b. 1976, Truk Island, Micronesia
Lives and works in Richmond, VA
Education
MFA, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
BFA, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2010
rites and dust, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Solo Presentation, Project Gentili, ArtVerona, Verona, Italy
2008
University of Illinois, Springfield, IL
Brown Gold Braid and Field and Plantlife, Threewalls, Chicago, IL
The Wake the Saint the Sound the Branch, Galleria Gentilli, Prato, Italy
The Astronomer, The Builder, and the Volunteers, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (project space)
2007
Solo Project, SUNDAY L.E.S., New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, Miami, FL
The Discipline of Astronomy and Wind, SUNDAY L.E.S., New York, NY
The Ornament of Fire, SUNDAY L.E.S., New York, NY (project space)
2006
Riverboat Love Songs for Ghost Whale Regatta, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
Riverboat Love Songs for Ghost Whale Regatta, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
leg, Lawndale Center for the Arts, Houston, TX
2005
The Zephyr Breeze and the Deepest Ocean Valley, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2004
A New Season and the Golden Age Solution, Kansas City Avenue of the Arts Public Art Commission, Kansas City, MO
Daredevils of the Speedway!!! the flat works, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2003
The Ghost Whale Circuit, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
A Garden and the Golden Age Solution, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
The Rainbow, Castle, Quasar Divide, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
2002
The Summit Mountain Convoy Revival, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
The Uniform Bridge Theory, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2001
The Outer-Space Flight of Boris Volynov, The Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
12.5, Afa Gallery, Scranton, PA
1999
Witness to Mischief, Studio iii, Luzerne, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
QVNOXW//, 86 Forsyth Studio, New York, NY
2009
Oculus Imaginationis, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
browser, inter-actor, co-author, producer, nomad, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Physical Reminders, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Drawn, Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA
Galleria Gentilli, Artissima 15, Turin, Italy
Galleria Gentilli, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2008
Pole Shift, Galleria Gentilli, Artforum, Berlin, Germany
Pole Shift, Galleria Gentilli, Prato, Italy
2007
The Joanna, Houston, TX
2006
Core Artist in Residence Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,TX
2005
Core Artist in Residence Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2004
Faculty Exhibition, Central College, Houston, TX
The Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois, w/ Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Biomimicry, (catalog) University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Summer Resident Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2003
Faculty Exhibition, The University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, MI
New Colors, Station 29 Gallery, Newport, RI
Drawing…...Now!, The Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2002
FAWC Fellows Show, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
Yankee Clay: Ceramic Artists of the Northeast, The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
2000
Typographies, Art Site, Wellsville, NY
Young Artists, New Work, Gardo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Views, Kings College, Wilkes Barre, PA
Exhibit One, The Contemporary Gallery, Scranton, PA
Selected Bibliography
Baker, Sarah. ”The Zephyr Breeze and the Deepest Ocean Valley.” The Reader (Omaha, NE). August 25, 2005: p 38.
Beemon, Dorothy. "Art Gallery Explores Fantastical World.” Central Michigan Life. November 12, 2003.
Cain, Marcus. “Proposals Take Shape for 2004 Avenue of the Arts.” Review Magazine. February 2003: pp. 36-37.
Carroll, Sean. “Tasty Treads, The Main Course.” GlassTire: Texas Visual Art Online. April 2006.
Carroll, Sean. “The Core Exhibition.” The Houston Free Press. April 1, 2005.
Chovanec, Barbara. “Visiting Artist Shows the ‘Unseen.'" Inside CMU. November 17, 2003: p. 1.
Cunningham, Dennis. “Yellow Duct Tape and Fog Machines.” The Cape Cod Voice. April 10, 2003.
Davenport, Bill. “Leg.” GlassTire: Texas Visual Art Online. March 2006.
Day, Holiday T. “Observations.” Catalogue essay, Biomimicry: The Art of Imitating Life. 2004.
Eccel, Josephine. “Meet the 2003 Individual Artist Fellows.” Art Line. February 26, 2003: pg. 7.
Fischer, Annie. “For the Masses.” The Pitch. May 20-26, 2004: p. 23.
Fressola, Michael. “Evocative, Romantic, Intricate.” Staten Island Advance. Staten Island, New York, August 10, 1998.
Hanley, William. “Editor’s Picks: Open Season in New York.” Artinfo.com. September 14, 2007.
Hartman, Hedy. catalogue essay, Biennial Exhibition catalog, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1998.
Johnson, Patricia C. “Artadia Award Nominees Announced.” The Houston Chronicle. March 2006.
Krainak, Michael Joe. “Installation Enjoys Resurgence at Bemis Center.” Review. March 16, 2006: pp. 38-41.
