Curriculum Vitae
Michael McConnell
Born: Garden City, MI, 1977
Education: BFA, Columbus College of Art and Design, 1999
Select Solo Exhibitions
2020 MarinHealth Medical Center Mural Project, Marin, CA
Covid Critters, Bench Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Abstract/ Concrete, Long Weekend, Oakland, CA
2018 California, I Love You, Long Weekend, Oakland CA
2016 Introvert/Extrovert, Blackbird, San Francisco, CA
2016 You Are Here, Marion and Rose’s Workshop, Oakland, CA
2015 Domesticity, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN
2014 Cozy, Marion and Rose’s Workshop, Oakland, CA
2013 New Work, SeeSaw, San Francisco, CA
2013 Infinitely Bound, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012 Games Children Play, Marion and Rose’s Workshop, Oakland, CA
2011 Tethered, Braunstein/Quay, San Francisco, CA
2009 Slings and Arrows, Gallery Bell Jar, San Francisco, CA
2008 You Can’t Make Them Stay, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 New Work, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grange, OR
2007 New Works, TAG Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006 Not Out of the Woods Yet, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Delayed Reaction, TAG Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006 The Passport Project, BlueSpace, San Francisco, CA
2004 Passing Between Printmakers, Tusculum College, Greenville, TN
2003 When Things Surface, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Fresh Art, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Bexley, OH
2001 Bounded By Fences, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Biting the Bullet, Beaton Gallery, Columbus, OH
Select Group Exhibitions
2022 Untamed Splendor, Antler Gallery, Portland OR
Dollhouse: Art As Serious Play, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 Unnatural Histories X, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Actual Size, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
48 Pillars, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Enormous Tiny Art 30, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2019 Poison Garden, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Bench Warmers II, Bench Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Four Squared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gay Area Queer Art Show, Perdita Shop, San Francisco, CA
The Flag Show, American Giant, San Francisco, CA
2018 Enormous Tiny Art 24, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth NH
California Varietals, Baana, San Freancisco, CA
Audio Visual, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Cultivated Nature, Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
2017 Friends That Never Met, Bench Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ARC, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Sweet and Low, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2016 Enormous Tiny Art 19, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2015 September Show, Abrams Claghorn, Albany, CA
2015 Strike Away, Paxton Gate, San Francisco, CA
2015 12 x 12, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Four Squared Alumni, Arc Studios, San Francisco, CA
2014 Contemporary Contemporary, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 3636 Project, Paxton Gate Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 CA 12 x 12, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Visions and Reflections, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Small Works, Space Womb Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2013 Bestiary, Smart Clothes Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Peaceable Kingdom, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2012 BE:E, La Porte Peinte, Noyers, France
2012 Captured: Specimens in Contemporary Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2012 Myths of Progress, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2012 Retrofit, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Four Squared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 CaliforNoyers, La Porte Peinte, Noyers, France
2010 7 From the Bay, Marji Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Graphic Nature, SOAP Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Four Squared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Introductions: Where Are They Now?, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Ruth Braunstein Collection: 1961–Present, Santa Cruz, CA
2010 ID Redux, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Works 066-091, Marine Art Salon, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Keepers, Skinner Howard Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2009 Super Flat, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Natural Blunders, The de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2009 Hare and the Hounds 2, 18 Reasons, San Francisco, CA
2008 Story Telling, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2008 Critters, Stewart/Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA
2008 Draw Too: A Drawing Show In 4 Parts, SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Hare and the Hounds, BlueSpace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 If These Walls Could Talk, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Cathedral Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Jersey City, NJ
2007 On the 13th Day, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Dollar Bill Project, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Group Exhibition, Michelle O’Connor Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2006 California Dreamin’, diRosa Preserve, Napa, CA
2006 Bedtime Stories, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Don’t Call Me Fluffy, ARSpace, San Francisco, CA
2005 Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Paper Awesome, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 What Did Puck Say?, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Hard Candy, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2004 Altered Egos, Dolores Park Café, San Francisco, CA
2004 State of the Nation, Intersection of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2001 Introductions South, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2000 Members Show, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 How We Breathe, Breathing Spaces, Emeryville, CA
2000 Printmakers, City Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Personal Expressions: 3 Perspectives on Identity and Representation, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA
2000 Locals, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
1999 San Francisco’s Queer Youth, Oakland Marriott Exhibition Hall, Oakland, CA
1999 Small Works, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Bexley, OH
1999 Best of Senior Thesis: Select Works, Joseph Canzani Center, Columbus, OH
1999 Firexit 7, McKinley Warehouse Space, Columbus, OH