Michael Rea

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Biography
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EDUCATION
May 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters of Fine Art, Sculpture
May 2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters of Art, Sculpture
May 1999 Northern Illinois University, Bachelors of Science in Education, Art Education

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
Hand+Made: The Performative Impulse in Art and Craft, Contemporary Art Museum, Huston, texas
The Power of Selection, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
2009
Disjecta Auction, Disjecta, Currated Auction, Portland, OR
Art is War, War ss Art, Morgan Conseervatory, Group Exxibition, Cleveland, OH
Gimme Baby Robots IV, Group Exhibition, Chicago , IL , Portlan
Size Matters, Aron Packer Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1000 Days, Scion Space, Group Show, Curated by Daily Serving.com, Culver City, CA
Artist Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Group Show, Chicago, IL
Next, Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Group Expo, Chicago, IL
Version Fest, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Group Expo, Chicago, IL
Trendbeheer, Group Expo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Michael Rea, Phillip Johnson Building, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2008
Project Space,Synchronicity, Solo Exhibition, Hollywood, CA
West, Wester, Westest! Fecal Face Gallery, Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Speculation, Commonwealth Gallery, Group Exhibition, Madison, WI
Chimera Frontiera, Junc Gallery, Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Versions 8, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Gimme Baby Robots III, Group Exhibition, Chicago, San Francisco,
Los Angles, Portland, Seattle, Milwaukee
Wood I, Could I? Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Solo Exhibition, Virginia Beach, VA
Leading Edge, Northwestern Mutual Art Gallery, Group Exhibition Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
2007
New Works, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Solo Exhibition, Chicago IL
Wisconsin Trianial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Juried Exhibition, Madison,WI
Grandfather Paradox, Seventh Floor Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Madison, WI
Fuller Progect, Solo Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Third Year Review, Seventh Floor Gallery, Group Exhibition, Madison, WI 2006
Selected Media Festival, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Intimate and Epic, Millennium Park, Curated Exhibition, Chicago, IL
You Are Beautiful, Collaborative Mural, State & Randolph, Chicago, IL Fat Man & Little Boy, Subtitled Hot & Sexy, CIMC, Solo Installation Madison, WI
Sweet Baby Meat, OneTen Gallery, Group Exhibition, Madison, WI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart , Art Expo, Chicago, IL
Versions 6, Iron Studios, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
NFO EXPO, Iron Studios, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Trivial Pursuit, BSD Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2005
An Intimate Night With Ben Wooten, Seventh Floor Gallery, Group Exhibition, Madison, WI
Shop, 734 Gallery, Curated Exhibition, Madison, WI
It’s Been Strange, Bad Dog Gallery, Curated Exhibition, Madison, WI
Put A Monkey In Space If Remo Williams Can‘t Do It, CIMC, Solo Installation, Madison, WI
Blank Box Cinema, Group Exhibition, Madison, WI
2004
Out On A Limb, Seventh Floor Gallery, Group Exhibition, Madison, WI
Sculpture, Silo Gallery, Group Exhibition, Stoughton, WI
I Yell Because I Care #2, Rockford Art Museum, Solo Performance/ Installation, Rockford, Il
Pay Attention, Unit B Gallery, Group show, Chicago, IL
Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Juried Exhibition, Rockford, IL
2003
I Yell Because I Care, Mutiny, Solo Performance/ Installation, Chicago, IL
2000
As Nova, Jack Olson Gallery, Juried Exhibition, DeKalb, IL
Norris Invitational, Norris Gallery, Juried Exhibition, St. Charles, IL
Race Cars, Jack Arends Visual Arts Building, Group Performance/ Installation, DeKalb, IL

PUBLICATIONS
Proximity Magazine, Featured Artist, Issue IV, Spring 2009
TANGIBLE High touch Visuals, Berlin, published by Gestalten 2009
Russian Popular Mechanics, Interview, December, 2009
Alarm, Interview, Issue 33, October 2008
Creative Quarterly, Featured Artist/Interview, Issue 13, Winter 2008
Daily Serving.com, Featured Artist, July 2008
Hi Fructose, Interview, Volume 8, 2008
De Bug, Featured, Issue 121, April 2008
Wired.com, Interview, Winter 2008
Fecal Face.Com, Interview, Winter 2007
Gizmodo.com, Feature
Boig Boig.com, Featue
Urban Outfitters.com, Feature
Lumpen, Interview, Issue 106, October 2007
Shaping The Future of Craft, National Leadership Conference, 2006
Houston, Texas, Published by the American Craft Council, 2007
Bad At Sports, bad@sports.com, Podcast, Episode 35c, April 29, 2006
Chicago Reader, chicagoreader.com, Section 2, 25, April 8, 2006
Bad At Sports, bad@sports.com, Podcast, Episode 30, March 26, 2006
Joanne Hinkel, Center Stage, Westward Bound, www.centerstage.com, March 20, 2006
Chicago Reader, Wearable Art?, chicagoreader.com, Section 2, Cover, March 17, 2006
Chicago Journal, www.chicagojournal.com, B3, March 16 ,2006
Carrie Sandler, Short And Sweet, UR Chicago, Page17, June 10, 2004