MICHELLE GRABNERBorn in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (1962) Lives and works in Oak Park, IL
EXHIBITIONS
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2011 Like a Rare Morel, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago 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, NYC FLAPJACK, Rocket, London Get Better Mrs. Michelle, MINUS Space, Brooklyn, NYC Chaos is rigidly structured in this chapter, Peregrine Program, Chicago 2009 Silverpoints with Guest Mobile, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI SILVERPOINTS, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL ROUND SILVERPOINTS, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL 2008 SILVERPOINTS, PS, Amsterdam Remain in Light, survey exhibition, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS (exhibition catalogue) New Bedford Art Museum, Vault Series, New Bedford, MASS 2007 Michelle Grabner’s Never Quite Happy Home, Southfirst, Brooklyn Please Return My Kenneth Noland Catalogue, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago Please Return My Kenneth Noland Catalogue PS, Amsterdam Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA Michelle Grabner, 809 Calgary, CANADA Remain in Light, survey exhibition, Wriston Art Center, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI 2006 1996-2006, Rocket Gallery, London, UK Remain in Light, survey exhibition, University Galleries, Illinois State University 2005 Project Room, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago 2004 Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston 2003 Rocket Gallery, London, UK Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 2001 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Ten in One Gallery, New York (exhibition catalogue) A Little Less of Me Deluxe Projects, Chicago Ten in One Gallery: Project Space, New York 2000 Suburban Abstraction, Rocket, London, UK Ten in One Gallery, New York 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, UK (exhibition catalogue) 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), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI 1996 Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012 The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction from the 1960s to Now, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, UK 2011 A Painting Show, curated by Laura Raicovich and Jessie Washburne-Harris, Harris Lieberman, NYC The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction from the 1960s to Now,” Tate St. Ives, UK Women and Weaving, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NYC Dressing the Monument, curated by John Riepenhoff and Piper Marshall, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee COMPILATION : ONGOING MINIMALISM, Paintings by Lars Wolter, Michelle Grabner, Stefan Eberstadt, Will Taylor, Rocket, London KISS: New Sincerity & New Romaticism in Art, Clara M Eagale Gallery, Murray State, Kentucky A Shot in the Dark, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN SCULPTURE GARDEN/PAINTING SHOW, curated by Andrew Greene, Iceberg Projects, Chicago add and subtract, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL Michelle Grabner and Sarah Blyth-Stephens, U.turn Art Space, Cincinnati SPUR, STRUKTUR…Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg MARKED, Kittridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Washington Unfinished Paintings: Unresolved Work by 40 Contemporary Artists, LACE, Los Angeles Between This Light and That Space, MINUS SPACE, curated by Doug Melini, Brooklyn Free Range-Painting and the University of Pennsylvania, Morgan Gallery, University of Philadelphia 2010 Collaborating with Michelle Grabner isn’t as much fun as you might think it is, Gallery 16, San Francisco (two-person show with Brad Killam) Michelle Grabner and Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich Drawing, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago The Elegant Drawing Show, Drive-By, Boston, MA Ornament and Crime (and Crime), Adds Donna, Chicago A Shot in the Dark, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN UND#6, Schwartz Gallery, London Newtonland: Orbits, Ellipses and other Planes of Activity, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO Mother, NYU Steinhardt Commons Gallery, NYC 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, NY On Painting, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble, La Station, Nice, France