Krainak, Michael. “The Forth Dimension.” The City Weekly (Omaha, NE). Sept 1-7, 2005.
Lusdfelt, Heather. "Avenue of the Arts." Art Papers. October 2004.
Milner, Jason. “Witness to Mischief: Selected Works of Michael Jones McKean.” Electric City. April, 1999: pp. 12.
Mitchell, Emily K. “Chasing Rainbows.” Houston Magazine. Photo: Steve Henry, May/June 2005: pp. 208.
Pencek, David. “Slater Expands It’s Future.” Norwich Bulletin. June 21, 2002.
Pescovitz, Mark, MD. “The Alchemy of Art and Science.” Catalogue essay, “Biomimicry, The Art of Imitating Life.” 2004.
Pleasantin, Kristin. “On the Mezzanine.” Art Line. January/February 2003: p. 4.
Rosenberg, Karen. “LES is More.” New York Magazine. August 25, 2007.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Art in Review: Michael Jones McKean.” The New York Times. September 28, 2007.
Thibodeaux, Julianna E. “Sinister Beauty.” Nuvo. March 31 - April 7, 2004: pp. 22.
Thurson, Alice. “Everything and the Kitchen Sink.” The Kansas City Star. May 28, 2004.
Thurson, Alice. “Ambitious Avenue of the Arts.” Kansas City Star. January 11, 2003.
Wood, Ann. “Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts of Art.” Provincetown Banner. April 10, 2003: pp. 33.
Young, Alison. “Leg.” Interview, KUHF Houston Public Radio, March 2006.
_. Nancy Graves Foundation Award Winners Announced.” Art in America. November 2005.
_. The 2005 Core Artist-in-Residence Exhibition Catalog, pp. 38-44.
_. "Artists Play Host for One Day Only." The Reader (Omaha, NE). January 2003: pp. 22-28.
_. “McKean at KU.” Lawrence Journal World. February 23, 2002: pp. 4D.
_. “FAWC Shows Drawings.” Provincetown Banner. January 9, 2002: pg. 8.
_. “Fellows Hold Group Show.” Provincetown Banner. Provincetown, MA, October 31, 2002: pp. 36.
_. “Spotlight.” Impressions. Spring 1999 edition, Dunmore, PA, pp. 20.
_. Bayleaf Literary and Visual Arts Journal, Spring 1998 edition, pp. 12, 34, 42.
Residencies and Fellowships
2008 Three Walls, Chicago, IL
2004-2006 The Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
2004 The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Summer Residency, Alfred, NY
The Urban Culture Project at The Bank, Kansas City, MO
2003 The Stephen L. Barstow Fellowship, Central Michigan University, MI
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2000, 2003 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Grants, Awards and Commissions
2006 Artadia Award Finalist
2005 The Nancy Graves Foundation Award The Nancy Graves Foundation, New York, NY
The Eliza Prize, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Kansas Arts Commission Mini Grant
2004 Kansas City Avenue of the Arts Commission Grant
2004, 02, 00 Exhibition Grant, Delaware Division of the Arts
2003 Emerging Artist Fellowship, Delaware Division of the Arts
2002 The Jeanne C. Thayer Fellowship in the Arts, The State University of New York
2000-02 Alfred University Graduate Fellowship
2000 St. Luke’s Medal, Marywood University
Exhibitions Organized & Selected Projects
2006 The Great Circuit, Global Visualization/Mapping/Expedition
The Rainbow, Large-scale rainbow project, Houston, Kansas City, and New York City
2005 The Ghost Whale Circuit, audio CD w/ jewel case, edition 25
Curator, Well., Well # 1 Building, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Bi-national collaboration with Dot-to-Dot, The Rainbow, Castle, Quasar Divide, San Diego, CA
Co-Curator, Drawing….Now! Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Co-Curator, (Bed)Fellows, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2002 Primer, Artist book, edition of 10
Skating on the Ice Beautifully, John Woods Studio, videotape
2001 Rapid Pyro-plastic Deformation, with Edward V. Bongio and NYSCC Engineering, McMahon Hall, Alfred, NY
The Epic of Jim Hoohan and the Great Time Machine Fiasco, Harder Hall, Alfred, NY
The Ghost of Tom and the Easter Bunny’s Family Picnic, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Pauline’s Last Tape, The Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Practice/Manufacture: The Sisyphus Experiment, The Daniel Rhodes Room, Alfred, NY
2000 The Amazing Circus Tunnel, Art Site, Wellsville, NY
12.5: Mapping, Collaboration with Joshua Breslow, Afa Gallery, Scranton, PA
Wedding Rehearsal/Practice for a Eulogy, Paris, France
1999 The Exploration of the Moon, Central Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Public Collections
Centro per l'Arte Contempranea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Lives and works in Richmond, VA
Education
MFA, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
BFA, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2010
rites and dust, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Solo Presentation, Project Gentili, ArtVerona, Verona, Italy
2008
University of Illinois, Springfield, IL
Brown Gold Braid and Field and Plantlife, Threewalls, Chicago, IL
