lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
solo exhibition
2020
A Fable for Tomorrow. RAiR Project Room, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM.
Flow My Tears, the Mueller Report Said. Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles.
2018
Trust in Me. Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles.
2015
Boom. Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles.
2013
Offenses Against One’s Self. Schroeder Romero @ Winkleman Gallery, NYC.
2011
Decline and Fall. Schroeder Romero Gallery, NYC.
2009
The More I See of Men. Schroeder Romero Gallery, NYC.
2007
Lead Me Astray. Schroeder Romero Gallery, NYC.
group exhibition & performance
2023
Drawing as Practice. National Academy of Design, NYC.
Gems from the Past 30 Years. Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles.
2019
Word Up! C24 Gallery, NYC.
Does Not Reproduce. Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles.
Seeing Now. 21C Museum Hotel, Oklahoma City. (Traveling)
2018
TEXT ME. Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC.
2017
La mère la mer. McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2016
Galveston Artist Residency Annual Exhibition. Galveston, TX.
2015
A Very Anxious Feeling: Artwork from the Collection of Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy. Mattatuck Museum. Waterbury, CT.
Paper Jam: Exploring Visual Strategies for Social Concern. curated by Larry Walczak. Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY.
2014
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life. Aberson Exhibits, Tulsa, OK.
Larry Collins and Michael Waugh. TB Projects, Provincetown, MA.
2012
Wonder World. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR.
11th National Drawing Invitational (curated by Charlotta Kotik). Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR.
2011
Idée Fixe: Drawings of an Obsessive Nature. Winkleman Gallery, NYC.
RENDERED: A STARK UNREAL (curated by Barry Rosenberg). Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
2010
Decline and Fall (of a performance artist). PULSE Projects, PULSE Art Fair, Miami, FL.
Bestiary. The Wassiac Project. Wassaic, NY.
2009
10th Havana Biennial: Chelsea Visits Havana. Havana, Cuba.
Engagierte New Yorker Kunst in PRENNNG: The Next Step to Your Future
(curated by Hannes Priesch). Villa Feuerlöscher, Prenning,
Austria.
Superfine. Morgan Lehman Gallery, NYC.
Survive (curated by Janet Phelps). DiverseWorks, Houston, TX.
Note to Self. Schroeder Romero Gallery, NYC.
2008
Timeless. Morris Museum, Morris NJ.
More Than Words. Von Lintel Gallery, NYC.
TEXT/URAL. OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA.
From Brooklyn With Love. Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY.
Caucus. Schroeder Romero Gallery, NYC.
2007
The Story Goes. McKenzie Fine Art, NYC.
Abstract (guerilla performance). College Art Association conference, NYC.
Nightly News (curated by Kathy Goncharov). Luxe Gallery, NYC.
2006
Text Formed Drawing (curated by Barry Rosenberg). Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
The Line of Beauty. Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, NYC.
2005
Evan Schwartz, Michael Waugh. Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
R3: Reading ‘Ritin ‘Rithmetic, 30 Years Later (curated by Susan Canning). Castle Gallery at The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY.
2004
Face Off. Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC.
T5: Airport Gift Shop (installation conceived by Tobias Wong). Terminal Five JFK International Airport, NYC.
Exhibition Anthologie der Kunst. Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
2003
Decade. Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2002
Made in Brooklyn, selection one (curated by Phong Bui). Wythe Studio, NYC.
2001
Mimic (curated by Robert Boyd). GAle GAtes, et. al., NYC.
2000
Release (performance). The Austin International Poetry Festival, Austin, TX.
Release (guerilla performance). Chelsea Gallery District, NYC.
A Decade of Alumni: Invitational. NYU Washington Square East Galleries, NYC.
Benefit 2000. Momenta Art. NYC.
1999
Sake (student show curated by Bill Arning). E.S.VanDam Gallery, NYC.
public collections
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
The Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
University Art Museum - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ
21c Museum-Hotel, Louisville, KY
selected bibliography
2020
“Essential Happenings: Von Lintel Gallery.” Los Angeles Times. Jul 18. web.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Michael Waugh: Flow My Tears, the Mueller Report Said, at VON LINTEL GALLERY.” LA Weekly. Jun 19. web.
2018
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “At a Pair of Culver City Galleries, Three Artists Flip the Script on Technique.” LA Weekly. Oct 3. web.
