NICK MERYHEW
651.491.5135 | nmeryhew3@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2015 BM Trombone Performance: DePaul University
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2023 Artist in Residence, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music
2022 Individual Artist Support Grant, Illinois Arts Council
2019 Individual Artist Program Award, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
2018 Artist in Residence (with Mocrep), Stanford University, Stanford CA
2018 Individual Artist Program Award, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
2017 Artist in Residence (with Mocrep), Mana Contemporary Chicago
2016 Artist in Residence (with Mocrep), Dfbr8r Performance Art Gallery, Chicago
2016 Young Ensemble in Residence (with Mocrep), Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany
PERFORMANCES/EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024
Tallulah Bankheist at Studio Z, with Hedra Rowan, Studio Z, Minneapolis, MN
Tallulah Bankheist, Mrs. Hands, and Direct Mutant Action, with Hedra Rowan, Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Heavy Tiny with Peter Maunu/Carol Genetti, presented by Amalgam Records, May Chapel at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Sarcoma Cycle: Nanoblade 1998, Spring Break 2020, and The Mourning Light 2050, sound design with Runaway Labs Theater, 15 show run at the Color Club, Chicago, IL
Paradise Complete Album Release with Allen Moore and Honestly Same, presented by Amalgam Records, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
2023
Improvisation Group Lawrence University (IGLU) Spring Concert, guest artist with Sam Scranton, Lawrence University, Appleton WI
Paradise Complete//Andrew Tham//Physique Midwest Tour, with Bryn Davis, Public Works Gallery (Chicago), Mirrorlab (Minneapolis), Communication (Madison)
Accident Fest 3, with Tallulah Bankheist, Tritriangle, Chicago
Elastic Arts AV Festival, with Allen Moore and Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson, Elastic Arts, Chicago
2022
Slice of Life Album Release, with Bryn Davis and Parlour Tapes+, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago
a small train going a long way, with Lia Kohl, exhibition and performance at Experimental Sound Studios Audible Gallery, Chicago
60 Songs in 60 Minutes; with the Neo-Futurists, Neo-Futurists Theater, Chicago
2021
a small train going a long way (WIP), with Lia Kohl; The Quarantine Concerts, Chicago
Noise Prom 3, with Tallulah Bankheist, Comfort Station Logan Square, Chicago
Humans have not domesticated frogs in any way, virtual recording gallery
2020
60 Songs in 60 Minutes; with the Neo-Futurists, Chicago (virtual, ongoing)
Measures of Distance, with Lia Kohl, Roman Susan Art Gallery, Chicago
Spicy Gail Tour, with Tallulah Bankheist (Hedra Rowan); Babycastles (NYC), Le Mondo (Baltimore), Ashland Gymnasium (Chicago), Trash Cats’ House (Charlottesville)
Nasim Bleeds Green, sound design and performer with Runaway Labs Theater
2019
Ritual for Exchange and Ritual for Found Things, solo works for We Series festival; Elastic Arts Center, Chicago
Big Teen Festival, with NASDAQUIRI and Black Hole Samsung; Not Not, Chicago
2018
Work Week, with Mocrep; High Concept Labs, Chicago
Work Weekend, with Mocrep; Force & Motion at Comfort Station, Chicago
Common Core Art, with Mocrep; Slate Arts, Chicago
Works by Chris Wood, Readymades, and Brendan Glasson, with Mocrep, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland CA
2017
Mocrep and Bastard Assignments, Total Refreshment Centre; London, UK
Off-Off-Human, with Mocrep and Marcela Lucatelli; Hotel Pro Forma, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pants Pants Pants, with Mocrep in collaboration with Ludwig Abraham; Munich, Germany
Mocrep Presents Lee Blalock, Lia Kohl, Jennifer Walshe. Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
2016
XXX_LIVE_NUDE_GIRLS!!! by Jennifer Walshe, with Mocrep; Mana Contemporary, IL
Just Beyond Our Instruments is the World, workshop in collaboration with Steven Kazuo Takasugi; Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany
COMMUNITY WORK AND ARTS EDUCATION
2024-present Chicago Parks District Inferno Lab Teaching Artist
2022-present Lead Instructor with Intonation Music, programs in partnership with Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Parks District
2018-present Teaching Artist with Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, programs at North Grand High School, Waters Elementary, South Shore Fine Arts, Telpochcalli Elementary, and Lakeview High School
2016- 2021 Co-curator of Gather sound and performance series, Comfort Station Logan Square
2020-2021 Creative Director of Ag47 Teen Arts Collective
2015-2017 Teaching Artist for Free Improvisation workshops, Chicago Waldorf School
RECORDINGS
Upcoming, 2024
REALM, with Tallulah Bankheist, self-released
Just an Umbra of Symmetry, with Paradise Complete, Amalgam Records
2023
Various Recordings, as various artists, Ham Bag Records
2022
Slice of Life, with Paradise Complete, Parlour Tapes+
Various Recordings, as various artists, Ham Bag Records
2020
NASDAQUIRI, YouTube Channel, with Jen Hill, Ryan Zerna, Andrew Tham, Ben Davis;
Spicy Gail, with Tallulah Bankheist, Bodymilk Tapes
Semi Precious Pizzas, with Tallulah Bankheist and Trash Cats, Bodymilk Tapes
2017
Zinc, with Eli Namay, Carol Genetti, Zach Good; Gilded Records