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(b. 1956 Portland, Oregon USA)
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey and New York, NY
Education
1971	BA University of Washington, Seattle
1972	BFA, Fort Wright College, Spokane, WA
1972	Resident, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2011	5/3 Insane, PGArtSpace, Istanbul, Turkey
2010	Heavy Metal, Galeri Nev, İstanbul, Turkey
2008	The Aftermath of Sunny Days, Galeri Nev, İstanbul, Turkey
2006	Run My Hand Around The Font, Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
	You Can’t Say It That Way Anymore, Galeri Nev, İstanbul, Turkey
2005	Galleons And Towers, Kadir Has Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Turkey
2004	Mistaking Street Lamps for Planets, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA
2003	Mike Berg at the Hagia Sofia Museum, İstanbul, Turkey
	Bronze Age, Galeri Nev, İstanbul, Turkey
2001	Florence DeVoldere Salon, Paris, France
2000	Little House of Our Desire, Dulcinea, İstanbul, Turkey
	What Days Are For, Sling Shot Gallery, New York, NY
	What Days Are For, Heriard/Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999	Now It Goes Smoothly, Gina Fiore Salon of Fine Arts, Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY
	Now It Goes Smoothly, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
1998	A Family of Stories, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
1997	A Haven of Serenity and Unreachable, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO
	Patterns in Time, Maria Henle Studio, St. Croix, USVI
1995	Visions Fugitives, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, New York, NY
	A History of Backward Glances, Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
1993	Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
1991	Sharon Truax Gallery, Venice, CA
1990	McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989	Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
	56 Bleecker Gallery, New York, NY
1988	Mike Berg in the Tin Room, 56 Bleecker Gallery, New York, NY
1987	Inaugural Exhibition, The Queens Museum, New York, NY
	The Donald Wren Gallery, New York, NY
	Interior/Exterior: Architectural Fantasies, Untitled, The Queens Museum, New York, NY
1986	Guid'Arte Gallery, Rome, Italy
1985	Louisiana State University, School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge
1984	Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2010	Delirium: Wave Two, Illiterate Media, Denver, CO
	Türbülans, Galeri Nev, İstanbul, Turkey
2009	Delirium: Wave One, Illiterate Media, Denver, CO
2006	The El Paseo Exhibition, Palm Desert, CA
	New Visions, The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2002	Group Exhibition, Galeri Nev, İstanbul. Turkey
	After 10 Years, Maria Henle Gallery, St. Croix, USA
2001	Layers, Anita Friedman Fine Arts, New York, NY
1998	LA Current, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1997	Collaboration, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, CA
1996	Red, Rule Galley, Denver, CO
	Mike Berg, Stephane Herbelin, and Andre Raffin, Jean-Louis Breux Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
1995	The Beauty Salon, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
1994	One Night Stand: 60 Rooms with a View,  Art Hotel at the Hilton, Amsterdam
	Winter Salon, Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
1993	Icon Objects Fetishes, Studio Raid, Los Angeles, CA
1992	The Earl McGrath Gallery in New York, Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, NY
	Transformations, Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
	Still Lives, Zen Center Hospice, San Francisco, CA
1991	Invitational '91, Richard Green, Santa Monica, CA
	Maquettes, Sharon Truax, Venice, CA
1990	Auction for Action, Act UP/NEW YORK
	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
	Carl Apfelschnitt Benefit, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY
	A Bid of Love, God's Love We Deliver, Sotheby's March 6, New York, NY
1989	Christmas Group: Old and New, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987	The Nude Show, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
	Visiting Artists' Show, Cantor Art Gallery, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA
1986	Franklin Adams, Mike Berg, George Siejka, and Stanley Sporny, Gallery Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA
	The Tar Show, Attitude Art, New York, NY
	Interiors, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
1985	Notions of Contemporary Surrealism, Vanderwoude/Tananbaum, New York, NY
	Artist Toys and Ornaments, Vanderwoude/Tanabaum, New York, NY
	Artists' Choice, Gallery Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA
1984	The First Eight Years, Artists’ Choice Museum, New York, NY
1983	Bodies and Souls, Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY
	Painted Light, Traveling Exhibition: Reading Museum, PA; Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows, NY; Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, MA; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1982	An Appreciation of Realism, Munson Proctor Williams Institute, Utica, NY
1981	Narrative Painting, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
	Narrative Painting, Butcher-Moore Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Odyssia Gallery, New York, NY
1980	Young Artists, Artists’ Choice Museum, New York, NY
1977	In Praise of Space, Traveling Exhibition: Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA; Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC; Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Selected Bibliography
2011	"A New Breath In Contemporary Sculpture". Oznur Guzel Karasu, Yapi (Architectural Journal), May
2010	"Mike Berg at Galeri Nev; Rust as the Concept of Death Reigns Supreme”.
