Born 1974, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Education
2002 MFA, American University, Washington, DC
2000 MA, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1996 BFA, with honors, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Union Market District, Summer Exhibtion Space, Understory, Washington, DC
2019 The Phillips Collection, One on One: Maggie Michael/Arthur Dove--Depth of
Field, Washington, DC
2018 Studio Residency, Even the Clouds are not Finished, Krakow, Poland
2017 G Fine Art, Cubes and Pyramids Share the Same Base, Washington, DC
2016 American University Museum, A Phrase Hung in Midair as if
Frozen, Washington, DC
2015 G Fine Art, Colored Grounds and Perfect Xs, Washington, DC
2014 Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Some Threads are Loosely Tied, Ghent, Belgium
2011 G Fine Art, There is No Rising or Setting Sun, Washington, DC
2010 George Mason University, Tattoos of Ships, Fairfax, Virginia (brochure)
Green Gallery West, The Logic of Sense, Same as it Ever Was, Milwaukee, WI
2009 Pocket Utopia, Emotional Infinity (Subtitling Houellebecq’s The Elementary
Particles), Brooklyn, NY
Art Space, Unspoken (Nothing Says More), New Haven, CT
2008 G Fine Art, All at Once, Washington, DC
Rule, Foreground Memory, Denver, CO
2006 G Fine Art, Open End, Washington, DC
2005 Lump Gallery/Projects, Worse for the Better, Raleigh, NC
Rule, (T)rain, Denver, CO
2004 G Fine Art, Run, Washington, DC (catalog)
2002 G Fine Art, Clones, Washington, DC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 American University Museum, Barlow Gilotty Collection, WDC
Trawick Contemporary Art Award 20 th Anniversary Exhibition, WDC
Pines of Arcadia, See What You Feel, Arcadia, MI
Mesquite Arts Center, Take me to the River: Healing Waters, Mesquite, Texas
2022 American University Museum, Fields and Formations, Washington, DC
2021 The Delaware Contemporary, Fields and Formations, Wilmington, DE
418 Gallery, Cetate Arts Danube, Munich, Germany
Formerly WAS, two-person exhibition with Caitlin Teal Price, Adjacency is a kind
of Order, Pairing Painting and Photography, Washington, DC
Nonalignedart, Hello, organized by Vesela Sretenović, hosted by Micheline
Klagsbrun Studios, Washington, DC
2020 DCAC, Wall Mountables, WDC
2019 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Synergy, WDC
2018 DCAC, Another Dimension, Washington, DC
An Art Space, Entitled, Washington, DC
2017 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Is Separate Ever Equal?
Washington, DC
Site 57, Play it First, New York, NY
American University, Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Trawick Prize Anniversary Exhibition, WDC
2016 IM ERSTEN, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Vienna, Austria and
traveling to:
Eyes Open to the Night – Museum Night 2016, Belgrade, Serbia
Osztrak Kulturalis Forum, Budapest, Hungary
2015 Austrian Embassy, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Washington, DC
ESXLA Gallery, We Gave Our Best (…) to the Hope Chest, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Cecilia Jaime Gallery, We Are Here, Ghent Belgium
Kuelhaus Berlin, Closer to Gaza, Berlin, Germany
Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Summer Camp, Ghent, Belgium
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, OK
2013 G Fine Art, Group Exhibition, Washington, DC
Addison/Ripley, SIGIL |ˈsijəl|, Washington, DC
Siamo Quel Che Mangiamo/Sustenance and Art, Milan, Italy
2012 418 Gallery, Cetate IV, Bucharest, Romania
Dark Room, Ghent, Belgium
G Fine Art, Fast Forward Rewind, Washington, DC
Pocket Utopia, Lyrical Color, NY, NY
Addison/Ripley Fine Art, All My Friends are Painters, Washington D.C.
