 2014–2015 Course: Time: Composition
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & PRODUCING
NOICE (NoICE) Innovator/Producer | 2026
MIXED POETICS Founder & Producer | 2023–Present — Interdisciplinary performance and installation series
AB UNO PLURIBUS Co-Producer & Innovator | 2015–2020
GRANTS & RECOGNITION
2026 — Community Project Grant, NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes & NYC Commission on Human Rights — NOICE
2025 — Permanent Participant, Aqueous Memory Archive
2022 — NYFA NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre — Sky
2021 — City Artist Corps Grant — The Man from Eritrea
2018 — Governors Island Artist Residency — Sanctuary City
2017 — Featured Artist, Creative Tech Week: Brilliant Women in Creative Technology
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL WORK
2014 — Co-Creator, APE (Audio Peak Etcher) VJ Software
2013 — Author, Final Cut Pro for the Visual Mind
EDUCATION
The New School — M.A.
Pratt Institute — New York, NY
SELECTED TECHNICAL SKILLS
Editing & Post-Production: Adobe Premiere Pro • Final Cut Pro • DaVinci Resolve
Audio: Adobe Audition • Audio Mixing • Sound Restoration
Interactive / Visual: Max/MSP • Modul8
Media: Video • Photography • Documentary • Digital Media • Multimedia Installation • Live Visuals
Professional: Narrative Development • Editorial Development • Creative Direction • Project Management • Public Programming • Teaching & Facilitation • Community Engagement