Michael Kessler was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He received a B.F.A. from Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania in 1978. His awards include the Rome Prize for Painting, American Academy in Rome in 1990, and a Pollock/Krasner Award in Painting in 1992. Kessler's work has been widely exhibited in the US and abroad, and has been featured in over 70 solo exhibitions since 1983. His paintings are widely collected and appear in over 20 museum collections in the US, including the Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY; the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Franciso, CA. Kessler lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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1954 |
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Born in Hanover, PA. Education: BFA, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA. |
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1977 |
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Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York |
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1983 |
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Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Grant in Painting |
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1985 |
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Awards in the Visual Arts-Five, Grant in Painting, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art |
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1990 |
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Rome Prize, Painting, American Academy in Rome |
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1992 |
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Pollock/Krasner Award, Painting, New York, New York |
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Currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2009 |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinios (solo) |
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2008 |
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George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo) |
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2008 |
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Blink Gallery, Boulder, Colorado (solo) |
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2008 |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinios (solo) |
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2008 |
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Artamo Gallery, Sanata Barbara, California (solo) |
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2008 |
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Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo) |
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2008 |
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Renee George Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (solo) |
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2008 |
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Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2007 |
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Sense Gallery, Menlo Park, California |
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2007 |
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Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
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2006 |
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Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, Louisana |
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2006 |
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Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas |
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2006 |
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Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho |
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2006 |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinios |
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2006 |
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Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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2006 |
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Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida |
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2006 |
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Reed Savage Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida |
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2005 |
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Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2005 |
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Sense Gallery, Menlo Park, California. |
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2005 |
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Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
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2005 |
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Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
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2004 |
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Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2004 |
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Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida |
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2004 |
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Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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2004 |
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Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado |
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2003 |
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Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2003 |
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Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas |
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2003 |
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Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
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2003 |
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Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, New York |
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2003 |
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Sense Gallery, Menlo Park, Ca |
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2002 |
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Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2002 |
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Concept Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, Pa |
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2002 |
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Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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2001 |
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EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2001 |
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Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida |
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2001 |
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Bonfoey Company, Cleveland , Ohio |
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2000 |
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Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinoi |
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1999 |
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Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, New York |
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1999 |
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Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illin |
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1999 |
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Mirmar Gallery; Sarasota, Florida |
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1999 |
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Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Phila, Pennsylvania |
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1998 |
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Bemis Center of Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska |
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1998 |
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Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas |
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1997 |
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Klein Art Works Chicago, IL |
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1997 |
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Abstract Confluence, Klein Art Works Chicago, IL |
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1995 |
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Fields of Light 1995, Art Now Gallery Gothenburg, Sweden |
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1994 |
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Virginia Miller Galleries Coral Gables, FL |
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1993 |
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The Substance of Amber, Art Now Gallery Gothenburg, Sweden |
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1993 |
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About Nature, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art Cleveland, OH |
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1991 |
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Vital Forces: Nature in Contemporary Abstraction, Heckscher Museum Huntington, NY |
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1990 |
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Schmidt/Dean Gallery Philadelphia, PA |
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1988 |
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Land, ACA Gallery New York, NY |
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1987 |
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Realism & Abstraction, The Newark Museum Newark, NJ |
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1987 |
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Jack Tilton Gallery New York, NY |
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1983 |
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Five Contemporary Artists, Allentown Art Museum Allentown, PA |
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