Mark Joseph Chmiel

5795 Lakeview Terrace

Lake View, NY 14085
mchmiel@fredoonia.edu
(716) 796-1574
http://chmielarts.weebly.com/

EDUCATION
State University of New York at Fredonia

- Bachelor of Fine Arts in

Sculpture
August 2013 - Expected to graduate May 2017

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Visual Concepts (Art History), Fredonia NY - Teaching Assistant
Fall 2016

Assists professor in fabricating/grading quizzes and papers, assist in

class discussions, notate participation
Meets with professor on regular basis, leads student study sessions,
available to students

New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) School of Visual
Arts at Fredonia - Teaching Assistant/Supplier
Summer 2016

Supply classroom materials, supply runs, organizes warehouse

Gallery set-up for faculty and student shows
Meets with artistic director and staff
Assists students with project ideas/fabrication, studio processes,
tools, and materials
Assists professor in class set-up, overseeing studio cleanliness and
safety, aid to students

3D Form and Content (Sculpture), Fredonia NY - Teaching Assistant

Spring 2016

Assists students with project ideas/fabrication, studio processes,

tools, and workshop machinery
Assists professor in class set-up, overseeing studio cleanliness and
safety, grading and critiquing artwork

WORK EXPERIENCE
Residence Life, Fredonia NY - Resident Assistant
August 2014 - PRESENT

Engages with residents on a frequent basis; counselor/ mediator

Weekly Duty Nights and scheduled Duty Weekends (On call, present
within building, desk hours, rounds of the dorms, inspect
maintenance of building, writes logs and incident reports).
Conducts 5 hall programs per semester (collaborative, budgets
funds)
Trained for various situations such as roommate conflicts, drugs &
alcohol, domestic violence, mental health, etc.

Erie County Fair Creative Arts Department, Hamburg NY - Docent

August 2012 - PRESENT

Assists with intake/set up of approximately 2,000 submitted artworks

and photographs
Interacts with the general public
Watchover/ protects artwork

Faculty Student Association (FSA), Fredonia NY -Student Leader at

Cranston Marche
August 2013 - May 2014

Knowledge/ability of all dining hall positions (pizza/pasta chef, grill,

ice cream bar, dishroom, etc) ; maintains dining hall
switchover/closing
Directs/manages other student workers; aids state employees
Promoted to Student Leader for Spring Semester

La Galleria, Orchard Park, NY - Waiter/Busser/Kitchen

Prep/Groundsman
March 2012 - 2015

Caters to weddings, funerals, private parties; maintained property

Works under pressure; tends to guests

Summer Exploration Program, St. Francis High School, Athol Springs

NY - Counselor
July 2011 - July 2012

Responsibility of 6-8th grade boys

Proctors sports, activities, classroom, and field trips
Assists head directors

Exhibitions
2017 (Forthcoming Spring; Group)
Senior Show 1 (currently untitled): Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery,
Fredonia NY
Fredonia Biannual Student Showcase: Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery,
Fredonia NY
Human Figure Show (currently untitled): Emmitt Christian Gallery, Fredonia
NY

2016 (Group)
NYSSSA Faculty Exhibition: Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Fredonia NY
Route Five Warehouse Pop-up Exhibition (site specific); Dunkirk, NY

2015 (Group, Site Specific)

Inside the Box: Rockefeller Arts Center, Fredonia NY
Library Show: Reed Library, Fredonia NY
Site Specific Installation, Childs Play : Emmitt Christian Gallery, Fredonia
NY
Live from Forest Hills, Its Saturday Night!: Forest Hills Cemetery, Fredonia
NY
Site Specific Installation, Photoparousia : Rockefeller Arts Center, Fredonia
NY