Michael Jones McKean
Born
Truk Island, Micronesia / 1976
Lives / works
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Education
2002 - MFA, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2000 - BFA, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Website: http://michaeljonesmckean.com/
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 - / Bemis Center for Contemporary Art / Omaha, Nebraska / USA / Upcoming
2011 - Landscape in a Room with 27 Windows / College of Engineering and Design / Tel Aviv / Israel
2009 - Michael Jones McKean: Sculptures and Collages / Art Verona / Verona / Italy / with Gentili Apri
2008 - The wake, the saint, the sound, the branch / Project Gentili / Prato / Italy / (catalog)
2008 - brown gold braid and field and plant life / Threewalls / Chicago, Illinois / USA
2008 - The Sunshine of Our Last day / University of Illinois / Springfield, Illinois / USA / (catalog)
2007 - The posibility of Men and the River Shallows / DiverseWorks / Houston, Texas / USA / (catalog)
2007 - Michael Jones Mckean: New Sculptures / NADA / Miami, Florida, New York / USA / with SUNDAY
2007 - The Astronomer, The Builder, The Volunteers / Inman Gallery / Houston, Texas / USA
2007 - The Discipline of Astronomy and Wind / SUNDAY / New York / USA
2006 - Riverboat Lovesongs for Ghost Whale Regatta / Grand Arts / Kansas City, Missouri / USA
2005 - The Zephyr Breeze and the Deepest Ocean Valley / The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art / Omaha, Nebraska / USA
2004 - A New Season and the Golden Age Solution / K.C. Avenue of the Arts, Public Art Commission / Kansas City, Missouri / USA
2004 - Daredevils of the Speedway / Mezzanine Gallery / Wilmington,Delaware / USA
2003 - The Ghost Whale Circuit / Central Michigan University / Mount Pleasant, Michigan / USA
2003 - The Rainbow, Castle, Quasar Divide / San Diego Mesa College / San Diego, California / USA
2003 - A Garden and the Golden Age Solution / Hudson D. Walker Gallery / Provincetown, Massachusetts / USA
2002 - The Summit Mountain Convoy Revival / Fosdick Nelson Gallery / Alfred, New York / USA
2002 - The Uniform Bridge Theory / SUNY, Purchase College / Purchase, New York / USA
2001 - The Outer-Space Flight of Boris Volynov / The Robert Turner Gallery / Alfred, New York / USA
2001 - 12.5 / Afa Gallery / Scranton, Pennsylvania / USA
1999 - Witness to Mischief / Studio iii / Luzerne, Pennsylvania / USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 - QVNOXW// / 86 Forsyth / New York / USA
2009 - The Margins / The Icehouse / Phoenix, Arizona / USA
2009 - Physical Reminders / University of Arkansas / Fayetteville, Arkansas / USA
2009 - browser, inter-actor, co-author,producer,nomad / Hudson D. Walker Gallery / Province Town, Massachusetts / USA
2009 - Drawn / Kinkead Contemporary / Culver City, California / USA
2009 - Object Petit A / Spoke Gallery / Chicago, Illinois / USA
2009 - Strangers in Conversation / Imman Gallery / Houston, Texas / USA
2009 - Oculus Imaginationi / Horton & Co. / New York, New York / USA
2008 - Pole Shift / Project Gentili / Prato / Italy
2008 - The Québec "Québec" Biennial / Manifestation Internationale d'art de Quebec / Québec / Canada / Curated by Lisanne Nadeau
2008 - Preview Exhibition / Bemis Center for Contemporary Art / Omaha / USA
2008 - Learning by Doing / Museum of Fine Arts Houston / Houston, Texas / USA
2008 - Pole Shiftt / Project Gentili, / Berlin / Germany
2007 - Sculpture Faculty Past and Presents / FAB Gallery / Virginia Commonwealth University,Richmond, VA / USA
2007 - Artadia Reprised / DiverseWorks / Houston, Texas / USA
2007 - The Joanna's Drawing Show / The Joanna / Houston, Texas / USA
2007 - To 25 / DiverseWorks / Houston, Texas / USA
2006 - leg / Lawdale Center for the Arts / Houston, Texas / USA
2006 - Core Artist in Residence Exhibition / Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts / Houston, Texas / USA
2005 - Core Artist in Residence Exhibition / Glassell School Of Art, Museum of Fine Arts / Houston, Texas / USA
2004 - Biomimicry / University of Indiana / Indianapolis, Indiana / USA
2004 - Summer Residence Exhibition / Archie Bray Foundation / Helena, Montana / USA
2004 - The Stray Show / University of Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / USA / With Paragraph Gallery
2003 - Drawing......Now! / Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center / Provicetown, MA / USA
2003 - New Colors / Station 29 Gallery / Newport, Rhode Island / USA
2002 - Yankee Clay: Ceramic Artist of the Northeast / The Slater Museum / Norwich, Connecticut / USA
2002 - FAWC Fellows Show / Provincetown Art Museum / Provincetown, Massachusetts / USA
2000 - Contemporary Views / Kings College / Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania / USA
2000 - Young Artist New York / Gardo Gallery / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / USA
2000 - Typographies / Art Site / Wellsville, New York / USA
Scholarships
2010-2011 - Fellowship / Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / Virginia / USA
2010 - Artadia Foundation New York Residency Fellowship,in partnership with the International Studio and Curatorial Program / Artadia Foundation / New York / USA
2010 - Residency / International Studio and Curatorial Program / Brooklyn, NY / USA
2008 - Three Walls / Three Walls / Chicago, Illinois / USA
2004-06 - The Core Program / Museum of Fine Arts Houston / Houston, Texas / USA
2004 - The Urban Culture Project at the Bank / / Kansas City, Missouri / USA
2004 - Summer Residency / The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University / Alfred, New York / USA
2004 - Bemis Center Residency / The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts / Omaha, Nebraska / USA
2004 - The Archie Bray Foundation / The Archie Bray Foundation / Helena, Montana / USA
2003 - Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts / / Newcastle, Maine / USA
2003 - The Stephen L. Barstow Fellowship / Central Michigan University / Michigan / USA
2002-03 - The Provicetown Fine Arts Work Center / Provincetown, Massachusetts / USA
Research
2010 - The Teignmouth Electron Project / Virginia / USA Cayman Brac and Richmond
2010 - The Rainbow, Large-scale rainbow project / USA Large-scale rainbow project
2010 - The Great Circuit, G / USA lobal Visualization/Mapping/Expedition in collaboration w/ the University of Kansas Geography Dept.