• Artist's Statement

    My work is a contradiction dealing with excess economically and simple extravagance. History,landscape, and portraiture occasionally are a concern.

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    Michael Ottersen
    Education
    Tyler School of Art,Temple University, Philadelphia,PA, B.F.A
    Solo Exhibitions
    2004 Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
    1985 Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY
    1983 Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY, "Skin and Bone"
    1976 Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
    Selected Group Exhibitions
    2010 Gallery onetwentyeight, New York, NY "Geometric Themes and Variations" Curated by Gloria Klein
    2009 Feature Inc., New York, NY "Skulture"
    2009 Gallery onetwentyeight, New York, NY "Goo'z Part Two"
    2009 Soil, Seattle, WA "Dig, Soil Invitational/2009"
    2007 Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA "Tyler Alumni Exhibition, Painting 2007"
    2007 Pratt Gallery, Seattle, WA ,"Faculty Exhibit"
    2006 Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA, "On the Edge"
    1999 Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, "1999 Pacific Northwest Annual"
    1998 Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle,WA, "Pratt Faculty Exhibit"
    1998 Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland,WA, "Faculty Exhibit"
    1996 Site21/21 artspace, Albuquerque, NM, "Carpet"
    1991 P.S. 122 Gallery, New York, NY, installation:"An Exact Address"
    1987 Gallery Alexander Wood, New York, NY Gallery Alexander Wood, New York, NY, "Fire"
    1986 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, "The East Village"
    1985 City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, "Forbidden Dream", curated by Colleen Thornton City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, "Real/Surreal", curated by Colleen Thornton Sandy Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Current Trends in New York Art""
    1984 Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland, "Inside the East Village"
    1983 Alexander F.Milliken Gallery, New York,NY "Three Part Variety", curated by David Wojnarowicz Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York,NY Sharpe Gallery, New York,NY, "Self Image"
    1980 Westbeth Painters Space, New York, NY
    Bibliograghy
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer — August 17, 2006 Arts and Entertainment, pg.C4, Regina Hackett
    Seattle Post Intelligencer — February 5, 2004, Arts and Entertainment, Regina Hackett
    Albuquerque Tribune — August 9, 1996,pg. B1, T.D. Mobley-Martinez
    New York Native — October 7, 1991, pg.43, David Hirsch
    Artnews, September — 1985, pg. 141, Maurice Poirer
    Details, September — 1985, Cookie Mueller
    Artnews — January 8, 1984, pg.160, Eleanor Heartney
    The East Village Eye — August, 1983
    Collections
    University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
    Grants
    Artist's Fellowship Inc. New York,NY
    Teaching Experience
    Northwest College of Art North Seattle Community College Bellevue Art Museum Pratt Fine Arts Center Kirkland Art Center

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Oil on canvas 55" x 55"