Michael Bauermeister

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b. 1957, Indianapolis, Indiana

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
The Bohlen Collection, University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
The Arthur and Jane Mason Collection

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2004              Whole Grain Sculptural Wood 2004, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
                      Nature Transformed, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
                      Tree of Life, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
                      Wood-O-Rama, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2003              A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood, Kentucky
                                    Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
                      25th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
                      The Nature of Craft, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
                      Planting, Plotting and Pruning, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
                      Craft Forms 2003, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
                      Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2002              Niche Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
                      Blurring the Line: Where Vessel and Sculpture Meet, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
                      Materials Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
                      Best of Wood Award, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
                      Craft USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
                      A Modern Bestiary, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
1998-2002     Turned Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                      Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2001              Nuances d’Ete, Carlin Gallery, Paris, France
                      New Talent in Crafts, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
2000              Made in Missouri, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
                      Defining Vessels, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
                      Hot Tea! 2000, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999              Wood and Form, Solo Exhibition, Iowa Artisan's Gallery, Iowa City, IA
                      Stone Series, Solo Exhibition, Sloan-Jordan Gallery, Austin, TX
                      Two-Person Exhibit, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
                      Spiva Craft Exhibit, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
                      Solo Exhibition, Camden Fine Art Center, Camden, SC
1998              Solo Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
                      Visiting Artist Series, Boulder Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Boulder, CO
                      Collectors of Wood Art Forum, San Francisco, CA
1997              Michael Bauermeister: Tall Vessel Series, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC
1996              Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk 96, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg,                                     Germany
1995              Michael Bauermeister: Carved Bowl Series, Missiouri Bluestem Gallery, Salina, KS
                      Art Fair at Laumeier, "Award of Excellence", Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
1993              Cornucopia of Crafts, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
1991              Focus on Wood and Fiber, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2002              Scratching the Surface, Michael Hosaluk, North Light Books
2001              Object Lessons, Guild Publications
1995              American Craft, June