Michael Reafsnyder

 

Lives and works in Southern California
Born in Orange, California

 

 

1996

M.F.A. Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

 

1992

B.A. in Studio Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2007

Western Project, Culver City, CA

2005

Western Project, Culver City, CA
2005 Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada. ‘More: Paintings and Sculpture
from 2002-2005,’ Curated by Libby Lumpkin

 

2004

Uplands Gallery, ‘Yum-Yum,’ Melbourne, Australia

 

2003

Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Paintings,’ Santa Monica, CA

 

2002

Galeria Marta Cervera, ‘Paintings,’ Madrid, Spain Finesilver, ‘Paintings,’ San Antonio, Texas

 

2001

Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Paintings,’ Santa Monica, California Artissima, ‘Present/ Future,’ Turin, Italy

 

1999

Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Paintings,’ Santa Monica, CA. Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, ‘Monotypes/ Paintings,’ New York, New York

 

1997

Blum and Poe, ‘Paintings,’ Santa Monica, CA

 

1996

Art Center College of Design, ‘Paintings,’ Pasadena, CA

 

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006

Mandarin Gallery, ‘A Little So Cal Abstraction,’ curated by James Hayward, Los Angeles, CA

 

2005

Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis Art Institute, ‘Step Into Liquid,’ curated by Dave Hickey, Los Angeles, CA. Mark Moore Gallery, ‘In Bloom,’ Santa Monica, CA. Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

 

2004

Gallery Eugene Lendl, ‘Fresh Paint’, Graz, Austria
Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Art Cologne,’ Cologne, Germany.
Mark Moore Gallery, ‘NADA Art Fair,’ Miami Beach, Florida
Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Painting and Sculpture,’ Santa Monica, CA
Laguna Art Museum, ‘Funny Business: Humor in Art from the Permanent Collection,’ Laguna Beach, CA
Laguna Art Museum, ‘The O Scene,’ Laguna Beach, CA
Claremont Graduate School, ‘Now and Then Some,’ Claremont, CA

 

2003

Uplands Gallery, ‘LA TAP,’ Melbourne, Australia
Manny Silverman Gallery, ‘Not the Usual Suspects,’ curated by James Hayward, Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, ‘Pfat and Sassy,’ Santa Fe, NM
Galeria Marta Cervera, ‘ARCO,’ Madrid Spain
Galeria Marta Cervera, ‘Armory Show,’ Madrid, Spain
Peter Blake Gallery, ‘Extreme Paint,’ Laguna Beach, CA

 

2002

Galeria Marta Cervera, ‘Armory Show,’ New York, NY
Finesilver Gallery, ‘Art Chicago,’ Chicago, IL
Modernism, ‘Five Times Four,’ San Francisco, CA
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, ‘Trade Show,’ Orange, CA
Portland Art Museum, ‘New in Town,’ curated by Bruce Guenther,
Portland, OR
Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Western States,’ Santa Monica, CA

 

2001

Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Armory Show,’ New York, NY
University of North Texas, ‘Cal’s Art, Sampling California Painting,’
Denton, TX
Laguna Art Museum, ‘One Minute of Your Time: A Brief Survey of Southern
California Art from 1835 to 2001,’ curated by Tyler Stallings,
Laguna Beach, CA
Art Frankfurt, ‘The Stuff Dreams are Made From,’ Frankfurt, Germany.

 

2000

Todd Hosfelt Gallery, ‘New Work: Abstract Painting,’ San Francisco, CA
The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, ‘New American Painting 15,’ curated by David Pagel, Austin, TX
Mark Moore Gallery, ‘Paint,’ American Style, Santa Monica, CA
Gallery Marabini, ‘Radar Love (with Gajin Fujita, Andrea Bowers and Linda
Stark),’ Bologna, Italy.

 

1999

Black Dragon Society, ‘Under 500: Intimate Abstract Paintings,’ Los Angeles, CA
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, LA, ‘New York Abstract,’ New York, NY

 

1998

Blum and Poe, ‘Art Chicago,’ New York, NY


1996

The Loft, ‘Risk,’ Laguna Beach, CA

 

1995

‘Gander Mountain High, Ride ‘Um Hunter,’ curated by Daniel Mendel-Black,
Pasadena, CA

 

 

 

 

Selected Bibliography

 

 

2006

 


2006 Pagel, David. (2006, September 29). “Paintings' pairings make strange sense”
(Mandarin Gallery Group Show) Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times
Knight, Christopher, (January 14, 2006), “Just Going with the Flow”,
Los Angeles Times
Meyers, Terry, (February- March, 2006), “Step Into Liquid”, Modern Painter

