Maggie Michael
Works
Exhibitions
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Maggie Michael
born in Milwaukee, USA
lives and works in Washington, USA
Education
1996 BFA, with honors, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2000 MA, San Francisco State University, San Francisco
2002 MFA, American University, Washington
Exhibitions
2024
Union Market District, Summer Exhibtion Space, Understory, Washington, USA (SOLO)
2023
American University Museum, Barlow Gilotty Collection, USA
Trawick Contemporary Art Award 20 th Anniversary Exhibition, USA
Pines of Arcadia, See What You Feel, Arcadia, USA
Mesquite Arts Center, Take me to the River: Healing Waters, Mesquite, Texas, USA
2022
American University Museum, Fields and Formations, Washington, USA
2021
The Delaware Contemporary, Fields and Formations, Wilmington, USA
418 Gallery, Cetate Arts Danube, Munich, Germany
Formerly WAS, two-person exhibition with Caitlin Teal Price, Adjacency is a kind of Order, Pairing Painting and Photography, Washington, USA
Nonalignedart, Hello, lagsbrun Studios, Washington, USA
2020
DCAC, Wall Mountables, USA
2019
The Phillips Collection, One on One: Maggie Michael/Arthur Dove--Depth of Field, Washington, USA (SOLO)
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Synergy, USA
2018
Studio Residency, Even the Clouds are not Finished, Krakow, Poland (SOLO)
DCAC, Another Dimension, Washington, USA
An Art Space, Entitled, Washington, USA
2017
G Fine Art, Cubes and Pyramids Share the Same Base, Washington, USA (SOLO)
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Is Separate Ever Equal?, Washington, USA
Site 57, Play it First, New York, USA
American University, Alper Initiative for Washington Art, Trawick Prize Anniversary Exhibition, USA
2016
American University Museum, A Phrase Hung in Midair as if Frozen, Washington, USA (SOLO)
IM ERSTEN, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Vienna, Austria
Eyes Open to the Night – Museum Night 2016, Belgrade, Serbia
Osztrak Kulturalis Forum, Budapest, Hungary
2015
G Fine Art, Colored Grounds and Perfect Xs, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Austrian Embassy, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Washington, USA
ESXLA Gallery, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Los Angeles, USA
2014
Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Some Threads are Loosely Tied, Ghent, Belgium, USA (SOLO)
Cecilia Jaime Gallery, We Are Here, Ghent Belgium
Kuelhaus Berlin, Closer to Gaza, Berlin, Germany
Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Summer Camp, Ghent, Belgium
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, USA
2013
G Fine Art, Group Exhibition, Washington, USA
Addison/Ripley, SIGIL |ˈsijəl|, Washington, USA
Siamo Quel Che Mangiamo/Sustenance and Art, Milan, Italy
2012
418 Gallery, Cetate IV, Bucharest, Romania
Dark Room, Ghent, Belgium
G Fine Art, Fast Forward Rewind, Washington, USA
Pocket Utopia, Lyrical Color, New York
Addison/Ripley Fine Art, All My Friends are Painters, Washington D.C., USA
Transformer and Fathom Gallery, Visual AIDS, ReMixed Messages, in connection with the International Aids Conference 2012, WDC, USA
2011
G Fine Art, There is No Rising or Setting Sun, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Hamiltonian Gallery of Art, Call and Response: Textures, visual artists in response/collaboration with writers, Washington, USA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art since 1945, WDC, USA
STUDIO, Liberté Mutuelle, Paris, France
2010
George Mason University, Tattoos of Ships, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (SOLO)
Green Gallery West, The Logic of Sense, Same as it Ever Was, Milwaukee, USA (SOLO)
Pocket Utopia, a satellite exhibition by Austin Thomas, New York, USA
Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, USA
Catalyst, Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Art Center, WDC, USA
Mixology II: Photography, A Benefit Exhibition for Doctors Without Borders, Curators Office, WDC, USA
Artscape, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA
Tanzschuleprojects, Halbjahresgaben, Munich, Germany
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art since 1945, WDC, USA
2009
Pocket Utopia, Emotional Infinity (Subtitling Houellebecq’s The Elementary Particles), Brooklyn, New York, USA (SOLO)
Art Space, Unspoken (Nothing Says More), New Haven, USA (SOLO)
Art Space, Unspoken, (Compass Series with Dan Steinhilber), New Haven, USA
Take Me to the River, International Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey
WPA Auction Exhibition, curated by Matthew Witkovsky, Katzen Art Center, American University, WDC, USA
KGP, Kris Graves Projects, Pocket Utopia Flatfiles, Brooklyn, New York, USA