The Wake the Saint the Sound the Branch, Galleria Gentilli, Prato, Italy
The Astronomer, The Builder, and the Volunteers, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (project space)
2007
Solo Project, SUNDAY L.E.S., New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, Miami, FL
The Discipline of Astronomy and Wind, SUNDAY L.E.S., New York, NY
The Ornament of Fire, SUNDAY L.E.S., New York, NY (project space)
2006
Riverboat Love Songs for Ghost Whale Regatta, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
Riverboat Love Songs for Ghost Whale Regatta, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
leg, Lawndale Center for the Arts, Houston, TX
2005
The Zephyr Breeze and the Deepest Ocean Valley, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2004
A New Season and the Golden Age Solution, Kansas City Avenue of the Arts Public Art Commission, Kansas City, MO
Daredevils of the Speedway!!! the flat works, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2003
The Ghost Whale Circuit, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
A Garden and the Golden Age Solution, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
The Rainbow, Castle, Quasar Divide, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
2002
The Summit Mountain Convoy Revival, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
The Uniform Bridge Theory, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2001
The Outer-Space Flight of Boris Volynov, The Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
12.5, Afa Gallery, Scranton, PA
1999
Witness to Mischief, Studio iii, Luzerne, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
QVNOXW//, 86 Forsyth Studio, New York, NY
2009
Oculus Imaginationis, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
browser, inter-actor, co-author, producer, nomad, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Physical Reminders, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Drawn, Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA
Galleria Gentilli, Artissima 15, Turin, Italy
Galleria Gentilli, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2008
Pole Shift, Galleria Gentilli, Artforum, Berlin, Germany
Pole Shift, Galleria Gentilli, Prato, Italy
2007
The Joanna, Houston, TX
2006
Core Artist in Residence Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,TX
2005
Core Artist in Residence Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2004
Faculty Exhibition, Central College, Houston, TX
The Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois, w/ Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Biomimicry, (catalog) University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Summer Resident Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2003
Faculty Exhibition, The University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, MI
New Colors, Station 29 Gallery, Newport, RI
Drawing…...Now!, The Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2002
FAWC Fellows Show, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
Yankee Clay: Ceramic Artists of the Northeast, The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
2000
Typographies, Art Site, Wellsville, NY
Young Artists, New Work, Gardo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Views, Kings College, Wilkes Barre, PA
Exhibit One, The Contemporary Gallery, Scranton, PA
Selected Bibliography
Baker, Sarah. ”The Zephyr Breeze and the Deepest Ocean Valley.” The Reader (Omaha, NE). August 25, 2005: p 38.
Beemon, Dorothy. "Art Gallery Explores Fantastical World.” Central Michigan Life. November 12, 2003.
Cain, Marcus. “Proposals Take Shape for 2004 Avenue of the Arts.” Review Magazine. February 2003: pp. 36-37.
Carroll, Sean. “Tasty Treads, The Main Course.” GlassTire: Texas Visual Art Online. April 2006.
Carroll, Sean. “The Core Exhibition.” The Houston Free Press. April 1, 2005.
Chovanec, Barbara. “Visiting Artist Shows the ‘Unseen.'" Inside CMU. November 17, 2003: p. 1.
Cunningham, Dennis. “Yellow Duct Tape and Fog Machines.” The Cape Cod Voice. April 10, 2003.
Davenport, Bill. “Leg.” GlassTire: Texas Visual Art Online. March 2006.
Day, Holiday T. “Observations.” Catalogue essay, Biomimicry: The Art of Imitating Life. 2004.
Eccel, Josephine. “Meet the 2003 Individual Artist Fellows.” Art Line. February 26, 2003: pg. 7.
Fischer, Annie. “For the Masses.” The Pitch. May 20-26, 2004: p. 23.
Fressola, Michael. “Evocative, Romantic, Intricate.” Staten Island Advance. Staten Island, New York, August 10, 1998.
Hanley, William. “Editor’s Picks: Open Season in New York.” Artinfo.com. September 14, 2007.
Hartman, Hedy. catalogue essay, Biennial Exhibition catalog, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1998.
Johnson, Patricia C. “Artadia Award Nominees Announced.” The Houston Chronicle. March 2006.
Krainak, Michael Joe. “Installation Enjoys Resurgence at Bemis Center.” Review. March 16, 2006: pp. 38-41.
