michael jones mckean

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Education
2002
  • MFA, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2000
  • BFA, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Appointment
2006-present
  • Assistant Professor, Sculpture and Extended Media,
    Virginia Commonwealth University
Residencies and Fellowships
2008
  • Threewalls, (forthcoming)
    Chicago, Illinois
2004-06
  • The Core Program,
    Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
2004
  • The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts,
    Omaha, Nebraska
  • The Archie Bray Foundation,
    Helena, Montana
  • The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University,
    Summer Residency, Alfred, New York
  • The Urban Culture Project at The Bank,
    Kansas City. Missouri
2003
  • The Stephen L. Barstow Fellowship,
    Central Michigan University
  • Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts,
    Newcastle, Maine
  • Sculpture Space (declined)
    Utica, New York
2002-03
  • The Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center,
    Provincetown, Massachusetts
2000, 03
  • Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts,
    Newcastle, Maine
Solo Exhibitions
Forthcoming
  • Sunday, New York, New York
  • Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
  • Threewalls, Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Illinois, Springfield, Springfield, Illinois (catalog)
2007
  • The Possibility of Men and the River Shallows (catalog)
    DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas
2006
  • Riverboat Love Songs for Ghost Whale Regatta,
    Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri (solo)
2005
  • The Zephyr Breeze and the Deepest Ocean Valley,
    The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2004
  • A New Season and the Golden Age Solution,
    Kansas City Avenue of the Arts Public Art Commission, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Daredevils of the Speedway!!! the flat works,
    Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
2003
  • The Ghost Whale Circuit,
    Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
  • A Garden and the Golden Age Solution,
    Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
  • The Rainbow, Castle, Quasar Divide,
    San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, California
2002
  • The Summit Mountain Convoy Revival,
    Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York
  • The Uniform Bridge Theory,
    Purchase College, Purchase, New York
2001
  • The Outer-Space Flight of Boris Volynov,
    The Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, New York
  • 12.5,
    Afa Gallery, Scranton, Pennsylvania
1999
  • Witness to Mischief,
    Studio iii, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
  • Sculpture Faculty Past and Present, Virginia Commonwealth
    University, Richmond, Virginia
  • Artadia Reprised, (catalog)
    DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas
2006
  • Core Artist in Residence Exhibition, (catalog)
    Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
  • leg, (catalog)
    Lawndale Center for the Arts, Houston, Texas
2005
  • Core Artist in Residence Exhibition,
    Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2004
  • Faculty Exhibition,
    Central College, Houston, Texas
  • The Stray Show,
    Chicago, Illinois, w/ Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Biomimicry, (catalog)
    University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Summer Resident Exhibition,
    Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
2003
  • Faculty Exhibition,
    The University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University
  • New Colors,
    Station 29 Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
  • Drawing…...Now!,
    The Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2002
  • FAWC Fellows Show,
    Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts
  • Yankee Clay: Ceramic Artists of the Northeast,
    The Slater Museum, Norwich, Connecticut
2000
  • Typographies,
    Art Site, Wellsville, New York
  • Young Artists, New Work,
    Gardo Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Contemporary Views,
    Kings College, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
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
Selected Projects, Activities, Lectures & Writings
Current
  • The Great Circuit, Global Visualization/Mapping/Expedition in collaboration w/ the University of Kansas Geography Dept.
  • The Rainbow, Large-scale rainbow project
  • The Teignmouth Electron Recovery, Archeological Expedition in Cayman Brac and Richmond, Virginia
2007
  • Toward Incongruence, Artist Talk and Panel, College Art Association,
    New York, NY
2006
  • Visiting Artist, University of Illinois, Springfield
  • Visiting Artist, Syracuse University
  • Lecture, Waterloo University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  • Lecture, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Lecture, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Visiting Artist, University of Texas, San Antonio,
    San Antonio, Texas
  • Lecture, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania
  • Lecture, The University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
2005
  • Lecture, University of Emporia, Emporia, Kansas, September 28
  • Artist Talk, The Bemis Center of Contemporary Art,
    Omaha, Nebraska, August 27
  • Lecture, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas, April 16
  • Lecture/Seminar, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth,
    New Bedford, Massachusetts, April 11-13
2004
  • Lecture, The New York State College of Ceramics, July 14
  • Lecture, The Holter Museum,
    Helena, Montana, May 27
  • Lecture, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art,
    Omaha, Nebraska, January 5
  • Lecture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    Visiting Artist/Lecture, Feb. 3-4
2003
  • Panelist, Biomimicry: The Art of Imitating Life,
    The Herron School of Art, University of Indiana/NCECA, Mar. 19
  • Lecture, The Stephen L. Barstow Visiting Artist Lecture,
    Central Michigan University, November 13
  • Lecture, University of Southern California, March 8
  • Lecture, University of Kansas, The Hallmark Lecturer,
    Lawrence, Kansas, February 24-26
  • Lecture, San Diego Sate University, February 15
  • Lecture, Mesa College,
    San Diego, California, February 14
  • The Ghost Whale Circuit, audio CD w/ jewel case, edition 25
  • Panelist, New School: Emerging Artists and Shifting Paradigms In an Expanded Field,
    Mesa College/NCECA, San Diego, California, March 12
  • Curator, Well.,
    Well # 1 Building, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
  • Bi-national collaboration with Dot-to-Dot,
    The Rainbow, Castle, Quasar Divide    ,
    San Diego, California
  • Co-Curator, Drawing….Now!
    Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
  • Co-Curator, (Bed)Fellows,
    Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2002
  • Lecture, Marywood University,
    Scranton, Pennsylvania, Nov. 17
  • Primer,
    Artist book, edition of 10
  • Skating on the Ice Beautifully,
    John Woods Studio, videotape, January 1-7
2001
  • Rapid Pyro-plastic Deformation,
    Collaboration with Edward V. Bongio and NYSCC Engineering,
    McMahon Hall, Alfred, New York, December 2-6
  • Practice/Manufacture: The Sisyphus Experiment,
    The Daniel Rhodes Room, Alfred, New York, January 15-16
2000
  • 12.5: Mapping,
    Collaboration with Joshua Breslow,
    Afa Gallery, Scranton, Pennsylvania, July 7-29
  • Wedding Rehearsal/Practice for a Eulogy,
    Paris, France, January 3-7
1999
  • The Exploration of the Moon,
    Central Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dec. 31
Selected Bibliography
2007
  • Michelle White, Metanarratives and Marginalia: Michael Jones McKean’s Quixotic Compilation, Art Papers, July/August, page 34-39.
  • Bill Davenport, “The Possibility of Men and the River Shallows,” GlassTire: Texas Art Online, February
  • Kelly Klaasmeyer, “Playing Hard to Get,” Houston Press, February 15-21, page 42.
  • Catherine Lu, The Front Row, KUHF public radio interview, January 11
  • Christopher Cook, Dissolving Logic in H2O, Exhibition Interview for The Possibility of Men and the River Shallows, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
  • Diane Barber, An Epic Love Song, Exhibition Essay for The Possibility of Men and the River Shallows, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2006
  • Madeleine O’Connor, ‘The Longest Route Around,” Ocean Navigator, September, page 12.
  • Ray T. Barker, Ahoy Mates: Michael Jones McKean Sets Sail at Grand Arts, The Pitch, September 21
  • Alice Thorson, All Aboard for a Full Deck of Art, Kansas City Star, Sept. 24
  • Alison de Lima Greene, Exhibition Essay, Riverboat Lovesongs for the Ghost Whale Regatta, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
  • Sean Carrol, “Tasty Treads, The Main Course,” GlassTire: Texas Visual Art Online, April
  • Patricia C. Johnson, “Artadia Award Nominees Announced,”
    The Houston Chronicle, (March 16)
  • Michael Joe Krainak, “Installation Enjoys Resurgence at Bemis Center,” Review, (March): 38-41
  • Bill Davenport, “Leg,” GlassTire: Texas Visual Art Online, March
  • Alison Young, “Leg,” Interview, KUHF Houston Public Radio, March h
2005
  • Michael Krainak, “The Forth Dimension,”
    The City Weekly, Sept 1-7, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sarah Baker, ”The Zephyr Breeze and the Deepest Ocean Valley,”
    The Reader    , August 25, Omaha, Nebraska, Page 38
  • Emily K. Mitchell, “Chasing Rainbows,” Houston Magazine,
    Photo: Steve Henry, pg. 208, May/June Issue
  • The 2005 Core Artist-in-Residence Exhibition Catalog, pg 38-44
  • Sean Carroll, “The Core Exhibition,”
    The Houston Free Press    , April 1
2004
  • Heather Lusdfelt, "Avenue of the Arts,"
    Art Papers    , October
  • Alice Thurson, “Everything and the Kitchen Sink,”
    The Kansas City Star    , May 28
  • Annie Fischer, “For the Masses,”
    The Pitch    , May 20-26, page 23
  • Julianna E. Thibodeaux, “Sinister Beauty,”
    Nuvo, March 31 - April 7, pg. 22
  • Mark Pescovitz, MD, “The Alchemy of Art and Science,”
    catalogue essay, “Biomimicry, The Art of Imitating Life”
  • Holiday T. Day, “Observations,”
    catalogue essay, Biomimicry: The Art of Imitating Life”
2003
  • Marcus Cain, “Proposals Take Shape for 2004 Avenue of the Arts,”
    Review Magazine, February, pg. 36-37
  • "Artists Play Host for One Day Only,"
    The Reader    , Omaha, Nebraska, January 22-28
  • Alice Thurson, “Ambitious Avenue of the Arts,”
    Kansas City Star    , January 11
  • Kristin Pleasantin, “On the Mezzanine,”
    Art Line    , January/February Issue, page 4
  • Barbara Chovanec, “Visiting Artist Shows the ‘Unseen,'"
    Inside CMU, November 17, page 1
  • Dorothy Beemon, ‘Art Gallery Explores Fantastical World,”
    Central Michigan Life, November 12, 2003
  • Ann Wood, “Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts of Art,”
    Provincetown Banner, April 10, pg. 33
  • Dennis Cunningham, “Yellow Duct Tape and Fog Machines,”
    The Cape Cod Voice    , April 10
  • Josephine Eccel, “Meet the 2003 Individual Artist Fellows,”
    Art Line    , February 26, pg. 7
2002
  • “FAWC Shows Drawings,”
    Provincetown Banner    , January 9, pg. 8
  • “Fellows Hold Group Show,”
    Provincetown Banner    , Provincetown, Massachusetts, October 31, pg. 36
  • David Pencek, “Slater Expands It’s Future,”
    Norwich Bulletin    , Connecticut, June 21
1999
  • Jason Milner, “Witness to Mischief: Selected Works of Michael Jones McKean”
    Electric City    , April, pg. 12
1998
  • Hedy Hartman, catalogue essay,
    Biennial Exhibition catalog, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences,
  • Michael Fressola, “Evocative, Romantic, Intricate,”
    Staten Island Advance    , Staten Island, New York, August 10
Public Collections
 
  • The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
  • The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art
  • The Slater Memorial Museum
  • The Archie Bray Foundation
  • Central Michigan University
  • The Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts
  • Bushwick Farms