| PETER W. MICHEL, Sculptor ● Sculpture in Celebration of Self, Relationship and Community |
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RESUME |
| 2011 | Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY A SHOW OF HEADS (upcoming November 3-27) |
| Texas Children's Hospital - West Campus, Houston TX, Lobby sculpture with ceramic artist Morna Simon McGuffey -Forthcoming | |
| Beauchamp Library, Syracuse, NY "Community As Family" Outdoor sculpture | |
| Meacham Park, Syracuse, NY "Honoring the Onondaga Creek" Outdoor sculpture | |
| Stanley Center for the Arts, New Corridor Gallery Space, Utica, NY (ONE PERSON EXHIBITION-continued) | |
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| 2010 | Texas Children's Hospital - West Campus, Houston TX, Outdoor sculpture |
| . | Selected as finalist for public sculpture competition in Camden, NJ |
| . | Stanley Center for the Arts, New Corridor Gallery Space, Utica, NY (ONE PERSON EXHIBITION) |
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| 2009 | Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC, "Two Are Halves of One" on view |
| Wilson Art Gallery, LeMoyne College, Syracuse NY (ONE PERSON EXHIBITION) | |
| Thea Bowman House, Utica, NY - INSTALLATION of the "Peace Garden Totem" | |
| Artsweek Participatory Community Totem Project, City Hall Commons, Syracuse, NY | |
| Cooperstown Art Association Gallery, Cooperstown, NY | |
| Syracuse Hotel, Syracuse, NY, SCULPTURE in CELEBRATION of RELATIONSHIP & COMMUNITY on the | |
| occasion of the 10th anniversary of F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse (Forging Our Community's United Strength) | |
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| 2008 | Unity Church of Positive Living, St. George, UT, INSTALLATION of "Think Peace" |
| Datura Gallery, Ivins, UT | |
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| 2007 | Bagg's Square Festival of the Arts, Utica, NY RESONANCE CENTER ALL STAR SHOW |
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| 2006 | Capitol City Charter School, Washington, DC |
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Hart's Hill Inn, Whitesboro, NY Utica Community Visioning Event |
| Waterville High School, Waterville, NY Waterville Community Visioning Event | |
| Underground Cafe, Utica, NY | |
| Art in Public Places, Stamford, CT, FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING | |
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| 2005 | Montessori School of Syracuse Gallery, Syracuse, NY ART IN MY LIFE |
| Windsors Gallery, Dania, FL | |
| Eastlake Conference Center, Lenox, MA THE LABYRINTH SOCIETY ANNUAL GATHERING EXHIBIT | |
| Hotel Utica, Utica, NY BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CELEBRATION EXHIBIT | |
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| 2004 | Sculpture Space, Utica, NY "CHAIR-ITY AUCTION SHOW" (04-05) |
| 2002 | Sculpture Internationale, Atlanta, GA |
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| 2001 | Ribbon Cutting Exhibition, Fiber Instrument Sales Office Building, Oriskany, NY |
| "A World Wide Public Art Project: Celebrating Fathers and Sons" Exhibit, | |
| Planners Network National Conference, Rochester, NY | |
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| 2000 | Oakton Sculpture Park, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL |
| Chicago Navy Pier. Chicago, IL PIER WALK 2000 | |
| James Thompson Center - Atrium, Chicago, IL PIER WALK MAQUETTE EXHIBITION | |
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| 1999 | Wandell Sculpture Garden, Meadowbrook Park, Urbana, IL |
| Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago, IL MAQUETTE EXHIBITION | |
| Chicago Navy Pier. Chicago, IL PIER WALK '99 | |
| Edith Barrett Art Gallery, Utica College, Utica, NY ONE PERSON SHOW | |
| Vedanta Galley, Chicago, IL PIER WALK MAQUETTE EXHIBITION | |
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| 1998 | Web Site Published (http://www.borg.com/~michelpw now: www.petermichel.com) |
| Sculpture Space, Utica, NY "CHAIR-ITY AUCTION SHOW" (97-98) | |
| Studio Show, Clinton, NY | |
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| 1997 | Utica Films Gallery, Utica, NY |
| Ward Nasse Gallery, New York, NY, UNSEEN REALMS | |
| Murdoch Residence, Washington, DC | |
| Details Studio Gallery, Cazenovia, NY | |
| Circa Now Gallery, Houston, TX | |
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| 1996 | Downtown Syracuse Art & Craft Festival, Syracuse, NY, NATIONAL JURIED SHOW |
| Gardner & Son Gallery, New Hartford, NY | |
| Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, SCULPTURE SPACE "CHAIR-ITY" AUCTION SHOW (91-96) | |
