Michael Phelan

Michael Phelan (b. Beaumont, TX) lives and works in New York City and Marfa, Texas. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout the US and Europe including Mary Boone, Andrew Kreps, Elizabeth Dee, D'Amelio Terras, Leo Koenig, Eleven Rivington, Horton Gallery John Connelly Presents, Daniel Reich, P.S. 1/MoMA, The Kitchen, and Artist’s Space, New York; Sculpture Center, L.I. City, NY; Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Kantor/ Feuer, QED Gallery, and Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles; Shane Campbell, Chicago, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX; Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX; Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL; Nice & Fit Gallery, Berlin; Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva and Mitterrand + Sanz | Contemporary Art, Zurich. Recent exhibitions include 'California Dreamin' curated by Fred Hoffman, Portugal Arte '10, Lisbon; 'The Morning After (aka RU-486)' curated by Benjamin Godsill, 2nd Tbilisi Contemporary Art Exhibition, Capital of Georgia, Tbilisi; 'Abstract America 2: New Paintings from the US', Saatchi Gallery, London; 'Sparking Dialogue', curated by Senior Curator Jen Mergel, Linde Family Wing for the Contemporary Art Collection, Museum of Fine Art, Boston; 'Blind Cut' (catalogue), Marlborough Gallery, NY; 'Watch Your Step', FLAG Art Foundation, NY; and most recently 'More Young Americans': An overview of the American Contemporary Art Scene, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, from the collection of Susanne van Hagen, L’Enclos des Bernardins Hôtel de Miramion, Paris. Recent solo exhibitions include JGM Galerie, Paris and Horton Gallery, NY.

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