Michael P. Branca - Art Resume

Michael Branca - Fine Art
Artist's Resume

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Solo Exhibitions

2008	Stadler Gallery	Kingfield, Maine	Recent Work
2005	Stadler Gallery	Kingfield, Maine	Branching Out
2005	Portland Parks & Recreation	Portland, Maine	Paintings by Michael Branca
2005	The Jade Trade	Portland, Maine	Paintings by Michael Branca
2004	Three Fish Gallery	Portland, Maine	CAUTION: WET PAINT
2002	June Fitzpatrick Gallery	Portland, Maine	Reclamations
2001	Filament Gallery	Portland, Maine	Naked & Smiling
2001	Railroad Square Cinema	Waterville, Maine	Paintings by Michael Branca
1999	Three Fish Gallery	Portland, Maine	Brain Drops

Group Exhibitions

2008	St. Kieran's Community Center for the Arts	Berlin, New Hampshire	The Big Art Show
2008	Southern Maine Community College	South Portland, Maine	Nature in Art
2005 - 2008	Three Fish Gallery / Grapheteria	Portland, Maine	Annual Black Frame Show
2007	Whitney Art Works	Portland, Maine	Tiny
2007	Center for Maine Contemporary Art	Portland, Maine	Body Parts
2007	Studio 2 Gallery, Waterfall Arts	Belfast, Maine	Fresh Blood: The Exquisite Corpse Near & Far
2007	Cerulean Gallery	Hallowell, Maine	Invitational
2006	Center for Maine Contemporary Art	Rockport, Maine	Skowhegan at 60: Maine Participants 1996-2005
2006	Élan Fine Arts	Rockport, Maine	Carina House Celebration
2006	Whitney Art Works	Portland, Maine	Holiday Mixer
2006	Garage Sale	South End, Boston, Massachusetts	group show
2006	Southern Maine Community College	South Portland, Maine	Collections
2005	The Clown Gallery	Portland, Maine	Landscape Invitational
2005	Center for Maine Contemporary Art	Rockland, Maine	A Celebration of the Art of Wood
2005	Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic	Bar Harbor, Maine	Portrait/Self-Portrait
2005	Southern Maine Community College	South Portland, Maine	Unmasked
2005 - 2006	Traveling exhibition, Maine libraries & universities	Portland, Maine	War Flowers: From Swords to Plowshares
2004	Space Gallery	Portland, Maine	Small Works
2004	Élan Fine Arts	Rockland, Maine	Summer, Autumn & Winter Group Shows
2004	Contemporary Artists Center	North Adams, Massachusetts	Closer In
2004	University of New England	Portland, Maine	Home
2004	Free Street Taverna	Portland, Maine	Art of Mingling
2004	Maine State Capitol	Augusta, Maine	About Maine: The Arts District
2003	Élan Fine Arts	Rockland, Maine	Jewels
2003	Mind's Eye Gallery	Portland, Maine	One Room: Six Views
2003	Center for Maine Contemporary Art	Rockport, Maine	Curiosity
2002	Center for Maine Contemporary Art	Rockport, Maine	Past, Present, Future
2002	Three Fish Gallery	Portland, Maine	Here's Looking at You
2002	Filament Gallery	Portland, Maine	Holiday Show
2002	Saco Museum	Saco, Maine	Still Lives: A Tradition Retold
2002	Irving Art Association	Irving, Texas	Postcards From All Over
2001	Filament Gallery	Portland, Maine	Holiday Show
2000 - 2001	Saco Museum & LC Bates Museum	Saco, Maine Hinckley, Maine	Animals in Art by Maine Artists
2000	Danforth Gallery	Portland, Maine	The Unknown Generation: X? Who Are We?
2000	Filament Gallery	Portland, Maine	Holiday Show
2000	Filament Gallery	Portland, Maine	The Hill Project
2000	Danforth Gallery	Portland, Maine	Upstairs/ Downstairs
1999 - 2000	Local 188	Portland, Maine	Super Duper Holiday Show
1999	Portland Public Market	Portland, Maine	Art in the Market
1999	Danforth Gallery	Portland, Maine	Heralding in the Next Decade, Century & Millennium
1999	L.C. Bates Museum	Hinckley, Maine	Camouflage
1998	Clayton Street Gallery	Athens, Georgia	Juried Show
1997 - 1998	Artlab	Arroyo Seco, New Mexico	(ongoing)
1997	Artlab	Arroyo Seco, New Mexico	The Haunted Carnival
1994	Panoply Gallery	Waterville, Maine	Young Area Artists Show

Awards & Residencies

2004	Maine Arts Commission	Augusta, Maine	Good Idea Grant
2003 - present	MaineArtistAccess		Member of the Maine Arts Commission's juried registry
2003	Carina House Residency	Monhegan Island, Maine	Fellowship
2003	Muse	Portland, Maine	Guest Creative
2002	Vermont Studio Center	Johnson, Vermont	Artist's Grant
1999	Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture	Skowhegan, Maine	Zorach Fellowship

