Michael Bauermeister

    

 

About Michael Bauermeister

EDUCATION
1975–76 Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1979 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute

EXHIBITIONS, ETC.
2009 Solo Show, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2008 Curator for “Form and Content-Beyond the Empty Vessel,” Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Commissioned to create panels for entry to Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
“A Perfect Marriage: Wood into Color” (invitational, catalogue) SOFA Chicago, IL
“Over the Edge, Woodturning into Sculpture” (catalogue) Prichard Gallery, Moscow, ID
“Steeped in Color” solo show, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Nights in Rodanthe,” work in included in Warner Bros. film
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 “Silent Conversations” (juried, catalogue) Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis” (invitational, catalogue) Boston Museum of Fine Arts
“Smithsonian Craft Show,” Washington, DC
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Vortex 2006” solo show, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Carol Duke Award, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Wood Vessels and Sculpture” solo show, University Art Center, Lincoln, NE
Solo Show, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
First Place St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“SOFA Chicago,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2004 “Whole Grain, Sculptural Wood” (invitational) SOFA, Chicago, IL
“Tree of Life” (invitational), The Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, PA
First Place, St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, Mo. 2004, 2005
“Nature Transformed,” University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
25th Annual Contemporary Crafts (Purchase Award), Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“SOFA Chicago,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2003 “One Step Back Two Steps Forward” (invitational), Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“A Tribute to Rude Osolnick,” Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville, KY
“Craft Forms 2003,” (invitational) Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
“Planting, Potting and Pruning,” Racine Art Museum, (invitational)
“CraftHouston 2003,” Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (catalogue)
25th Annual Contemporary Crafts (Purchase Award) Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
“The Nature of Craft,” (invitational), Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Smithsonian Craft Show,” Washington, DC
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, November
“Best of Wood” award, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
Commissioned to create Missouri Arts Awards
“Smithsonian Craft Show,” Washington, DC
Niche Award
“Blurring the Line: Where Vessel and Sculpture Meet,” Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“SOFA Chicago,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2001 “Nuances d’ete,” Carlin Gallery, Paris, France
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“SOFA Chicago,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2000 “New Talent in Crafts” (4-person), Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
“Wood Invitational,” American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
“Studio Wood the New Frontier” (invitational), Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Defining Vessels,” Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
“Sculpture & Fine Crafts” (Reinhardt Prize), St. Louis Artists’ Guild
Award of Excellence, ACC Baltimore, Winter
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“SOFA Chicago,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1999 “Wood and Form” (solo show), Iowa Artisan’s Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“Stone Series” (solo show), Sloan-Jordan Gallery, Austin, TX
Solo exhibit, Camden Fine Art Center, Camden, SC, August
“Turned Wood” (invitational), Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“SOFA Chicago,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1998 Solo exhibit, Kansas City Art Institute, November
“SOFA Chicago,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1997 “Michael Bauermeister Tall Vessel Series” (solo show), Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC
1996 “Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk 96” (invitational), Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
1995 “Michael Bauermeister Carved Bowl Series” (solo show), Bluestem Gallery, MO

COLLECTIONS
Smithsonian Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Mesa Museum of Contemporary Art, Mesa, AZ
Ron and Anita Wornick
Arthur and Jane Mason
Bob Bohlen

PUBLICATIONS
500 Wood Bowls by Ray Leier and Jan Peters, Lark Books, 2004
Wood Art Today by Dona Meilach, Schiffer Publications 2003
Scratching the Surface by Michael Hosaluk, North Light Books 2002
Object Lessons, Guild Publications, 2001
American Craft, June, 1995