Michael Handley
michael@michaelhandleystudio.com
801-259-3003
Born 1976, Salt Lake City, Utah
Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education:
MFA Yale School of Art – Sculpture
BFA University of Utah – Sculpture Intermedia
Upcoming:
2024 “🔥” - Two-person exhibition with Greg Lindquist @ The Landing Gallery - Los Angeles, California
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Who is Loren Eiseley - Spring Break Art Fair - Los Angeles, California
2017 Sublimation - Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Salt Lake City, Utah
2016 UNFURL STREAK - Contemporary Utah Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 As the Lake Fades - Utah Museum of Contemporary Art - Salt Lake City, Utah - Curated by Jared Steffensen
2022 Friends of Friends - Current Work Gallery - Salt Lake City, Utah
2021 How Do I Measure My Gratitude - Academy of Arts and Letters - NYC, NY - Curated by Souhad Rafey
2021 Infinite Growth - Beverly’s - NYC, NY - Curated by Jack Henry
2020 A Facsimile of Events, Georgia State University - Atlanta Georgia - Curated by Jesse Penridge
2019 LANDMARKS - School of Visual Arts NYC, NY
2019 Sightlines - UMOCA Salt Lake City, Utah - Curated by Jared Steffensen
2016 Person, Place or Thing - Fleisher Ollman, Philadelphia, PA - Curated by Alex Baker
2015 Ghetto Biennale - Port Au Prince, Haiti - Curated by Leah Gordon
2015 Electric Fields Punch Gallery - Seattle, Washington - Curated by Julia Fryett
2015 Incubarte 7 - Valencia, Spain
2015 Collective Experience Rio Grande Gallery - Salt Lake City Utah - Curated by Stefanie Dykes
2014 The Museum of Love and Devotion - Fairview Museum, Fairview, Utah - Curated by L
2014 Partners - Lima Zulu -London, England - Curated by Joseph Buckley
2013 Calamity & Ruin - Project 722 - New York City, New York
2013 Utah Biennial - UMOCA - Salt Lake City, Utah - Curated by Aaron Moulton
2012 Blank Land - Torrance Museum of Art - Torrance, California
Select Awards / Residencies:
2019 Louis Muhlstock Endowment for Painting
2019 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity – Earthed
2016 Mountain School - Los Angeles, California
2016 Art-Noble Prize and Honorarium
2014 George R. Bunker Painting and Printmaking Award Yale University
2014 Alfred L. McDougal and Nancy Lauter Endowed Scholarship
2011 Rio Mesa Center Research Fellowship Moab, Utah
2011 UROP Research Scholar University of Utah
2010 Departmental Fellowship Sculpture Intermedia University of Utah
2009 Jurors Choice Award 35x35 The Next Generation Salt Lake City, Utah
2009 Carmen M. Christiansen Art Scholarship University of Utah
Selected Press:
2019 ArtMaze Mag Anniversary Issue 15
2017 http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/michael-ryan-handleys-sublimation-at-umoca/
2014 http://www.aqnb.com/2014/01/15/partners-limazulu-reviewed/