michael mercil 1382 south 4th street columbus ohio 43207 (614) 445-1082
[email protected] 1954 Born, Crookston, Minnesota. EDUCATION 1988 The University of Chicago, MFA, Studio Arts. 1978 Minneapolis College of Art & Design, BFA, Fine Arts. 1972-74 Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2019 Ingrained: Large Scale Woodcut Prints, Columbus Main Library Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. Songs the Plants Taught Us, Anytime Dept., Cincinnati, Ohio. 2018 Counter Current Festival (solo performance of “Reading the Daily News”), Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. Group Exhibition for New Collectors, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Summer Studio Tour, Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. 20th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, Phoenix Rising Print Cooperative, Columbus, Ohio. 2017 Covenant (invitational screening), College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minnesota. TIGUE: In Concert (self-organized event), featuring “Thoreau’s Desk,” with additional music by David Lang and Jason Treuting, HamMer Studios, Columbus, Ohio 2016 Every Sound (solo), Center for Ongoing Research & Projects (COR&P) Columbus, Ohio. 2015 Brooklyn Bound: Concerts at the So Studio (“Thoreau’s Desk,” performed by TIGUE Percussion Trio), New York, New York. Columbus Documentary Week (featured screening: “Covenant”), Gateway Film Center, Columbus, Ohio. IFPDA Fair (featured artist with Ann Hamilton), Carl Solway Gallery, New York, New York. 2014 Columbus Arts Festival (invitational screenings: “Fair & Square University: Presentation 1” (short), “County Fair” (short) and “Covenant” (excerpts)), Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio. Columbus Independents Festival (invitational screening: “Covenant” (excerpts)), Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio. Deem 20: Twenty Years of the Deem Distinguished Artist Lecture, Paul Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown.