TESS MICHALIK

SELECT SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023
A Veil of Golden Roses, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA July 21st - August 29th

2021
Frosted Flakes, Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, IN April - June
Tess Michalik & Emma White, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto July 24th - August 28th

2020
CAKE, 112 East 10th Street, NYC December 10th - March 31st
BLOOM DOOM, Wonder Fair, Lawrence, KS

2018
Organic, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada April 19th - November 13th

2017
Bring May Flowers, Standard Studio Gallery, Indianapolis, IN May 5th – 31st

2014
Rococo Puffs, Heartland Printworks, Indianapolis, IN

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Weighted Blanket, curated by Gwendolyn Zabicki, Heaven Gallery, Chicago

2023
Please Knock: A Teen Album of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY June - October 1st
The Chaos of Spring, Gold | Scopophilia Gallery, Montclair, NJ April 22 - June 3
Flower Show, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC February 18 -
Friends & Family ‘23, Sow + Tailor, Los Angeles, CA January 7 -

2022
The Holly Exhibit, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown Arts Society, Provincetown, MA December 3
Sexy Xmas VI, The Lodge, Los Angeles, CA December 3 - 25
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, NYC July 14 - August 10
Flower Shop, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM March 11 - April 11
Crown Shy, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA April 22 - May 22
Postcards From the Edge, Visual AIDS, NYC January 8 - 14

2021
Art Toronto, Dianna Witte Gallery October 29th - November 7th
Winter Salon, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2020
Winter Salon, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto January 3rd - February 2nd
Virtual Group Show, Midnight Moon, Raw Meat Collective, NYC
Scenes From A Winter Garden, curated by Richard Saja, The Gilded Owl, Hudson, NY
Fete Galante, Heaven Gallery curated by Gwendolyn Zabicki, Chicago, IL September 18th - October 25th

2019 
Holiday Group Show, Lucas Lucas, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Group Show, Diana Witte Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Summer Open House, Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Flowers & Puppies, curated by Katie Hector, The Royal Society of American Art, Williamsburg, NY

2018
Freshly Cut and Softly Bound, curated by Timo Fahler & Lisa Kehler, VACATION NYC
The Creek Flows Into The River, curated by Richard Saja, Walnut Hill, Hudson, NY 
Art Contemporary Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
Papier, Montreal, Quebec
Art Toronto, Ontario

2017
Art Toronto with Lisa Kehler Projects, Toronto
Petal Pushers, Harrison Arts Center, Indianapolis IN,2014

2014
Rockford Midwestern Biennial, juried by William Lieberman, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Theatrical Tactical, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, DeKalb, IL

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2022
Last Caress: Artist Print and Postcard, published by Raw Meat Collective. Postcard available at Printed Matter, New York, NY. Print available here.

2021
DEVOUR  — Newspaper and Video, a collaborative video performance and photography project. Developed and created between artists: Grace Lee, Tess Michalik, Shannon Nash, and Kyle Quinn. Full Color Newsprint Paper, single edition of 100. Published by Raw Meat Collective.   DEVOUR full video.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
IU Health Community North Oncology Center, Indianapolis, IN
Harper College, Palatine, IL
MoMA Library, NYC, “DEVOUR” newspaper - Raw Meat Collective

WRITE-UPS/FEATURES

“First Friday reviews, September 2014,” Dan Grossman, Nuvo, 9/8/2014
“Make-Space feature; Tess Michalik,” Make-Space.net, 3/28/2014
The Gathered Gallery - feature blog post with selection of paintings on view 03/14/2018
"Contemporary Desire: Puppies and Flowers at the Royal Society of American Art,” Daniel Morowitz, Ante Mag.com, March 2019
"On Jennefer Hoffmann, Tess Michalik and Malcolm Mobutu Smith,” Paula Katz, Columbus Area Arts Council 2021
" ’Fete Galant’ invites us to celebrate lavishly" by Nicole S. Lane, Chicago Reader, 6/10/2020
”Our favorite things for fall arts, part two,” Kerry Reid, 10/8/2020
”Kirsten Dunst at home in L.A.” Architectural Digest, November 2021
”Art Briefs for October 27 through November 3, 2022,” by The Provincetown Independent, 10/26/2022

EDUCATION

2014 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Minor, Art History, Herron School of Art & Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN