Exhibition History

 (Solo Exhibits Indicated)

2022

Strange Secrets of Starlight Park, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA.

2021

Mermaids & Dolphins, Kelsey Michaels Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. (Solo)

Lydia Takeshita Legacy Exhibit Series, Los Angeles Artcore, Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA.

Make Believe at Muzeo, created by Museum of Make Believe, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA.

Sidecar Puppetry Revue, a virtual storytelling show, co-producer with Museum of Make Believe & Twisted Heart Puppetworks.

California Cool, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

2020

Christmas Fairytales, a virtual storytelling show, co-producer with Museum of Make Believe.

Hallow’s Eve Curiosity Show, a virtual storytelling show, co-producer with Museum of Make Believe.

Co-Founded Museum of Make Believe in Anaheim California.

2019

Ghost Stories and Fairy Tales : Make Believe in Miniature, The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Tucson, AZ. (Solo)

Storytelling Event Production For This Exhibition:

Ghost Stories in the Enchanted Realm

An Enchanted Fairytale Afternoon

Red Poppies on the Moon, Museum of Make Believe Parade Float/Live Performance, Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade, Anaheim, CA.

2018

Ghost Stories and Fairy Tales : A Ceremony of Make Believe, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA. (Solo)

Storytelling Event Production For This Exhibition:

Ghost Stories in the Gallery

An Enchanted Fairytale Evening

We’re All Mad Here : Tea Party & Make Believe

Storytelling at Twilight

Ghost Stories and Fairy Tales : The Witch Diaries, Sakuragi Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan (Solo)

White Queen of the Superstitions, Museum of Make Believe Parade Float/Live Performance, Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade, Anaheim, CA.

2017

Ghost Stories and Fairy Tales, The Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center, Ocean Springs, MS. (Solo)

Storytelling Event Production For This Exhibition:

Ghost Stories in the Gallery

Christmas Fairytales

Tenfold (Celebrating Ten Years), Kelsey Michaels Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA.

The California Fairy Tale, Kelsey Michaels Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA. (Solo)

California Cool, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

2016

Impressions, Kelsey Michaels Fine Art, (a part of Art & Nature / presented by Laguna Art Museum), Laguna Beach, CA.

KMFA Group Show, Kelsey Michaels Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA.

2015

Ghost Stories and Fairy Tales, Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA. (Solo)

2014

Water Appears and Disappears, Florida Mining Gallery, Jacksonville, FL. (Solo)

Sunspots, Sakuragi Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan (Solo)

Collector’s Choice: Inside the Hearts and Minds of Regional Collectors, The Cummer Museum of Art and

Gardens, Jacksonville, FL.

2013

Selections from “Chaos at the Confessional, Florida Mining Gallery, Jacksonville, FL. (Solo)

North of Modern, Florida Mining Gallery - Art Basel/Miami Beach, Miami, FL.

2012

Chaos at the Confessional, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS. (Solo)

Recapture, Rheeway Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2011

Entries of a Diary Thief, Florida Mining Gallery, Jacksonville, FL. (Solo)

Entries of a Diary Thief, Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA. (Solo)

2010

All Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

2009

Cross Currents : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Arts/Ueno Park, Japan.

Cross Currents : LA ArtCore, Los Angeles, CA.

Cross Currents : Makii Masuru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan.

2008

On Dead Highways, Los Angeles Artcore, Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA. (Solo)

Summer Group Show, Bill Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

19th Anniversary Exhibition, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

Extra-Virgin, Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA.

2007

On Dead Highways, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. (Solo)

Through the Lens and On The Canvas, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

On Dead Highways, Palos Verdes Art Center (Norris Gallery), Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

The Brat Pack, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

Summer Group Show, Bill Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2006    

Faith, 9th Annual East Lansing Film Festival, Lansing, MI.

Beyond Photography, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA.

Revealed, Bill Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Chase Mitchell Gallery, Santa Ana, CA. (Solo)

Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA.

2005    

Yellow Sister, Blue Sister, 8th Annual East Lansing Film Festival, Lansing, MI.

Yellow Sister, Blue Sister, New Light Digital Cinema Film Festival (Best of Festival), Chicago, IL.

Faith, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX. (Solo)

Yellow Sister, Blue Sister, Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Solo)

GhettoGloss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

Casket Factory 05’, Curated by Teresa O’Conner, Dallas Coffin Co. Dallas, TX.

Regional Faculty Exhibition, Governor’s State University, University Park, IL.

2004    

Art Miami (with Schopf Gallery), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL.

Shift, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Solo)

2003    

All Media Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL.

A Compact Exhibition, Union Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

The Chicago Solutions Show, Juried by Ed Paschke, Gallery on Lake- Judith Racht, Chicago, IL.

MCA Warehouse, Chicago, IL.

Summer Gallery Group Show, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2002    

Gallery on Lake- Judith Racht, Chicago, IL. (Solo)

Cannonball Fine Art, San Anselmo, CA. (Solo)

Thirteenth Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2001    

Image+Memory, T Designshop Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

ATC Space, Chicago, IL.

2000    

Clara Bow : Hollywood’s ‘It’ Girl, Flatland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. (Solo)

1999    

Stella, Concourse Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. (Solo)

Acadia Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. (Solo)

MFA Thesis Exhibit, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN. (Solo)

Vice- The Seven Deadly Sins, St. Paul College of Visual Art, St. Paul, MN.

Dumb and Evil (MFA Group Exhibit), Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

MFA Group Exhibit, Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

1998    

MFA Group Exhibit, Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

1997    

International Workshops Group Exhibition, Stavanger, Norway.

1996    

BFA Thesis Exhibit, Rotunda Gallery , Kalamazoo, MI. (Solo)

Art Against Aids, Hotel Nikko, Chicago, IL.

International Workshops Group Exhibition, Foyer Space, Graz, Austria.

Selected Bibliography and Publications:

Glorious Chaos, The Press Register, Mobile, AL. July 2012

Designer of Clouds, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, MS. July 2012

The Poetry of Stolen Dreams, Folio Weekly, Jacksonville, FL. December 2011

Geoff Mitchell: Memory in Montage, by Peter Frank, On Dead Highways Exhibition

On Dead Highways Exhibition Catalog, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA. January, 2007

The Air They Breathe: California Artists, Westside Today, Los Angeles, CA. October 2006

Canvas Against the Wall, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN. August, 2000

Clara Bow : Hollywood’s ‘It’ Girl, Pulse of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN. August 2000

Education:

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.