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Michael Kessler Biography
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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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