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EDUCATION

 1996  MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
 1992  BA, Chapman University, Orange, California


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020     Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, New York (catalog forthcoming)

2017     Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe, New York, New York (catalog)

​2015     Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, New York, New York (catalog)

2014     Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Sunday Best, Culver City, California

2013     Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, We Ate the House, New York, New York

2012     RB Stevenson Gallery, Gleam, La Jolla, California

2011     Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, Feast, New York, New York
         Marty Walker Gallery, Delight, Dallas, Texas

2010     Western Project, Put it There, Culver City, California
         Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Sweetness, Columbus, Ohio (catalog)

2009     RB Stevenson Gallery, Undone, La Jolla, California

2007     W.C.C.A., Fresh, Singapore
         Western Project, Aqua La La, Culver City, California (catalog)
         RB Stevenson Gallery, Whirl, La Jolla, California

2005     Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada. More: Paintings and Sculpture from 2002-2005

2004     Uplands Gallery, Yum-Yum, Melbourne, Australia

2003     Mark Moore Gallery, Paintings, Santa Monica, California

2002     Galeria Marta Cervera, Paintings, Madrid, Spain
         Finesilver, Paintings, San Antonio, Texas

2001     Mark Moore Gallery, Paintings, Santa Monica, California
         Artissima, Present/ Future, Turin, Italy

1999     Mark Moore Gallery, Paintings, Santa Monica, California

1997     Blum and Poe, Paintings, Santa Monica, California

1996     Art Center College of Design, Paintings, Pasadena, California


TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2018   Miles McEnery Gallery, (with Patrick Wilson), New York New York (catalog)


​SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017  Miles McEnery Gallery, Belief in Giants, New York, New York
​      Telluride Fine Art, Non-Objective (curated by James Hayward), Telluride, Colorado
      RB Stevenson Gallery, Painters Room, La Jolla, California

2015  Acme, Works in Paper II, Los Angeles, California
      Barrick Museum, Recent Acquisitions, Las Vegas, Nevada
      Guggenheim Gallery, Paths and Edges, Chapman University, Orange, California (catalog)

2014   Peggy Phelps Gallery, Floor Flowers, Claremont Graduate University,
            Claremont, California

2012   Barrick Museum, Into the Light, Las Vegas, Nevada

2011    Acme, Los Angeles Ceramic Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
        Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe, Summer Selections, New York, New York

2010    Peggy Phelps Gallery, Forever Now, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
        Pacific Design Center, Keramik, Los Angeles, California
        Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, Summer Selections, New York, New York
        RB Stevenson Gallery, Just Enough, La Jolla, California

2009   Blaffer Gallery, Electric Mud, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (catalog)
       Morgan Lehman, Selected Works from Pilliod Records, New York, New York
       Donna Beam Art Gallery, Way Out West, Las Vegas, Nevada
       CTRL, Good Ship Lollipop, Houston, Texas
       RB Stevenson Gallery, Well-Tempered, La Jolla, California
       Western Project, Sculpture Two, Culver City, California
       Laguna Art Museum, Collecting California: Selections from Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)

2008   Sweeney Art Gallery, Like Lifelike, curated by Brad Spence, University of California, Riverside, CA          
       Cypress College Art Gallery, iCandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California, Cypress, California
       Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Splash, Columbus, Ohio
       Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Luscious Abstraction, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
       Black Dragon Society, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
       Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas Collectos Contemporary, Las Vegas, Nevada (catalog)

2007  Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Summer Selections, Columbus, Ohio
      RB Stevenson Gallery, Abstract, La Jolla, California
      Harris Art Gallery, Combo Platter: Collaborative Works by Michael Reafsnyder and David Kiddie.
           University of La Verne,CA (catalog)
 
2006  David Reed Studio, Too Many Tear Drops, New York, New York
      Mandarin, A Little So Cal Abstraction, Los Angeles, California (catalog)
      West Coast Contemporary Art, Discovery, Singapore

2005  Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis Art Institute, Step Into Liquid, curated by Dave Hickey, Los Angeles, California
      Mark Moore Gallery, In Bloom, Santa Monica, California
      Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California

2004  Gallery Eugene Lendl, Fresh Paint, Graz, Austria
      Mark Moore Gallery, Painting and Sculpture, Santa Monica, California
      Laguna Art Museum, Funny Business: Humor in Art from the Permanent Collection, Laguna Beach, CA
      Laguna Art Museum, The O Scene, Laguna Beach, California
      Claremont Graduate School, Now and Then Some, Claremont, California

2003  Uplands Gallery, LA TAP, Melbourne, Australia
      Manny Silverman Gallery, Not the Usual Suspects, curated by James Hayward, Los Angeles, California
      Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Pfat and Sassy, Santa Fe, New Mexico
      Peter Blake Gallery, Extreme Paint, Laguna Beach, California

