MICHAEL KESSLER BIOGRAPHY

Michael Kessler - American, b. 1954

AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS

Rome Prize, Painting, American Academy in Rome , 1990

Pollock/Krasner Award, Painting, New York, New York , 1992

Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York , 1977

Awards in the Visual Arts-Five, Grant in Painting, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1985

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Grant in Painting , 1983

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004
Kevin Costello, Kessler Landscapes Energetci, Enigmatic, The Sarasota Harold Tribune
Roberta Fallon, Michael Kessler's New Paintings...,Philadelphia Weekly

2003
Richard Speer, Kessler at Butters Gallery, Willamette Week, Portland, Or.

2002
Edward J. Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, Taming the Grid, Michael Kessler at Schmidt/Dean Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert Nott, Surface Matters, Pasatiempo, The New Mexican
Kurt Shaw, Southwest Influences..., The Pitsburgh Tribune

2001
Douglas Max Utter, Mind Over Matter, The Cleveland Free Times

1999
Trevor Richardson, After Nature II, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst
An Exhibition of Paintings by: Gregory Amenoff ,Bill Jensen, Michael Kessler,Rebecca Perdum,Katherine Porter

1997
Kathleen McCloud ,A Capricious Artistic Journey Beginning With Paint , Pasitempo, The New Mexican, Oct. 3, 1997
Victor M. Cassidy, Artnet Magazine, http://www.artnet.com/home.html ,Forty to Fifty Layers
David Ebony, ArtNet Magazine , http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/ebony/kessler.html
.....David Ebony's New York Top Ten , Michael Kessler at Littlejohn Contemporary , NY
Miriam Seidel , Art In America , Michael Kessler at : Schmidt/Dean (Philadelphia) and Littlejohn Contemporary (New York)
Roberto Aguilar, EL COMERCIO , Cuenca , Ecuador , A Mystical Version of the Ecology , The U.S Room in the 5th Biennialle

1996
Rubin, David, “Elusive Nature”, 1996 Cuenca Bienal, Cuenca, Ecuador

1992
McNear, Sarah, "Transcendental Spaces"; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania

1991
Noll,Anna ,“Vital Forces: Nature in Contemporary Abstraction”, Heckscher Museum, Huntington,NY

1990
Doll, Nancy “Inner Natures” Four Contemporary Artists; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
King, Elaine A. Nature in the Age of Masscult. Jack Tilton Gallery; New York, New York
Rubin, David S. The Paintings of Michael Kessler: Preserving Nature's Umbilical Chord; Klein Artworks, Chicago, Illinois
Stein, Judith. Michael Kessler: Paintings Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1989
Yau, John. Four Painters; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
Nature in Evolution; The Scandinavian Works; Art Now Gallery, Goteborg, Sweden

1988
Yau, John. Michael Kessler's View of the World; Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, New York

1987
Carrier, David. Michael Kessler; Jack Tilton Gallery, New York

1986
Gambrel, Jamey. Awards in the Visual Arts 5; The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston- Salem, North Carolina
Yau, John. After the Fall; Fabian Carlson Gallery, London, England

1984
Rifkin, Ned. New Work: New York/Outside New York: The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Made in Philadelphia 6; Institute of Contemporary Art, Phila., Pennsylvania

1983
Kotik, Charlotta. Landscapes and Imagery: Paintings and Drawings by Michael Kessler; Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York

PERIODICALS

1997
Seidel, Miriam, “Michael Kessler at Schmidt/Dean and Littlejohn Contemporary” , Art in America, July 1997
Ebony, David, “Michael Kessler at Littlejohn Contemporary, New York City”, ArtNet Magazine, April 1997
McCloud, Kathlieen, “A Capricious Artistic Journey Beginning With Paint”, Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, October 1997

1996
Altabe, Joan “Kessler’s Subtle Paintings Reveal Depth”, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, October 11, 1996
Yellin Outwater,Myra, “Move to Santa Fe Colors Michael Kessler’s Paintings “, The Morning Call, Alentown, Pa. Novenber 17, 1996
Aguilar, Robert, “A Mystical Version of the Ecology”, El Comercio, Cuenca, Ecuador