Positions Held

2007 - present	Backcountry Art Trips	Bath, Maine	Trip Leader / Instructor
2004 - present	Southern Maine Community College	South Portland, Maine	Artist in Residence / Adjunct Art Faculty
2005 - present	Bath Adult Education	Bath, Maine	Drawing Instructor
1999 - 2001	Maine Artists Space	Portland, Maine	Advisory Board / Assistant to Director
1997 - 1998	Artlab	Arroyo Seco, New Mexico	Gallery Intern / Guild Member
1997 - present	Mike's Real Dead Bugs	Portland, Maine	President, Executive Laminator

Education

1992 - 1996	Colby College	Waterville, Maine	B.A. Studio Art / Cum Laude / Distinction in Art
1994 - 1995	Tyler School of Art	Temple University Rome, Italy	Year Abroad
1986 - 1992	Noble and Greenough School	Dedham, Massachusetts	Diploma

Bibliography

Isaacson, Philip, Wonders Worked in Wood, Maine Sunday Telegram, May 22, 2005

Knowles, Maggie, Bare Feat: Catching the Artist Michael Branca in his Working Environment, Portland Phoenix, July 30, 2004

Busby, Chris, Artist on the Job: Please Disturb (Michael Branca Works in a Fishbowl at Three Fish Gallery), Portland Forecaster, July 21, 2004, page 5

8 Days a Week, Portland Phoenix, June 25, 2004

Isaacson, Philip, Fine Fiber Art on the Cutting Edge as well as Either Side, Maine Sunday Telegram, April 18, 2004

Keyes, Bob, Shooting Hoops, Maine Sunday Telegram, May 4, 2003

CMCA Goes for Two, Camden Herald, January 9, 2003

Of Land and the Imagination, The Courier-Gazette, January 9, 2003

Engaging the Maine Landscape, The Free Press (Midcoast Maine), January 9, 2003

Russell, Jenna, Which is Fairest?, Portland Phoenix, December 13, 2002, page 22

CBW's Feature ArtWalk Picks: Michael Branca, Reclamations, Casco Bay Weekly, September 5, 2002, page 26, (b/w photograph)

Isaacson, Philip, Not a Who's Who, But a Very Good Start, Maine Sunday Telegram, September 1, 2002, page 3E

Curl, Aimee, The Extraordinary Art of Michael Branca, Maine Times, April 19, 2001, pp 20-21 (color & b/w photographs)

Russell, Jenna, Public Art Opinions, Portland Phoenix, August 24, 2001

Thompson, Christopher, Naked & Smiling, Portland Phoenix, April 12, 2001, page 6

First Friday Artwalk, Casco Bay Weekly, April 5, 2001 (color photograph)

Berce, Cathy, Cockraches, Pez Dispensers and the Filament, Face Magazine, March, 2001, page 26

Busby, Chris, Who Needs Art Galleries?, Casco Bay Weekly, February 15, 2001, pp 10-13 (b/w photograph)

Animals in Art by Maine Artists, Exhibition Catalogue, L.C. Bates Museum and Saco Museum, 2000 (b/w photograph, statement)

Hart, Mary, Letters: Religious Wrongs, Utne Reader, January-February, 2000, page 13

Where's Amy?(special feature), WGME-TV Channel 13, Portland, Maine, January 12, 2000

Nudelman, Stuart, X Marks the Spot, York County Coast Star, November 2000

Curl, Aimee, Coming to Terms with the Term, Maine Times, October 26, 2000 (b/w photograph)

Smith, Concetta, Our Generation X-amined, USM Free Press, October 23, 2000, pp 12-13 (color photo)

Phillips, Autumn, Generation X Examines their own Identity, Brunswick Times Record, October 19, 2000, page 23

Routhier, Ray, Generation X-hibit, Portland Press Herald, October 15, 2000, pp A1-2

Gold, Elisabeth, The X Styles, Casco Bay Weekly, October 12, 2000, page 14

Steiner, Andy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Utne Reader, December, 1999, page 128 (color photograph)

Phillips, Autumn, In a Millennial Mood, Casco Bay Weekly, November 18, 1999

Insect Art, Portland Phoenix, September 17-23, 1999 (b/w photograph)

McGarrigle, Dale, Buggin' Out: Artist takes break to work out the bugs, Bangor Daily News, August 14-15, 1999, pp H1 & H3 (color photographs)

Dammann, Allen, A Bug's Afterlife, Casco Bay Weekly, July 29, 1999, pp 16-17 (b/w photograph)

Greenwood, Phaedra, This Was Only a Test, Taos News, September 10, 1998, pp C14-16

Haunted Carnival comes to Arroyo Seco, Taos News, October 30, 1997, page C14

Greenwood, Phaedra, Arroyo Seco Plans its First Studio Tour, Taos News, May 8, 1997, page C13

Cool, Kevin, Senior Artists Show their Stuff, Colby Magazine, May 1996, pp 30-31 (color cover photograph)

Mike's artwork has appeared on WGME-TV in Portland, Maine, Maine Public Television and on the side of a bus. He has been interviewed about his Real Dead Bugs on radio stations across the country.

Michael Branca - Fine Art Artist's Resume