2002  Modernism, Five Times Four, San Francisco, California
      Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Trade Show, Orange, California
      Portland Art Museum, New in Town, curated by Bruce Guenther, Portland, Oregon
      Mark Moore Gallery, Western States, Santa Monica, California

2001 University of North Texas, Cal’s Art, Sampling California Painting, Denton, Texas
     Laguna Art Museum, One Minute of Your Time: A Brief Survey of Southern California Art from 1835 to 2001                       
     Art Frankfurt, The Stuff Dreams are Made From, Frankfurt, Germany

2000  Todd Hosfelt Gallery, New Work: Abstract Painting, San Francisco, California
      The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, New American Painting 15, curated by David Pagel, Austin, TX 
      Mark Moore Gallery, Paint, American Style, Santa Monica, California
      Gallery Marabini, Radar Love (with Gajin Fujita, Andrea Bowers and Linda Stark), Bologna, Italy

1999  Black Dragon Society, Under 500: Intimate Abstract Paintings, Los Angeles, California
      Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, LA/ New York Abstract, New York, New York

1996  The Loft, Risk, Laguna Beach, California

1995  Gander Mountain High, Ride ‘Um Hunter, curated by Daniel Mendel- Black, Pasadena, California



PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio

Creative Artist’s Agency, Beverly Hills, California

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California

Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, California

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
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Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, Ohio


 
BIBLIOGRAPHY   click for pdf of selected reviews

Anania, Katie. "A Gorgeous Mess." Las Vegas City Life 7 Oct. 2005.

Artrois, Stella. "Exhibitionism/ Painting Out the Century." Flaunt 1999: 133-34.

Baker, Kenneth. "Abstraction at Todd Hosfelt Gallery." San Francisco Chronicle 8 Jan. 2000: B1.
     "Ramos and Five Times Four at Modernism." San Francisco Chronicle 14 Dec. 2002.

B, C. ""Kamasutra a Ritmo di Rock"" Gulliver Dec. 2000: 336.

Biel, Kim. "Michael Reafsnyder." Art Ltd. June 2007.

Britt, Douglas. “Blaffer Gallery Hosting Art Rebellion.” Houston Chronicle 26 Mar. 2009

"California Dream." Flash Art Italy Oct. 2000: 65.

Chang, Richard. "Celebrating O.C.'s Own Scene." Orange County Register 7 Nov. 2004.

Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery." Artweek June 2003.
     "Sculpture Part Two at Western Project." Artweek Oct. 2008.

Ellertson, Karrin. "New in Town." Portland Mercury Apr. 2002.

Ellgood, Anne. New American Painting 2004.

Forestieri, Susanne. “Fine Blend.” Las Vegas Weekly 3 Sept. 2009.

Franceschetti, Roberta. "Arte & Mercado: Bologna." Arte Jan. 2001: 210.

Frank, Peter. "A Little So Cal Abstraction." LA Weekly 27 Sept. 2006.

Galletta, Alessandra. "Ritorno Alla Pitture." Kult Dec. 2000: 145.

Hickey, Dave. "Best of the 90's." Artforum Dec. 1999: 112.
     "Four Fish Tacos and a Step Into Liquid." Otis College of Art and Design Magazine (2006).

Honotoria, Javier. "Michael Reafsnyder at Galeria Marta Cervera." El Mundo [Madrid] 16 Jan. 2003.

Jones, Tricia. "Three Shows Under One Museum Roof." The Columbian 12 Apr. 2002: F3+.

Knight, Christopher.“Michael Reafsnyder at Western Project.” Los Angeles Times 12 March 2010.
     "45 Painters Under 45." Los Angeles Times 2 Dec. 2007.
     "Just Going with the Flow." Los Angeles Times 14 Jan. 2006.
     "Melding divergent forces, with a smile." Los Angeles Times Feb. 2007.
     "Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery." Art Issues Mar. 2000.
     "Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery." Los Angeles Times 12 Apr. 2003.

McClemont, Doug. “Michael Reafsnyder at Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe.” Artnews Apr. 2011.

Meyers, Terry. "Step Into Liquid." Modern Painters Feb. 2006.

"Michael Reafsnyder at Western Project." Web Article. Saatchi-Gallery Online. Feb 17 2007.

Molinari, Guido. "Radar Love." Flash Art Italy Dec. 2001.

"9 picks that say peace out to the left eye." Williamette Week 1 May 2002: 33.

