Michael Mapes lives and works in the Hudson Valley, NY
1962: born in Fort Knox, KY
1984: BFA from the University of Illinois
1992: MFA from the University of Illinois
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
"Specimen Collections", Krause Gallery, NYC 2017
"Dutch Glory", NL=US, Rotterdam 2015
"Anatomy of the Muse", Opera Gallery, Hong Kong 2015
Schoolhouse Gallery, North Salem, NY 2013
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 2009
FlexSpace, Urbana, IL 2008
Richland College, Decatur, IL 2008
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS
Flex, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL 2024
Persona, Arthouse Mx, Mexico City 2024Los Raros/Las Raras, Valladolid, Spain 2024
UNUSUAL SURFACES, BG Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2023
PAN AMSTERDAM, NL 2021
"Piecing It All Together", Paradigm, Philadelphia 2021
"Afflatus", 5-50 Gallery, NYC 2019
Morren Galleries, Utrecht NL 2019
"Represented Past", Sotheby’s IOA, NYC 2019
Morren Galleries, Utrecht NL 2018
“Art in Embassies", The Hague NL 2014 - 2017
"Realisme", Amsterdam NL 2015
Morren Galleries, Utrecht NL 2015
"Revisiting the Golden Age",Pulchri Studio,The Hague NL 2014
"Cut-Copy-Paste", Beers Contemporary, London 2014
Ampelhaus, Berlin 2014
“Face to Face, Wall to Wall”, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT 2014
KunstRAI, Amsterdam NL 2013
Victorious, Chelsea NYC 2013
We Find Our Way - Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ 2012
Outsiders & Objects - Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ 2011
Terrible Twos - Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ 2011
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
New York Times, Sunday Review “The Rape Kit’s Secret History”, 2020
Q|O Amsterdam (hotel),NL 2018
Proto Magazine (Mass General Hospital), 2018
Royal Caribbean, Harmony of the Seas ship, 2016
Holland America Line, Koningsdam ship, 2016
New York Times, Sunday Magazine, 2015