2009 Halbjahresgaben, Tanzschule, Munch, Germany SUBVISION, Haven City, Hamburg, Germany Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Open House For Butterflies, MINUS SPACE Project Space, Brooklyn, NY PS, The Highland Institute for Contemporary Art, Inverness, Scotland Because the Night, curated by Sabina Ott, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Los Angeles Wallgasm, Anstrom Gallery, LA Let’s Leave It at That… Gallery 16, San Francisco of or related to the sky or visible heavens, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL De-Centered Practice, curated by Jennifer Dudley, Ethan Greenbaum, Colleen Asper, Circus Gallery, LA PS 1999-2009, Kunstruimte09, Groningen, Holland Trance, Chance, Dreams and the Unconscious, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Presents, curated by Milwaukee International, Rowley Kennerk, Chicago, IL Sensory Overload: Forces of Light Sound and Motion, The Milwaukee Art Museum UND” CROXHAPOX, Ghent, Belgium NOLEFTOVERS, Kunsthalle, Bern Switzerland These Are The People In Your Neighborhood, Gallery 16, San Francisco
2007 Maximinimalist, INOVA, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Fast Forward: The School of the Art Institute in the 21st Century, Rockfort Art Museum, IL
2006 Eldorado: with Gaylen Gerber, Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg Figures in the Field, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Outside Europe: From the Daimler art Collection, Stadtgalerie, Keil, Germany The Believers, Franklin Hudson 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 Group Show, Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, New York Op-ish, Sampson Projects, Boston Good Vibrations, McKenzie Fine Art, New York Rocket at Paragraph, Paragraph, Kansas City Slow Down, University of Texas at Tyler, TX
2004 Minimalism and After III, DaimlerChrysler AG, Berlin Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, NYC Family Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 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, PA Books and Shelves, Gahlsberg Art Gallery, College of DuPage, IL Summer Group Show, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago
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, Belgium Loaded, Midway, Minneapolis, MN Painting, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI Home Work, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, England 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 Domestic Culture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine Counting Color, Rocket Gallery, London, UK Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Northwestern, Evanston, IL Armory Show, New York, Ten in One Gallery Post Hypnotic, (exhibition catalogue): Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth
2000 Compression, Feigen, Contemporary. New York, NY What’s New, Lendl Eugen, Graz, Austria Domestic Bliss, Rocket Gallery, London, UK OIL, Standard Gallery, Chicago Factory Soiree, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Michelle Grabner and Robin Dash, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston Telesthesia and Amnescopic, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL Post Hypnotic, (exhibition catalogue): Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA Minimal Pop, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA Out of Line, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (exhibition catalogue)
1999 Post Hypnotic, (exhibition catalogue): Illinois State Art Gallery, Bloomington, IL The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati The MAC Dallas, TX It Looks Easy, Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago Abstract Chicago, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL Milwaukee Love, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 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
1997 Uncomfortable Show, TZ Art & Co., New York, NY Some Young Fun, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Post-Pop, Post-Pictures, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, IL Distraction, TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL (exhibition catalogue) Cool Painting, Barat College, Chicago, IL Wisconsin Art Since 1990: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
