EDUCATION:
MFA Brooklyn College, CUNY, Painting
BA Bowdoin College, Visual Arts
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Yale University Summer School of Music & Art
EMPLOYMENT: Professor, Fine Art, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS:
2010 Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship
2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship
2009 Faculty Support Grant, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
2007 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship
2007 Faculty Support Grant, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
2005 Faculty Support Grant, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
2000 Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship
2000 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship
1996 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship
1994 Arts Midwest/Regional NEA Fellowship
1993 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
1990 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES:
2002 Ralph Fabri Prize for Graphics, National Academy of Design
2000 Award for Printmaking, National Academy of Design
1998 Purchase Award, Minnesota National Print Biennial (Print & Drawing Council, Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
1997 Louise Nevelson Award in Art, American Academy of Arts & Letters
1997 Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts & Letters
1996 Drawing Award, National Academy of Design
1993 Juror's Award, Drawing 1993, Harris Fine Art Center, Brigham Young University
1988 Millay Colony for the Arts Residency Fellowship
1986 Vermont Studio Colony Residency
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Paper, Glass, Metal, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Scrap, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2007 Urban Forest, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Recent Paintings & Drawings, Groveland Gallery
2002 Paintings & Drawings, Groveland Gallery
2000 Drawings & Prints, Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin/Stout, Menomonie, WI
1999 Interiors, Groveland Gallery
1997 Recent Prints & Drawings, Groveland Gallery
1996 First Street Gallery, New York, NY
1996 College of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN
1994 Carleton College, Northfield, MN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 McKnight Visual Artist Exhibition, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Impact, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
Common Sense; Art & The Quotidian, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Father/Son Art Exhibit, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
Touch: A Survey of Contemporary Drawings, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
Recent Acquisitions, The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2008 The Practice of Drawing: Selections from the Weisman Art Museum, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Art on the Plains Biennial Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2007 Beyond Green, Public Art St. Paul, St. Paul, MN
2006 A Terrible Beauty, Grey McGear Modern, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing the Line, St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN
2005 Summer Escape: Traversing the Collection, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Go Figure, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Works on Paper, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Uncanny Visions: Contemporary Romantic Landscapes, Plains Museum, North Dakota
2003 Groveland Gallery at CVA, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
2002 25h Anniversary “Selections” Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
177th Annual Exhibition (Invitational), National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Defining a Collection: Recent Art Acquisitions, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
2001 Contemporary Art on Paper, 1990-2000, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Recent Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Works on Paper, Van de Griff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
175th Annual Exhibition National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Prints & Processes Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Realism Knows No Bounds Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Acquisitions Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
1998 173rd Annual Exhibition National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Minnesota National Print Biennial Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Realism? DFN Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
Forces of Nature, St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
Windows, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Michael Kareken/Jan Erion - Prints & Drawings, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 171st Annual Exhibition National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Award Winners from the 171st Annual Exhibition Traveling exhibition, National Academy of Design
Earth Air Fire Water Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Drawings Midwest Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
1995 Art & the Law Travelling exhibition sponsored by West Publishing, Eagan, MN
The Art of the Print University Center Art Gallery, Rochester Community College, Rochester, MN
1994 Prints & Paper San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Black & White First Story Gallery, Louisville, KY
1993 Invitational Drawing Exhibition Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Drawing 1993 Harris Fine Art Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1990 American Drawing Biennial II The Muscarelle Museum, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1988 Selections 42 The Drawing Center, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
