Michael A. Farmer
Dallas, TX 75219
Printsfarmer@icloud.com
(520) 406-4664
Education:
2015 MFA Studio Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2013 MA Studio Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2012 BFA Two-Dimensional Studies, Magna Cum Laude,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Exhibitions:
2016
Solo Exhibition: "Bury them Breathing", 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
Solo Exhibition: "Relief Prints", Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX
Micro-Gallery, Umbrella Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 ArtCon Presents: Skewed, Life In Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX
Oak Cliff Visual SpeedBump Tour, Dallas, TX
Solo Exhibition: A Minute Wiser, MFA thesis, Mokah Gallery, Dallas, TX
Currency Exchange, Lightwell Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton TX
Contemporaneous Commentary: Voices in the Current Sociopolitical Atmosphere
Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita, KS,
Juror: Dr. Lisa Volpe, Wichita Museum of Fine Arts
2014 Bureaucracy of Banality, Haggerty Art Gallery, Irving, TX,
Juror: Nancy Whitenack, of Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Solo Exhibition: "Applied Pressures”, MA thesis, Gorman Lecture Building, Irving, TX
2013 “8”, Haggerty Art Gallery, Irving, TX,
Juried and curated by: Erin Cluley, of the Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX)
Under Pressure, Art Hotel Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012 Inaugural North Texas Printmakers Guild Members Show,
Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, Irving, TX
Letterpress Exhibit, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Dead Missing Capsized, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona’s BFA Show, Student Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Persona, Fluxx Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Paper as Principle, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
SISTA, Science and Technology in Art Student Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Juror: Professor of Printmaking Andrew Polk, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Shy Rabbit, International Online Printmaking Exhibition, Online
Juror: Professor Jürgen Strunck, Professor of Printmaking, University of Dallas
2011 Press Prints, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Erotica III, Warehouse Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Grand Opening, Fluxx Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Legados, Raices Taller 222 Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Community Awareness Show, Raices Taller 222 Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2010 SALA Exhibition, Student Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1st place Award
Juror: Professor Larry Busbea, and Professors in Painting:
Alfred Quiroz and Dimitiri Kozyrev, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
All Sorts of Faces, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Work Experience:
2015 Teaching Assistant with Prof. Steven Foutch
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2013-15 University of Dallas Art Association (UDAA), President
2013-14 Graduate Studio Assistant for Prof. Jürgen Strunck and Prof. Steven Foutch
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2012-14 Senator, Braniff Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
2012 Print Shop Manager
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2012 Teaching Practicum with Prof. Barbara Penn
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2012 Assistant Printer at L’Vis Press
L’Vis Press, Tucson, AZ
Demonstrations and Workshops:
2015 Matrix Printmaking Workshop and Lithography Demo
With guest artist Jürgen Strunck, Irving, TX
2014 Matrix Printmaking Workshop and Lithography Demo
With guest artist Kathryn Polk, Irving, TX
2014 Dallas Museum of Art Public Lithography Demo, Irving, TX
2013 Matrix Printmaking Workshop and Letterpress Demo,
With guest artist Amy Borezo, Irving, TX
2013 Matrix Printmaking Workshop and Moku Hanga Demo,
With guest artist Keiji Shinohara, Irving, TX
2012 Matrix Printmaking Workshop and Relief Demo,
With guest artist Mario Kiran, Irving, TX
2011 Relief and Letterpress Workshop,
With guest artist Jordi Arkö, Tucson, AZ
Collections:
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
University of North Texas, Denton, TX