M. Sean McGuinness
1100 West Fairhill Dr., West Columbia, SC, 29170
shingoji@gmail.com

Online Gallery
That Godzilla Guy: neomonsterisland.com and facebook.com/scgodzillaguy

NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
South Carolina State Fair 2014 Fine Arts Exhibit – Purchase Patron Award [Monet-Gogh Mash-Up]
Free Times – Visual Artist of the Year 2014 Writer’s Choice Award Winner
Free Times – Visual Artist of the Year 2014 People’s Choice Runner-Up
Free Times – Visual Artist of the Year 2012, 2013, 2014 Nominee
Columbia Museum of Art – Nominee: Contemporaries at the Columbia Museum of Art: Artist of the Year 2013, April [Impressionable Godzilla, Tripping Blue Sky]
Columbia Museum of Art – Nominee: Contemporaries at the Columbia Museum of Art: Artist of the Year 2012, April [1954 in 1865]

2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Open Studio Tour, participant, featured artist on WACH 57 and State Newspaper
Time for Art, one charity piece, April
The Vagina Monologues, one charity piece, February
Art for Africa, three charity pieces, February
Columbia Museum of Art, Blackjack Ball/Silent Auction, two charity pieces, February
Blacksmith Priory Art Show and Sale, two charity pieces, January

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Tapp’s Arts Center: “A Necessary Monster”, window display, February
2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Comics & Code: Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michegan City, November – January
Tapp’s Arts Center: Featured artist, assistant talent wrangler for Hiroshima…Never Forget
Trustus Theater: Featured artist for Evil Dead – The Musical, June 20th – July 26th
EdVenture: Mini Maker’s Faire, June 14th
Fill in the Blank, June 5th, First Thursday street event
Spring Fling, May, Tapps’ Arts Center, three featured pieces
Monsters on Main Street, April 3rd
First Thursdays on Main Street Outdoor Headlining Event. Also featured at the Tapps’ Arts Center window display for the month of April.
Tapps’ Arts Center. April 3rd, Imagine If: Sexual Assault Awareness, two art pieces.
Villa Ville Cola, artist village, March 8th
Zapow: Ashville, NC, January – April
Columbia Museum of Art, Fire and Ice Ball, January 24th, two charity art pieces
The Vagina Monologues, February 14th-16th, three charity pieces

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Moss Bluff Public Library, Lake Charles, Louisiana: Guest of Honor, November 2014
Bubble Tea Café: Featured artist, May 2014 – August 2014
Woodlands at Furman, Greenville, SC, January 2014
College Grounds, January 19th – March 3rd

2013
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Studio 701, AAF Charity Event, August 2013
Tapps Arts Center
“Godzilla Photobomb”, Alcove Display, December 2013
“Art of Godzillafication”, Alcove Display, September 2013
“The Animal Attraction”, July 2013, six works submitted for charity fundraising
Gallery 80808 / Vista Gallery, Artfields E X T E N D E D, May 2013
“Morning After” and “Birth of Legend”
Workshop Theater, May 2013, “Kaiju For A New World”
Artfields: Lake City, SC, “Morning After”, April 2013
Nickelodean Theater, January, Design the Sign Contest, “Godzilla Silhouette”
Columbia Museum of Art
“1×100” Gallery, July – September, “Dey Took Owr Jobs!”
“Contemporaries Artist of the Year” April “Impressionable Godzilla” and “Tripping Blue Sky”

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Red Door Tavern, “Monsters of Art”, November
College Grounds “The Godzilla Monologues” – February 17th – March 31st
[featured on ABC local affiliate WOLO].
Tapp’s Arts Center: Window Display/Performance Art, July
“Godzilla Takes Main Street”, Studio One
“The Giant Monster Songbook”, June-July
“In Memoriam”, January

2012
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
South Carolina State Fair, Amateur Art Exhibition “1954 in 1865”, October
Columbia Museum of Art
“Contemporaries Artist of the Year” April 2012 “1954 in 1865”

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Tapp’s Arts Center: Window Display/Performance Art
“I’m Dreaming of a Godzilla Christmas”, November – December
“How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Godzilla”, September – October
Tapp’s Arts Center Courtyard, Art Peddling
September 2012, “Meet Godzilla @ Tapp’s”, Tapp’s Courtyard
The Art Bar: Blue Lady Lounge
“Godzillafications”, July 19th – August 12th

CONVENTIONS / ART FESTIVALS
Punk Monkey – “Free Comic Book Day”, May 2015
Retro-Mega-Comic-Con, April 2015
Atomacon, November 2014
G-Fest, July 2014
Scares That Cares, June 2014
Wizard World Atlanta, May 2014
Scratch N’ Spin – “Free Comic Book Day”, May 2014
Mad Monster Party – March 2014, 2015
Roundcon – August 2011, 2013, 2013
Monstercon – July 2013, 2014
Art Bar Agora – April/August 2013, April/November 2014
Maru-Con – March 2013, January 2014
Banzai-Con – October 2012, 2013
Cola-Con – Columbia Museum of Art, October 2011, 2012
Heroes & Dragons – “Free Comic Book Day”, May 2012 and 2013
Nashi-Con – March 2009 – 2015, Guest of Honor

PUBLICATIONS
Fig Magazine, Feature Blogger, January 2013, Premiere Blogger, December 2013
Free Times, August 21st, “That Godzilla Guy” Arts & Lifestyle Article
Jasper Magazine – Artist to Watch, September 2012, 1st Year Anniversary Issue

BACKGROUND
Twisted Kaiju Theater – self-published photographic webcomic, August 8th, 2000 to August 8th, 2013.