China Art Objects, 1999 10 year Anniversary Show, Los Angeles, USA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Recent Acquisitions, Washington, USA
2008
G Fine Art, All at Once, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Rule, Foreground Memory, Denver, USA (SOLO)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Currents: Recent Acquisitions, WDC, USA v The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar (The Lab), Silent Films and Bedroom Paintings, Lakewood, USA
Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Turning Point: The Demise of Modernism, and the Rebirth of Meaning in American Art, Provo, USA
Arlington Art Center, Take Me to the River, Arlington, USA
G Fine Art, Water, Water, Washington, USA
Gallery Four, Asterism, Baltimore, USA
2007
Rule Gallery, Peep Show, Denver, USA
Pulse Art Fair, New York, New York, USA
WPA Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, WDC (curated by Anne Ellegood, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden), Aqua Art Fair, Miami, USA
2006
G Fine Art, Open End, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Ambrosino Gallery, Conversations, Miami, USA
Street Scenes: Art not Ads, mobile truck project in Washington, USA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from theCollection, Washington, USA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, New Acquisitions, Washington, USA
Wichita Falls Art Museum, Take Me to the River, Wichita Falls, USA
Monica Lorduy, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Maryland Art Place, Critc’s Residency Program (Lilly Wei), Baltimore, USA
McDaniel College, Liquid/Solid (curated by Cara Ober), Westminster, USA
2005
Lump Gallery/Projects, Worse for the Better, Raleigh, USA (SOLO)
Rule, (T)rain, Denver, USA (SOLO)
Branch Gallery,Two for the See-Saw (curated by Bill Thelen), Carrboro, USA
G Fine Art, Blasts (curated by Paul Brewer), Washington, USA
Rule, Lure, Denver, USA
Arlington Arts Center, State of The Art (curated by Stephen Phillips), Arlington, USA
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Homegrown (curated bymJosh Rickards), Winston-Salem, USA
Gallery Four, I Want to See, Baltimore, USA
OmniArt, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
2004
G Fine Art, Run, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Kimberly Venardos, Selections, New York, USA
Julie Baker Fine Art, Spring, Grass Valley, USA
Flashpoint/WPA/C, Anonymous, Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Washington, USA
Gallery Four, Baltimore, USA
Second Street Gallery, DC NOW (curated by Stacey Schmidt), Charlottesville, USA
Bank, Kinetic: New Media and Painting, Los Angeles, USA
2003
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Census (curated by Paul Brewer), Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Drawing, Washington, USA
Kimberly Venardos , Maggie Michael, Dan Steinhilber, New York, USA
McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 4, McLean, USA
Mexican Cultural Institute, Fission/Fusion Contemporary Art from Mexico and USA (curated by Gabriela Molina and Berta Kolteniuk), Washington, USA
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Painting! (curated by Julia Morrisroe), Mount Pleasant, USA
2002
G Fine Art, Clones, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Decatur Blue, DB Sides, Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Nine Painters, Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Summer 2002, Washington, USA
Watkins Gallery, Thesis, Washington, USA
Julie Baker Fine Art, Bakerˆs Dozen, Grass Valley, USA
2001
Anton Gallery, Washington, USA
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
I Street Studios Gallery, Washington, USA
Watkins Gallery, MFA Show, Washington, USA
2000
Studio 7/Warehouse, Art Romp, Washington, USA
Grants
2022-2015 Artist Fellowship Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
2017 Artist Honoree, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
2013 Artist Fellowship Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
2011 Mural commission through the Office of ART in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, for the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania
2009 Banff Centre for the Arts, 05 Thematic Residency with Jan Verwoert: Why are Conceptual Artists Painting Again? Because They Think it is a Good Idea. Banff, Alberta, Canada
2008 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship: The Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art: the National Museums of Asian Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, with a focus on Hindu Shiva and Vishnu sculptures. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with a focus on historical and contemporary film.
