| Michael Jones McKean (b. 1976, Truk Island, Micronesia) lives and works in Richmond, VA. He received a MFA from Alfred University, Alfred, NY and a BFA from Marywood University in Scranton, PA. A recipient of numerous awards, Michael has been granted fellowships and residencies at The Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center; The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts; Central Michigan University as the Stephen L. Barstow Fellow; and The Archie Bray Foundation. He recently received the Nancy Graves Foundation Award in 2005 and the Artadia Award in 2006. He has also received The Jeanne C. Thayer Fellowship in the Arts along with four State Arts Commission grants including an Emerging Artist Fellowship. His recent solo exhibitions include Diverseworks, Houston and Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO. His work will be featured in upcoming solo exhibitions at the University of Illinois, Springfield; Threewalls, Chicago; and Project Gentilli, Prato, Italy. His first solo exhibition in New York, The Discipline of Astronomy and Wind, at Sunday LES was reviewed favorably in the New York Times (September 30, 2007 ). |
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