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ABOUT

 

b. 1948 Portland, Oregon USA

Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey, New York, NY and Cheney WA

 

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

2022 What days are for – Days are for living in Galeri Nev İstanbul, Istanbul

2021 Metal Epoch Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA

2019 The Ship That Sailed, ADAS Gallery, Istanbul

2018 Persuasion, Galeri Nev İstanbul, Istanbul

What is the Meaninglessness of This?, Galeri Siyah Beyaz, Ankara

Cage/Kafes, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, California

IKNA/Persuasion, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey

2017 Degenerate Work, Site: Brooklyn , NY  essay and book design by Stanley Moss

2016 Mike Berg and Marc Katano The Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada

2015 Kocaman Kafes, at Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey

2013-14 Mike Berg: Recent Textiles, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

2013 Mike Berg: Taking Chances, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

2012 Simple Geometry, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey

2012 Believing in Impossible Things, Ankara, Turkey

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

2023 “Looking at the Same Horizon”, Galeri Nev İstanbul, Istanbul

2022 “Daydreams”, Antalya Culture and Arts, Antalya

2021 “Now You’re Here”, Vision Art Platform, Istanbul

2021 “Daydreams”, Galeri Nev İstanbul, Istanbul

“Maske/Connotations”, Contemporary Istanbul Foundation, Buyukyali Fisekhane, Cocoon, Istanbul

2020 “Maske”, Baksı Museum, Bayburt, Turkey

2017 “Family Dinner: A Group Show”, Galeri Nev İstanbul, İstanbul

Rassegna Di Arti E Culture Roccatederighi, Italy

450km, Istanbul/Ankara.

2017 Love Among the Ruins, New York, NY.

2016 “May 2016”, Galeri Nev İstanbul, Istanbul

Rassegna Di Arti E Culture Roccatederighi, Italy

2014 3rd Mardin Bienal, Mitolojiler

2014 Path of Sculptures That Lead to Miro, Baksi Museum, Bayburt, Turkey

2012 Sanatci Dokumalari, Ege Universitesi Ataturk Kultur Merkezi Sanat Galerisi, Izmir, TR

         Other Revolts, curated by Ibrahin Cansizoglu, Galeri Nev, July/August, Istanbul, TR

         Gimme Shelter, curated by Sylvia Imbrock, Tieton Gallery, Tieton, WA

          Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Biennial Art Auction, curated by Kathryn Kanjo, Sandiego, CA

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

2018-19 Baslarken..., Duygusal potansiyel, Banu Carmikli, Vatan, January12

2019 Zihnin sınırsız cografyasına yolculuk, Istanbul Art News, Ece Balcioglu, January

2018 Soyut, muglak bir minimalizm, İstanbul Art News, Melike Bayik

2017 May, Art SpeakNYC, Hande Oynar

2017 May, An Interview with Mike Berg, ArtDependance Magazine, Ann Savitskaya

2015 “Simplicity is the Soul of Art”. Yalinlik Sanatin Ruhudur, Nilufer Sasmazer, Istanbul Art News, January

2013 “Mike Berg: Taking Chances”, James Chute, U-T San Diego

2012 Imkansiz Seylere Inanmak, Genc Sanat

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

Portrait of an Artist: Mike Berg, Cornucopia Magazine, Monica Fritz

Mike Berg: Taking Chances, James Chute, Union Tribune, San Diego

 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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