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Abridged Resume
Education
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
M.A. (Art History) - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
M.F.A. (Studio Art) - Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
B.F.A. (Fine Art)
Selected Solo & Two-person Exhibitions
- 2022
- Oubliette (with Kathryn Kerr), PAPA projects, Saint Paul, MN
- 2016
- Artist’s Name & Another Artist’s Name (with Tony Sunder), Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
- 2010
- “Photographs” and Paintings, Olson Gallery, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN
- 2008
- C-side—Deluxe Edition!, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
- 2007
- C-side, Kiehle Gallery, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN
- 2006
- Aaron Van Dyke: New Paintings, Thomas Barry Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
- 2005
- Aaron Van Dyke, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
- 2004
- Aaron Van Dyke: New Photos, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
- 1998
- Everyday Pathology (curator: Nicholas Frank), Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- 1997
- Photographs, Portikus, Madison, WI
- 1995
- Everyday Pathology, Gallery Rebolloso, Minneapolis, MN
- 1991
- Greek Sculpture Fragments (curator: Cate Rimmer), Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2024
- Moreover: 50 Paintings (curator: Michelle Grabner) Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- 2022
- 2022 Faculty Biennial Exhibition and Forum, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
- 2020
After Hours, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN- 2020
- The Beginning of Everything: An Exhibition of Drawings, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2018–19
- Commissioned Work (with Kelsey Olson), Goethe in the Skyways, Minneapolis, MN
- 2018
- Aterialeks Phase 3: Day Free Debri, Jackson Flats Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2015
- Topographies, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
- 2014
- Material Sense (curator: Mason Riddle), Art at 801, Minneapolis, MN
- Objects For Consideration (curator: Chris Larson), SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Weird Neighbor (curator: Bruce Tapola), SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 2013
- A Study in Midwestern Appropriation (curator: Michelle Grabner), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- Parts of a Whole: New Work from MCBA’s Artist Community, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
- 2012
- Michelle Grabner: the INOVA Survey (curator: John Riepenhoff), inova, Milwaukee, WI
- 2011
- Curator’s Choice: Minneapolis (curator: Elizabeth Leach), Ascent Private Capital Management, Minneapolis, MN
- 2010
- A Theory of Values (curators: Kris Douglas and Scott Stulen), The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
- 2009
- The Great Poor Farm Experiment, The Poor Farm, Manawa, WI
- 2008
- Western by Northwest, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI
- Several Landscapes (curators: Scott Speh and John Neff), Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
- 2007
- Printed Space (curator: Scott Speh), Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
- Summer Invitational (curator: Thom Barry), Thomas Barry Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
- 2006
- MCAD/McKnight Visual Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
- Ever More (curator: Theresa Downing), Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul, MN
- 2004
- Surface Tension (curator: Laurel Gitlen), Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
- SPACEMAKERS (curator: Courtney Smith) Lothringer Dreizen, Munich, Germany, The Suburban, Chicago, IL (curators: Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam)
- This Thing We Do (curator: Scott Speh), Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
- 2003
- Hysterical Pastoral (curator: John Neff), Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
- Subtle, Not so Subtle (curator: Kirsten Stoltmann), 1R, Chicago, IL
- The Photographic Gesture, (collaboration with Jo del Pesco) Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
- 2002
- Decorative Beautiful not Decorative Meaningless: a Home Show (curator: Joseph del Pesco), November, Minneapolis, MN
- Accidental Sublime (curator: Scott Speh), Bower Gallery, San Antonio, TX
- 2001
- Nothing and Everything (curators: Joseph del Pesco, Jen Murphy and Jay Hiekes)
The Waiting Room, Minneapolis, MN - 2000
- Supermarket 2000 (curators: Adriane Herman and Brian Reeves)
Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI and
Miami University, Oxford, OH - Pinhole, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
- Cold Conceptualism (curator: John Neff), Suitable, Chicago, IL
- 1999
- River Works: Signals, Yahara Place Park, Madison, WI
- 1997
- New Wisconsin Photography II (curator: Tom Bamberger) Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
- 1995
- Group Show, Gallery Rebolloso, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Bibliography
- Teitge, Sandra and Valérie Chartrain (eds.), Goethe in the Skyways. Leipzig: Spector, 2020.
- Eler, Alicia, “Making Art in the Midwest,” Hyperallergic, Dec. 20, 2013. http://hyperallergic.com/99642/making-art-in-the-midwest/
- Cahill, Zachary, “Manawa ‘The Great Poor Farm Experiment III’,” Artforum.com, September 30, 2011, http://artforum.com/picks/section=us#picks28789
- Quodlibetica Staff, “Smart Art at Midway,” Quodlibetica, Constellation 09: Suspect Alternatives, July 31, 2010. http://www.quodlibetica.com/smart-art-at-midway/
- Kirsch, Corinna, “Studio Chronicles,” MNartists.org, Mar. 23, 2010. http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=259485
- Ryan, Bartholomew, “Working Blind,” essay for “Photographs” and Paintings, 2010.
- Aldarondo, Cecilia, “Irreconcilable Differences: The McKnight Fellows Coexist at MCAD,” MNartists.org, Aug. 12, 2006.http://www.mnartists.org/article.do;jsessionid=773CA7DEEAFDE9C852A19D1BF1C74F2E?rid=112449
- Tumlir, Jan, “Aaron Van Dyke” (catalog essay), MCAD/McKnight Artists 2005–2006, 2006 p. 14–15.
- Grabner, Michelle, “Chicago” (review), Art Papers, Nov./Dec. 2005, p. 56.
- Row, DK, “Shows of Note,” The Oregonian, Dec. 3, 2004.
- Dirks, Ryan, “Surface Tension,” The Portland Mercury, Dec. 2, 2004.
- Grabner, Michelle, “Cold Conceptualism” (review), Frieze, no. 53, June – Aug. 2000, p. 125.
- Bamberger, Tom, New Wisconsin Photography II (catalog), 1997.
- Strohm, Colin, “Aaron Van Dyke Photographs and Sean Buse Projective Palimpsest” (review), Artzine, no. 2, 1997.
Selected Writing
- Untitled contribution to XPNDR, Minneapolis, Sept. 2015.
- “Identity Redux: A Conversation,” Quodlibetica, Constellation 20: Re: Identity (http://www.quodlibetica.com/identity-redux-a-conversation/), June 1, 2012
- “Art Education,” Quodlibetica, Constellation 16: Art and Design (Mis)Education: An Experiment (http://www.quodlibetica.com/art-education/), Oct. 1, 2011
- “Kelsey Olson’s Photographic Trials,” (exhibition essay) 2011.
- “Mel Bochner: Language 1966 – 2006,” by Johanna Burton (book review), Rain Taxi, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 32 – 33.
- “Michelle Grabner,” in Wiehager, Renate, Minimalism and After: Tradition and Tendencies of Minimalism from 1950 to the Present. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2007.
- “Michelle Grabner,” Minimalism and After III (exhibition catalog), DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, 2004.
- “Jesper Just: A Fine Romance,” Dialogue, vol. 27, no. 3, May/June 2004.
- “Rico Gatson: Recent Video,” Dialogue, vol. 27, no. 2, March/April 2004.
- “The Pyramids: 150 Years of Photographic Fascination,” Dialogue, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2004, pg. 19.
- “Jo del Pesco,” The Photographic Gesture (exhibition catalog), Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN, 2003.
- “Multiplicity,” New Art Examiner, vol. 29, no. 5, May/June 2002, pg. 97-8.
- “Shutter,” Market Report (Online journal).
- “Growing Up a Child: the Role of the Child as Allegorical Reader in the Work of Walter Benjamin,” March 20, 1999, paper presented at the University of Wisconsin – Madison German Department Graduate Student Symposium.
- “Curtis Whaley,” Artzine, no. 7, 1999 (Madison, WI).
- “‘Realism’, Surrealism, and ‘Holiday Greetings, 1998’,” Artzine, no. 5, 1999 (Madison, WI).
Grants, Awards and Residencies
- 2020
- Visual Arts Fund
- 2013
- MCAD Faculty Support Grant
- 2013
- Artist-in-Residence, Minnesota Center for Book Arts
- 2007
- MCAD Faculty Support Grant
- 2005
- MCAD/McKnight Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists
- 2005
- Minnesota State Arts Board Project Grant
Selected Curating and Related Experience
- What a Life, Curator (August 2018 – June 2019)
The Poor Farm, Manawa, WI - Video program (2011 & 2012)
The Great Poor Farm Experiment III & IV, the Poor Farm, Manawa, WI - Occasional, Saint Paul, MN (Feb. 2003 – 2010)
Curator/Codirector.www.occasionalart.com
Selected Lectures, Panels, Interviews, etc.
- 2019
- Guest Critic, Surveillant City (3rd year Master of Architecture course),
School of Architecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - 2012
- Water as Reflection: Photography Picturing Itself, (lecture)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan - 2012
- The Shape Water Takes (lecture), Center for the Study of World Civilizations,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan - 2011
- Art and Design (Mis)Education, part II (panel participant),
Art of This, Minneapolis, MN - 2011
- Art and Design (Mis)Education: An Experiment (panel participant),
Art of This, Minneapolis, MN - 2010
- Panel discussion on alternative spaces (moderator),
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Participants included Michelle Grabner (SAIC, the Suburban and the Poor Farm), Anthony Huberman (Artist’s Institute), Thomas Boutoux and Benjamin Thorel (castillo/corrales) - 2010
- “Photographs” and Paintings (lecture),
Olson Gallery, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN - 2009
- Lecture on work,
Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
Selected Teaching and Education Positions
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN (spring 2004 – fall 2013/2021–present)
Adjunct Faculty, Visiting Artist (full time, fall 2007 – spring 2009), Study Abroad Faculty at Burren College of Art (spring 2009) - St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN (fall 2017; spring 2019 – present)
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Art - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (fall 2019 / fall 2018 / fall 2005)
Lecturer, Department of Art - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (fall 2016 – spring 2018)
Program Mentor, Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts program - Summer School at the Poor Farm, Poor Farm, Manawa, WI (2009 – 2019)
Program founder/coordinator - Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN (2009 – 2017)
Education Coordinator - College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN (spring 2000 – spring 2007)
Adjunct Instructor, Liberal Arts Department