Transformer and Fathom Gallery, Visual AIDS, ReMixed Messages, in connection with
the International Aids Conference 2012, WDC
2011 Hamiltonian Gallery of Art, Call and Response: Textures, visual artists in
response/collaboration with writers, Washington, DC
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art since 1945, WDC
STUDIO, Liberté Mutuelle, Paris, France
2010 Pocket Utopia, a satellite exhibition by Austin Thomas, NY, NY
Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elisabeth French,
Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, DC
Catalyst, Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Art Center, WDC
Mixology II: Photography, A Benefit Exhibition for Doctors Without Borders,
Curators Office, WDC
Artscape, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Tanzschuleprojects, Halbjahresgaben, Munich, Germany
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art since 1945, WDC
2009 Art Space, Unspoken, (Compass Series with Dan Steinhilber), curated by
Jessica Buckley, New Haven, CT
Take Me to the River, International Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey
WPA Auction Exhibition, curated by Matthew Witkovsky, Katzen Art Center,
American University, WDC
KGP, Kris Graves Projects, Pocket Utopia Flatfiles, Brooklyn, NY
China Art Objects, 1999 10 year Anniversary Show, Los Angeles, CA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Recent Acquisitions, Washington, DC
2008 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Currents: Recent Acquisitions, WDC
The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar (The Lab), Silent Films and Bedroom
Paintings, Lakewood, CO
Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Turning Point: The Demise of
Modernism, and the Rebirth of Meaning in American Art, Provo, UT
Arlington Art Center, Take Me to the River, Arlington, VA
G Fine Art, Water, Water, Washington, DC
Gallery Four, Asterism, Baltimore, MD
2007 Rule Gallery, Peep Show, Denver, CO
Pulse Art Fair, New York, New York
WPA Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, WDC (curated by Anne Ellegood,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL
2006 Ambrosino Gallery, Conversations (curated by Sharon Louden), Miami, FL
Street Scenes: Art not Ads, mobile truck project in Washington, DC, curated by
Welmoed Lanstra and Nora Halpren
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the
Collection, Washington, DC (curator, Jonathan Binstock)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, New Acquisitions, Washington, DC
Wichita Falls Art Museum, Take Me to the River, Wichita Falls, TX
Monica Lorduy, Brooklyn, NY
Maryland Art Place, Critc’s Residency Program (Lilly Wei), Baltimore, MD
McDaniel College, Liquid/Solid (curated by Cara Ober), Westminster, MD
2005 Branch Gallery,Two for the See-Saw (curated by Bill Thelen), Carrboro, NC
G Fine Art, Blasts (curated by Paul Brewer), Washington, DC
Rule, Lure, Denver, CO
Arlington Arts Center, State of The Art (curated by Stephen Phillips),
Arlington, VA
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Homegrown (curated by
Josh Rickards), Winston-Salem, NC
Gallery Four, I Want to See, Baltimore, MD
OmniArt, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
2004 Kimberly Venardos, Selections, New York, NY
Julie Baker Fine Art, Spring, Grass Valley, CA
Flashpoint/WPA/C, Anonymous, Washington, DC
G Fine Art, Washington, DC
Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
Second Street Gallery, DC NOW (curated by Stacey Schmidt),
Charlottesville, VA
Bank, Kinetic: New Media and Painting, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Census (curated by Paul Brewer), Washington, DC
G Fine Art, Drawing, Washington, DC
Kimberly Venardos , Maggie Michael, Dan Steinhilber, New York, NY
McLean Project for the Arts, Strictly Painting 4, McLean, VA
Mexican Cultural Institute, Fission/Fusion Contemporary Art from Mexico and
USA (curated by Gabriela Molina and Berta Kolteniuk), Washington, DC
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Painting! (curated by Julia
Morrisroe), Mount Pleasant, MI
2002 Decatur Blue, DB Sides, Washington, DC
G Fine Art, Nine Painters, Washington, DC
G Fine Art, Summer 2002, Washington, DC
Watkins Gallery, Thesis, Washington, DC
Julie Baker Fine Art, Bakerˆs Dozen, Grass Valley, CA
2001 Anton Gallery, Washington, DC
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
I Street Studios Gallery, Washington, DC
Watkins Gallery, MFA Show, Washington, DC
2000 Studio 7/Warehouse, Art Romp, Washington, DC
Public Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Smithsonian American Art Museum
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Washingtonia Collection and Art Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
Washington, DC
US Embassy in Barbados
US Embassy in Romania (large scale mural)
Watkins Collection, American University, Washington, DC
Wilson Building, Washington, DC
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC
Professional Experience and Projects
2024 Artist Residency, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA
2022 Artist Residency, Pines of Arcadia, Arcadia, M
2018 Artist Residency, DCKED, Don’t Come Knocking Everyday, Krakow, Poland
2017 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2017 Studio Residency, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 Conversation with Curator, Sarah Newman, during the exhibition A Phrase Hung in Midair
as if Frozen, AU Museum, Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC
2014 CARLE Institute, Critical Analysis of Race in Learning & Education, New York, NY
2007 – 2015 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Education Committee, WDC
2012 - 2013 Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, Advanced Painting, Advanced Drawing, Research
Practicum, American University, WDC
2010 – 2013 Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, Senior Core/Thesis Seminar, Corcoran
College of Art + Design, WDC
2010 Art Scouts, Beyond Pavement and Windows, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
Artists who run spaces and programs for artists and communities: Dustin Carlson and Jason
Hughes, Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD; Nicholas Frank, founder of Hermetic (1993 - 2001)
and curator at the Institute of Visual Arts (Inova), University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
WI; Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam, Suburban, Oak Park, IL; Felicity Hogan, formerly
MoCADC and Flat, NY, currently at Artist Alliance, Inc. NY and (NYFA) New York Foundation
for the Arts; John Riepenhoff, Green Gallery, East and West, Milwaukee, WI; José Ruiz,
formerly Decatur Blue (DC) and Queens Museum of Art (NY), and currently at the Bronx River
Art Center (NY) and the Bronx Museum of the Arts (NY)
Bill Thelen, Lump Gallery and Projects, Raleigh, NC; Austin Thomas, Pocket Utopia, Bushwick,
