Resume

 

 

Born:    Pomona, California

 

Education and Awards:

 

1996     Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant.  New York.

1992     National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant.

1991     Artists in Residence. Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village.    

1989     Artist in Residence. New York Experimental Glass Workshop.

1989     Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant. New York.

1978     M.F.A.  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,  Mn.

 

SELECTED SOLO  EXHIBITIONS:

 

2008     Edenhurst Gallery. Michael Aschenbrenner. Palm Desert, California.

2007     Marta Hewett Gallery. Skin Deep. Cincinnati, Ohio.

2006     Weber Fine Art. Greenwich, Ct. My Friends: Their Visions. curator: Arthur Williams.

2005     Skin & Bones. Nichols Gallery. Edythe and Ely Broad Center. Pitzer College. Calif.

2005     Michael Aschenbrenner: Damaged Bones. Hallie Ford Museum. Willamette Uni. Oregon.

2003     Cuttress Gallery. Aschenbrenner. Pomona, California.

2001     George Cuttress Gallery.  New Work. Pomona, California.

2000     Huntington Beach Art Center. Selected Survey.  California.

1997     Marta Hewett  Gallery.  Cincinnati, Ohio.

1997     The Cuttress Gallery. The Arts Colony. Pomona, California.

1995     Fredrick R. Weisman Museum.  Pepperdine  University.

1995     Marta Hewett Gallery . Cincinnati, Ohio.

1995     Whatcom Museum of Art. Bellingham. Washington.

1993     Marta Hewett Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

1991     Franklin Parrasch Gallery. New York NY.

1991     Marta Hewett Gallery . Cincinnati. Ohio.

1988     Anne O' Brien Gallery.  Washington, DC.

1987     New York Experimental Glass Workshop. New York, NY.

1981     Michael Bennett Gallery. New York , NY.

1978     Coffman  Gallery. University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, MN.

 

SELECTED   GROUP  EXHIBITIONS:

 

2006     Glass: Material Matters. LA County Museum of Art. Howard Fox & Sarah Nichols.

2003     Significant Objects. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.

2003     M_ARS - Art and War.  Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum.  Graz, Austria.

2000     Art of Combat: Artists and the Vietnam War, Then and Now.Indianapolis Art Center.

1999     Parkland College Art Gallery. Champaign Ill. Curated by Ed Francis.

1999     The Quality of Glass: Heat and Light. Museum of Art and History.

1999     The McPherson Center. Santa Cruz, California.

1997     View points: Political, Social, and Personal.  Society of Arts and Crafts. Boston.

1997     Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.

