My one-person exhibition, Bone Deep, at the Shircliff Gallery of Art of Vincennes University, IN, opened August 16th and runs until September 22nd. August 31st the documentary film, Work at Hand, will be shown at 7:00pm in the gallery and an Artist Talk and Opening will take place at 12::00 noon on September 1st.
Featured Artist KNACK Magazine no. 71
I am pleased to announce that I am a Featured Artist in the just published KNACK Magazine no. 71. A big Thank You to Andrea Catalina Vaca, Co-Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief for both selecting my work and for the rich, dead on reproductions of paintings and drawings.
Virtual Artist Talk for Interpolations
Virtual Artist Talk for Interpolations presented by the Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL March 4, 2021 Introduction by Paula Danoff, President and CEO and Moderated by Cara Feeney, Director of Exhibitions. Click here for artist talk.
Exhibition Card Announcement For Interpolations at EAC
I am very happy to share this card announcement for my forthcoming major one-person exhibition, Interpolations, New Large-scale Work by Michael K. Paxton, that will open at the Evanston Art Center main floor gallery February 27 and run through April 4, 2021. An extensive brochure will be available at the exhibition and a virtual Artist Talk will take place March 5, 2021 from 5:30-6:30pm in support of this new work. This exhibition will mark my third major one-person museum scale exhibition of new work in four years and will also mark my 40th anniversary of showing in Chicago. This project is partially funded by a Grant from Columbia College Chicago, the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the EAC general membership.
Professional Development Grant Awarded
I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded a Professional Development Grant from Columbia College Chicago to cover the costs to prepare and mount my forthcoming one-person exhibition, Interpolations: New Large-Scale Work by Michael K. Paxton, to be presented in the main floor gallery of the Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, opening February 27, 2021 and running through April 4, 2021.
New Drawing in Exhibition Antifreeze
I will have a large-scale drawing Charcoal Lung #6 , a new work from 2020, in the faculty exhibition Antifreeze from February 3-21 presented at the Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery of Columbia College Chicago which is in conjunction with the College Art Association Annual Conference being held in Chicago this year. The opening is February 13 from 4-7pm and was Curated by Debra Kayes Halpern.
Work at Hand Screening CAA Chicago →
The documentary film, Work at Hand, Michael K. Paxton, will be screened February 13, 2020 at the Hokin Lecture Hall room 109 of Columbia College Chicago, 623 South Wabash Avenue, first floor, from 6:30-8:15 pm. This is an Offsite Event for the College Art Association Annual Convention being held in Chicago, IL this year. Both Director/Producer Peter Hartel and artist Michael K. Paxton will be in attendance, This screening is free and open to the public. For more information on the film or filmmakers https://www.workathandfilm.com/
Gallery Talk Raw Reckoning
Michael will be having an Artist Talk Sunday, July 28th from 1 to 3pm in connected with his current one-person exhibition Raw Reckoning now on view at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago. He will be joined by Dr. Robert Cohen, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Occupational Lung Disease Program at Northwestern University. He is also Clinical Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. Mediator for the talk will be Adrienne Kochman, Curator of UIMA and the driving force for this exhibition. Here is a link to the event.
https://uima-chicago.org/events/2019/7/28/raw-reckoning-gallery-talk
