Michelle Lopez, Biography, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco

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Michelle Lopez

BORN 1970, origin Philippines
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

1994 MFA, Painting and Sculpture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
1992 BA cum laude, Literature and Art History, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005
Gallery Paule Anglim, “Piece,” San Francisco, CA

2001
Deitch Projects, "Adventures in the Skin Trade," New York, NY
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, "Adventures in the Skin Trade," Milan, Italy

1999
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), "The Untitled Thumb and Drape Project," Los Angeles, CA.

1998
Deitch Projects,” Leather,” New York, NY.

1996
Feature, Inc., New York, NY.
407, New York, NY.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
“Bay Area NOW,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Kicking Rocks,” Champion Fine Arts, curated by Anna Sew Hoy, LA, CA
The Studio Museum of Harlem, “Harlem Postcards,” NY, NY

2004
OCMA, “California Biennial,” Orange County, LA, CA
SVA Visual Arts Gallery, “Beginning Here: 101 Ways,” curated by Jerry Saltz, NY, NY 2004

2000
Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
Halcyon Days, Public Art Fund New Commissions, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY
The Tank, Galleria Leyendecker, Tenerife, SPAIN
Deitch/Steinberg Editions, Deitch Projects, NY
Multiple Sensations, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Philosophy in the Bedroom, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Haulin' Ass, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1999
Foul Play, (curated by Cheryl Kaplan), Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY.
Pierogi 2000: The Flatfiles, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“Cuerpos Pintados,” commission, Santiago, CHILE

1998
Tight: Sphincter arhatship, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
Drawers, Feature, Inc., New York, NY.
New York State Biennial, New York State Museum, Albany, NY.
Opens, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, QUEBEC.
Pierogi 2000, New York: The Flatfiles, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, AUSTRIA

1997
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, Gasworks Gallery, London, ENGLAND.
Current/Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
The Art Exchange, 407, New York, NY.

1996
The Baseball Show, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY.
The Art Exchange, 407, New York, NY.

AWARDS

2004
UC-Berkeley, Junior Faculty Research Grant, "Humanus: Rapid prototyping of sculptures/marriage of art and technology," Berkeley, CA

2003
UC-Berkeley, Junior Faculty Summer Regents Grant, “Humanus: Rapid prototyping of sculptures/marriage of art and technology,” Berkeley, CA,

2002
UC-Berkeley Junior Faculty Research Grant, “Humanus,” Berkeley, CA

2002
Art in America: Best Public Art, August 2002

2002
New York Foundation for the Arts Award, NY, NY

2000
Public Art Fund, Commission, Brooklyn, NY

1997
Banff Centre for the Arts Residency, Banff, Alberta, CANADA.

1996
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, MacArthur Foundation Traveling Grant, Peterborough, NH.

1995
Jane Geuting Camp Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.

1992
Josephine Paddock Fellowship, Barnard College, New York, NY.

TEACHING

University of California, Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, Graduate Advisor and Head of Sculpture Dept., Assistant Professor, Fall 2002-2005
New York University, Department of Art, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fall 2000-2002
Columbia University, School of the Arts, Adjunct Assistant Professor:
Fall 2000-Spring 2001, Graduate Fine Arts Program, Undergraduate Fine Arts Program
Selected Visiting Artist Lectures: Barnard College, Columbia University; Otis School of Art and Design, LA; School of Visual Arts, NY, San Francisco Art Institute

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
Tumlir, Jan. Artforum: review: “California Biennial, “ February 2005

2004
Knight, Christopher. “Biennial Arrives, and so does a Museum,”
Los AngelesTimes, October 13, 2004.
OCMA California Biennial Catalogue: “Michelle Lopez”, Kristin
Chambers, pp.76-79, 2004

2003
“Sensual Success—Deflecting Media Attention: Michelle Lopez”.
In The Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art, Linda Weintraub. pp. 384-391

2002
Art in America: 2002 Guide, “Best of Public Art”, Annual 2002-2003
“The Skin She’s In: Michelle Lopez”, Rachel Gugelberger, School of Visual Arts Journal, Fall 2002

2001
Art in America: review: "Michelle Lopez: 'Adventures in the Skin Trade'", December 2001. Carey Lovelace.
Panorama, La Rinascita di New York, vista dalle gallerie, Fiamma Arditi, Oct. 11, 2001.
Sirmans, Franklin. TimeOut New York: review, “Michelle Lopez: Adventures in the Skin Trade", Oct. 11-18, 2001.
The New Yorker, October 01, 2001.
Smith, Roberta. "Creativity Overhead, Underfoot and Even in the Air," The New York Times, July 27, 2001.
"Halcyon Days," "Voice Choices, The Village Voice, May 12, 2001.
Kaplan, Cheryl. "Adventures in the Skin Trade", Fondazione Nicola Trussardi (catalogue), June 2001.

2000
Vogel, Carol. "A Landscape that Grows Art," The New York Times, October 6, 2000.
"Master Class," Harper's Bazaar, December, 2000.
Cotter, Holland. "Art Review: New York Contemporary, Defined 50 Ways", The New York Times, March 6, 2000.
Plagens, Peter. "Six Artists", Newsweek, April 3, 2000.
Saltz, Jerry. "Art Review: Greater New York", The Village Voice, March 8, 2000.
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now. Greater New York Catalogue, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 2000.

1999
"Art: Downtown: Foul Play", The New Yorker, October 22, 1999.
Griffin, Tim. "Slow Matters: The Untitled Thumb and Drape Project", Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (catalog), 1999.
Ise, Claudine. "Art Reviews: Trapped in Time", Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1999.

1998
Griffin, Tim. 'Art Reviews: Michelle Lopez: Leather", TimeOut New York, May 21-28, 1998.
Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review: Drawers", The New York Times, Friday, January 23, 1998.
Levin, Kim. "Voice Choices", The Village Voice, May 12, 1998.
Weintraub, Linda. "New York State Biennial", New York State Museum (catalog), February 6, 1998, pp. 5-6.

1997
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: The Art Exchange", The New York Times, Friday, May 9, 1997.

1994
Brown, Christie. “Where’s the Next Jackson Pollock?” Forbes, April 11, 1994.