NYC and mobile
2012 University of Arts, Bucharest Romania: Art in Public Spaces, lecture
2012 National Building Museum: a panel regarding artist spaces in Washington, D.C.
2010 Conversation with curator Sarah Newman and artist Christopher Smith at
Corcoran Gallery and College of Art
(E)merge Panel, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
Conversation on the paintings of Erik Jackson, Civilian Art Projects, WDC
Exhibition talk, Tattoos of Ships, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2009 American University, Artist Talk, Washington, DC
Pocket Utopia, gallery talk during exhibition: Emotional Infinity (Subtitling
Houellebecq’s The Elementary Particles), Brooklyn, NY
2008 Framework Panel # 7, Art School, Confidential: Rethinking Art Education,
Transformer Gallery, in partnership with George Washington University
2006-07 Museum Exhibition Visits and Studio Lab Workshops;
Artist at Work, Resident Artist Program, Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, WDC
2006 Artist Lecture, Kreeger Museum, WDC
Meet the Artist series, Gallery Talk: "Subject to Material," Anslem Kiefer:
Heaven and Earth, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, WDC
Grants and Awards
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2106, 2015, and 2013
Artist Fellowship Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
2017
Artist Honoree, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
2011
Mural commission through the Office of ART in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, for the
U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania
Artist Residency/Workshop in Cetate, Romania
2009
Banff Centre for the Arts, 05 Thematic Residency with Jan Verwoert: Why are Conceptual
Artists Painting Again? Because They Think it is a Good Idea. Banff, Alberta, Canada
2008 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship:
The Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art: the National Museums of Asian Art at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, with a focus on Hindu Shiva and Vishnu
sculptures.
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with a focus on historical and contemporary
film.
2008 The Trawick Prize, Best in Show, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards
Jurors: Molly Donovan, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Irene Hofman, Director of the Contemporary
Museum, Baltimore, MD; Leah Stoddard, Independent Curator, Charlottesville, VA.
2006-07 Artist at Work, Resident Artist Program, Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, WDC
2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant
Artist Fellowship, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
An agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the
Arts
Young Artist Grant, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the
Arts
Publications and Reviews
Hileman, Kristen, Fields and Formations Catalog, Delaware Contemporary and American
University Museum
Jenkins, Mark, “Painter Arthur Dove opened the door to abstraction in America. This D.C. artist
is kicking it off its hinges” March
28 th https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/painter-arthur-dove-opened-the-
door-to-abstraction-in-america-this-dc-artist-is-kicking-it-off-its-hinges/2019/03/28/ff742c02-4bfe-
11e9-b79a-961983b7e0cd_story.html?noredirect=on
Jenkins, Mark, “Maggie Michael” Arts and Style Section, The Washington Post, 8 Oct 2017, p.
E7
Capps, Kriston, “Ace of Base, Maggie Michael: Cubes and Pyramids Share the Same Base”
Washington City Paper, 29 Sept 2017 p. 26
Kennicott, Philip. “Can an art critic fairly review a friend’s work?” The Washington Post, 14
March 2016
Capps, Kriston, “Maggie Michael: A Phrase Hung in Midair as if Frozen at the American
University Museum, Reviewed” Washington City Paper, 12 Feb 2016.
Schefer, Olivier. “Phantoms and Dreams of Painting” catalog essay for A Phrase Hung in Midair
as if Frozen, 2016. (translated from French to English by Diana Murray Watts)
Newman, Sarah. “Maggie Michael: A Phrase Hung in Midair as if Frozen” catalog essay for A
Phrase Hung in Midair as if Frozen, 2016.
Jenkins, Mark. “Maggie Michael” The Washington Post, 4 Mar 2016.
Capps, Kriston. “How is Artist Maggie Michael Preparing to Amaze DC’s Art World?” Capitol
File, 19 June 2015.
Horton, Jessica. “To Paint on Colored Ground” catalog essay for Colored Grounds and
Perfect Xs, 2015.
Jenkins, Mark. “In the Galleries: Few hard edges in sight,” The Washington Post, 15,
Mar 15, p. E5.
Capps, Kriston, “Maggie Michael: Colored Grounds and Perfect Xs: Paintings from a
seasoned local artist recall other works of literature and art – even her own”,
Washington City Paper, 20, February 15, p. 42
Jenkins, Mark. “Maggie Michael” The Washington Post, 17, May 13, p. C8.
