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Michael Genovese (American, b. 1976, Chicago)
 
Solo Exhibitions  
2008   Just cause it's legal doesn't make it right
Jack the Pelican Presents, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NYC >Read more
2008   We all we got...
Post MCA Chicago Winter Residency Exhibition- Packer Schopf, Chicago >Read more
2007   Showroom
32nd & Urban Gallery and Space, Bridgeport, Chicago >Photo 1 2
2007   Plaff!
Co-Habitat- Monterrey, Mexico- Coordinated by David Hernandez Casas >photo > Read more (in Spanish)
2005   Cabesa de Gato
Norse Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark >photos
Selected Group Exhibitions  
2008   Dark Matter
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Version 8- Chicago >Installation view 1 2 >Read more
2008   Next Art Fair, Art Chicago
Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago
2007   Fusiform
Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA.
Collaborative site specific installation w/ Cody Hudson and Juan Chavez
>slideshow >Read more
2007   This Side of Hope
2007   Scope Art Fair, Miami
Jack the Pelican Presents:Gallery-Brooklyn, New York
2007   Bridge Art Fair, Miami
Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago
2007   Allegoric
Bridge Art Fair, London UK.
2006   It's a long walk home
Space 1026 Philadelphia, PA. Collaborative site specific installation/project w/ Juan Chavez and Cody Hudson >project details
2006   Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries
Somewhere over the rainbow- w/ Carlos (Dzine) Rolon and Cody Hudson >details
2005   Fumed
Polvo Gallery, Chicago
2005   Genovese Gomez Silva
Parts Unknown Gallery, w/ Chris Silva and Sayre Gomez, Chicago
2005   Tragic Beauty
Open-End Gallery, Chicago w/ Juan Chavez Cody Hudson & Chris Silva
>project details >virtual tour
2004   Amor y Esperanza
w/ Chris Silva, Defiance Gallery, Chicago
2002   The Brown Sheep Project
Guillermo Gomez Pena- La Pocha Nostra Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago >photos
Selected Projects  
2008   Loyola University, Chicago
Student body interactive engraving project >view details
2007   La Independencia
Post Co-Habitat Residency showing w/ Tara Strickstein, 1900 Kinzie, Chicago
2007   Through 30 steps and backward
INSITE, Milwaukee, WI.- Temporary public art project
2007   "Lo que puedes pagar"
Site specific hand lettering project,Chicago >view slideshow
2007   Fusiform, Public Installations, Boston
Partitions of Fusiform reinterpreted as unsolicited public installations >Photos
2007   Goldman Properties, South Boston
Series of location specific works, Boston, MA.
2007   Decadence and Temptation
Site specific paintings for Phaiz, Chicago >photo
2006   Radiophobia
A Chernobyl Poem by Lyubov Sirota Ukrainian Village, Chicago >photo
2006   "Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else"
INSITE Collaborative public mural, w/ Chris Silva- Milwaukee, WI. >details
2006   Nova Art Fair
Site specific installation in Chicago Transit Authority train car >details
2005   HSS- Home Sweet Street
Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark
Curated by Bridgette Buckley >website
2005   State Street Barricade
"You are beautiful" Collaborative public mural w/ Chris Silva and Matthew Hoffman, on State St. between Randolph and Washington, The Loop, Chicago >photo
2005   Tragic Beauty, Public Installations, Chicago
Partitions of Tragic Beauty reinterpreted as collaborative public installations >1
>2
2004   Collaborative public installations, Chicago
Collaborative studio work w/ Chris Silva reintroduced as public art, post gallery exhibition Amor y Esperanza, Defiance Gallery, Chicago
Residencies  
2008   Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Artist in Residence (January- February 2008)
2008   Chicago Cultural Center- Pedway project
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Randolph Street pedway, Chicago
2007   Co-Habitat- Monterrey, Mexico
4 week residency program including visiting artist workshops and lectures Coordinated by David Hernandez Casas
2003   Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago
Page Bros. Open Studio Project w/ Chris Silva, The Page Brothers Building, Chicago
Selected Press  
2008   Art Beat-Chicago Tonight, PBS/WTTW 11
Artist Feature, Focus on lettering concepts and Social Sculpture project (February 19, 2008)
2008   MCA Chicago Magazine
Artist Feature (Winter 2008)
2008   Proximity Magazine, The Chicago Issue
Artist Portfolio Series
2007   Street World, Urban Culture from 5 Continents
Artist feature
2007   Street Renegades, New Underground Art
Artist Feature London, UK. Author: Francesca Gavin >Read more
2005   The Great Escape
Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Featuring a collection of collaborative work from Chicago and Copenhagen. details
2004   Refill
Artist Feature Sydney,Australia website