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| 1995 | Artist Avenue CD-ROM |
| Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, ART SHOP Artist of the Month | |
| Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, "IN & OUT THE WINDOW" | |
| Village Green, Hamilton, NY, BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION of CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE | |
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| 1994 | Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA, CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE at CHESTERWOOD |
| Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD, "EYE to EYE: THE PAINTED PORTRAIT" | |
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| 1993 | Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, Members Rental Gallery Show |
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| 1992 | Central NY Community Arts Council Gallery, Utica, NY, (TWO PERSON SHOW) |
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| 1991 | Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY |
| Parkside Gallery, Clinton, NY | |
| Gallery 53 Artworks, Cooperstown, NY | |
| Kussmaul Gallery, Granville, OH | |
| Fireland Association of the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH | |
| Cooperstown Art Association Gallery, Cooperstown, NY | |
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| 1990 | Genoa Gallery, Skaneateles, NY |
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| 1989 | Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY (ONE PERSON SHOW) |
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| 1987 | Cooperstown Art Association Gallery, Cooperstown, NY |
| Norwich Art Guild, Norwich, NY | |
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| 1985 | Ghariany Executive Showroom, Houston Design Center, Houston, TX |
| Gallery McArthur, Houston, TX, TEXANS ... NEW DIRECTIONS '85 | |
| Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY, A LITTLE EROTIC '85 | |
| Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, HOUSTON ARTISTS' GIFT SHOP SHOW | |
| Houston Independent School District Administration Building, Houston, TX | |
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| 1984 | Consulting Services Group Offices (ONE PERSON SHOW) |
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| 1983 | The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Henry T. Hopkins |
| The Houston Festival, Houston, TX, THE BAYOU SHOW, OUTDOOR SCULPTURE | |
| First Congregational Church grounds, Houston, TX | |
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| 1982 | Dillon Residence, Houston, TX (ONE PERSON SHOW) |
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| 1981 | Evergreen Park, Bellaire, TX, PLAYGROUND OPENING |
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| 1980 | Art League of Houston, Houston, TX, JURIED SHOW |
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| 1979 | Miller Outdoor Theater, Houston, TX, FOLKFEST I |
| Astrohall, Houston, TX, SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN |
1991
First Prize, Cooperstown Art
Association, Vivian Raynor: Juror of Awards
1989 Artists
Grant, Artist Space, New York, NY
1987 Barrett
Sculpture Prize, Cooperstown Art Association,
Cooperstown, NY
Committee's Choice Award, Norwich Art Guild,
Norwich, NY
SELECTED
COMMISSIONS
| Work has been commissioned by the Academy of Gymnastics in Houston, by the Houston Festival, the Houston Folk Arts |
| Council, the Houston Hunger Project Committee; The Thea Bowman House in Utica, NY, The City of Syracuse, NY; |
| Texas Children's Hospital West Campus; and a number of private individuals. |
COLLECTIONS
Work is found in private collections in Germany, Japan, Korea, South Africa, and throughout the US
ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND TV COVERAGE
| Eileen Gilligan, "CNY Artisans Make Gifts From the Heart," Family Times, Syracuse, NY November 30, 2007 |
| Mohawk Valley Living, Channel 4 TV, Utica, NY June, 2005 |
| Jessie Gray, "Community Art At Its Best," The Clinton Courier, Clinton, NY April 27, 2005 |
| Greg Kline, "Art Flourishes at Meadowbrook" The News-Tribune, Champaign, IL November 10, 1999 |
| Steven Shipp, "Website of Peter W. Michel, Sculptor" briefme.com e-magazine July 19,1999 |
| Pier Walk ’99 Opens on Navy Pier Chicago Sun Times May 6, 1999 |
| "Clinton Sculptor is Art Shop Visiting Artist" Munson Williams Proctor Institute Bulletin, Utica, NY Summer 1995 |
| "Art on the Square" Hamilton Tribune, Hamilton, NY May 17, 1995 |
