Curriculum Vitae

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Michael Sandstrom

 

Education:

    2007—Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

    • Master of Fine Arts: Mt. Royal School of Art

    2005—School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    • Post Baccalaureate Program: Painting

    2004—College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

    • Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art—Magna Cum Laude

    Selected Exhibitions:

    2007

  • Takt Residency Group Exhibition, Takt Gallery, Group Exhibition, Berlin, Germany.
  • Oil Drum Art, The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT (traveling exhibition: Artwell Gallery -- Torrington, CT; ArtSpace Gallery -- Hartford, CT)
  • Artscape, Visions of Conflict: Rendering Dessent, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD
    Industries, Two Person Show, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington, DC
  • ArtDC, Washington DC Art Fair, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington, DC
  • Believe it: 14 painters, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore, MD
  • Puchi Nippon, Group Exhibition, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD
  • Ethereal Heist (Graduate Thesis Show), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

    • 2006

  • New Beginnings, Group Exhibition, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
  • [which is kind of interesting], Group Exhibition, Fox 3 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
  • Transient Modern Landscapes, Group Exhibition, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
  • Mt. Royal School of Art Graduate Survey, Group Exhibition, Fox 4 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
  • Things We Think We Know, Group Exhibition, Bunting 3 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
  • Emerging Artists of Baltimore, Group Exhibition, Sandarac Gallery, Baltimore, MD

    • 2005

  • November Reign, Group Exhibition, Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  • Mt. Royal School of Art Graduate Survey, Group Exhibition, Fox 4 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
  • Post Baccalaureate Thesis Show, Group Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
  • Drawing Performance, Group Exhibition, LG Space, Chicago, IL
  • Indiscriminate Spaces, Group Exhibition, Cosí Gallery, Chicago, IL

    • 2004

  • Project 11: Works from the Senior Concentration Seminar, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
  • Intermediate Painting: States of Being, Group Exhibition, Abrahms Gallery Clark University, Worcester, MA

    • 2003

  • Between Two Worlds, Group Exhibition, CC Lowell Gallery, Worcester, MA
  • Secondary Worlds, Group Exhibition, J.B. Gallery, Worcester, MA

    • 2002

  • Inner Seasons, Solo Exhibition, GESSO Art Space, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

    • 2001

  • Terminus Est, Group Exhibition, GESSO Art Space, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

    • Lectures and Panels:

    2005

  • Ethereal Heist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

    • 2005

  • Mapping Reality, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    • 2004

  • Project 11: Panel Discussion, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Michael Sandstrom: Artist Talk, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

    • Private Collections:

  • Maurice Geracht, Worcester, MA
  • Mary Morton, Dayton, OH
    Allison and David Tarkow, Columbia, MD

    • Honors and Awards

  • Creative Fulbright Grant: Berlin, Germany -- 2007-2008
  • Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant and Residency -- 2007
    Maryland Institute College of Art Graduate Fellowship -- 2005-2007
  • Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society -- 2004 (inducted)
  • Alpha Sigma Nu National Jesuit Honor Society -- 2003 (inducted)
  • Holy Cross College Honors Program -- 2003 - 2004
  • Dana Scholar -- 2002
  • Ellis Scholar -- 2000-2004
  • Harvard Book Award -- 2000

    • Teaching Experience


    2005 - 2007: Senior Tutor, Writing Studio, Maryland Institute College of Art

    2005 - 2007: Teaching Assistantships, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

    • Spring, 2007. Color Abstraction; Assistant to Timothy App
    • Spring, 2007. New Conceptual Approaches to Painting; Assistant to Dennis Farber
    • Fall, 2006. Painting 1; Assistant to Patricia Alexander
    • Fall, 2006. New Conceptual Approaches to Painting; Assistant to Dennis Farber
    • Spring, 2005. Advanced Screen Printing; Assistant to Pepe Corodano
    • Fall, 2005. course: Elements of Visual Thinking; Assistant to Katherine Kavanaugh

    2004, 2005 (summer): Instructor, Education Department for Youth and Adult Programs, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

    Other Related Work Experience

    2004 - 2005: Assistant Curator, Cosi Gallery, Chicago, IL