2005

Anania, Katie, (October 7, 2005), “A Gorgeous Mess”, Las Vegas City Life
Twardy, Chuck, (October 27- November 2, 2005), “Paintings Pose Questions About Potential for Souldful Abstraction..”, Las Vegas Weekly

 

2004

Schweighofer, T., (December 31, 2004), “Take Away in Der Galerie Lendl in Graz”. Kroen- Zeihiup
Chang, Richard, (2004, November 7), “Celebrating O.C.’s Own Scene”,
Orange County Register (Photo)
“New American Painting,” Open Studios Press, 2004. Curated by Anne Ellgood, Curator- Norton Family Foundation
Rawlins, Jarrod. (2004, July), “Interview”, Uplands Gallery (brochure)
Zevitas, Steven, T. (2004), January), New American Paintings, Vol. 8, No.6

 

2003

Pagel, David. (2003, August 1), “Not the Usual Suspects at Manny Silverman Gallery”, Los Angeles Times (Photo)
Dambrot, Shana Nys, (2003, June), “Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery”, Artweek, (Cover Photo)
Knight, Christopher. (2003, April 12), “Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery”, Los Angeles Times (Photo)
Honotoria, Javier. (2003, January 16), “Michael Reafsnyder at Galeria
Marta Cervera”, El Mundo
Yelo, Maria Garcia. (2003, January 16), “Michael Reafsnyder at Galeria
Marta Cervera”, ABC

 

2002

Ed. (2002, May 1,) “9 picks that Say Peace Out to the Left Eye....”,
Williamette Week, page 33.
Ellertson, Karrin. (2002, April/ May). “New in Town”, Portland Mercury, Vol 2, No. 46
Jones, Tricia. (2002, April 12), “Three Shows Under One Museum Roof”, The Columbian: Weekend and Beyond, pp. F3, F9 (Cover Image)
Baker, Kenneth. (2002, December 14). “Ramos and Five Times Four at Modernism”, San Francisco Chronicle.
Row, D.K. (2002, April 12). “Two Hands Clapping, Exhibits at PICA and PAM Contrast But Complement Each Other”, The Oregonian, pp. 52, 54, 55
Schlesinger, Mark. (2002 October/ November). “A Musing: The Work of Michael Reafsnyder”, PERLA
Jones, Tricia. (2002, April 12), “Triple Header”, The Columbian
Speh, Scott. (2002), “Hot Commodities: Armory Show 2002”, http://www.artic.edu
Wille, Chris. (2002, April 7), Fruit Loop Turns into Treat”, Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA, page 114

 

2001

Jahn, Jeff. “Northwest Documenta/ New in Town”, http://www.nwscuttle.com Chronicle,
staff report, (2001, September), “UNT Explores methods, inspiration of
California Art”
Franceschetti, Roberta. (2001, January). “Arte & Mercado: Bologna”, Arte, p.210
Molinari, Guido. (2001 December/ January). “Radar Love”, Flash Art Italy, p. 122
Pagel, David. (2001, June 8). “Art Reviews: A Few Tests to See How Much Input the Brain Can Handle: Michael Reafsnyder”, Los Angeles Times
2001 Ed. (2001), “Present Future ad Artissima 2001”, Art and Job Magazine, Anno 6- n.30

 

2000-99

Artois, Stella. (1999/2000), “Exhibitionism/ Painting Out the Century”, Flaunt, page 133/134 (photo)
Baker, Kenneth. (2000, January 8), “Abstraction at Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco Chronicle, ppB1
Ed. (2000, October/ November), “California Dream”, Flash Art Italy, p. 65 (photo)
C.B. (2000, December). “Kamasutra a Ritmo di Rock”, Gulliver, p.336
Galletta, Alessandra. (2000, December). “Ritorno Alla Pitture”, Kult, p. 145
Knight, Christopher. (2000, March/ April), “Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery”, Art Issues, (Cover photo)
Ed. (2000, November/ December), “Radar love at Galeria Marabini”, Flash 1999 Art Italy Hickey, Dave. (1999, December), “Best of the 90’s” Artforum, volume XXXV111, n.4, pp 112
Pagel, David. “Art Reviews: Silly.....Seriously: Michael Reafsnyder at Mark Moore Gallery,” Los Angeles Times, pp F33 Plagens, Peter and Corie Brown. (1999, December 6), “Hollywood’s Big Art Deal”, Newsweek, pp.78-80
Wilkinson, Jeanne C. (1999, September),

 

1998

Pagel, David. (1998, March-April), “Aperto: Los Angeles”, Flash Art
Ed. (1998, Winter), “Editor’s Choice: Michael Reafsnyder”, Bomb

 

1997

Ed. (1997, May). “Art Reviews: Michael Reafsnyder at Blum and Poe Gallery”, Los Angeles Times