1996     DA Gallery. Acquisitions. Arts Colony. Pomona, California.

1994     Art of Glass. Union Gallery. San Jose State University.

1993     Transcending Boundaries. Elsa Mott Gallery. NY.

1993     Installation. American Crafts Museum. New York, NY.

1992     Invitational. Robert Kidd Gallery. Birmingham, Michigan.

1992     Innovative Form and Expression.  NJ Center of Visual Arts.  

1992     Art in the Park. Thompkins Square Park. New York, NY.

1992     Miller Gallery. Summer Exhibit. New York, NY.

1991     World Glass Now 1991. Hokkaido Museum.  Japan.

1991     Constructions of Meaning. Illinois State University.

1991     Summer Group Exhibition. Rosa Esman Gallery. New York, NY.

1991     As Seen by Both Sides. Boston Uni Art Gallery. Travels United States and Vietnam.

1991     Le Verre.  International Exhibit of Contemporary Glass.

1991     Conseil Regional de Haute-Normandie.  Rouen, France.

1990     Independent Curators Inc.  Bess Cutler Gallery. New York, NY.

1990     Bones. Brody Gallery. Washington D.C.

1990     Benefit for NEST Foundation. Leo Castelli Gallery. New York, NY.

1990     Bridging the Gap. Franklin Parrasch Gallery. New York, NY.

1990     Invitational. Robert Kidd Gallery. Michigan.

1990     A Different War.  Curated by Lucy Lippard. Travels to:

1990     Whatcom Museum. DeCordova Museum. Arkon Art Museum.

1990     Wight Art Gallery. UCLA.

1990     Artistas por la Paz.  PAND International. Madrid, Spain.

1988     Forum Gallery. Minneapolis, MN.

1987     The Eloquent Object: The Evolution of Am. Art in Craft Media since 1945.

1987     The Philbrook Museum on Art. Tulsa, Ok. Traveled thru U.S. and Japan.

1987     Robert Kidd Gallery.  Birmingham, Michigan.

1987     National Museum of Dance.  Saratoga Springs, NY.

1987     Arts Signature Gallery. Tulsa, Ok.

1987     Glass: Another View. University of Hawaii.

1986     Reflexes and ÒReflections. Vietnam Vet Art Group.

1986     Columbia Museum of Art.. Columbus, SC.

1986     University of Southern Maine.  Farmington, Mass.

1986     Islip Art Museum. East Islip, NY.

1986     Transpartent Motives.  Contemporary Art Center. Cincinnati, Ohio.

1986     Robert Kidd Gallery. Michigan.

1985     Tracers. Joseph Papp Public Theatre. New York.

1985     Traver-Sutton Gallery. Seattle, Washington.

1985     New American Glass: Focus 2. Huntington Museum of Art. W.VA.

1985     Robert Kidd Gallery. Michigan.

1984     New York Experimental Glass Workshop. NY.

1984     Buddies. New York State Vet Memorial Exhibit..

1984     Silvermine Art Center. New Cannan,  Ct.

1984     Cash Gallery. New York, NY.

1984     Glass of '83. Wabash College Gallery of Art.. In.

1983     Vietnam Memorial Exhibition.   Albany, NY.

1983     Sculptural Glass. Tucson Museum of Art..  Az.

1983     Silvermine Art Center. New Cannan,  Ct.

1982     The Thirteen Collection. Channel 13 Art Auction, NY. NY.

1982     Contemporary American Glass. Young Gallery. San Jose, Ca.                            

1981     DeCordova Museum of Art. Lincoln, Mass.

1981     East Carolina University. Greenville, NC.

1980     Corning Museum of Glass. New York.

1980     New York Experimental Glass Workshop.

1979     Forecast Gallery. Minneapolis, MN.

1979     Contemporary Glass. American Crafts Council. NYC.

1978     Artist's Choice. Clayworks Studio Workshop.  NYC.

1978     University of Wisconsin. River Falls, Wisconsin.

1977     Tweed Museum. Duluth, Michigan.

1977     Minnesota Museum of Art.. St. Paul, MN.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

2006     Fox, Howard and Nichols, Sarah. Glass: Material Matters. April 2006. LACMA

2005     Wakefield, Don. The Heart of Art. May 2005.

2004     Locke, Michelle. Veterans' Powerful Art Speaks To Horror of War. Dec. 12.

2004     Alter-Muri, Simone. Art Education. Teaching about War and Political Art in the New Millennium. Jan. 2004

2003     Clarke, Jr. Orville O. Michael Aschenbrenner. Artscene.

2001     Mortensen, Rick. Michael Aschenbrenner. Daily Bulletin. March 17.

2000     Gilbert, Rick. Selected Survey: Michael Aschenbrenner. ARTWEEK, June.

1999     Leepson Marc. Beyond Words. Chicago's National Vietnam Vet Arts Museum.  Oct.

1998     Goff, Robert. Terrible Beauty. FORBES MAGAZINE. Oct.19, 1998.

1995     Leddy, Pat. Michael Aschenbrenner. at Weisman Museum/Pepperdine Uni.

1995     ARTWEEK. December 1995.

1993     Cotter, Holland. Glass Sculptors Whose Work Transcends Crafts. NEW YORK TIMES.  June 18,1993.

1993     Dodds, Jane. Glass Installations. GLASS MAGAZINE. June 1993.

1993     Louie, Elaine. Glass that Flickers and Plays Tricks. NY Times. 4/15/93

1993     Gluck, Grace. Glassy-eyed at the American Crafts Museum. THE NEW YORK OBSERVER.  June 14, 1993.

1993     Out of State. THE STAR LEDGER.  May 21, 1993.

1993     Agenda: What's on in. ELLE DECOR. June/July 1993

1993     Art Scene. MIDTOWN RESIDENT. NYC. April 30, 1993.

1993     Spectrum.  NEUES GLAS.  Feb. 1993.

1992     Freundenheim, Betty. New Reflections Abound in Glass Art. THE NEW YORK TIMES. Sunday March 15, 1992

1992     Tarchinski,  Pamala J.  Artists Chisel Contemporary Life With Glass. JOURNAL NORTH. March 12, 1992.

1991     Wilson,  William.  Vietnam Revisited.   THE LOS ANGELES TIMES.  Mar. 27     

1991     Tarlow, Lois.  As Seen By Both Sides.  Indochina Arts Project, Inc.

1991     Boston, Mass.  catalog 1991.

1991     Italiano, Laura. Shattering the Mold.  ATLANTIC CITY MAGAZINE.

1991     Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art. WORLD GLASS NOW 1991.

