Mario Schambon is a Colombian-American artist, musician and composer based in Atlanta GA. New work includes commisions for Jekyll Island GA, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and original music for a modern dance performance. In addition to commisioned work he is currently developing a new body of  sculptural work based on chinese roman and egyptian mythology.
                                                                         

Origin
Bogotá, Colombia 1976

Studies
2002 Shadowlands Puppet Theatre internship Toronto, ON, Canada
1994-1996 Atlanta College of Art Atlanta, GA

Selected Solo+Duet Performances/ Exhibitions
2007 Solo percussion with live painting performance University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR
2006 Solo Performance “new ideas” BoBo Gallery Asheville, NC
2005 Battle of the Americas Duet w/Bryan Fielden Improv. Music Festival Eyedrum Atlanta, GA 
2005 Debut of original score for Richard Sudden’s "The Wreath Maker" Whitespace Atlanta, GA 
2002 "Music for Machines and Percussion" Wilfong-Remires Gallery Orlando, FL 

Selected Group Exhibitions/ Performances/Bands
2008 “Le Flash” Nuit Blanche event Atlanta GA with Scott Carter
2008 "Draw Off" Mural show Eyedrum Atlanta, GA
2007“Verses” Sunday Southern Art Revival Screen Arts St. Augustine, Fl
2007 ”Versus” Sunday Southern Art Revival Whitespace Atlanta, GA
2007 Atlanta Biennial “The Talent Show” The Contemporary Atlanta, GA
2007 Emerging Artist Exhibition Spruill Arts Center Atlanta, GA
2006 “Brothers’ Tummy” collaborative Sculpture and Drawing show Screen Arts St. Augustine FL
2006 Discophones w/ G. Long Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester TN
2006 King Bomba (debut) Eyedrum Atlanta, GA
2005 Corpreality Drawing Show Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2005”In the Kitchen” Marcia Wood Gallery Atlanta, GA
2005 “Discophone” collaboration with G. Long Art in Freedom Park- Atlanta, GA
2005 "Veneralia" Carlos Museum Atlanta, GA
2004 "Word and Praxis: John Cage" Eyedrum Atlanta, GA
2003 "I Barely Know You" Nonformation Studios Atlanta, GA
2003 "Project: SGF" SGF Building Downtown Atlanta, GA.
2002 "Bliss" Toronto Tabla Studio Toronto, ON, Canada
2001 "Soil: New music and Art" Orlando Museum of Art Orlando, FL
1999-2001 Numb Right Thumb improvisational orchestra
1998 "Dia De Los Muertos: Border Crossings" with Sina Sutter Maitland Art Center Maitland, FL                                           

Upcoming 
Drawing and Sculpture Solo show Oct. 2009 Eyedrum Atlanta, GA 

 

Workshops

Middlebury College “Cafecito” Artists’ Lecture Middlebury VT
Space One Eleven Summer community program event Kalimba and Discophone music and art w/SSAR 
Birmingham, AL
Mt. Park Elementary Music and art demonstrations Mountain Park, GA
Duluth Elementary “Art makes music makes art” demonstration Duluth, GA

Print 

Florida Times Union Jacksonville.com  “Artists memorialize slaves with new Jekyll exhibit” Carole Hawkins Nov.22, 2008
Art Papers Reviews: Spruill Art’s Emerging Artist, Sep/Oct 2007
St. Augustine Record, “You Call this Sculpcha? “, Carol Elliott October 6, 2006
Atlanta Journal and Constitution, "Counting Casualties-Wreaths mark sobering reality of Iraq war", Jerry Cullum, June 26, 2005
Creative Loafing, "Talk of the Town", Carlton Hargro, June 17, 2004
Ink 19, "Numb Right Thumb", Nirav Soni May, 2000
Maitland Art Center Publications, "Dia de Los Muertos exhibition catalogue" Maitland Fl 1998 

Patrons

Middlebury College Middlebury, VT
Morris Dees & Susan Starr Montgomery, AL 
Edgar Rivas Toronto, ON, Canada
Nannette Johnson Roswell GA
Byron Blake Atlanta, GA
Mt.Park Elementary Mountain Park. GA
Fulton County, Atlanta GA
Sarah Emerson & Jesse Cregar Atlanta, GA 
Terrence Edwards Decatur, GA

Awards

Hispanic 100 artist 1998
The Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Award for Sculpture 1994