| Jonas Kover, "Forging a Connection" Observer-Dispatch , Utica, NY May 7, 1995 |
| Jonas Kover, "Region's Artists Display Their Work" Observer-Dispatch, Utica, NY April 26, 1995 |
| Charles Kershner, "Art Imitates Life," The Clinton Courier, Clinton, NY April 5, 1995 |
| Ray Mark Rinaldi, "Chesterwood's '94 Showcase - An Eclectic Mix," Albany Times Union, Albany, NY September 4, 1994. |
| Peg Churchill Wright, "Delightful Stockbridge Exhibit Shows Sculpture Evolution in U.S.," |
| Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, NY August 4, 1994 |
| Jonas Kover, "Sitting Pretty," Observer-Dispatch , Utica, NY June 14, 1991 |
| Robert Shaffer, "Creative Self" The Clinton Courier , Clinton, NY September 13, 1989 |
| "11 pm News," Channel 4 TV, Utica, NY September 10, 1989. Opening at the Kirkland Art Center. |
| Front page photo, Village Life, West University, TX February 2, 1985 |
| "PM Magazine" Channel 39 TV, Houston, TX 6:30 pm March 22, 1983. Views from the Bayou Show. |
| Patricia C. Johnson, "Festival Art Show Leaves One With a Big Hooray," Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX March 19, 1983 |
| Thomas McEvilley, "Review: The Houston Festival, Visual-arts Section," Artforum, October 1983. |
| Sharon Trakas, "A Tale of Beauty, Beasts and the Bayou," 1983 Houston Festival, March 1983 |
| Nancy Stanley Chisholm, "Geometric Jewelry" Houston Chronicle, May 4, 1983 (Photo background) |
| "Live at Five," Channel 13 TV, Houston, TX September 21, 1979 Pre-Folkfest IV activities |
| "10 pm News," Channel 2 TV, Houston, TX September 14, 1979 Opening ceremonies at Astrohall, |
| Southwest Conference on Children. |
CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS
| Danijela Kracun and Charles McFadden, Modern Sculptors, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA. 2011 (forthcoming) |
| Chris van Uffelen, Art in Public, Braun Publishing AG, Salevstein, Switzerland, 2011 (forthcoming) |
| The Sourcebook of Art, The Resource for Finding and Commissioning Artists 24, Guild Publishing, 2009. |
| The Sculpture of Peter W. Michel - A Photographic Portfolio, First Edition Blurb, 2008. |
| The Guild Sourcebook of Residential Art 6, Guild Publishing, 2008. |
| The Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art 22, Guild Publishing, 2007. |
| Artwalk at Oakton, Oakton Community College, 2005. |
| The Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art 20, Guild Publishing, 2005. |
| Anita Woolfolk, Educational Psychology, Eighth Edition, Allyn & Bacon, Boston, 2001 pp. 62-63, 472-3, 660-1. |
| The Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art 16 , Guild Publishing, 2001. |
| 3-D Chicago, PIER WALK
'99: The Chicago International Sculpture
Exhibition, Navy Pier - Chicago, Illinois, USA - May 5 - November 1, 1999, Chicago, IL 2000. |
| Jane Ingram Allen, The
Hamilton Connection: A Bicentennial Exhibition of
Contemporary Sculpture, Hamilton Bicentennial Committee, Hamilton, NY 1995. |
| Elliot Offner, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 1994, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA 1994 |
| EDUCATION | |
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| 1986-94 | Studied Computer Aided Design as part of work as an architect |
| 1982-06 | International Sculpture Conferences, (Oakland, Washington, Providence, Chicago, Houston, Pittsburgh, |
| Cincinnati) | |
| 1976-82 | Sculpture, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX |
| 1962-64 | Graduate Study in Urban Design, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA |
| 1962 | B.ARCH., Department of Architecture, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA |
| 1959 | A.B. in Fine Arts, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH |
| 2009 | '"The Story of the Peace Garden Totem" Peace Garden Totem dedication at the Thea Bowman House, Utica, NY |
| 2008 | POWER POINT PRESENTATION Jordan-Elbridge Middle School, Jordan, NY |
| 2001 | "Public Art as a Tool for Community Activation" Planners Network National Conference, Rochester, NY |
| 1999 | SLIDE PRESENTATION, Utica College |
| . | GALLERY TALK TO THE DOCENTS of the MUNSON WILLIAMS PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, NY |
| 1990 | ARTS-IN-EDUCATION PROGRAM, Slide lectures at Clinton High School |
| 1975 | ARCHITECTURAL THEORY & CRITICISM, Boston Architectural Center |
| 1970 | EXPERIENCING ARCHITECTURE, Boston Center for Adult Education |
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© 1983/2008 by Peter W. Michel Posted 3-19-98 updated 12-28-11
| Peter W. Michel, sculptor ● 185 Brookside Lane ● Fayetteville, NY 13066 ● 315-632-4780 ● peter@petermichel.com |