1996 Mist: Kay Rosen, Julia Fish, Carla Priess and Michelle Grabner, Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI (exhibition catalogue) 1995 25 Americans: Paintings in the 90s, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI (exhibition catalogue)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Martin Clark (Editor), Sarah Shalgosky (Editor), Daniel Sturgis (Editor), The Indiscipline of Painting, Tate Publishing, October 1, 2011 Women and Weaving, Southfirst, The New Yorker, July 15, 2011 Schmerler, Sarah, “Between This Light and That Space,” Time Out New York, July, 11, 2011. Cheh, Carol, “Lace’s ‘Unfinished Paintings’ show Asks the Question: What Makes a Painting Unfinished,” LA Weekly, June 22, 2011 Waxman, Lori, “An Alternative to Summer Reading List,” Chicago Tribune, July 13, 2011 Neff, John, “On Chicago Abstraction: A Series,” New American Painting / Blog February 17, 2011 Baker, Kenneth, Where collaboration Ends, San Francisco Chronicle, December 11, 2010 Vanderhyden, Philip. The Secret of My Success, Lobby catalogue, College of DuPage, 2010 Saltz, Jerry, “Critics Pick” New York Magazine, May 2010 Heti, Shelia, The Studio Reader, Bookforum, May 25, 2010 Viera, Lauren, “Suburban Makes Its Mark on Urban Scene,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 12, 2010 Sam, Sherman, Kultureflash, June 10, 2010 Michelle Grabner at Rocket, Abstract Painting England, June 9, 2010 Claudine Ise talks with Michelle Grabner about The Suburban, Art21.org, June 2010 “The Pragmatist: Michelle Grabner interviewed by Saul Ostrow,” Art in America, March 2010 Bad at Sports podcast with Annika Marie, Richard Holland and Duncan McKenzie (episode 232), 2010 Weinberg, Lauren, “Constellations at the MCA,” Art News, December 2009 Velez, Pedro, “Chicago Build Up,” Artnet, March 2009 Cozzone, Francesca, “Attempting the Impossible,” The Leader, March 26, 2009 Marie, Annika, “Michelle Grabner’s Black Circle Paintings,” catalogue essay, 2009 Elms, Anthony, “Michelle Grabner/The Suburban,” Modern Painters, March 2008 Remain in Light, exhibition catalogue with essays by, Lane Relyea, Peter Ribic 2008 Marple, Mieke, “Interview with Michelle Grabner,” The Highlights, March 2009 Rosen, Kay, ArtForum, Top 10 April 2007. Nicholas Frank, “Paper Thin and Maximinimalism,” catalogue essay, INOVA 2007 Joanna Topor, “After Paschke,” Chicago Magazine, April, 2007. Vogt, Jess, “The Suburb,” The Lawrentian, Appleton, WI, January 2007 Martini, Tiffany, Michelle Grabner makes a Good point,” San Francisco Examiner, March 20, 2007 Artner, Alan, “Grabner’s Solo Show Reveals Pop Influences,” Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2007 Bad at Sports podcast with Gaylen Gerber and Duncan McKenzie (episode 93), 2007 Weinberg, Lauren, Michelle Grabner at Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago TimeOut, January 25-31, 2007, p. 67. Schwabsky, Barry, “Michelle Grabner at Rocket” Artforum, fall 2006 Wayne Roosa, “The Pleasures of Merely Circulating,” exhibition catalogue, 2006 Timeout, London, August 10, 2006 Hoare, Lottie, “1996-2006 Michelle Grabner Paintings,” exhibition catalogue, Rocket Gallery, London Bredin, Lucinda, The Week, London, July 22, 2006 Myers, Terry, “Time is on Our Side,” exhibition essay, Slowness, Heaven gallery, 2006 Bad at Sports podcast with Richard Holland and Duncan McKenzie (episodes 12 + 19), 2005 and 2006 Arney, Steve, “Art for the Artist,” The Pantagraph, March 2006 Rubi, Amalia, USA Hoy Pintura y escutura Norte Americana, El Punto, Julio 2005 Artner, Alan, Michelle Grabner at Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago Tribune, May 20, 2005 Ott, Sabina, “Michelle Grabner at Wendy Cooper” Stretcher, 2005 Seidel, Florian, Bauwelt, September 2004 Rundfunk, Bayerischr, BR-Online, September 2, 2004 Gotz, Henning, Go Munchen, September 19, 2004, p. 77 Schwarz, Franziska, SzeneMagazin, September 9, 2004 Dattenberger, Simone, Munchener Merkur, August 27, 2004 Huber, Cornelia, AZ Wochenende, August 22, 2004 Schneeberger, Ruth, Munchner Kultur, August 21, 22, 2004 Eisenack, Marco, SZ-Extra, August 2004, p. S1 Hannum, Terence, “Inner Positive,” Artnet, April 15, 2004 Saunders, Gill, “Purl: Six Artists inspired by MoDA’s Collection,” Catalogue Essay, 2004 Workman, Michael, “Modest Minimalism,” New City, February 25, 2004. Miles, Christopher, “Tracking Patterns, Report from Santa Monica II,” Art in America, February 2004, p. 80. Van Proyen, Mark “Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam’” Gallery 16” Art in America, October 2003 pp. 144-145. Kirk, Sarah, “The Path of Minimalism,” Milwaukee Art Museum Publication, 2003 Van Dyke, Aaron, “The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful,” Occasional Art Publication, 2003 Stein, Lisa, “Artist Profile,” Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2002 Artner, Alan “Paper Exhibition Breaks Out into a New Dimension” Chicago Tribune, March 21, 2002 Levin, Kim, Michelle Grabner, Village Voice, November 20, 2001 Thompson, Nato, “Michelle Grabner” FGA, 2001 Dailey, Meghan Michelle Grabner, Time Out New York, November 20 – December 