Pagel, David. "A Few Tests to See How Much Input the Brain Can Handle: Michael Reafsnyder." 
     Los Angeles Times 8 June 2001.
     "A Little So Cal Abstraction." Los Angeles Times Sept. 2006.
     “All forms are welcome at ‘Museum’.” Los Angeles Times 14 Jan. 2011
     "Aperto: Los Angeles." Flash Art Mar. 1998.
     "Art Reviews: Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery.” Los Angeles Times Mar. 2003: F33.
     "Editor's Choice: Michael Reafsnyder." Bomb Winter 1998.
     “Floor Flowers.” Gallery Magazine issue 191 Oct. 2014.
     "Michael Reafsnyder at Blum and Poe." Los Angeles Times May 1997.
     "Not the Usual Suspects at Manny Silverman Gallery." Los Angeles Times 1 Aug. 2003.
     "Rambunctious Group Energy." Los Angeles Times 29 Aug. 2008.
      “Silly…Seriously.” Los Angeles Times 17 Dec. 1999

Peterson, Kristen. “An Infusion of Art: Contemporary works from Los Angeles.” Las Vegas Sun 11 Sept. 2009

Pincus, Robert. “Quartet of Soloists.” San Diego-Union Tribune 26 Nov. 2009.
     “He’s Come Undone.” San Diego Union-Tribune 13 Aug. 2009.
     "Whirl at RB Stevenson Gallery." San Diego Union-Tribune Apr. 2007.

Plagens, Peter, and Corrie Brown. "Hollywood's Big Art Deal." Newsweek 6 Dec. 1999: 78-80.

"Present/ Future at Artissima 2001." Art and Job 2001.

"Radar Love at Galeria Marabini." Flash Art Italy Nov. 2000.

Reed, Victoria. "Michael Reafsnyder at RB Stevenson Gallery." Artweek June 2007.

Row, D. K. "Two Hands Clapping." The Oregonian 12 Apr. 2002: 52+.

Schlesinger, Mark. "A Musing: The Work of Michael Reafsnyder." Perla Oct. 2002.

Schweighofer, T. "Take Away at Der Galerie Lendl in Graz." Kroen-Zeihiup [Graz] 31 Dec. 2004.

Twardy, Chuck. "Paintings pose questions about possibility for soulful abstraction." Las Vegas Weekly 27 Oct. 2005.

"UNT Explores methods, inspiration of California Art." Chronicle, University of Northern Texas  (Sept. 2001).

Uplands Gallery. Interview with Michael Reafsnyder. Brochure. Melbourne: Author, 2004.

"Visual Marvels: Michael Reafsnyder." Singapore Tatler Nov. 2007.

Wilkinson, Jeanne C. "Smiley Faces Emerge from Swirls of Abstraction." Tribeca Trib Sept. 1999.

Wille, Chris. "Fruit Loop Turns into Treat." Spokesman Review [Spokane] 7 Apr. 2002: 114.

Yelo, Maria G. "Michael Reafsnyder at Galeria Marta Cervera." ABC [Madrid] 16 Jan. 2003.


 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS PUBLICATIONS

Schreyach, Michael. Michael Reafsnyder. New York: Miles McEnery Gallery, 2020. (*forthcoming)

Dambrot, Shana Nys. Michael Reafsnyder/ Patrick Wilson. New York: Miles McEnery Gallery, 2018.

Grabner, Michelle and David Pagel. Michael Reafsnyder. New York: Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, 2017.

Hickey, Dave. Michael Reafsnyder. New York: Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, 2015.

White, Wayne and Cliff Benjamin. Michael Reafsnyder: Aqua LaLa. Culver City: Western Project, 2007.

Dambrot, Shana Nys. Combo Platter: Collaborative Works by Michael Reafsnyder and David Kiddie.
     University of La Verne: Harris Art Gallery, 2007.

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GENERAL PUBLICATIONS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS CATALOGS
​
Non- Objective. Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, Colorado, 2017.

Paths and Edges. Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, 2015.

Collecting California: Selections from Laguna Art Museum: Laguna Beach, California, 2010.

Pagel, David, and Sara Cochran. Electric Mud. Houston: Blaffer Gallery, 2009.

Spence, Brad. Like LifeLike. Riverside: University of California, 2008.

Lumpkin, Libby. Las Vegas Collects Contemporary. Las Vegas Art Museum, 2008.

A Little So Cal Abstraction. Los Angeles: Mandarin Gallery, 2006.

Present/Future. Turin: Artissima, 2001.

Art Out of School. Beverly Hills: Creative Artist's Agency, 2000.

New American Talent: 15. Austin: Jones Center for Contemporary Art, 2000.

Facts and Fictions: New International Painting between the Imaginary and Reality. edited by Luca Beatrice. Galleria in Arico, Torino, 1999.

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