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BIOGRAPHY

Michael J. O’Shea

P.O. Box 833, Inverness, CA 94937

Phone: 415-290-2203  

Email:  osheamjo@me.com  

Website: mike-oshea.com

Education

San Francisco Art Institute - Master Fine Arts – 1992

 Guest instructor- artist books -1998, 2004, 2005

Stanford University - Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, 1959

 Master Business Administration 1961

Artist in Residence - Kala Institute - 1998-2009

Solo Exhibitions :

1996 - Château de Coupiac, France - Paintings

1996 - Les Nouveaux Troubadours, St.-Sever-du-Moustier, France - Paintings.

1997 - Chateau de Coupiac, France - Moulin Series.-.Paintings

1999 - Château de Coupiac, France - Photogravures.

2000 - Noria Museé d'Eau - St. Jean de Bruel, France - “ La Voie du Meunier »- Paintings

2001 - Galerie Sainte Catherine – Rodez, France –“Art-Eology”– Monotypes/Paintings

2002 – Alliance Francaise – San Francisco -“Payassage et Paysannes” - Prints

2003 – Terres de Cocagne – Toulouse, France –Ceramic/ Print

2004 – Caligrame, Cahors, France - Ceramic/ Print

2005 – Works – San Jose Ca. “Passing Through” - Collaborative Installation

2007 – Bolinas Museum – Bolinas Ca. “To Make” - Prints

2008 -  Caffé Roma – San Francisco, Ca. - Prints

2008 -  Canessa Gallery – San Francisco, Ca. “Cycles” - Paintings and prints

2009-10 -  Caffé Roma – San Francisco, Ca. –Watercolors and Collatypes

2010 - Canessa Gallery - San Francisco, Ca. ”Findings" - Monotypes

2012 -  Chateau Le Cayla - Tarn, France - “Steles” - Ceramic/Print sculptures

2013 -  Caffé Roma – San Francisco, Ca. –Altered photographs

2014 -  Caffé Roma – San Francisco, Ca. –Paintings

2019  Dance Palace — Point Reyes Station, Ca. – Transfer Paintings

2019  First Valley - Inverness, Ca. - Etchings and Transfer Paintings 

2021  Dance Palace – Point Reyes Station, Ca.  – Transfer Paintings

Group Exhibitions:

1990 and 1991 - Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco - Etchings.

1991 - McBean Gallery, San Francisco - Artist's Books

1991 - S.F.A.I. Library, San Francisco - Artist's Books

1992 - Fort Mason, San Francisco - Lithographs.

1993 - Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, Ca. - Artist's Books

1993 - California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Ca. - Artist's Books

1994 - 915 Battery Gallery, San Francisco 

1994 - Markowitz Gallery, San Francisco - Drawings.

1995 - Brouzes-du-Larzac, St. Georges-de-Luzençon, France - Lithographs.

1996 - Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley – “Science Imagined”, Artist's Books

1997 - Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain - Etchings.

1997 - La Fouillade, France - “La Tour de France Series” - Lithographs

1997 - Musee de Rouergue, Salles-la-Source, France - Paintings/Moulin Series.

1998 - Château de Coupiac, France Livres d'Artistes. 

1998 - Varbes l'Abbaye, France– “Autour de l’Eau"- Collograph/Photographs

1998 - Bibliothéque Municipal - Villefranche de Rouerge, France  Artist’s Books

1998 - Underground Gallery - San Rafael, Ca.-Artists Books

1998 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca. - Photoetchings. 

1999 -"5 Peintres du Pays d'Oc" - Saint Sernin-sur-Rance, France - Paintings.

1999 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca.”To Kobe and Back to the Bay” - Artists Books-

2000 - Château de Coupiac, France - “Retroprospective”.- Prints

2000 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca.– Monotypes

2001 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca. - Photgravure Exhibition – Photogravures

2002 - Maison de Ceramics – Giroussens, France, - “A Quatre Mains:– Ceramic/Print

2002 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca.–.”Prints without Borders” - etching

2002 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca. - Lithograph

2003 - SomArts Gallery San Francisco - “Arcadia : Artists Celebrate Trees”.-.Etchings

2003 - Aethenaeim Library – La Jolla – Ceramic/Print

2003 -  Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca. – Etchings

2004 - Chez Cauhape – Martrin , France – “Arte Brute” – Paintings

2004 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca - Ceramic/Print

2005 - O’Hanlon Center for the Arts – Mill Valley Ca. – Artists’ Books

2005 - CFA Fine Arts Gallery, San Anselmo, Ca. –Artists’ Books

2006 - Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca. – Etching

2006 - California Printmakers – San Francisco – Group show – Photoetching

2006 - Bolinas Museum - ”Inspired Ink – Printmakers” - Photoetching

2006 - Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, Ca. - Book Show - Artists’ Books

2007 - Donna Seager Gallery San Rafael, Ca. - Prints

2008 -  Kala Institute - Berkeley, Ca. - Etchings

2013 -  Bibleotech, Albi France - “Livres d’Exception” - Artists’ Books

2007,8,9,10,12,13,&14 - Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, - Ca. - Miniature Show - Prints 

2013 -  Bolinas Museum - Inspired by Process - Group Show - Ceramic/Print

2013&14 -  Book Show – Donna Seager Gallery – Group Show – Artists’ Books

2014 - Sebastapol Art Center - Artists' Books

2021 – Gallery Route One – California Society of Printmakers exhibition 

Artist’s Books:

The Ivy Crown 1989  Embarcadero 1990

Meander Line 1991  Sleepwalk 1992  

Secrets to Life (coauth. w/Judy O'Shea) 1992  Trying to Get to Ithaca 1994

Secrets of LaTour 1995  Art of Water Raising 1997

Fingerprints 1998  Membrane 1999

Shallow Beach 2000  Ducks 2002

Magic Crayons 2003  Walk 2013

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