2008 The Trawick Prize, Best in Show, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards Jurors: Molly Donovan, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Irene Hofman, Director of the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; Leah Stoddard, Independent Curator, Charlottesville
2006-2007 Artist at Work, Resident Artist Program, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant
2004 Artist Fellowship, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
2004 Young Artist Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Smithsonian American Art Museum
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The Phillips Collection, Washington
Washingtonia Collection and Art Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington
US Embassy in Barbados
US Embassy in Romania (large scale mural)
Watkins Collection, American University, Washington
Wilson Building, Washington
University of Maryland, College Park
Federal Reserve Board, Washington
lives and works in Washington, USA
Education
1996 BFA, with honors, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2000 MA, San Francisco State University, San Francisco
2002 MFA, American University, Washington
Exhibitions
2024
Union Market District, Summer Exhibtion Space, Understory, Washington, USA (SOLO)
2023
American University Museum, Barlow Gilotty Collection, USA
Trawick Contemporary Art Award 20 th Anniversary Exhibition, USA
Pines of Arcadia, See What You Feel, Arcadia, USA
Mesquite Arts Center, Take me to the River: Healing Waters, Mesquite, Texas, USA
2022
American University Museum, Fields and Formations, Washington, USA
2021
The Delaware Contemporary, Fields and Formations, Wilmington, USA
418 Gallery, Cetate Arts Danube, Munich, Germany
Formerly WAS, two-person exhibition with Caitlin Teal Price, Adjacency is a kind of Order, Pairing Painting and Photography, Washington, USA
Nonalignedart, Hello, lagsbrun Studios, Washington, USA
2020
DCAC, Wall Mountables, USA
2019
The Phillips Collection, One on One: Maggie Michael/Arthur Dove--Depth of Field, Washington, USA (SOLO)
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Synergy, USA
2018
Studio Residency, Even the Clouds are not Finished, Krakow, Poland (SOLO)
DCAC, Another Dimension, Washington, USA
An Art Space, Entitled, Washington, USA
2017
G Fine Art, Cubes and Pyramids Share the Same Base, Washington, USA (SOLO)
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Is Separate Ever Equal?, Washington, USA
Site 57, Play it First, New York, USA
American University, Alper Initiative for Washington Art, Trawick Prize Anniversary Exhibition, USA
2016
American University Museum, A Phrase Hung in Midair as if Frozen, Washington, USA (SOLO)
IM ERSTEN, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Vienna, Austria
Eyes Open to the Night – Museum Night 2016, Belgrade, Serbia
Osztrak Kulturalis Forum, Budapest, Hungary
2015
G Fine Art, Colored Grounds and Perfect Xs, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Austrian Embassy, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Washington, USA
ESXLA Gallery, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Los Angeles, USA
2014
Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Some Threads are Loosely Tied, Ghent, Belgium, USA (SOLO)
Cecilia Jaime Gallery, We Are Here, Ghent Belgium
Kuelhaus Berlin, Closer to Gaza, Berlin, Germany
Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Summer Camp, Ghent, Belgium
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, USA
2013
G Fine Art, Group Exhibition, Washington, USA
Addison/Ripley, SIGIL |ˈsijəl|, Washington, USA
Siamo Quel Che Mangiamo/Sustenance and Art, Milan, Italy
2012
418 Gallery, Cetate IV, Bucharest, Romania
Dark Room, Ghent, Belgium
G Fine Art, Fast Forward Rewind, Washington, USA
Pocket Utopia, Lyrical Color, New York
Addison/Ripley Fine Art, All My Friends are Painters, Washington D.C., USA
Transformer and Fathom Gallery, Visual AIDS, ReMixed Messages, in connection with the International Aids Conference 2012, WDC, USA
2011
G Fine Art, There is No Rising or Setting Sun, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Hamiltonian Gallery of Art, Call and Response: Textures, visual artists in response/collaboration with writers, Washington, USA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art since 1945, WDC, USA
STUDIO, Liberté Mutuelle, Paris, France
2010
George Mason University, Tattoos of Ships, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (SOLO)
Green Gallery West, The Logic of Sense, Same as it Ever Was, Milwaukee, USA (SOLO)
Pocket Utopia, a satellite exhibition by Austin Thomas, New York, USA
Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, USA
Catalyst, Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Art Center, WDC, USA
Mixology II: Photography, A Benefit Exhibition for Doctors Without Borders, Curators Office, WDC, USA
Artscape, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA
Tanzschuleprojects, Halbjahresgaben, Munich, Germany
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art since 1945, WDC, USA
2009
Pocket Utopia, Emotional Infinity (Subtitling Houellebecq’s The Elementary Particles), Brooklyn, New York, USA (SOLO)
Art Space, Unspoken (Nothing Says More), New Haven, USA (SOLO)
Art Space, Unspoken, (Compass Series with Dan Steinhilber), New Haven, USA
Take Me to the River, International Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey
WPA Auction Exhibition, curated by Matthew Witkovsky, Katzen Art Center, American University, WDC, USA
KGP, Kris Graves Projects, Pocket Utopia Flatfiles, Brooklyn, New York, USA