1991     McGovern, Adam. COVER MAGAZINE. Art review.  page 10. May 1991.

1991     Spooner, Peter F. Construction of Meaning. catalog. University Gallery.

1991     Illinois State Production Press, Inc. Jacksonville, Ill.

1990     Lippard, Lucy. A Different War: Vietnam in Art. catalog. Whatcom Museum of Art.  Real Comet Press. Seattle, Washington.

1990     Perreault , John. Michael Aschenbrenner: Glass Plus. GLASS MAGAZINE Vol  40 cover photo/page 28-33.

1990     Hess, Elizabeth. Apocalypse Now and Then.  THE VILLAGE VOICE.  Vol. Xxxv No.15.  April 10, 1990.  page 95

1990     Lippard, Lucy.  A Different War: Vietnam in Art.  CONTEMPORANEA. #22 11-1990 p.95

1990     Shinn, Dorothy.  Art Helps in Healing the Wounds of Vietnam.

1990     AKRON BEACON JOURNAL.  September 8, 1990.

1990     Polsky, Richard. Interview. Oral History Archives.  Columbia University. NY.

1990     Stapen, Nancy. Visions of Vietnam.  THE BOSTON HERALD. Feb. 23.

1990     Chaddock, Gail Russell. Art From a War. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR.

1989     Plagens, Peter.  A Painful War's Haunted Art.   NEWSWEEK Sept. 11 p. 54.

1989     Glowen, Ron. A Different War: Battlegrounds in the Mind.  ARTWEEK

1989     September 9, 1989. vol. 20 No 29.

1989     Harris, John. Broken Bones of War Heal in His Art.  THE BELLINGHAM HERALD.  August 31, 1989.

1988     Treskow, Ivan. Glass: Another View. catalog.  Tongg Publishing Co. 1988.

1987     Diran-Khewhok, Carol. Glass Another View.

1986     Chambers, Karen. Transparent Motives: Glass on a Large Scale. Cincinnati, Ohio.

1986     Findsen, Owen. CINCINNATI ENQURER. January.

1985     ARTSPEAK. 1984.

1984     Levin, Kim. Choices. VILLAGE VOICE. June 12, 1984.

1984     Hollister, Paul. NEUES GLAS. April 1984.

1983     Frantz, Suzanne. Sculptural Glass. Tucson Museum of Art.

1982     Raynor, Vivien.  THE NEW YORK TIMES.  Connecticut. May 25, 1982.

1982     Jinishijan, Russell. FAIR PRESS. Connecticut ed. May 9, 1982.

1982     Milman, E.  THE SUNDAY POST.  Connecticut. May 19, 1982.

1982     NCECA catalog. San Jose State University. California.

1982     Contemporary Glass Review.  Corning Museum. NY.

1981     Wallach, Amei. A War-Born Rage for Shocking.  NEWSDAY. Nov 8.

1981     New Work.  New York Experimental Glass Workshop.

1981     Annual Report. catalog photo. Corning Museum. NY.

1979     Hegman, William.  MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. Feb. 25, 1979.

1978     Hare, Sharon.  CRAFTS HORIZONS. Summer edition.

 

Media:

1991     Davis, Tony D. A New Voice. WCIN radio interview. Jan. 6, 1991.

1989     Walker, Karla.  A Different War.   WKSU: National Public Radio interview. September 17, 1990. Kent, Ohio.

 

Permanent  Public Collections:

 

Los Angeles County  Museum of Art. Los Angeles, California.       

Metropolitan Museum of Art..  New York, NY

Corning Museum of Glass.  Corning, NY.

Honolulu Academy of the Arts.  Honolulu, Hawaii.

American Crafts Museum. New York, NY.

Museum of American Glass.   Millville, NJ.

Vietnam Veterans Arts Museum. Chicago, Ill.

Fredrick R. Weisman Museum. Pepperdine University, California.

 

 

 

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