1995
Melrod, George, "Openings", Art and Antiques, November 1995, page 40

1994
Holg, Garrett. "Kessler at Klein-Chicago", Artnews, April, 1994, page 177.
Kohen, Helen. "Michael Kessler's Roman Geometry", Miami Herald, April 6, 1994. page 14G
Wiens, Ann, "Kessler at Klein-Chicago", New Art Examiner, May 1994, page 44

1992
McCracken, David. 11 Year in Italy Catapults Kessler's Work", Chicago Tribune, (October 30)

1991
Sozanski, Edward. "On Galleries", The Philadelphia Inquirer, (April 16)

1990
Carter, Holland. "Michael Kessler," Art News 89 (December), no.10, 165
Cohen, Ronnie. "Michael Kessler," Art Forum 29 (November), no. 3, 169
Rice, Robin. "Cool Slate and Weathered Wood," Philadelphia City Paper (March 16)
Sozanski, Edward. "On Galleries," The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 4)
Wooster, Ann Sargent. "Michael Kessler," Arts Magazine 65 (December), no. 4, 82

1989
Cyphers, Peggy. Arts Magazine 65 (January), no. 5, 107

1988
Newhall, Edith. "Galleries," New York Magazine (September), 72

1987
Carrier, David. "Michael Kessler: A Painter of Nature in the Era of Postmodernist Art” Arts Magazine 61 (May), no. 9, 32-33
Narrett, Eugene. "Michael Kessler," New Art Examiner 14 (April), no. 8, 45
Stapen, Nancy. "Michael Kessler," Artforum 25 (April),
Wineberg, Jonathan. "Michael Kessler," Art in America 75 (November), no.11, 180-181

1986
Hall, Jacqueline. "Arts Flourish Southside New York," The Columbus Dispatch (September 21)
Zimmer, William. "Winners on Parade at the Neuberger," The New York Times (May 11), 22, Westchester Section

1985
Bohn-Duchen, Monica. "Nine Painters from New York," Flash Art (October-November), no. 126, 56
Larson, Kay. "Fresh Faces for Summer," New York Magazine, 54-55
Raynor, Vivian. "Art: New York, an Anthology at the New Museum," The New York Times (June 22),
Schwabsky, Barry. "Exotica: A Different World," Arts Magazine 59 (March), no.7, 120-121
Yau, John. "Michael Kessler," Artforum 23 (February), no.6, 87, "Michael Kessler's Drawings: Gesture as Image," Sulfer 14 (December), 88-93

1984
Warren, Ron. "Michael Kessler at Jack Tilton Gallery," Arts Magazine 58 (Summer) no. 10, 34-35

1983
Glueck, Grace. "Art-One Man's Biennial Assembles 102 Artists," The New York Times (April 15),

Select Museum Collections

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, TX
Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA.
Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA.
Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN.
Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, HA
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Fl.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY.
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

Select Corporate Collections

Vitale, Caturano and Company, Ltd., Boston, Ma.
Golden Artists Color, Berlin, NY
Pfizer Inc, NYC
Pepsico, Camden, NJ
Price Waterhouse, Washington, D.C.
Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, NJ
Regent Hotel, Hong KongExxon, Houston, TX
Comcast, Philadelphia, PA.
Austin Company, Cleveland, OH
El Passo Energy, Houston, TX
Exxon Mobil, Houston, TX
Ericsson, Gothengerg, Sweden
First Union Bank, Phila. PA
Deloitte & Touche, Atlanta, GE
Compaq Computer, Houston, TX
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA.
Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Bank of Japan, NYC
Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC
Heller Financial, Chicago, IL
American Financial Group, NYC
Northest Airlines, St. Paul, MN.
Rubenstein Co. Pittsburgh, PA.
Tokio Marine Management, NYC
Phillips Service, Pittsburgh, PA.
Freemarkets, Pittsburgh, PA.
Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburgh, PA
Gateway Towers, Pittsburgh, PA.
Morgan, Lewis, Bockius, Pittsburgh, PA
Jacobson/Sylvester, Pittsburgh, PA.
Duff & Phelps, Chicago, IL
Lincoln Financial Group, PA.
Vanguard Group, Valley Fordge, PA.
Tyson Corner, NYC
Forest City, The Grande, Washington DC
Penton Media Inc. Cleveland, OH
Lincoln Financial Group, Fort Wayne, IN
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MS
Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

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