China Art Objects, 1999 10 year Anniversary Show, Los Angeles, USA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Recent Acquisitions, Washington, USA
2008
G Fine Art, All at Once, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Rule, Foreground Memory, Denver, USA (SOLO)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Currents: Recent Acquisitions, WDC, USA v The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar (The Lab), Silent Films and Bedroom Paintings, Lakewood, USA
Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Turning Point: The Demise of Modernism, and the Rebirth of Meaning in American Art, Provo, USA
Arlington Art Center, Take Me to the River, Arlington, USA
G Fine Art, Water, Water, Washington, USA
Gallery Four, Asterism, Baltimore, USA
2007
Rule Gallery, Peep Show, Denver, USA
Pulse Art Fair, New York, New York, USA
WPA Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, WDC (curated by Anne Ellegood, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden), Aqua Art Fair, Miami, USA
2006
G Fine Art, Open End, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Ambrosino Gallery, Conversations, Miami, USA
Street Scenes: Art not Ads, mobile truck project in Washington, USA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from theCollection, Washington, USA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, New Acquisitions, Washington, USA
Wichita Falls Art Museum, Take Me to the River, Wichita Falls, USA
Monica Lorduy, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Maryland Art Place, Critc’s Residency Program (Lilly Wei), Baltimore, USA
McDaniel College, Liquid/Solid (curated by Cara Ober), Westminster, USA
2005
Lump Gallery/Projects, Worse for the Better, Raleigh, USA (SOLO)
Rule, (T)rain, Denver, USA (SOLO)
Branch Gallery,Two for the See-Saw (curated by Bill Thelen), Carrboro, USA
G Fine Art, Blasts (curated by Paul Brewer), Washington, USA
Rule, Lure, Denver, USA
Arlington Arts Center, State of The Art (curated by Stephen Phillips), Arlington, USA
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Homegrown (curated bymJosh Rickards), Winston-Salem, USA
Gallery Four, I Want to See, Baltimore, USA
OmniArt, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
2004
G Fine Art, Run, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Kimberly Venardos, Selections, New York, USA
Julie Baker Fine Art, Spring, Grass Valley, USA
Flashpoint/WPA/C, Anonymous, Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Washington, USA
Gallery Four, Baltimore, USA
Second Street Gallery, DC NOW (curated by Stacey Schmidt), Charlottesville, USA
Bank, Kinetic: New Media and Painting, Los Angeles, USA
2003
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Census (curated by Paul Brewer), Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Drawing, Washington, USA
Kimberly Venardos , Maggie Michael, Dan Steinhilber, New York, USA
McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 4, McLean, USA
Mexican Cultural Institute, Fission/Fusion Contemporary Art from Mexico and USA (curated by Gabriela Molina and Berta Kolteniuk), Washington, USA
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Painting! (curated by Julia Morrisroe), Mount Pleasant, USA
2002
G Fine Art, Clones, Washington, USA (SOLO)
Decatur Blue, DB Sides, Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Nine Painters, Washington, USA
G Fine Art, Summer 2002, Washington, USA
Watkins Gallery, Thesis, Washington, USA
Julie Baker Fine Art, Bakerˆs Dozen, Grass Valley, USA
2001
Anton Gallery, Washington, USA
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
I Street Studios Gallery, Washington, USA
Watkins Gallery, MFA Show, Washington, USA
2000
Studio 7/Warehouse, Art Romp, Washington, USA
Grants
2022-2015 Artist Fellowship Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
2017 Artist Honoree, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
2013 Artist Fellowship Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
2011 Mural commission through the Office of ART in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, for the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania
2009 Banff Centre for the Arts, 05 Thematic Residency with Jan Verwoert: Why are Conceptual Artists Painting Again? Because They Think it is a Good Idea. Banff, Alberta, Canada
2008 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship: The Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art: the National Museums of Asian Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, with a focus on Hindu Shiva and Vishnu sculptures. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with a focus on historical and contemporary film.
2008 The Trawick Prize, Best in Show, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards Jurors: Molly Donovan, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Irene Hofman, Director of the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; Leah Stoddard, Independent Curator, Charlottesville
2006-2007 Artist at Work, Resident Artist Program, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant
2004 Artist Fellowship, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
2004 Young Artist Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Smithsonian American Art Museum
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The Phillips Collection, Washington
Washingtonia Collection and Art Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington
US Embassy in Barbados
US Embassy in Romania (large scale mural)
Watkins Collection, American University, Washington
Wilson Building, Washington
University of Maryland, College Park
Federal Reserve Board, Washington
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