6, 2001 Campbell, Shane, “Sweetness and Light,” catalogue essay, 2001 Frank, Nicholas, “Over The Rainbow: A Survey of Goodness,” catalogue essay, 2001 Cambell, Shane, Sound Video Images Objects, Flash Art, July – September 2001 p. 70. Glueck, Grace, “Art in Review: Compression,” The New York Times, January 2, 2001 Waxman, Lori, “Electraslip Knife,” New Art Examiner, November 2000 Cotter, Holland, "Surging into Chelsea," The New York Times, Friday, January 21, 2000, Section E, pp. 37 & 41 Naves, Mario, “Noguchi and Kelly Talk: Pollock's True Legacy,” The New York Observer, February 14, 2000 p.14 Roch, Kate and Neal, Jennifer, “Chicago Headliners,” AHEAD, Spring 2000 Bulka, Michael, “Electraslip Knife,” New City, July, 6, 2000 Helfand, Glen, “Critics Choice: Minimal Pop,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 3, 2000 Radio Interview with Victoria Lautmann, WBBZ, Chicago's NPR station, May, 11, 2000 Shane, Nicola, "Money Matters," Art Review, June, 2000 p. 6-7 Laridaer, Cheryl, "ROYGBIV," Post-Crescent, Sunday, February 27, 2000 Gustafson, John, "It Looks Easy: A Cross Section of Recent Painting in Chicago," New Art Examiner, December/January, pp. 49-50. Lambrecht, Luk, "Kunstgrepen," Brussels Daily News, May 1999 Artner, Alan, "Grabner Homes in On Subject Matter," Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1999, sec. 2, p.2 Snodgrass, Susan, "Letter from Chicago," C, May-August, 1999, p. 21 Snodgrass, Susan, "Report from Chicago," Staying Alive, Art in America, April, 1999, pp. 81-87 Auer, James, "Work Added to Sesquicentennial Portfolio," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wed. May 12, 1999, Cue 3E Brehmer, Debra, "Snow White," Metro Milwaukee Weekly, January , 1999 Radio Interview with Russell Panczenko, Wisconsin Public Radio, March 1999 Porges, Tim, "A Demolition Derby of Art," The Octopus, Bloomington, IL, January 15-21, 1999, p. 11 Bonettti, David, "Gallery Watch," San Francisco Examiner, Friday December 18, 1999 Baker, Kenneth, "At Home with Grabner and Isermann," San Francisco Chronicle, December 1999 Sans, Jerome, “Home Painting,” exhibition catalogue, Rocket Gallery, London 1999 Bamberger, Tom "Where Have All the Artists Gone," Milwaukee Magazine, January 1999, pp. 45-53 Miller, Cliff, “Sesquicentennial Art Show Bear's Appleton's Signature: Prosse, Grabner Play Prominent Roles,” Appleton Post-Crescent, December 3, 1998 Guha, Tania, "Michelle Grabner at Rocket Gallery," Time Out London, August 26-September 2, 1998 Tan, Eugene, "Michelle Grabner," Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 19 (Summer) 1998, p. 67 Lusher, Tim, "Michelle Grabner: Home Painting," Evening Standard, June 4, 1998, Hot Tickets, p. 43 Miller, Cliff, "Lasting Tribute," Appleton Post Crescent, July 27, 1998 pp. C1-C3 Mickelson, Sandy, "The Art of Intrigue," Oshkosh Northwestern, July 23, 1998, pp. C1-C2 Ullrich, Polly, "The Workmanship of Risk: The Re-emergence of Handicraft in Postmodern Art, New Art Examiner, April, 1998, pp. 24-29 Saltz, Jerry, "Uncomfortable," Time Out New York, July 31-August 7,1998, p. 41 Smith, Courtenay, “Post-Pop, Post-Pictures,” Smart Museum, University of Chicago (exhibition catalogue) 1997 Maldonado, Ed, Nadine Wasserman, and Tina Wasserman, Distraction, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago (exhibition catalogue) 1997 Kind, Joshua, "Post-Pop, Post-Pictures," New Art Examiner, November 1997, pp. 54-55 Hawkins, Margaret, "Gen X Artists Flaunt Their Indifference," Chicago Sun-Times, September 5, 1997, p. 18 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 p. 2 Pagal, David, "Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller," Los Angeles Times, Thursday, January 20, 1997 Section F, p.1 Forgacs, Eva, "Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller," Art Issues, March/April 1997 Carley, Michal, "Michelle Grabner at Hermetic Gallery," Art Papers, March/April 1997 Frank, Nicholas, “If Walls Could Talk,” Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, exhibition catalogue 1997 Aukeman, Anastasia, "Small Budget, Large Ambition," Artnews (Special:The Cutting Edge,) October 1997 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 Porges, 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, “25 Americans: Painting in the 90s,” exhibition catalogue, Milwaukee Art Museum 1995
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Luxemburg Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Daimler Contemporary, Berlin Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Artist Pension and Trust participant since 2004
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