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Michael Rees - Resume

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2003

  • Monsters, Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York, New York
  • The Toy Show, Bitforms Gallery, New York, New York

2001

  • Project Room Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, New York
  • ten, Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York, New York
  • 2000 Artificial Sculpture v.5, The Henry Block Art Space, Kansas City, Missouri

1999

  • Artificial Sculpture, Forum For Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri,
  • NEA Grant Awarded (CD Rom catalogue)

 1998

  • The Ecstatic Body, Grand Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
  • From Ear to Ear, Central Fine Arts, New York, New York
  • Solo show, Galerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana

 1997

  • Digital Psyche, Kemper Museum of Contemporary
  • Art, Kansas City,  Missouri. Curated by Dana Self  

 1995

  • Homo Noeticus, Basilico Fine Arts,  New York, New York

 1993

  • Solo show, Basilico Fine Arts, New York, New York
  • Solo show, 303 Gallery, New York, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002

  • FORWARD/4WORDS, Curated by Guido Bartorelli and Alfredo Sigolo @
  • Rovigo, Cen.Ser Provincia di Rovigo, Italy
  • “Nown”: In the action of the animated person, place, thing, and quality,
  • Woods Street Gallery, Pittsburgh.
  • “In Media Res”, Exit Art, New York New York
  • 2002 Media Art, Daejeon-New York, Special Effects , Daejeon Municipal Museum
  • of Art, Dae Jeon, South Korea, curated by Lawrence Rinder.
  • Fetish Human Fantastic, Boursein Gallery, Istanbull Turkey, curated by Michelle Thursz.
  • 2003 BitStreams, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, curated by Lawrence Rinder.
  • Best of Season, Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut,

2000

  • Photasm, Hunter College Gallery of Art, New York, New York, curated by
  • Peter Dudek, reviewed in the New York Times
  • Foreign Bodies, Untitled Space, New Haven, Connecticut
  • No Web Sites Please, (exhibited in two places), the University of Connecticut   at Storrs, and at The University of Connecticut in Hartford
  • Curated by Saul Ostrow, reviewed in New York Arts
  • Through the Looking Glass, Technology and Creativity at the Beginning of the
  • New Millennium, Beachwood Center for the Arts, Beachwood, Ohio.: http://www.voyd.com/ttlg/
  • Ancient Snake is exhibited in the Science Museum in London, England as part of its inaugural exhibition

 1999

  • Digital Hybrids, Mcdonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
  •   Curated by Richard Krueger
  • N01se, an exhibition of Science and Art at Kettles Yard in the
  • Whipple Science Museum, Cambridge, England

1998

  • Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
  • Curated by Richard Klein, Dominique Nahsas, Ingrid Schaffner
  • (re)Mediation: The Digital in Contemporary American Printmaking,
  •   University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum
  •   curated by Margaret A. Miller and Jade Dellinger
  • The Spatial Qualities of the Digital Print: from Printmaking to Sculpture
  •   Calcografica Nacional, Madrid, Spain
  •   Curated by Adam Lowe

1997

Dead Fit Beauty, Hunter College Gallery of Art, New York, New York. Curated by Peter Dudek, catalogue, essay

  A Natural Selection, Central Fine Arts, New York, New York.

   Curated by Dominique Nahas, catalogue, essay

 

Bibliography

2002

  • Blume, Harvey, Unifinished Work, The American Prospect, June 18
  • Pollack, Barbara, Back to the Future with “BitStreams”, Art In America September 2001. pages 60-63.
  • The New Yorker, May 28, pages 32-33, advertisement for Bitstreams.
  • Rinder, Larry, BitSteams, catalogue essay, The Whitney Museum of American Art, March 22-June10.
  • Cunningham, Bill, Evening Hours, The New York Times, Sunday March 25.
  • Jana, Reena, STREETCRED/BOOK, Wired, September. Page  164

1999

  • Unger, Miles, Taking Over the Joystick of Natural Selection, New York Times, April 25
  • The Next Thing: Rees’ Pieces, Time Digital, Digital Arts and Media section, April 12,
  • Computer Sculpture, Popular Mechanics, January
  • Weiland, Scott, Digital Drama, NYArts, February
  • Review, Cover Magazine, February
  • Mind Into Matter Art New England, April-May

1998

  • Thorson, Alice, Michael Rees At Grand Arts, Art In America, October 1998
  • Tyrka, Katherine, Sculpting New Forms, Computer Graphics World, December
  • Johnson, Ken, Review Michael Rees, The New York Times, December 18, 1998
  • Kushner, David, Hands Free Sculpting, Wired News, Online http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/16244.html?wnpg=1
  • Murphy, Jay, ProtoPsyches, World Art, Fall
  • Nahas, Dominique, Michael Rees, New Art Examiner, April 1998
  • Fifield, George, Printing in 3D: Digital Sculpture, Sculpture, May/June 1998
  • Nahas, Dominique, Above & Beyond Surreal,  Review, January 15.
  • Colman, David, Art and Architecture, Elle Decor, December/January.
  • Jones, Bill, I think therefore it is: Interview Michael Rees, Artbyte, March 1998
  • Nahas, Dominique, Michael Rees, The New Art Examiner, April 1998
  • Lawson, Jonathon, Art Versus Technology, Prototyping
  • Technology International, January/March

