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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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