Jenkins, Mark. “Maggie Michael” The Washington Post, 16, September 11, p. C8.
New American Paintings, Number 94, v 16 no 3 (June/July 2011): 174-177
Chaat Smith, Paul. “State of Exception” exhibition essay for Tattoos of Ships at
George Mason University, 2010, Fairfax, VA
Capps, Kriston. “Upheavals, Surges, and Endgames: Maggie Michael’s Conflict Theory
of Painting,” Art Papers, March/April 2009 p. 18 - 21
Lyons, Emily. “The Language of Line and Color: Stories Behind Maggie Michael’s
Complex Canvases,” Washington Spaces, early spring issue, 2009.
http://www.washingtonspaces.com/2009/2/articles/the-language-of-line-and-color
Hawkins, Tracey. The Political Issue, American Contemporary Art, September/October
2008, p. 82 – 83.
Dawson, Jessica. “A Big Idea with a Hole in It” The Washington Post, 14 September 08,
p. M15.
Jordan, Courtney. “Around the Mall: Scenes and Sightings from the Smithsonian
Museums and Beyond - Young at Art” Smithsonian, April 2007, p. 39 – 40.
Dawson, Jessica. "A Higher, and Thicker, Art" The Washington Post, s
28 October 2006 p. C02.
Lampley, Brooke. "The Use and Abuse of Violence: Destruction and Retribution in the
Work of Elizabeth Crimson, Maggie Michael, and Andrew Cook" Mapping the
Alternative. Exhibition catalog for Maryland Art Place Critic's Residency Program with
Lilly Wei, 2006, p. 6 - 8.
MacMillan, Kyle. "5 Visions of the World: Diversity drives contemporary art,
but common threads emerge from the tapestry," The Denver Post, 11 June 05
Perry, Vicky. Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques. (Watson-Guptill Publications,
2005), p.119.
Farmer, Jonathan: Editor. At Length, vol. 2, issue 1 (2005).
Dixon, Glenn. "Maggie Michael's Notes from the Edge" The Washington Post,
30 September 04, p. C05.
Blee, John. "Maggie Michael at 14th Street:" The Georgetowner, 21 September
04.
Schmidt, Stacey. "Run" catalog essay, September 2004.
Belz, Carl: Juror. New American Paintings Number 51, v 9 no 2 (May 2004):118-121.
Shannon, Joe. "Maggie Michael at G Fine Art" Art in America, October 03, p.141.
Morrisroe, Julia and Spector, Buzz. "Painting!" Exhibition Catalogue,
Central Michigan University, 2003.
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "District Discoveries: DC Artists Showcased at
Corcoran." The Washington Times, 06 September 03, p. D2.
Dixon, Glenn. "Stand Up and Be Counted" Washington City Paper, 29 August
03, p. 52-53.
Jenkins, Mark. "Conceptual Mischief At the Corcoran" The Washington Post,
29 August 03, p. WE49.
Dawson, Jessica. "Drawing at G Fine Art" The Washington Post, 26 June
03, p. C5.
Green, Tyler. "D.C. Diary" Artnet, 16, April 03.
http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/green/green4-16-03.asp
Harvey, Anthony. "At the Museums." The Intowner, March 03, p. 18.
OˆSullivan, Michael. "Borders Are Eliminated at "Fission/Fusion."
The Washington Post,14 March 03, p. WE37.
Dawson, Jessica. "Art in an Experimental Groove: Decatur Blue Gives the Flip
Side of Mainstream Some Extended Play" The Washington Post, 02 January 03, p.
C5.
OˆSullivan, Michael. "Steinhilber, Michael: Double Exposure." The Washington
Post, 29 November 02, pp. WE64-65.
Dawson, Jessica. "A Single Stroke of Inspiration" The Washington Post,
07 November 02, p. C5.
Green, Tyler. "11.01.02" Modern Art Notes, 01, November 02.
http://modernartnotes.blogspot.com/
Flanagan, Faith. "Before Paint Dries" Culture Flux, 14, October 02.
http://www.cultureflux.com/Oct_14/beforepaintdries.html
Dennison, Lisa: Juror. Zevitas, Steven: Editor. New American Paintings: The
M.F.A. Annual 2002, (October 2002): 50ˇ 53
OˆSullivan, Michael. "Summer Show Standouts" The Washington Post, 16 August
02, p.WE37.
Blee, John. "Art Wrap" The Georgetowner, 25 July 02, p. 26.
Rosenberg, Susan: Juror. Zevitas, Steven: Editor. New American Paintings
Number 39, v 7 no 2 (May 2002): 138-141.
Fallon, Roberta. "Sketches: A Roundup of Noteworthy Shows (Fresh Palette)"
Philadelphia Weekly, 11 July 01.