1997

  • Thorson, Alice, They’re Alive, The Kansas City Star, Sunday Dec 14.
  • New Art, Edited by Roxana Marcoci, Diana Murphy, and Eve Sinaiko,    Henry Abrams, Inc.
  • Landi, Ann, Material Developments, Art News November.
  • Cotter, Holland, Art In Review: Dead Fit Beauty, The New York Times Friday, Feb 28.
  • Nahas, Dominique, Review; Dead Fit Beauty, Review, February.
  • Jones, Bill, Prospectus for Hands on Paper, Hands On Paper, fall.
  • Moritz-Smith, Geoff, Digital Art of Michael Rees, Rapid Prototyping Report, February

 1996

  • Lord, Roberta, The Architecture of Dreams, New Times, KC, MO, June 96.
  • Hart, Jane, A Vital Matrix, catalogue Domestic Settings, Los Angeles, CA.

1995

  • Print Collectors Newsletter
  • Kertess, Klaus, 1995 Biennial Exhibition, Catalogue of the Whitney Biennial.

1994

  • Salz, Jerry, Michael Rees at Basilico Fine ArtsArt in America, March.

1993

  • Weil, Benjamin, Displace, Cohen Gallery, Art In America, New York, NY.

1991

  • Smith, Roberta, Michael Rees, The New York Times, Friday, June 21.
  • Denson, G Roger, Spotlight Michael Rees, Flash Art, October/November.
  • Ritchie, Matthew, Review Michael Rees, Flash Art, January.
  • Dechter, Joshua, Michael Rees, Arts Magazine, October 1991.
  • Meyers, Terry R, Michael Rees, Tema Celeste, autumn, 1991.
  • Chico, Beth, Four Site at Spaces, Dialogue, November/December, 1991.
  • Sparks Amy, Four Site At Spaces, The Cleveland Edition, October 3-9.
  • Litt, Steven, Art Watch, The Plain Dealer, Sunday, September 15.

 1988

  • Schindler, Richard, Madison Gallery: Michael Rees, Greg Spiggle, Sef       Peters, Art New England, October.
  • Kirby, Sam, Material World, New Haven Advocate, October 24 1988.
  • 1983 Kare, Antero, Rodeo ja Video miten Kansas City, T’jaide 1983.

Public Collections

  • The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
  • Edelman Foundation, Lauzanne, Switzerland
  • The Science Museum, London, England

Lectures and Papers

2002

  • Keynote paper for Teaching Sculpture, Columbia University, December.
  • “The Sculptural User Interface and other beautiful Fictions”, The Wexner Center, Columbus Ohio.
  • “Digital Practice” at the Philadelphia Sculptor’s Guild
  • “Upgrade”, hosted by the Eyebeam Aetelier, curated by Yael Kanarek
  • http://www.treasurecrumbs.com/theupgrade/02_7rees.html

 2001

  • Art Science Collaborations Incorporated, New York, Ny.
  • Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Il.
  • University for the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • School of Visual Arts, New York, Ny.
  • Intersculpt, Digital Sculpture, New York, Ny.
  • Intersculpt, Technology and Art, New York, Ny.
  • International Sculpture Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.

 Prior to 2001 (selected)

  • Cranbrook Academy, Detroit, Mi.
  • University of New York at Buffalo, Ny.
  • The French Senate, Paris, France.
  • International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, Il
  • The Society for Manufacturing Engineers, Detroit, Mi.
  • Cal Arts, Valencia, Ca.

Awards and Grants

2002

  • Creative Capital Grant

 1999

  • National Endowment for the Arts for the exhibition Artificial Sculpture

 1992

  • Research and Development Grant, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

 1991

  • Research and Development Grant, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

 1989

  • Schickle Collingswood Award, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 1983/4

  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Dusseldorf, Germany

Publications

  • Rees, Michael, Chair of the Online conference “Rapid Prototyping and Art” and co-chair of the Conference “Color in Rapid Prototyping”, hosted by the MCB University Press at http://www.mcb.co.uk/services/conferen/jun98/forp/. Proceedings to be published in the Rapid Prototyping Journal.
  • Rees, Michael, Rapid Prototyping and Art, conference proceedings of the Rapid Prototyping    Conference hosted by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI, May 1998.
  • Rees Michael, Facets and Fingerprints: Contemplating the Computer and Sculpture, Paper given
  • at The International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, Ill, May 1998.
  • Rees, Michael, Yale Sculpture, Flash Art, May/June 1993.
  • Rees, Michael, Rapid Prototyping: Realizing Convoluted Form and Nesting in Sculpture, Protopazione and Produzione Rapida, February 1997
  • Rees, Michael, Concept Modelers, Prototyping Technology International, Summer 1997, 1.
  • Rees, Michael, That’s a Print: Various uses of 3d Printing in the Film Industry,
  • Prototyping Technology International, October 1997, issue 2.
  • Rees, Michael, Shape Displacement Shading, Prototyping Technology International, March 1998, issue 3.
  • Rees, Michael, Rage Against the Machine, Prototyping Technology International, Special edition.
  • Rees, Michael, Color: Completing Rapid Prototyping as a Mature Communications Media,
  • Prototyping Technology International, May 1998.

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