Artist | Michelle Grabner (*1962)

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      Yellow Tile Pattern1998
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      Fuzzy Blanket 31998
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      Light Blue Flower Grid1998
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      Colander Holes1997
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      Sunshine Stretch1997
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      Or. Strip Weave1997
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      Door Screen1996
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      Exhaust Screen1996
    • Michelle Grabner

      Exhausted Screen (detail)1996

Biography

Biography

1962 born Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1989 MFA, Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University
1987 MA, Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1984 BFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1998 Home Painting, Rocket Gallery, London, England (catalogue)
1998 Safety Patterns, Rocket Gallery, London
1998 Safety Patterns, Project Space, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1998 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1998 Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1997 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1997 Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin (forthcoming CD catalogue)
1996 Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Selected Group Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

1998 Field Work, Seventh Floor Gallery & 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
1998 Michelle Grabnerljim Isermann, Gallery 16, San Francisco, California
1997 Uncomfortable Show, T Z' Art & Co, New York
1997 Some Young Fun, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1997 Post-Pop, Post-Pictures, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Illinois
1997 Distraction, TBA Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue)
1997 Cool Painting, Barat College, Chicago, Illinois
1997 Wisconsin Art Since 1990: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
1997 Art Chicago 1997, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue)
1996 ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
1996 Art Chicago 1996, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue)
1996 Mist: Kay Rosen, Julia Fish, Carla Priess and Michelle Grabner, Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1996 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin (catalogue)
1995 25 Americans: Paintings in the 90s, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin (catalogue)
1995 Summer Show, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995 First in Flight, Deson Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994 The Bridge Show, Lannon, New York
1994 Desire in Time, Time as Intimacy, UWM Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (catalogue)
1994 Group Show, Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1993 Summer Show, Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Lebergot, Stanuga, Grabner: Paintings, Lannon-Cole Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Summer Show, Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1992 Group Show, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1991 Original Sin, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, New York (catalogue)
1991 Alumni Art Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Fine Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1990 Pascbke Picks, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
1990 The Feminine Mistake, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Surface Appearance: The Painted Photograph, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1990 Domestic Realism, CAGE Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Bibliography

Bibliography

- Sans, Jerome, Home Painting, Exhibition Catalogue, Rocket Gallery, London, 1998.
- Tan, Eugene, 'Michelle Grabner: Home Painting'. contemporary visual arts, Summer 1998.
- Saltz, Jerry, 'Uncomfortable', Time Out New York5 July 3 1 -August 7, 1997, p 41.
- Smith, Courtenay, Post-Pop, Post-Pictures, Exhibition Catalogue, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, 1997.
- Kind, Joshua, 'Post-Pop, Post-Pictures', New Art Examiner, November 1997, pp S4-S5.
- Hawkins, Margaret, 'Gen X Artists Flaunt Their Indifference'. Chicago Sunday Times, September 5, 1997, p18.
- Auer, James, 'Tracking the Rising Stars in Art, Music, Dance Theater'. Milwaukee journal Sentinel, Sunday, August 24, 1997, p Cue E5.
- Wasserman, Nadine, 'Michelle Grabner at UWM Art Museum'. New Art Examiner, October 1997
- Auer, James, 'Painter's Work Takes a Deep, Concentrated look at Surfaces'. Milwaukee journal Sentinel, May 28, 1997 p 2E.
- Iannaccone, Carmine, 'Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller'. frieze, May/June 1997.
- Artner, Alan, 'Distraction'. Chicago Tribune, Friday, May 2, 1997, Tempo p2
- Pagel, David, 'Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller'. Los Angeles Times, Thursday, January 20, 1997, Section F, pl.
- Forgacs, Eva, 'Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller'. Art Issues., March/April 1997.
- Carley, Michal, 'Michelle Grabner at Hermetic Gallery'. Art Papers, March/April, 1997.
- Aukeman, Anastasia, 'Small Budget, Large Ambition', Artnews (Special: The Cutting Edge) October 1996, pp 46-54.
- Auer, James, 'State Wide Show Embraces Vast Array of Styles'. Milwaukee journal Sentinel, Sunday, November 3, 1996, pp 1 & 7.
- Taylor, Sue, 'Michelle Grabner at Ten in One Gallery'. Art in America, September 1996, pp 115-116.
- Yood, James, 'Michelle Grabner at Ten in One Gallery'. Artforum, Summer 1996, p 112.
- Scarborough, James, 'Michelle Grabner at Ten in One Gallery'. New Art Examiner, April 1996, pp 43-44.
- Porge, Timothy, 'In With the Out Crowd', Dialogue, May-June 1996, pp 14-15.
- Artner, Alan, 'Domestic Turns Abstract in Grabner's Work', Chicago Tribune, March 22, 1996, Section 7, p 22.
- Sobel, Dean, 2S Americans: Painting in the 90s, Exhibition Catalogue, Milwaukee Art Museum 199S.
- Auer, Jim, 'Seductive and Sensational: Art Museum Exhibit Embraces Pluralism', Milwaukee journal Sentinel, September 10, 199S, pp 1 & 15.
- Carley, Michal Ann, Desire in Time, Time as Intimacy, Exhibition Catalogue, UWM Art Museum 1994.
- Paine, Janice T, 'Clockwork: Exhibit a Matter of Time'. Milwaukee Sentinel, March 18, 1994, p 14E.
- Auer, James, 'Artists Offer Challenge to Perceptions of Time', Milwaukee Journal, March 3, 1994, p E5.
- Vansen, Leslie, 'Fine Arts Talk: Interview with Michal Ann Carley'. WUWM Public Radio, Milwaukee, March 1994.
- Sullivan, Jennifer, 'Art Explores Comfort and Death'. The Daily Vidette, Bloomington, Illinois April 1S, 1993, p 10.
- Ligocki, Gordon, 'Woman Show Make Personal Statement'. Hammond Times, July 12, 1991, p F4.
- McCracken, David, 'Grabner Still in Search of a Personal Style'. Cbicago Tribune, June 14, 1991, p66.
- Green, Roger, 'Catch a Rising Fish Head'. The Times-Picayune, March 22, 1991, p 13.
- Argyropoulos, Andy, 'Paschke's Picks', New Art Examiner, December 1990, p 43.
- Paine, Janice T, 'Michelle Grabner at Metropolitan Gallery'. Milwaukee Sentinel, October 12, 1990, p13.
- Auer, James, 'Metropolitan', Milwaukee journal, October, 7,1990, p E10.
- McCracken, David, 'Gallery Scene', Cbicago Tribune, October 5, 1990, p 58.
- Fishman, Ted C, "Paschke's Proteges, New City, September 27, 1990, p 20.
- Condon, Elizabeth, 'The Feminine Mystique Mistake'. New Art Examiner, March 1990, p 41.
- Schultz, Jerome, 'Postmodernism: A Spectacle of Reflexivity'. New Art Examiner, June 1987, p 55-56.
- Jensen, Dean, 'Artists' Wit Defuses Elitism', Milwaukee Sentinel, April 3, 1987, pp 21-22.

Awards

Awards

1997 Nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Fellowship
1996 Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship
1991 Alumni Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Selected Public & Private Collections

Selected Public & Private Collections

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Madison Art Center, Madison,Wisconsin
Jeffrey Winters, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Marty Eisenberg, New York, New York
Mariann Lubar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Andy Dick, Los Angeles, California
Jack & Sandra Guthman, Chicago, Illinois
Donna & Jack Howard Stone, Chicago, Illinois

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Venue types: Gallery / Museum / Non-Profit / Collector
Exhibitions in artist-info 21 (S 4/ G 17) Did show together with - Top 5 of 186 artists
(no. of shows) - all shows - Top 100
Terence Haggerty (2)- 23
Xylor Jane (2)- 10
Josef Albers [Joseph Albers] (2)- 400
Stephanie Brooks (2)- 7
Andrew Kuo (1)- 11
Exhibitions by type
21:   16 / 3 / 1 / 1
Venues by type
17:   12 / 3 / 1 / 1
Curators 4
artist-info records May 1997 - Feb 2016
Countries - Top 5 of 6
United States (9)
United Kingdom (4)
Germany (3)
Belgium (3)
Austria (1)
Cities - Top 5 of 11
New York (5)
London (4)
Chicago (2)
Berlin (2)
Aalst (2)
Venues (no. of shows ) Top 5 of 17
Rocket Gallery (4)
Galerie In Situ (2)
Tanya Leighton (1)
Clementine Gallery (1)
University of Kentucky Art Museum (1)
Curators (no. of shows) Top 4 of 4
Nic Hess(1), Vik Muniz(1), [project space] PS Amsterdam(1), Renate Wiehager(1)
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Fredericks Freiser Gallery G Jan 2016 - Feb 2016 New York (45) +0
University of Kentucky Art Museum G Jan 2015 - Apr 2015 Lexington (11) +0
Tanya Leighton G Jan 2014 - Feb 2014 Berlin (52) +0
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 - West Coast – Washington Color School – Systemic Painting – New York Abstraction
Daimler Contemporary Berlin G Oct 2013 - Mar 2014 Berlin (14) +0
Wiehager, Renate (Curator)       +0
Hess, Nic (Curator)       +0
Museum of Contemporary Photography - MoCP G Apr 2013 - Jul 2013 Chicago (69) +0
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Galerie Ruth Leuchter G Mar 2013 - Apr 2013 Düsseldorf (18) +0
PS Amsterdam, [project space] (Curator)       +0
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