I n f o r m a t i o n M i c h a l R e e d
559-539-2382
P.O. Box 473 Springville, California 93265
Education
1994 Master of Fine Arts, Critical Writing and Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
1977 Teaching Credentials: Single subject (English and Art ), and Multiple Subjects, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
1976 Bachelors of Art , English and Diversified Liberal Arts, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
Publications
2002 Catalogue essay: Landscape as Myth (retrospective of Michael Heivly's work), Bakersfield Museum Oct 26 - Jan 9
1999 Article: Art and the Generations, Artweek, June
Review: Alison Saar, Art Papers, April
Article: The Situation of the Academy, Artweek, March
1998 News: the f word, Artweek, December
Interview: Eugenia Butler and The Book Of Lies, Artweek, November
News: strippers and students, Artweek, June
Review: Diane Buckler, William Turner Gallery, Artweek, January
1997 Article: Jody Zellen: Multiple Dwellings, artpress, November
Review: Process Art: Thomas Madigan Gallery and Bakersfield Museum, Artweek, June
Review: The Packaged Vernacular: Ron Griffin, Steve Keister, Jonathan Seliger; Artweek, April
Review: Tony DeLap, Mark Moore, Art and Text, February.
Grant proposal finalist for new book, This Is Not An Apple, from the National Library of Women Artists.
1996 "Even Nice Girls. . . ," for the Bad Girls issue of BUST, March.
Review: Jody Zellen, Richard Heller Gallery, Art Papers, July/August.
News: for Rock and Ice, August.
Review: Converging Cultures, Skirball Center, Artweek, August.
Review: Chris Madans, Fig Gallery, Artweek, September.
News: for Rock and Ice, September.
Review: Cameron Shaw, Richard Heller Gallery, Art Papers, Sept/Oct.
Review: Joyce Kohl and Coleen Sterritt, Artweek, December.
1995 The Weight of the Body, Visual Studies Workshop Press.
1994 "She Pulled a Frog Out of the Swimming Pool," Errant Bodies, Winter 1994.
1992 "The Space Between the Real and the Imagined: Microwave Sculpture in Deep Space," with Michael L. Heivly, Leonardo, Vol. 25, No. 1.
Exhibitions
2002 The Weight of the Body, Southern CA Book Artists, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
2001 Restructuring a Marriage, The Center for the Book, San Francisco, California
1997 The Garden Party, text to go with Darrell Walters's drawings, for the show, "Blind Date," Ellen Birrell's Studio, Eagle Rock, California.
1997 Restructuring a Marriage, for the show, "No Boundaries," Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1996 Restructuring a Marriage and The Weight of the Body; Artist's books, Artworks, Santa Monica, California.
70% Water, Artist's book group show, Speck Studios, London
1995 Restructuring a Marriage and The Weight of the Body; Artist's books, Corcoron Gallery, Washington DC.
1995 Restructuring a Marriage , Artist's books, Woman-Made Gallery, Chicago.
1994 "Walking on Egg Shells," Floor installation, Todd Madigan Gallery, CSUB, Bakersfield, California.
Teaching
2001-2004 Granite Hills High School, Porterville, California (English and Art)
2000-2001 California State University Bakersfield, California (Art Theory, English)
1995-2000 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California (Adjunct Faculty: Writing Arts, Feminist Theory, Fullbright Committee member)
1980-1996 Porterville Community College, Porterville, California, (Adjunct Instructor: Humanities, English and Photography)