	Emin Cetin Girgin, Contemporary Criticism, February 7
	"Mike Berg and Heavy Metal". Piril Arikonmaz, Haber Turk, January 9
2003	"Bronze Age".  Sezer MariaSergilerden Seçmeler, Türkiye Sanat Yilligi,
	"Istanbul'da bir Amerikali Sanatçi". Duru, Sezer, Cumhuriyet, October 20
2000	"Arzularimin Küçük Evi”. Cumhuriyet, October 30
	"Arzularimin Küçük Evi". Arrademento Mimarlik, November Ozsoy, Gunnur, Kavram Içinde Sanat, Vizyon Dekorasyon, Ocak
	“Mike Berg: A Small House of My Desires". McAnailly, Molly. Turkish Daily News, November 26
	"A Cut Above: Category defying artworks offer best of both worlds". MacCash, Doug, Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA. August 25
1999	“perfect picture”. Keeps, David A.  Elle Dêcor. November
	“Beauty in Simplicity”. Boggs, Sheri. The Inlander, Spokane, WA. November 9
	“Mike Berg: Painting a New Design”. Scott, Wendy. The Easterner, EWU. November 4
1998	"The Days Now Move From Left to Right”. Heath, Jennifer. Boulder Planet. April 18
	Work That Fits a Timeless Pattern". Chandler, Mary Voelz. The Rocky Mountain News, ART & ARCHITECTURE, March
1997	“A thing of Beauty Is…”. Petry, Michael. June
	“Painted Patterns”.  The Virgin Island Daily News.  February 27
1996	Henry, Gerrit, ART News, March
	"Going One Better Than Brownstone". Louie, Elaine. The New York Times, Currents, January 11
1995	“Art Diary”. Napack, Jonathan. The New York Observer, June 12
1994	“Art Breaking”.  Finch, Charlie. WBAI, November 3
1993	Ash, John, ARTFORUM, Summer Issue
	“Anarchy”. New York Magazine. October 25
1990	“Todd Minor, Mike Berg, John Germain”. Shields, Patricia. Patricia Shields on Art, December 14
	“West Hollywood”. Century Cable Television, Los Angeles, CA. Angeles Magazine, November
1989	Donahue, Marlene, The Los Angeles Times, May 8
	Hornung, David, ART News, January
1988	Schwendenwien, Jude, ARTFORUM, December
Publications/Catalogs
	5/3 Insane.  Istanbul, Turkey: PG ArtSpace, 2011. Print.
	Heavy Metal. Istanbul, Turkey: Galeri Nev, 2011. Print.
	Our Art World: The Silence of Iron and Thread. Istanbul, Turkey: Sanat
	Dunyamiz, Evrim Altug, 2008. Print.
	Mike Berg. Istanbul, Turkey: NewARTTV, 2009. Print.
	The Aftermath of Sunny Days. Istanbul, Turkey, 2008. Print.
	You Can't Say It That Way Anymore. Istanbul, Turkey:  Evrim Altug, 2006. Print.
	Galleons and Towers. Istanbul, Turkey: Kadir Has University, 2005. Print.
	Vision Décoration, Concept In the Art. Istanbul, Turkey, 2001. Print.
	A Family of Stories. Boulder, CO: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998. Print.
	A History of Backward Glances. New York, NY: Lee Arthur, 1995. Print
Commissions
1998	Mural Project: The Days Now Move From Left to Right, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO
1998	Mural Project: A Walk Across Continents, Christopher and Alida Latham, Seattle, WA
1995	Mural Project: 20 Renwick Street, New York, NY
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