BIOGRAPHY
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| MICHELLE GRABNER | |
| 1962 | Born in Oshkosh, WI |
| Lives and works in Oak Park, IL | |
| Training | |
| 1990 | MFA, Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| 1997 | MA, Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1984 | BFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2013 | Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, curated by David Norr, Cleveland, OH |
| Autumn Space, Chicago, IL | |
| Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL | |
| Shane Campbell Gallery, Lincoln Park, IL | |
| 2012 | Cottage Works, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI |
| MICHELLE GRABNER: THE INOVA SURVEY (curated by John Riepenhoff), INOVA, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI | |
| Black Swan, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL | |
| Oshkosh, PS, Amsterdam, NL | |
| 2011 | Like a Rare Morel, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Original Jokes about the Suburban and the Poor Farm by the Artists Who Exhibited There, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT | |
| 2010 | I speak now from the aesthetic and artistic point of view when I say that life with Michelle Grabner is dull, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, NY |
| FLAPJACK, Rocket, London, UK | |
| Get Better Mrs. Michelle, MINUS Space, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Chaos is rigidly structured in this chapter, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL | |
| 2009 | SILVERPOINTS, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| ROUND SILVERPOINTS, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL | |
| Silverpoints with Guest Mobile, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI | |
| 2008 | ILVERPOINTS, PS, Amsterdam, NL |
| Remain in Light, survey exhibition, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS | |
| New Bedford Art Museum, Vault Series, New Bedford, MA | |
| 2007 | Michelle Grabner’s Never Quite Happy Home, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY |
| Please Return My Kenneth Noland Catalogue, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2006 | 1996-2006, Rocket Gallery, London, UK |
| Remain in Light, survey exhibition, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL | |
| 2005 | Project Room, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2004 | Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2003 | Rocket Gallery, London, UK |
| Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, AUS | |
| 2001 | Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY | |
| A Little Less of Me, Deluxe Projects, Chicago, IL | |
| Ten in One Gallery, Project Space, New York, NY | |
| 2000 | Suburban Abstraction, Rocket, London, UK |
| Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1999 | In Situ, Aalst, Belgium |
| Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI | |
| Paintings for Modern Chairs, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI | |
| 1998 | Home Painting, Rocket Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
| Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Fuzzy, ICA, Portland, ME | |
| Safety Patterns, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI | |
| Safety Patterns, Rocket Gallery, London, UK | |
| 1997 | Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| INOVA (Institute of Visual Arts), The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1996 | Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2014 | Shakti, Brand New Gallery, Milan, I |
| 2013 | Group show (curated by Vik Muniz), Nara Roesler, Sao Paolo, BR |
| Critology, Pacific Design Center, LA and the Bardo Fine Art and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University, NC | |
| 2012 | Land of the Seven Moles, PS, Amsterdam, NL |
| The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction from the 1960s to Now, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, UK | |
| More and Different Flags, Marlborough Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY | |
| Neither Here Nor There But Anywhere, MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, New York, NY | |
| Time Flies: 2 Years at Drive-By, BK Projects, Boston, MA | |
| TIME, Anee Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, CH | |
| Ongoing Minimalism (Stefan Eberstadt, Michelle Grabner, Ditty Ketting, Will Taylor, ars Wolter), Rocket, London, UK | |
| MINUS SPACE, curated by Matthew Deleget & Emi Winter, Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, MEX | |
| Did You See Heaven, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL | |
| First Love, O’Connor Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, IL | |
| Table Top Show, curated by Sun Yu, Open Space, Long Island City, New York, NY | |
| Endless, PLUG PROJECTS, Kansas City, MO | |
| Total RECALL, two-person exhibition with Brad Killam, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI | |
| THE, Alternative Projects, Milwaukee, WI | |
| 2011 | A Painting Show, curated by Laura Raicovich and Jessie Washburne-Harris, Harris Lieberman, New York, NY |
| The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction from the 1960s to Now, Tate St. Ives, UK | |
| Women and Weaving, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Handler (a series of collaborative sculptures presented by John Riepenhoff), Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL | |
| DING DONG, a collaboration with Brad Killam, Terrain, Oak Park, IL | |
| Museum of Milwaukee Art, Green Gallery at 47 Canal, New York, NY | |
| Dressing the Monument, curated by John Riepenhoff and Piper Marshall, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI | |
| COMPILATION: ONGOING MINIMALISM, Rocket, London, UK | |
| KISS: New Sincerity & New Romanticism in Art, Clara M Eagale Gallery, Murray State, KY | |
| A Shot in the Dark, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | |
| SCULPTURE GARDEN/PAINTING SHOW, curated by Andrew Greene, Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL | |
| Ways of Making: Work on Paper, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, IL | |
| Michelle Grabner and Sarah Blyth-Stephens, U.turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH | |
| SPUR, STRUKTUR…, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, A | |
| MARKED, Kittridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Puget Sound, WA | |
| Unfinished Paintings: Unresolved Work by 40 Contemporary Artists, LACE, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Between This Light and That Space, curated by Doug Melini, MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Free Range-Painting and the University of Pennsylvania, Morgan Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2010 | The Elegant Drawing Show, Drive-By, Boston, MA |
| Collaborating with Michelle Grabner isn’t as much fun as you might think it is, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA | |
| Michelle Grabner, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, CH | |
| Drawing, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Ornament and Crime (and Crime), Adds Donna, Chicago, IL | |
| A Shot in the Dark, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | |
| UND#6, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK | |
| Newtonland: Orbits, Ellipses and other Planes of Activity, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO | |
| Mother, NYU Steinhardt Commons Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Art Scout, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA | |
| Borderland Abstraction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE | |
| Don’t Piss on Me and Tell Me it’s Raining, curated by Bad at Sports, Apex Art, New York, NY | |
| Emerging from a New Known, curated by Douglas Melini, New York, NY | |
| On Painting, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL | |
| My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble, La Station, Nice, F | |
| 2009 | Halbjahresgaben, Tanzschule, Munich, Germany |
| SUBVISION, Haven City, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL | |
| Open House for Butterflies, MINUS SPACE Project Space, Brooklyn, NY | |
| PS, The Highland Institute for Contemporary Art, Inverness, UK | |
| Because the Night, curated by Sabina Ott, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Wallgasm, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Lets Leave It at That…, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA | |
| of or related to the sky or visible heavens, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL | |
| De-Centered Practice, curated by Jennifer Dudley, Ethan Greenbaum and Colleen Asper, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| PS 1999-2009, Kunstruimte09, Groningen, NL | |
| Trance, Chance, Dreams and the Unconscious, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2008 | Presents, curated by Milwaukee International, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Sensory Overload: Forces of Light Sound and Motion, The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI | |
| UND, Croxhapox, Ghent, B | |
| NOLEFTOVERS, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH | |
| These Are The People In Your Neighborhood, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2007 | Maximinimalist, INOVA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI |
| Fast Forward:The School of the Art Institute in the 21st Century, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL | |
| 2006 | Eldorado: with Gaylen Gerber, Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, L |
| Figures in the Field, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL | |
| Outside Europe: From the Daimler Art Collection, Stadtgalerie, Keil, DE | |
| The Believers, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Strange Days, Samuel P. Harn Museum, Gainsville, FL | |
| Slowness, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2005 | There’s a City in My Mind, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY |
| Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, ES | |
| Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY | |
| Op-ish, Sampson Projects, Boston, MA | |
| Good Vibrations, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY | |
| Rocket at Paragraph, Paragraph, Kansas City, KS | |
| Slow Down, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX | |
| 2004 | Minimalism and After III, DaimlerChrysler AG, Berlin, DE |
| Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Family Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL | |
| Hubris, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL | |
| Agnes Martin, Cheonae Kim, Michelle Grabner, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Strange Days, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL | |
| Apartment Series #4: A component of Jeremy Boyle’s exhibition, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Books and Shelves, Gahlsberg Art Gallery, College of DuPage, IL | |
| Summer Group Show, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2003 | Michelle Grabner and Carla Arocha, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Clarity of Vision: Minimalist Prints and Drawings, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI | |
| Michelle Grabner and Barbara Heath, Occasional Art, St. Paul, MN | |
| The Undertones, Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY Oak Park Home Works: Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2002 | Pressing, object […], Antwerp, BE |
| Loaded, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Painting, University of Wiscosnsin, Green Bay, WI | |
| Home Work, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK | |
| Paper Products, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL | |
| Works on Paper, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| 2001 | Sound Video Images Objects, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Reductive, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX | |
| Domestic Culture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME | |
| Counting Color, Rocket Gallery, London, UK | |
| Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL | |
| The Armory Show, Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Post Hypnotic, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL | |
| Post Hypnotic, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN | |
| 2000 | Compression, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY |
| What’s New, Lendl Eugen, Graz, A | |
| Domestic Bliss, Rocket Gallery, London, UK | |
| OIL, Standard Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Factory Soiree, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI | |
| Michelle Grabner and Robin Dash, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| Telesthesia and Amnescopic, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| Post Hypnotic, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL | |
| Post Hypnotic, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| Minimal Pop, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA | |
| Out of Line, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL | |
| 1999 | Post Hypnotic, Illinois State University, University Galleries, Normal, IL |
| Post Hypnotic, The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Post Hypnotic, The MAC, Dallas, TX | |
| It Looks Easy, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| Abstract Chicago, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL | |
| Milwaukee Love, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI | |
| Color Theory, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN | |
| 1998 | Michelle Grabner/Jim Isserman, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA |
| A Show, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Chicago Hip, Rocket Gallery, London, UK | |
| Uncomfortable Show, TZ Art & Co., New York, NY | |
| Some Young Fun, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Post-Pop, Post-Pictures, Smart Museum, The University of Chicago, Hyde Park, IL | |
| Distraction, TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Cool Painting, Barat College, Chicago, IL | |
| Wisconsin Art Since 1990: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1996 | Mist: Kay Rosen, Julia Fish, Carla Priess, and Michelle Grabner, Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI |
| Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, W | |
| 1995 | 25 Americans: Paintings in the 90s, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
| Public collections | |
| Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL | |
| MUDAM – Musée d’Art Moderne Luxemburg, L | |
| Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, WI | |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI | |
| Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, DE | |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC | |
| Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK | |
