MICHAEL ALAN LOREFICE
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Fantagraphics, Seattle, Wa
2018 Archer Gallery @ Clark College, “In absolute timeless wonder”, Vancouver, Wa
2016 Project Diana, “The town and the city”, Seattle, Wa
2014 Osprey Letterpress, “Life Through Images”, Seattle, Wa
2011 Memphis College of Art Alumni Gallery, Memphis, Tn
Lynnwood Library, Lynnwood, Wa
2006 Red Room Gallery, Utica, Ny
Delavan Gallery, Syracuse, Ny
2005 Ohm, Syracuse, Ny
2004 Tryst, Washington, Dc
2003 Federal Express Corporate Gallery, Memphis, Tn
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Moebius Gallery @ Cascadia College, “Beyond Borders”, Bothell, Wa
Mexican Consulate, “Beyond Borders”, Seattle, Wa
Instituto Arte Grafico de Oaxaca, “Mas Alla de las Fronteras”, Oaxaca, Mexico
2017 Bellevue Arts Museum, “Making Their Mark”, Bellevue, Wa
2016 V2, “American Painting Today”, Seattle, Wa
2015 Valley & Taylor, “Night Flowers and Super Powers”, Seattle, Wa
Cloud Gallery, “A Working Theory”, Seattle, Wa
2013 John F. Peto Studio Museum, National Juried Exhibition, Island Heights, Nj
Interstitial Theatre, “Rinse Reuse Repeat, Seattle, Wa
Interstitial Theatre, “Reel 2”, Seattle, Wa
2012 All-City Art, “Objectified”, Seattle, Wa
Memphis College of Art Summer Exhibition, Rust Gallery, Memphis, Tn
2011 Kirkland Arts Center, “Inventing an Illusive Space”, Kirkland, Wa
Pratt Fine Art Center Gallery, Seattle, Wa
2010 Garbageman Astronaut Project Space, “Departure Point”, Portland, Or
Kirkland Arts Center, “Depth of Field”, Kirkland, Wa
2009 The Wright Exhibition Space, “The Artists of Artech”, Seattle, Wa
Ouch My Eye, “Drawing is a verb.” Seattle, Wa
2008 Ouch My Eye, “Analog Photography”, Seattle, Wa
Random Acts of Video, Hudson, Ny
South Seattle Community College, Seattle, Wa
Ouch My Eye, “Seven Propositions”, Seattle, Wa
2006 One Minute Film Festival, Portland, Or
2005 Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Md
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Ar
2004 Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, Tn
Media Co-op Short Film Program, Memphis, Tn
E-Z Storage, Memphis, Tn
M.F.A. Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
Hartwick College Film Festival, Oneonta, Ny
2003 The Stage Gallery, Merrick, Ny
Memphis College of Art Juried Exhibition, Memphis, Tn
2002 Drawing Now, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
Memphis College of Art Graduate Gallery, Memphis, Tn
HONORS & AWARDS
2022, 2023 Artist Registry, The Painting Center, New York, Ny
2016 Arquetopia, Artist-in-Residence, Oaxaca, Mx
2006 New American Paintings, Featured Artist, Open Studio Press, Boston, Ma
2005 Artists’ Registry, The Drawing Center, New York, Ny
2005 Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, Ny
2005 Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist-in-Residence, Santa Fe, Nm
2005 Artist Registry, The Drawing Center, New York, Ny
2004 Constance Saltonstall Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Ithaca, Ny
2004 Payne Starling Award, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
2003 Hohenberg European Travel Fellowship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
2002 – 2004 Graduate Scholarship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
PUBLICATIONS
Brown, Laurie, Mas Alla de las Fronteras (Oaxaca, Mexico: Instiituto de Arte Grafico de Oaxaca, 2019), 48. Print
National Juried Trompe l’oeil Exhibition, New Jersey: John F. Peto Studio Museum, 2013. Print.
Graves, Jen, Visceral Video, The Stranger, October 16, 2013, pg. 23
Bartels, Andrew, Inventing an Illusive Space. Artdish.com, August 2011
The Enterprise, Out & About, February 9, 2011, pg. B4
The Stranger, Volume 19, Number 9, November 9, 2009. Cover, pg. 1
New American Paintings, No. 67, The Open Studio Press, January 2007, Pgs. 102-05
Rushworth, Katherine, Midsummer’s Art Show, The Post-Standard/Stars, Sunday July 2, 2006. pg. 5
Daley, Jennie, Seclusion Feeding Creative Juices, Ithaca Journal, August 26, 2004, pg. 1B
Koeppel, Fred, Craft of Drawing Comes Alive in Black & White Exhibition, Commercial Appeal, May 7, 2004. pg. G13
Koeppel, Fred, Questions of Identity Dominate Works in Art College Exhibition, Commercial Appeal, Apr. 18, 2004, pg. F4
Blaustein, David, Torture in an Italian Villa, Friction Magazine, February 9, 2002 (online)
Patterson, Nick, Why We Still Need Johnny Cash, Friction Magazine, April 24, 2001 (online)
ARTIST LECTURES
2019 Artists’ Panel, “Beyond Borders” Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Wa
2019 Artists’ Panel, Instituto Arte Grafico de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
2018 Observational Drawing & Collage Workshop, Clark College, Vancouver, Wa
2018 Artist Lecture, Clark College, Vancouver, Wa
2014 Contemporary Artist Lecture, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, Nh
2013 Artist Toolkit Series, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Wa
2012 Contemporary Art Issues Panel, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Wa
2012 Artist Lecture, Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, Wa
2011 Contemporary Artists’ Panel, Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, Wa
2010 Artist Lecture, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa
CURATORIAL ACTIVITY
2014 Curator, Osprey Letterpress, Seattle, Wa
2009 ARK Studios, Transactions, Seattle, Wa
2009 Ouch My Eye, Drawing is a verb. Seattle, Wa
2008 Ouch My Eye, Seven Propositions, Seattle, Wa
2007 Ouch My Eye, Structured (in) Time, Seattle, Wa
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2019-Present
Associate Professor of Art, Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, Wa
2011-2019
Adjunct Instructor, Senior Lecturer, Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, Wa
Art & Technology (Art 115)
2015-present
Adjunct Instructor, Senior Lecturer, Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, Wa
The Language of Drawing (Art 102)
2013
Adjunct Instructor, Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, Wa
19th & 20th Century Art Graduate Seminar (Art 516)
2004
Adjunct Instructor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
Experimental Drawing (ART 320)
2003
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
Painting II (PT 120)
NON-ACADEMIC TEACHING
2011-2013 Instructor, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Wa
Observational Drawing, Beginning Drawing
2010-2012 Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Wa
Drawing Fundamentals, Observational Drawing
2010-2012 Instructor, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa
Introduction/Intermediate Oil Painting, Beginning/Intermediate Drawing, Figure Drawing, Art History Lecture Series: Modern and Contemporary
2008 Painting Instructor Assistant, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, Nc
Freedom to Glaze, Oil Painting Workshop
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn
Bachelor of Art, Colgate University, Hamilton, Ny