Krainak, Michael. “The Forth Dimension.” The City Weekly (Omaha, NE). Sept 1-7, 2005.
Lusdfelt, Heather. "Avenue of the Arts." Art Papers. October 2004.
Milner, Jason. “Witness to Mischief: Selected Works of Michael Jones McKean.” Electric City. April, 1999: pp. 12.
Mitchell, Emily K. “Chasing Rainbows.” Houston Magazine. Photo: Steve Henry, May/June 2005: pp. 208.
Pencek, David. “Slater Expands It’s Future.” Norwich Bulletin. June 21, 2002.
Pescovitz, Mark, MD. “The Alchemy of Art and Science.” Catalogue essay, “Biomimicry, The Art of Imitating Life.” 2004.
Pleasantin, Kristin. “On the Mezzanine.” Art Line. January/February 2003: p. 4.
Rosenberg, Karen. “LES is More.” New York Magazine. August 25, 2007.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Art in Review: Michael Jones McKean.” The New York Times. September 28, 2007.
Thibodeaux, Julianna E. “Sinister Beauty.” Nuvo. March 31 - April 7, 2004: pp. 22.
Thurson, Alice. “Everything and the Kitchen Sink.” The Kansas City Star. May 28, 2004.
Thurson, Alice. “Ambitious Avenue of the Arts.” Kansas City Star. January 11, 2003.
Wood, Ann. “Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts of Art.” Provincetown Banner. April 10, 2003: pp. 33.
Young, Alison. “Leg.” Interview, KUHF Houston Public Radio, March 2006.
_. Nancy Graves Foundation Award Winners Announced.” Art in America. November 2005.
_. The 2005 Core Artist-in-Residence Exhibition Catalog, pp. 38-44.
_. "Artists Play Host for One Day Only." The Reader (Omaha, NE). January 2003: pp. 22-28.
_. “McKean at KU.” Lawrence Journal World. February 23, 2002: pp. 4D.
_. “FAWC Shows Drawings.” Provincetown Banner. January 9, 2002: pg. 8.
_. “Fellows Hold Group Show.” Provincetown Banner. Provincetown, MA, October 31, 2002: pp. 36.
_. “Spotlight.” Impressions. Spring 1999 edition, Dunmore, PA, pp. 20.
_. Bayleaf Literary and Visual Arts Journal, Spring 1998 edition, pp. 12, 34, 42.
Residencies and Fellowships
2008 Three Walls, Chicago, IL
2004-2006 The Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
2004 The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Summer Residency, Alfred, NY
The Urban Culture Project at The Bank, Kansas City, MO
2003 The Stephen L. Barstow Fellowship, Central Michigan University, MI
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2000, 2003 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Grants, Awards and Commissions
2006 Artadia Award Finalist
2005 The Nancy Graves Foundation Award The Nancy Graves Foundation, New York, NY
The Eliza Prize, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Kansas Arts Commission Mini Grant
2004 Kansas City Avenue of the Arts Commission Grant
2004, 02, 00 Exhibition Grant, Delaware Division of the Arts
2003 Emerging Artist Fellowship, Delaware Division of the Arts
2002 The Jeanne C. Thayer Fellowship in the Arts, The State University of New York
2000-02 Alfred University Graduate Fellowship
2000 St. Luke’s Medal, Marywood University
Exhibitions Organized & Selected Projects
2006 The Great Circuit, Global Visualization/Mapping/Expedition
The Rainbow, Large-scale rainbow project, Houston, Kansas City, and New York City
2005 The Ghost Whale Circuit, audio CD w/ jewel case, edition 25
Curator, Well., Well # 1 Building, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Bi-national collaboration with Dot-to-Dot, The Rainbow, Castle, Quasar Divide, San Diego, CA
Co-Curator, Drawing….Now! Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Co-Curator, (Bed)Fellows, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2002 Primer, Artist book, edition of 10
Skating on the Ice Beautifully, John Woods Studio, videotape
2001 Rapid Pyro-plastic Deformation, with Edward V. Bongio and NYSCC Engineering, McMahon Hall, Alfred, NY
The Epic of Jim Hoohan and the Great Time Machine Fiasco, Harder Hall, Alfred, NY
The Ghost of Tom and the Easter Bunny’s Family Picnic, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Pauline’s Last Tape, The Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
Practice/Manufacture: The Sisyphus Experiment, The Daniel Rhodes Room, Alfred, NY
2000 The Amazing Circus Tunnel, Art Site, Wellsville, NY
12.5: Mapping, Collaboration with Joshua Breslow, Afa Gallery, Scranton, PA
Wedding Rehearsal/Practice for a Eulogy, Paris, France
1999 The Exploration of the Moon, Central Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Public Collections
Centro per l'Arte Contempranea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy