Born 1972, El Paso, TX
Lives and works in Ellenville, NY
EDUCATION
2009 Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
El Paso, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Romancing the Stoned, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Life of its Own, La Maison de Rendezvous, Brussels, BE
2017
a window, adore, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
primitive.is.him, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, ES
2016
Loony Tombs, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Something of a Feather, KANSAS, New York, NY
2015
Shrine Time, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014
Beggars Blanket, KANSAS, New York NY
2012
Incidental Western, KANSAS, New York, NY
2010
Fear of a Flat Planet, CTRL, Houston, TX
2009
Basement States, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Greetings from Berrydale (with Ryan Lauderdale), Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
Lost In Your Eyes, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Shrubs, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
New Skin, curated by Jason Stopa, Monica King Contemporary, New York, NY
2018
Heat Brain, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Line and Verse, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
Symbolisms, Cooper Cole, Toronto, ON
Pictography, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
American Genre: Contemporary Painting, ICA, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Water & Dreams, Chicken Coop Contemporary, Portland, OR; traveling to Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Go Figure, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
As if in a foreign country, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Jack and Diane, Kate Werble Gallery, New York NY
The Clear and the Obscure, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico
Strange Abstraction, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
2015
Around Flat, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY
Intimacy in Discourse: Reasonable Sized and Unreasonable Sized Paintings, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
The Guston Effect, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
The Negative Hand, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY
From now on in, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2014
This One’s Optimistic: Pincushion, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Pale Fire, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Artist in Residence Biennial: Patricia Treib, Michael Berryhill, EJ Hauser, Jaya Howey, Ewing Gallery, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2013
Style as Substance, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX Breaking Night, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2012
External Original, Clifford Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Mark, Scrape, Wipe, Shape, SPACESHIFTER, Brooklyn, NY
Pig Party, Various sites New York City, New York, NY
Epiphanic Glow, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Beasts of Revelation, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
WAVERS, 283 47th St, Brooklyn, NY
MYTHOGRAFIA, Bull and Ram, New York, NY
2011
Shapeshifters, 4 4 3 P A S, New York, NY
Monkey Wrench, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
2010
The Maginot Line, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
As if in a foreign country, Collective Show, Participant Inc., New York, NY
Precarity and the Butter Tower, CTRL, Houston, TX
2009
H.T.A.D.I.T.F. 25, Central Park West, New York, NY
Whitney’s Biennial C.R.E.A.M Projects, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008
Panic to Power!, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Deadliest Catch, CORE, Southampton, NY
2007
Berliner Kunstsalon & Anonyme Zeichner 7, Blutenweiss Gallery, Berlin, DE
7 x 7, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
Existence is Elsewhere, Else Madsen Gallery, Austin, TX
Popular Hallucinations for the Home, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX
Painters and Cowboys Should Be Friends, UNT Artspace FW, Fort Worth, TX
2006
Laser Light Show Project (L.L.S.P.), Gallery 3, Austin, TX
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel (with Art Palace), Portland, OR
Wild & Bushy, Volitant Gallery, Austin, TX
Painting’s Edge: The Exhibition, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
New American Talent 21, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2004
From Brooklyn to Bolm, Bolm Studios Gallery, Austin, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020
Clark, Andy Martinelli, Critic’s Pick: “New Skin” at Monica King Contemporary, Artforum, January 9, 2020.
2019
Gulyan, Armine, Cynthia Daignault & Michael Berryhill / Night Gallery, Flaunt Magazine, September 6, 2019.
2017
Ambrose, David, Michael Berryhill and Evan Nesbit Are The Warp and Woof of Miro’s Thread, Whitehot Magazine, October 8, 2017.
Yau, John, Michael Berryhill Will Have You Seeing Faces, Hyperallergic, October 8, 2017.
McGlynn, Tom, Michael Berryhill: A Window, Adore, The Brooklyn Rail, October 5, 2017.
‘Pictography’ at Sperone Westwater, New York, Artinfo, July 12, 2017.
2016
Zevitas, Steven, 17 Artists to Watch in 2017, New American Paintings, December 20, 2016.
