Cut Out
2006
Gouache, colored pencil, graphite on paper
78 ½ x 51 inches

Gallery Joe News

Michelle Oosterbaan and Rachel Perry Welty at The Drawing Center

Please contact the gallery for a complete updated resume.

MICHELLE OOSTERBAAN

b. Boston, MA 1967
Lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri

Education

1992 MFA in Painting from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1992 Post Graduate Study, Indiana University, Florence, Italy
1990 BFA in Painting and Printmaking, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (Fred Conway Tuition Scholarship)
1989 Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy

Awards

2008
2008 Great Rivers Biennial Award Recipient
2005
New American Paintings Mid Atlantic Volume 57, Jonathan Binstock, juror
2004
Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Grant, Painting
Leeway Foundation of Philadelphia Window of Opportunity Grant
2003
S.O.S. Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Grant, Works on Paper
2002
The Leeway Foundation of Philadelphia, Window Of Opportunity Grant
2001
Leonard Belber Best of Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2000
The Leeway Foundation of Philadelphia, Window Of Opportunity Grant
1993
T. Miller and Sons Purchase Award, 6th Annual Works on Paper Exhibit, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Contemporary Artists Center, Fellowship, North Adams, MA

Solo Exhibitions

2006
look out, doopler, doppler, so hum, little gem, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA (Fall, 2006)
2003
Solo Installation, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Morris Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Fleisher Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Walls Running at Ground Level, Nexus, Philadelphia, PA (installation)

Group Exhibitions

2008
Spot Check: Academy Contemporary, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007
This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Levity: spring selections, 2007, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2006
Works on Paper 2006, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, juror: Cornelia Butler
Series…, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
On the Walls, Main line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2005
Summer Drawing Show, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Slide registry, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2002
4 Drawing artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Obsessive Vision, Nexus, Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show, Abington Arts Center, Jenkintown, PA
7th Biennial Works on Paper Show, Abington Arts Center, Jenkintown, PA (Mina Takahashi, Juror)
Blunt, The Butcher's Shop, Chicago, IL
Future Imperfect, Sharidan Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA (installation)
Non-Matriculated Residencies, Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Site #3, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA (installation)
13th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (Terrie Sultan, juror)
Delaware Biennial 2000, The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (installation)
The Banquet, The Laurie and Irwin Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Red Light, Window on Broad, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Six, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
Just Made, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Six, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1997
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, NJ
1995
Surviving Illness, Pavilion Galleries, Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly, NJ
Arts on the River, Susan Krane, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Objects of Habit and Healing, Henry Gallery, Savannah, GA
1993
6th Annual McNeese Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

Residencies & Fellowships

2006
Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VA
2005
Yaddo, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, Saratoga Springs, NY
2004
The MacDowell Colony, Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
PEW Finalist in Painting
2003
Yaddo, Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
1996
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Apprentice
1993
Contemporary Artists Center, Fellowship, North Adams, MA
1992
Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship, Johnson, VT
1991
Indiana University Teaching Fellowship

Bibliography

Csazar, Tom, Art Papers, Philadelphia, May/June 2004
Janco, Mary Anne, “Artwork on the Wall,�? Philadelphia Inquirer, Main Line, March 23, 2003
Sozanski, Edward J., "Where music and painting intersect, " The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11, 2001
Fallon, Roberta, "Perfect Strangers, " Philadelphia Weekly, February 28, 2001.
Fallon, Roberta, "Sticky Business, " Philadelphia Weekly, September 13, 2000.
Rice, Robin, "Feast Your Eyes, " Philadelphia City Paper, February 10, 2000.
Rosenholtz, Ellen, "Look Who's Coming to Dinner," Philadelphia Weekly, January 21, 2000.
Sozanski, Edward J., "Food for Thought," The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 28, 2000
Rice, Robin, “Members Only," Philadelphia City Paper, December 16, 1999.
Sozanski, Edward J., "Art Alliance Examines Female Creativity, " The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1, 1998.

Public Collections

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Mitchell Brownstein, Rosen and Rosen, PC, Philadelphia, PA
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
Steak and Shake Corporation, Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Lectures, Workshops, Visiting Artist

2004
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, Visiting Artist
2003
Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA, Visiting Artist
1995
Panel Speaker, Mid-America College Art Association, Back to the Classroom? Symbols: Teaching Echoes and Visions – the Symbol's Evolution in Still Life Painting, The National Biennial:Foundations in Art Theory and Education (FATE), St. Louis, MO, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, visiting artist

Teaching Experience

2006 – Present
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2003 – 2006
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2002
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2000
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1997 – 2006
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1999 – 2001
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1999 – 2000
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1996 – 1998
Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
1995 – 1996
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
1996
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1993 – 1995
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
1992 – 1993
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1991 – 1992
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN