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B. 1970 Pasadena, California 
Lives and works in New York


EDUCATION 

2002
M.F.A., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 

1998
B.A., English Literature, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
The MORL or NYC-Apartment, LA><ART, Los Angeles
Bread & Balloons, Harris Lieberman, New York

2006
XX , Daniel Hug, Los Angeles

2005
Michael Queenland: Photographs, Sculptures and Shaker Classics, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, traveling to Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
Scratch: Artists in Residence 2004-2005, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

2004
Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Nina in Position, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Artists Space, New York
Act so that I can speak to you, Galerie Kamm, Berlin

2007
In Defense of Ardor, Bellwether Gallery, New York

2006 
Cataract, Wallspace, New York
Trace, Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York
Civil Restitutions, Thomas Dane Gallery, London

2005
Frequency, Studio Museum in Harlem
Happenstance, Harris Lieberman, New York
Put It In Your Mouth/I’ll see you on the dark side of the prune, Rivington Arms, New York
Hyperfocal, Five from L.A, Galerie Nelson, Paris, France 
Group Show, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles

2004

Fade - A survey of African American Art 1990-2003, curated by Malik Gaines, Luckman Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, CA 
Group show, The Project, Los Angeles, CA 

2003
Antisocial, Wallspace, New York, NY 

2002
Stuff for use at Hand, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA 
MFA Thesis Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

2001
After the Diagram, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Whitebox, New York

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Michael Queenland: Bread & Balloons”, The New York Times, 9 March 2007.

2006 
Brockington, Horace. “Wavelength (#2).” NY Arts Magazine Vol. 11, No. 3/4, March/April 2006.
Johnson, Ken.  “Art in Review: Trace.” The New York Times, August 18, 2006.
Keegan, Matt.  “Top Ten.” Artforum February 2006, p. 98.
Pollack, Barbara. “Review: Happenstance.” Time Out New York, Issue 536: January 5-11, 2006.
Hainley, Bruce. “Review: Michael Queenland at Daniel Hug Gallery.” Artforum September 2006.
Sholis, Brian.  “Critic’s Pick: Trace.” Artforum.com, September 2006.
Carter, Holland. “Visions from Nigeria and India and a Van Searching for Utopia.” The New York Times December 25, 2006.

2005 

Cueff, Alain. Hyperfocal (catalog), Galerie Nelson, Paris, 2005.
Golden, Thelma. “Extremes: A Dialogue Between Michael Queenland and Thelma Golden.”
Frequency, The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2005.
Kamps, Toby.  “Michael Queenland.” Scratch: Artists in Residence 2004-05, Studio Museum in Harlem, 2005.
Keyes, Bob.  “A Sweeping View of the Artist’s Role.” MaineToday.com 18 September 2005.
McQuaid, Cate. “Conceptual artist’s funny, mystical show recalls the Shakers.” Boston Globe 9 December 2005.
“Michael Queenland: Photographs, Sculpture and Shaker Classics.” Michael Queenland: Photographs, Sculpture and 
    Shaker Classics, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 2005.
Paige, Ian.  “The Shaker Conspiracy.”  The Portland Pheonix 8 September 2005.
Cotter, Holland. “Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable.” The New York Times July 8, 2005.
---. “Review: Happenstance.” The New York Times December 30, 2005, B37.
---. “Scratch.” The New York Times July 29, 2005, E23.
Smith, Roberta.  “Where Issues of Black Identity Met the Concerns of Every Artist.”  The New York Times, November
    18, 2005.

2004 
Hainley, Bruce. “Notes on Renewed Appropriationisms: The Project.” Artforum May 2004. 
Roberts, Bryony. “All’s Well on the Uptown Front.” The L Magazine.


AWARDS

2006
United States Artists Fellowship

2005
Peter Norton Family Foundation Exhibition Grant for Michael Queenland: Photographs, Sculptures and Shaker Classics,
    Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA
 
Helena Rubenstein Foundation Fellowship award for The Studio Museum 2004-2005

2002
The Ed and Marie Shaw fellowship award, UCLA


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 
Studio Museum in Harlem