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MICHAEL GROTHUSEN

909 Fraser Rd., Erdenheim, PA, 19038
215 704 4744, michaelgrothusen@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, MFA, Sculpture, 1991 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1990
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, BFA Sculpture, 1988
Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, England, 1986-1987

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

City of Philadelphia, Percent for Art  (finalistViaduct Rail Project, 2015

Skopelos Foundation for Art, Noon Mark Skopelos, Greece, 2014, 

 

Redevleopment Authority of Philadelphia, Chaes Foods, The Assist, 2011

Redevleopment Authority of Philadelphia (finalist) Federal Reserve Bank, Origin of All Else, 2009

Redevleopment Authority of Philadelphia (finalist) Spring Arts Point, Typology of Vessals, 2007

City of Philadelphia, Percent for Art(finalist)
Dorothy Emanuel Recreation Center,  Two Rings/Two Positions, 2008

Redevleopment Authority of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA The Point Where
Things Change, 2001

Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA Midway of Another Day, 2001

SELECTED INSTALLATIONS AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA Matter, 2018 Two person exhibiton with Buy Shaver. 

Gallery 114, Portland, OR, Double Self-Portrait as the God Janus, 2017, Two person exhibition with Curtis Suttino

Skopelos Foundation for Art, Skopelos, Greece Secret Sharer, 2014

Old School at Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA Good Luck to All Artists, 2013

James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA Life’s Joys-Life’s Disappointments, 2009

Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA I Heard a Fly Buzz, 2008

Crane Arts - Philadelphia, PA Scale Model, From Memory, 2008

Leonard Perstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Life’s Joys-Life’s Disappointments, 2007

Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA (Un)Explained Phenomena, 2001

Gallery Joe-Philadelphia, PA
Bodies, Memories, Weights and Measures, 1998

Philadelphia Museum of Art-Philadelphia, PA
Twenty Philadelphia Artists-Celebrating Fleisher Challenge at Twenty, 1998

Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie Melon University , Pittsburgh, PA Be Here Now, 1998

 

SELECTED GROUP & EXHIBITIONS

National Museum of Art, 8th Beijing International Art Biennal, China 2019

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 77th Annual Juried Exhibiton, Curated by Syd Carpender, 2018

Uarts Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery County Community Colletge, Blue Bell, PA All the Water in My Body, 2017

Uarts Faculty Exhiubiton, Kimmel Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA View From Above, 2016

Charlotte St. Foundation, La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, MO I Am What I Am Doing, 2014

Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, Philadelphia, PA Process Wood, 2014

Samson Projects, Boston, MA Chain Letter, 2011

Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, This is the Only Place that Can Save My Heart, Curated by Alex Gartleman, 2010

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1.5 Million, Curated by Corey Antis, 2009

Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, Forever Young, Celebrating 70 Years of Art, 2009

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Foundation Faculty, Works on Paper, 2007

Lafayette College, Easton, PA, On Ice, Curated by Kathy Bruce, 2006

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 65th Annual Juried Exhibiton, Curated by Polly Appfelbaum, 2006

 

Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Stations, Curated by Kevin Melchionne, 1999
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA Eight Contemporary Artists, 1998

GRANTS

Pew Fellowships in the Arts-Professional Development Grant, 2008
University of the Arts-Faculty Development Grant, 2006 and 2010
Pew Fellowships in the Arts-Visual Arts Fellowship 1998
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 1997

Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts grant, Visual Artists fellowship, 1993, 1997 and 2001
Venture Fund-University of the Arts, 1998, 2001
Pew Charitable Trust, LaNapoule Art Foundation, LaNouple, France, Artists’ Residency
1995 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Full Scholarship, 1990

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Associate Professor College Core and Sculpture, 2009-present

University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA, Assistant Professor Foundation 2000-2009, 3-D and Time Motion