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MICHAEL OATMAN - CV

Born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1964
Lives and works in Troy, New York;
Teaches at the School of Architecture, Rensselaer

EDUCATION

1992                       
M.F.A., University at Albany, Albany, New York

1986
                       
B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014
Yet to be titled project organized by Julie Courtney, Independent Curator, in cooperation with several Philadelphia, PA Museums and cultural entities (in development)

2011-12

Michael Oatman: Kalifornia, Museum of the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA  (a retrospective of collages and new installations organized by Elyse Gonzalez, curator of collections)

2009

The Library of the Sun (the final component of All Utopias Fell, a permanent commission), The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
Michael Oatman: Recent Wrecks,
Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA 

UPCOMING TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009
The Oatman-Lehrer News Hour, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY

UPCOMING GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
The Oatman/Lail News Hour, The Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Rock , Paper, Scissors, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

2005
                       
Michael Oatman: A Lifetime of Service and a Mile of Thread, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, June 24-September 11
Conservatory
, ZieherSmith, New York, February 12-March 12

2004                       

Jackknife: Collages by Michael Oatman, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, June 19-September 4

2002                       

Dowsing With a Knife: Recent Collages by Michael Oatman, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, October 7-October 25

2001
                       
IDOL: A New Work by Michael Oatman, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, April 7, 2001-March 31, 2002

1999                       

The Last Library (Kosovo Requiem), Phoenix Gallery, New York, November 3-November 27

1996
                       
Murder and Other Wonders, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont, November 7-December 22

1994
           
Shrapnel: Fragments from Installations 1985-1994, Griffin Graphics Gallery, Burlington, Vermont, September 9-Oct 5
Michael Oatman's Menagerie
, Schacht Fine Arts Center, Russell Sage College Gallery, Troy, New York, January 10-February 12

1993
                       
Michael Oatman Presents Robert MacKintosh: The Responsibilities of Disappearance, L/L Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, February 26–March 18

1990
                       
 Frames of Reference, Webb and Parsons North, Burlington, Vermont, March 9–April 14

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