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Born in 1954 in Hanover, PA.
Received a B.F.A. degree from Kutztown University.
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI
Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, HI
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FA
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
PepsiCo, Camden, NJ
Price Waterhouse, Washington, D.C.
Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, NJ
Regent Hotel, Hong Kong Exxon, Houston, TX
Comcast, Philadelphia, PA
Deloitte & Touche, Atlanta, GA
Austin Company, Cleveland, OH
El Paso Energy, Houston, TX
Exxon Mobile, Houston, TX
Ericsson, Gutenberg, Sweden
American Financial Group, NYC
First Union Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Compaq Computer, Houston, TX
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA
Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Bank of Japan, NY
Chase Manhattan Bank, NY
Northwest Airlines, St. Paul, MN
Heller Financial, Chicago, IL
Rubenstein Co. Pittsburgh, PA
Phillips Service, Pittsburgh, PA
Freemarkets, Pittsburgh, PA
Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburgh, PA
Gateway Towers, Pittsburgh, PA
Morgan, Lewis, Bockius, Pittsburgh, PA
Tokio Marine Management, NYC
Jacobson/Sylvester, Pittsburgh, PA
Tyson Corner, NYC
Vanguard Group, Valley Forge, PA
Lincoln Financial Group. PA
Warten School of Business, PA
Duff & Phelps, Chicago
Penton Media Inc. Cleveland, OH
Lincoln Financial Group, Fort Wayne, IN
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Sears Merchandise Group, Hoffman Estates, IL
SOHIO, Cleveland, OH
Vector Securities, Deerfield, IL
The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
Hart Senate Building, Senator Specter's Office, Washington, DC
Voyageur Fund Managers. Minneapolis, MN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001
Bonfoey, Cleveland, OH
EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000
Klein Artworks; Chicago, IL
1999
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Mirmar Gallery; Sarasota, FL
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
1998
Bemis Center of Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
1997
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Cline LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1996
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
Schmidt / Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Galleri Flesser, Helsingborg, Sweden
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Art Now Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Klein Artworks, Chicago, Illinois
1994
Klein Artworks; Chicago, Illinois
Miller Gallery; Coral Gables, Florida
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY
Concept Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, PA
1993
Art Now Gallery; Gothenburg, Sweden
Scmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia PA
1992
Klein Artworks; Chicago, Illinois
Allentown Art Museum; Allentown, PA
Castellani Art Museum; Niagara Falls, NY
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia PA
Mirmar Gallery; Sarasota, Florida
1991
Art Now Gallery; Gothenburg, Sweden
1990
Nina Freudenheim Gallery; Buffalo, NY
Klein Artworks; Chicago, Il
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
Jack Tilton Gallery; New York, NY
1989
Art Now Gallery; Gothenburg, Sweden
1988
Jack Tilton Gallery; New York, NY
1987
Barbara Krakow Gallery; Boston, MA
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Art Now Gallery; Gothenburg, Sweden
Fabian Carlsson Gallery; London, England
Wolff Gallery, New York, NY
1984
Jack Tilton Gallery; New York, NY
1983
Castellani Art Gallery; Niagara Falls, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000
Group Show. Miller Gallery, Miami, Fl
Gallery Artists, Art Now Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
1999
After Nature II, Trevor Richardson, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts
Works on Paper, Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Gallery Artists, Klein Art Works, Chicago. Il
1998
Michael Kessler and Stephanie Weber, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago
A Few Large Paintings, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, Fl
1997
Gallery Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Exquisite Surfaces, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Gallery Artists, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
1996
Cuenca Biennial, Quito and Guayaqiul, Ecuador /Phoenix Art Museum, David Rubin, Curator of Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1995
Directors Choice, Horwitch/Lewallen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery Artists, Klein Artworks, Chicago Illinois.
Michael Kessler/James Bruss, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Na
1993
About Nature, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, curated by David Rubin, Curator of Contemporary Art, C.C.C.A.
