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MICHAEL REAFSNYDER

Born 1969, Orange, California
Lives and works in Southern California

EDUCATION

1996    Master of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

1992    Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Chapman University, Orange, California

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2022    Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, New York*

            Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, Connecticut

2020    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, New York *

2018    Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe, New York, New York*

2017    Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, New York, New York*

2016    RB Stevenson Gallery, In Bloom, La Jolla, California

2015     Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe, New York, New York *

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*

2009    RB Stevenson Gallery, Undone, La Jolla, California

2007    W.C.C.A., Fresh, Singapore

            Western Project, Aqua La La, Culver City, California*

            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

1999    Pelavin Editions, Monotypes, New York, New York

1997    Blum and Poe, Paintings, Santa Monica, California

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019    Miles McEnery Gallery, Michael Reafsnyder and Patrick Wilson, New York, New York*

Harris Art Gallery, Combo Platter: Collaborative Woks by Michael Reafsnyder and David Kiddie. University of La Verne, La Verne, California*

* Catalog in conjunction with exhibition

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022    Miles McEnery Gallery, Summer Drift, New York, New York

2021    Contemporary Art Matters, Flying Colors, Columbus, Ohio

            Blossom Market, Return of the Dragons, Los Angeles, California

            Bentley Gallery, Chromatic, Phoenix, Arizona

            North Dakota Museum of Art, From the Collection, Grand Forks, North Dakota

            Weber Fine Art, Group Exhibition, Greenwich, Connecticut

2020    Miles McEnery Gallery, Do You Think It Needs A Cloud?  New York, New York

Telluride Fine Art, Little Gems, Telluride, California

2018    RB Stevenson Gallery, Abstract Thinking, La Jolla, California

2017    Telluride Fine Art, Non-Objective Painting, Telluride, Colorado
            (Curated by James Hayward)

            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

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

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, California

2008    Sweeney Art Gallery, Like Lifelike, curated by Brad Spence, University of California, Riverside, California

             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

2007    Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Summer Selections, Columbus, Ohio

            RB Stevenson Gallery, Abstract, La Jolla, California

2006    David Reed Studio, Too Many Tear Drops, New York, New York

            Mandarin, A Little So Cal Abstraction, Los Angeles, California

            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, California

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

2002    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, curated by Tyler Stallings, Laguna Beach, California

            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, Texas

            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

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, Ohio

Weisman Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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.

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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.

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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.

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Hickey, Dave. "Four Fish Tacos and a Step into Liquid." Otis College of Art and Design Magazine (2006).

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Pagel, David (continued)

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            “Silly…Seriously.” Los Angeles Times 17 Dec. 1999

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

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS PUBLICATIONS

Palermo, Charles, Michael Reafsnyder. New York: Miles McEnery Gallery, 2022.

Schreyach, Michael, Michael Reafsnyder. New York: Miles McEnery Gallery, 2020.

Dambrot, Shana Nys, Michael Reafsnyder and 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 La La. 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.

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS CATALOGS

Non-Objective. Telluride Fine Art, 2018

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.