Michele Muennig

 

BIO


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • Broken Open, Jack Fischer gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2010
  • Splendor of Indulgent Nothingness, Rice /Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA., 2009
  • *Compota, Pablo Gallery, Fort Space, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines, 2009
  • *Gristle Pays Homage to the Benevolent Sausage (in collaboration with Manuel O’Campo), Mag:Net Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines, 2008
  • Upside Under, MOMA Caffe Museo, San Fransisco, CA, 2008
  • *Effigies and Demagogues, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008
  • The Alchemy of Happiness, Taylor Bercier Fine Arts, New Orleans LA, 2008
  • On the Precipice of Wonderland, Levy Art and Architecture, San Francisco, CA, 2003
  • The Other Side Of Heaven, Margarite Oestreicher Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA, 2003
  • The Forests’ Scream, Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1999
  • Introductions 1998, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 1998
  • Windows to the World, 3250 Adeline Artspace, Berkeley, CA, 1994
  • Michele Muennig, Icons Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 1992
  • Views from Within, Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 1991
  • Michele Muennig - Recent Works, Ronald J. Bryan Gallery, Oakland, CA, 1989
  • Interior Worlds of Michele Muennig, The Phoenix, Big Sur, CA, 1988

TWO PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • Wondrous Strange: A Cabinet of Curiousities, MOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2010
  • Diluvial Hood, Freis Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2010
  • Manila Bieninal, Pablo Gallery, Manila, Phillippines, 2009
  • *Strange Hope, Galleria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA, 2009
  • Room for Big Ideas, Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2008
  • *Aqua, Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL, 2008
  • *Red Dot, Jack Fischer Gallery, New York Art Fair, N.Y., N.Y., 2008
  • *Paper Works, S.F.MOMA Artists gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008
  • Flow, with Donna Seager gallery, Miami Art Fair, Maimi, FL, 2007
  • *Red Dot, with Jack Fischer Gallery and MMGalleries, Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL, 2007
  • Mirabile Visu, MMGalleries, San Francisco, CA, 2007
  • Painted Dreams, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA, 2007
  • *Pistolitas de Azucar, Galleria de la Rasa, San Francisco, CA, 2007
  • Tooth and Claw, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2006
  • Chicago Art Fair, Tory Folliard Gallery, Chicago, ILL, 2006
  • Chicago Art Fair, Tory Folliard Gallery, Chicago, ILL, 2005
  • Latin Spirit, Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, S.F., CA, 2005
  • Strange Presences, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2004
  • Desires Receding Outline, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 2004
  • Gravados Sin Fronteras / Printmaking Without Borders, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA / Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA / Centro Metropolitano, Quito, Equador, 2003
  • KALA in Belarus, National Museum of Belarus, Belarus, Minsk, Russia, 2002
  • Contemporary Devotion, San Jose M.O.M.A., San Jose, CA, 2001
  • Layerings: works by K.A.L.A. Fellowship Recipients, KALA Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2000
  • Reflections 2000, Olga Dollar, San Francisco, CA, 2000
  • Circus Re-visualized, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 1999
  • Interior Habitat, Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, CA, 1999
  • Vestige, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO, 1999
  • Amsterdam Art Exhibition and Competition, Berkeley, CA, 1998
  • Small Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1997
  • Juried Annual, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 1997
  • Ensemble, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA, 1996
  • Innovations in Art Glass, Maseur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, 1992
  • Eyes on Mardi Gras, Pilbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1992
  • Art in Bloom, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 1992
  • Art Against Aids, Contemporary Arts Center, New 0rleans, LA, 1990
  • Emerging Artists 89, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA, 1989
  • Merit Show, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 1987

*collaborative projects with Juan Carlos Quintana, under the name ‘Miju’

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND RESIDENCIES

  • Fundacion Valpariso, Mojacar, Spain, 2002
  • KALA Fellowship, Berkeley, CA, 1999
  • Monet Canvas Silver Medal Award, Amsterdam Art Exhibition and Competition, Berkeley, CA, 1998
  • Letraset/Letramax Award of Excellence, Amsterdam Art Exhibition and Competition, Berkeley, CA, 1998
  • Full Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Stipend, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1989-1991
  • Teaching Scholarship, Tulane University, 1992
  • Saxe Award for Graduate Workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, 1988
  • Merit Award, California College of Arts and Crafts, 1987
  • Tuition Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, 1986

REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, AND CATALOGUES

  • Byrd, Lynn Impossible Perspectives, The I of the Beholder, New Orleans Review (2004) 29.2
  • Bookhardt, Eric D. Otherworldly Operas, Gambit Weekly (August 5, 2003)
  • Culnis, Sarah, Being in Dreaming, The New Orleans Art Review, (September/October, 2003)
  • Cohen, Elaine, Prints Without Borders, Centro Cultural Metropolitano (November 2003) (catalogue)
  • KALA in Belarus, Regional Program Office, Vienna (November 26, 2002) (catalogue)
  • Knapp, Daniel Juxtapoz Art Gallery, Juxtapoz (Sept/Oct 2001)
  • Fischer, Jack Passions of Time, San Jose Mercury News (March 18, 2001)
  • Dalkey, Victoria Promising Introductions, Encore, The Sacramento Bee (July 19, 1998)
  • Deragon, Rick New Gallery in Big Sur, Art Scene, The Monterey Herald (January 8, 1993)
  • Bookhardt, Eric D. Juan Carlos Quintana / Michele Muennig, Art Papers (July/August 1992) vol. 16 #4
  • Mehlferber, Jon Innovations in Glass Sculpture, Masseur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, Art Papers (May/June1992) vol. 16 no. 3
  • Bookhardt, Eric D. Occult Lies Just Beyond the Ordinary, The Gambit, New Orleans, LA (April 1992)
  • Nash, Jesse W. The Post-Representational Arts, The New Orleans Art Review, A Journal of Criticism (March/April 1992)
  • Green, Roger Art by Law, The Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, (March, 1991)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Instructor Berkeley Adult School, Ceramics, Berkeley, CA, 2007 - present
  • Instructor Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA, 1997 - 2009
  • Conduct courses in multimedia art
  • Instructor Amsterdam Art, Berkeley, CA, 1998-2002
  • Conducted workshops in alternative painting techniques
  • Instructor Telluride Academy, Telluride, CO, 1998
  • Conducted workshops in art
  • Instructor The New Orleans School of Glass Works, 1991-1992
  • Conducted the glass casting course, taught private lessons, and provided workshops for various schools
  • Instructor Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1990-1992
  • Conducted the Foundations of Art and intermediate glass courses
  • Teaching duties included operating and maintaining the glass studio
  • Designer/Contractor Oakland, CA, 1988
  • Designed and fabricated a fountain for a private residence in Oakland, California
  • Materials used: bronze, glass, concrete, found objects