1991
Vital Forces, The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Romantic Abstraction, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Fl
Annual Exhibition, American Academy in Rome, Italy
Drawings and Poems: Michael Kessler and John Yau; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa
1990
Five American Artists; Galerie D'Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Inner Natures: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1989
Four Painters, Flint Institute of Arts; Flint, Michigan
1988
Pennsylvania Perspectives; Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Recent Acquisitions; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1987
Realism and Abstraction; The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
1986
Recent Acquisition; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
More Than Meets the Eye; Galleria Carini, Florence, Italy
1985
More Than Meets the Eye; Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London, England
Awards in the Visual Arts-Five; Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio; Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
1984
New York-Outside New York; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Museum of Art Association, Monterey, California; Sunrise Museums, Charleston, WV
1983
Five Contemporary Artists; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Selections 22; The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1980
In and Out of New York; White Columns, New York, NY
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
1990
Rome Prize, Painting, American Academy in Rome, NYC-Rome, Italy
1992
Pollock/Krasner Award, Painting, NYC
1985
Awards in the Visual Arts-Five, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art
1977
Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
1983
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Grant in Painting
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1999
Trevor Richardson, After Nature II, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts AmherstAn Exhibition of Paintings by: Gregory Amenoff, Bill Jensen, Michael Kessler, Rebecca Perdum, Katherine Porter
1997
Seidel, Miriam, “Michael Kessler at Schmidt/Dean and Littlejohn Contemporary”, Art in America,
July 1997
Ebony, David, “Michael Kessler at Littlejohn Contemporary, New York City”, ArtNet Magazine,
April 1997
McCloud, Kathleen, “A Capricious Artistic Journey Beginning With Paint”, Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, October 1997 Victor M. Cassidy, ArtNet Magazine, Forty to Fifty Layers
David Ebony, ArtNet Magazine, www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/ebony/kessler.html
David Ebony's New York Top Ten , Michael Kessler at Littlejohn Contemporary , NY
1996
Altabe, Joan “Kessler’s Subtle Paintings Reveal Depth”, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, October 11,Yellin Outwater, Myra, “Move to Santa Fe Colors Michael Kessler’s Paintings “,
The Morning Call, Allentown, November 17, 1996
Aguilar, Robert, “A Mystical Version of the Ecology”, El Comercio, Cuenca, EcuadoRubin, David, “Elusive Nature”, 1996 Cuenca Bienal, Cuenca,
Ecuador
1995
Melrod, George, "Openings", Art and Antiques, November 1995, page 40
1994
Holg, Garrett. "Kessler at Klein-Chicago", ArtNews, April 1994, page 177.
Kohen, Helen. "Michael Kessler's Roman Geometry", Miami Herald, April 6, 1994. Page 14G
Wiens, Ann, "Kessler at Klein-Chicago", New Art Examiner, May 1994, page 44
1992
McCracken, David. 11 Year in Italy Catapults Kessler’s Work", Chicago Tribune, (October 30)
McNear, Sarah, "Transcendental Spaces"; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1991
Noll, Anna ,“Vital Forces: Nature in Contemporary Abstraction”, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Sozanski, Edward. "On Galleries", The Philadelphia Inquirer, (April 16)
1990
Doll, Nancy “Inner Natures” Four Contemporary Artists; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
Carter, Holland. "Michael Kessler," Art News 89 (December), no.10, 165
King, Elaine A. Nature in the Age of Masscult. Jack Tilton Gallery; New York, NY
Rubin, David S. The Paintings of Michael Kessler: Preserving Nature's Umbilical Chord; Klein Artworks, Chicago, Illinois
Stein, Judith. Michael Kessler: Paintings Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1989
Yau, John. Four Painters; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Nature in Evolution; The Scandinavian Works; Art Now Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Cohen, Ronnie. "Michael Kessler," Art Forum 29 (November), no. 3, 169
Rice, Robin. "Cool Slate and Weathered Wood," Philadelphia City Paper (March 16)
Sozanski, Edward. "On Galleries," The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 4)
Wooster, Ann Sargent. "Michael Kessler," Arts Magazine 65 (December), no. 4, 82
Cyphers, Peggy. Arts Magazine 65 (January), no. 5, 107
Newhall, Edith. "Galleries," New York Magazine (September), 72
1988
Yau, John. Michael Kessler's View of the World; Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Carrier, David. "Michael Kessler: A Painter of Nature in the Era of Postmodernist Art” Arts Magazine 61 (May), no. 9, 32-33
Narrett, Eugene. "Michael Kessler,"
New Art Examiner 14 (April), no. 8, 45 Stapen, Nancy. "Michael Kessler," Artforum 25 (April),
Wineberg, Jonathan. "Michael Kessler,” Art in America 75 (November), no.11, 180-181
Carrier, David. Michael Kessler; Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Hall, Jacqueline. "Arts Flourish Southside New York," The Columbus Dispatch (September 21)
Zimmer, William. "Winners on Parade at the Neuberger," The New York Times (May 11), 22,
Westchester Section
Gambrel, Jamey. Awards in the Visual Arts 5; The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston- Salem, North Carolina
Yau, John. After the Fall; Fabian Carlson Gallery, London, England
1985
Bohn-Duchen, Monica. "Nine Painters from New York," Flash Art (Oct-Nov), no. 126, 56
Larson, Kay. "Fresh Faces for Summer," New York Magazine, 54-55
Raynor, Vivian "Art:
New York, an Anthology at the New Museum," New York Times (June 22),
Schwabsky, Barry. "Exotica: A Different World," Arts Magazine 59 (March), no.7, 120-121
Yau, John. "Michael
Kessler," Artforum 23 (February), no.6, 87 "Michael Kessler's Drawings: Gesture as Image," Sulfer 14 (December), 88-93
1984
Rifkin, Ned. New Work: New York/Outside New York: The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Made in Philadelphia 6; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia PA
Warren, Ron, "Michael
Kessler at Jack Tilton Gallery," Arts Magazine 58 (Summer) no 10, 34-35
1983
Kotik, Charlotta. Landscapes and Imagery: Paintings and Drawings by Michael Kessler; Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY
Glueck, Grace. "Art-One Man's Biennial Assembles
102 Artists," New York Times (April 15)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999/2000
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1993/1995
Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA
1992/1993
Lafayette College; Easton, PA
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