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