Keeting, Zachary, Michael Berryhill at KANSAS, May 2016, Gorky’s Granddaughter, May 10 2016.
2015
Kardon, Dennis, It’s Not What You Think: From Now On In at Brian Morris / Buddy Warren Artcritical, April 16, 2015.
Berardini, Andrew, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, LA Art Book Fair, and Paramount Ranch Los Angeles, ArtAgenda, Feburary 2, 2015.
Goldstein, Andrew M. 7 of the Most Absorbing Art Works at Art Los Angeles Contemporary, ArtSpace, January 31, 2015.
2014
Moyer, Carrie, Michael Berryhill, Art in America, September 19, 2014.
Kardon, Dennis, Fuzzy Reception: Michael Berryhill at Kansas, ArtCritical, June 10, 2014.
Davis, Ben, Michael Berryhill, KANSAS, Artnet News, May 21, 2014.
Indrisek, Scott, Michael Berryhill at KANSAS, BlouinArtinfo, May 15, 2014.
Harkness, Hilary, Michael Berryhill: Bright lights, No Sweat, Huffington Post ARTS, May 12, 2014.
Provosty, Nathlie, What’s more real, a dead tree or a drawing of a dead tree? Michael Berryhill with Nathlie Provosty, The Brooklyn Rail, May 6, 2014.
New York Gallery Beat: 6 Critics Review 16 Shows, ArtNet News, May 21, 2014.
2013
Worth, Alexi, 25 Artists to Watch in 2014, Modern Painters, December, 2013. Rosenberg, Karen, A Roving Art Fair Finds a Home Court Advantage, The New York Times, May 10
2012
Johnson, Paddy. The 10 Best Exhibitions of 2012. The L Magazine, December, 2012
Kohler, William, Painting Lives! ‘Mark, Wipe, Scrape, Shape’ at Spaceshifter, Huffington Post, November 29, 2012.
Harkness, Hilary, Studio Visit Advice From Painter Michael Berryhill, Huffington Post The Blog, December 9, 2012.
Bui, Phong, On MICHAEL BERRYHILL’S “Sensitive Parlour Ghost” Incidental Western, The Brooklyn Rail, September, 2012.
Kimball, Whitney, MICHAEL BERRYHILL AT KANSAS GALLERY, New American Paintings Blog, June 28, 2012.
Adelaide, Kari, Michael Berryhill At Kansas Gallery, Huffington Post ARTS, June 12, 2012.
Winant, Carmen, Michael Berryhill’s Impossible Art, DAILYSERVING . June 7, 2012.
Calandra, Maria, Michael Berryhill, PENCIL IN THE STUDIO, April 5, 2012.
2011
Butler, Sharon, Michael Berryhill’s tabletops, two coats of paint, July 16, 2011.
2009
Wolff, Rachel, See Here Now: Three art-rich neighborhoods, 25 new galleries, Time Out New York. October 12, 2009.
Rosenberg, Karen, Art in Review, The New York Times, September 17, 2009.
2008 D
ouberley, Amanda, Greetings From Berrydale, The Austin Chronicle, Feburary 22, 2008.
Artist for Sharpe Art Foundation ‘Space Program’, Artnet.com, July 21, 2008.
2006
Douberly, Amanda, From Stuff, Art. The Austin Chronicle, July 14, 2006.
Anonyme Zeichner 7 Catalog, Published: Blutenweiss Gallery, Berlin, DE. New American Talent 21, Arthouse, Austin, TX.
“Francisco” and “Pipe Dream, Bat City Review, Number 2 | Spring/Summer Fisher, Gerren, Texas Artists Make Their Mark Nationally, The Daily Texan, August 10, 2006.
2004
VanRyzin, Jeannie, Empire State Art, The Austin American Statesman, May 20, 2004.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2013 Dean, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2013 University of Tennessee, Artist in Residence, Knoxville, TN
2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for Painting, New York, NY 2009 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Studio Space Recipient, Brooklyn, NY 2006 Painting’s Edge Residency, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA