Michelle Wasson

education

2001                            Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

                                    Master of Fine Arts, Painting

1996                            University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

                                    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting

           

solo exhibitions         

2010                            Growth Habits, Linda Warren Project Space

                                    Chicago, Illinois

2006                            Out of Xanadu, Linda Warren Gallery

                                    Chicago, Illinois

2004                            Far-Flung, Beverly Arts Center

                                    Chicago, Illinois

2003                            Glide, Contemporary Art Workshop

                                    Chicago, Illinois

2000                            Nine Paintings, Art St. Louis

                                    St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis, Missouri

1996                           Give and Take, Arts Coalition Gallery

University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

1995                            Ungainly Crisscross

McKinley Foundation, Champaign, Illinois

 

group and two-person exhibitions

 

2010                            Frequently the woods are pink (with Sabina Ott)

                                    What it is, Oak Park, IL

2009                            4x4

                                    Tree Studios, Chicago, IL

2008                            BitchinÕ

                                    Bad Dog Gallery, De Kalb, IL

                                    Built and Grown (with Nina Rizzo)

                                    Linda Warren Project Room, Chicago, IL w/ Nina Rizzo

                                    Annex Group Show

                                    @space Annex, Costa Mesa, CA; Organized by Joanna Grasso

2007                            Urban Shelter

                                    LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                                    Space for Utopia (with Seann Brackin)

                                    @space Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

                                    Under 5 feet

                                    Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL

                                    House and Garden  (with Nina Rizzo)

                                    Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL

                                    Art Deck Party

                                    A+D Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, IL

                                   

                                   

Plane

                                    Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL

2006                            Land Escape

                                    River East Art Center, Chicago IL

                                    Simulated Vistas

                                    Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL

                                    Art LA; with Linda Warren Gallery

                                    Los Angeles, CA

2005                            Built Against Site

                                    Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Curator Hesse McGraw

2004                              Welcome to Wonderland

1R Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                    The Nature of Reduction

                                    Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA; Curator Marci Rae McDade

                                    Art Chicago, Navy Pier; with 1R Gallery

Chicago, IL

Miami University Young Painters Competition

Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, Ohio; Juror Buzz Spector

2003                            Gilded Lilly

                                    1R Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                    Ant- spacesuit: The dirty future

                                    Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

                                    The Stray Show, with 1R Gallery

                                    Chicago, IL

                                    New American Talent - The Texas Fine Arts Association(catalogue)

                                    The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX; Juror Dominic Molon

                                    Nada Art Fair, with 1R Gallery

                                    Miami Beach, FL

                                    The EAC Invitational

                                    Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL; Curator Brooke Marler

2002                            16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2002

                                    Evanston Art Center, IL; Jurors Michael Rooks and Kathy Cottong

                                    Surfacer

                                    111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Curator Maria Park

                                    School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition

                                    Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

2001                           Washington University School of Art Master of Fine Arts Exhibition

In/Form Gallery, St. Louis, MO

                                    Honor Awards Exhibition         

                                    Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO


                                    Transpolyblu: A Digital Exposition

                                    Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO; Curators Sabina Ott and Ron Laboray

                                   

                                   

 

                                   

 

Selected Paintings

Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, St. Louis, MO

2000                            Art on Art Collaborative

Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO    

                                    Why CanÕt You Just Listen

Crowe T. Brooks Gallery, St. Louis, MO           

                                    Of World and Self: Works by St. Louis Women Artists (catalogue)

Innsbrook Conference Center, Innsbrook, MO

                                    Mixed Bag

                                    Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

                                    MFA Annual Web Expo, New American Paintings                                 

                                    The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA

                                    SuperáImposed, Des Lee Gallery

                                    Washington University, St. Louis, MO

 

appointments

2005~             Instructor, Columbia College Chicago                                        Art and Design Department

2002 -2003      Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago                         First Year Program       

2001-2002       Visiting Assistant Professor; University of Illinois, Champaign      Painting Department

1999-2000       Teaching Assistant, Washington University, St. Louis, MO          Core and Painting Department 

 

visiting lectures & panels

2007                University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana  Painting Department

2006                Northern Illinois University, DeKalb                    Fine Art Studio Program, Graduate Studies

                        Northeastern University, Chicago, IL                  Painting Department

2005                Columbia College Chicago                                Fine Art Department

2002                School of the Art Institute of Chicago                 Painting and Drawing Program

2002                North Park University, Chicago, IL                      Art Department

2001                Webster University, Webster Groves, MO        Painting Department

 

curatorial projects

2006                            Snap to Grid, C33 Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Illinois

 

grants/awards

2005                            Illinois Arts Council Grant, Finalist Award

2003                            Illinois Arts Council, Special Assistance Grant

2002                            City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Individual Artist Grant

2001                            Art St. Louis, Award of Excellence

1999                            Stanley L. and Lucy M. Lopata Endowed Graduate Fellow

 

selected bibliography

Artner, Alan. Reviews, Chicago Tribune, May 19, 2006 (On the Town)

Brenner, Molly Beth. ÒNew American Talent: The Eye of the BeholderÓ, The Austin Chronicle, August 8, 2003.

Cregan, Lisa.  ÒThree-Part HarmonyÓ, Chicago Tribune Magazine, February 27, 2005 (Interiors). Image only.

Daniel, Jeff.  Ò2001 Honor AwardsÓ, St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 25, 2001 (Arts and Entertainment, Section F6).

Drea, Amber. ÒMichelle Wasson, GlideÓ, Bridge Online, May 2003 (Art Reviews)

Downen, Jill. ÒTranspolyblu: Art gone digital challenges traditional spaceÓ, West End-Clayton Word, Feb. 22-28, 2001.

Hinkel, Joanne. ÒMay Makes Way for the NewÓ, CenterStage Chicago, Sunday April 30, 2006

Herman, Max. ÒEmerging artists break throughÓ, Evanston Express, Volume #3 Issue #10, 2003.

LeBlanc, Marc. ÒOut of XanaduÓ, Beautiful Decay Anthology Issue 34, July 2006

McGraw, Hesse. ÒSuite Dreams: Artists Re-Imagine American ArchitectureÓ, Tank, July 2005,Volume 4 Issue2.

Parr, Debra Riley.  ÒTranspolybluÓ, New Art Examiner, July/August, 2001 (Page 89).

Smith, Brian.  ÒSuper-ImposedÓ, St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 19, 2001 (Arts and Entertainment, Section F6).

Southland, Jenny. ÒCriticsÕ PicksÓ, The Octopus, April, 1996 (Page 25).

Spicer, Jakki. ÒUrban Shelter at LIMN GalleryÓ, Art Week, October 2007, Volume 38 Issue 8.

Workman, Michael. ÒFuturistic ImperfectÓ, New City Chicago, August 20,2003 (Art-Eye Exam)

 

publications

A + D Art Deck – Art and Design Department of Columbia College Chicago and Anchor Graphics, 2006

Flavourpill London- Fully Armed Flavor, cover design, issue #76 Flavorpill productions April 5, 2005.

New American Paintings – 2003 Midwestern Edition, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA, 2003.

New American Paintings – 2005 Midwestern Edition, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA, 2005

 

collections (private upon request)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

 

slide registries

2005                Library and Research Center of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C