Osberg, Annabel. “Pick of the Week: Klea McKenna; Michael Waugh.” Artillery Magazine. Oct 10. web.
White, Katy. “An Interview with Tarrah von Lintel.” Frontrunner Magazine. Oct 22. web.
Zuckerman, Daniel. “Omi’s open studios day showcases global artists.” Hudson Valley 360. web, 9 July.
2015
Cascone, Sarah. "Pulse and Scope Fairs Slam Selfie Culture with Hello Kitties and Neon Signs." ArtNet News. Dec 2. web.
“Continuing and Recommended: October ‘Michael Waugh.’” ArtScene Magazine. Oct. web.
Yates, Calder. "Michael Waugh: Boom at Von Lintel Gallery." Dailyserving.com. Oct 15. web.
2013
Kley, Elisabeth. “Michael Waugh.” Art News. May 2013, p.100.
2012
Newell Peacock, Leslie. “Invitational Returns.” Arkansas Times. Mar. 7.
2011
Hurst, Howard. “Mike Waugh: Artist to Watch.” The Art Economist. v.1 #7.
2009
Devine, John. “Solution: DiverseWorks (Houston).” Art Lies. Sep.
Mueler, Kurt. “Solution (Houston).” Art Papers. May/Jun.
2008
“Drawings Portray Real World, Inner Visions.” Daily Record (NJ). Nov. 30.
2007
Holland Cotter. “Michael Waugh: ‘Lead Me Astray.’” The New York Times. Mar. 16.
2006
“Text Formed Drawing at Contemporary Art Galleries.” Artdaily.com. Nov. 28.
2005
Calvin Reid. “Michael Waugh at Schroeder Romero.” Art in America. June-July.
Holland Cotter. “Evan Schwartz, Michael Waugh.” The New York Times. Jan. 21.
Pepper Keane. “Williamsburg Gallery Crawl.” freewilliamsburg.com. January 13.
2004
Holland Cotter. "Face Off." The New York Times. Nov. 26.
David Markus. "Facing Off with the New World Order." NYArtsmagazine.com. Nov. 3.
“Doughboy” (image). The Jochen Gerz Anthology of Art.
2003
“Around Town: Decade.” The New Yorker. May 12.
awards & residencies
2023
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, residency, Amherst, VA.
2019
Roswell Artist in Residence Program, residency, Roswell, NM.
2018
Sally and Milton Avery Arts Fellowship for painting. Art Omi Artists Residency, Ghent, NY.
PAMM Pick: Pérez Art Museum Miami selection at the PULSE Art Fair, Miami.
Wassaic Project, residency, Wassaic, NY.
2017
MacDowell Colony, residency, Peterborough, NH.
2016
New York City Percent for Art, Public Art in Public Schools, Brooklyn.
Yaddo, residency, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Wassaic Project, print residency, Wassaic, NY.
2015
Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX.
2014
Josephine Mercy Heathcote Fellow, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.
2013
New York City Percent for Art, commission, IS611, DUMBO, Brooklyn.
USA Projects, Project Grant.
2010
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
2009
Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Award and The Robert Sterling Clark Visual Arts Space Award.
Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Brook Arts from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Joan Mitchell Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
2008
Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers University, NJ.
professional
2017 Public Presentation, The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR.
2010 Visiting Artist, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen.
2008 Guest Panelist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.
2007 Guest Lecture, School of Visual Art, NYC.
2006 Guest Lecture, Columbia University. NYC.
Guest Lecture, Glasgow School of Art. Glasgow, Scotland.
Guest Lecture, Pratt University School of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY
Invited Curator, Market Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.
2005 Panel Curator, Project Diversity. Brooklyn, NY.
2001 Guest Lecture, New York University. NYC.
2000 Invited Artist, The Austin International Poetry Festival. Austin, TX.
related work experience
Adjunct Faculty: Rhode Island School of Design, 2013-2014.
Assistant Director: Momenta Art, 2000-2010.
Adjunct Faculty: The New School University, 2001-2007.
Adjunct Faculty: New York University, 2003-2006.
Adjunct Faculty: LaGuardia Community College, 2000-2002.
Visiting Assistant Professor: Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, 1997.
Adjunct Faculty: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 1995-1996.
education
M.F.A., creative writing/arts cognate, Texas State University, San Marcos.
M.A., studio art, New York University, NYC.
B.A., history, University of Texas at Austin