Michel Varisco Resume  


Education:
1995
Masters of Fine Arts, Tulane University

1994
Lacoste School of Art, The Cleveland Art Institute, Lacoste, France
1990
Bachelor of Arts, Loyola University
1989
UGA Studies abroad in Cortona, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2007
Fragile Land, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2005
Ruminations, Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

2004
Ruminations, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2003
Blue, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2001
Visions in Silence, Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

1998
Desert Solitude, Positive Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA.

1995
Passages, Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1994
Observations, Lewis Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS

1990
Abstractions, Dana Center Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006
December Exhibition Featuring Louisiana Artists, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Group Exhibition, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN

Boomerang: Visual Arts Alumna Exhibition, Diboll Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

Restoration, State of the Nation Art and Performance Festival, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Rejoice: The Images of the New Orleans Culture, A Photographic Exhibition Celebrating New Orleans Jazz, Culture and Its People, New Orleans African American Museum and The Jazz and Heritage Festival Grandstand, New Orleans, LA. Curator: Don Marshall.

Katrina Exposed, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Persephone’s Spring: Return from Exile, Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Women of Focus, Bassetti Gallery of Photography, New Orleans, LA

Debris: Gulf Coast Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Shaw Center for the Arts, Louisiana State University School of Art, Baton Rouge, LA. Jurors: William Fagaly, Doyle Gertjejansen and Libby Johnson.

A Celebration of New Orleans Artists, The Warehouse, Washington, D.C.

Southeastern Louisiana University Faculty Show, Southeastern Contemporary Gallery, Hammond, LA

Carnival: A Photographic Retrospective, The Darkroom, New Orleans, LA. Juror: John Lawrence.

Sustained Winds, Acadiana Center For the Arts, Lafayette, LA. Traveling to New York, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Houston, Phoenix.

Water Mark, Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2005 Faculty/Visiting Artist Exhibition 2005, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
2004 One Earth, Passionate Voices, Duque Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2003 Riverfest Show, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2003 The Louisiana Purchase Dis-Mantled: Revisions of Our History, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002 Displaced, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2001 Traces of Provence, The French Institute Alliance Francaise through Bard College, New York, NY
2001 Vaclav Hollar School of Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition, Prague, Czecholslovakia
2001 New Orleans Seen, Preservation Resource Center, New Orleans, LA. Curated by William Greiner.
2000 Animal World, E3 Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Harvey Stein.
2000 Mixed Messages, Crescent City Brewhouse, New Orleans, LA
2000 Cemeteryscape, Hotel Inter Continental, New Orleans, LA. Curated by Sandra Russell Clarke.
1999-2005 NOCCA/Riverfront Faculty Exhibition, Ken Kirchman Artspace, New Orleans, LA
1999 Studies of the New Orleans Cemeteries, Bayou St John Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1998 Architecture in Art, The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1998 Deep South Writer’s Conference, The Artists Alliance, Lafayette, LA
1998 From the Velvet Lightbox, The Artists Alliance, Lafayette, LA
1997 Masterpieces for Harmony, Louisiana State Archives Building, Baton Rouge, LA
1993 Photography as Art, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
1991 Exposition de l’école Americain de Beaux Arts à Lacoste, Cleveland Art Institute, Lacoste, France

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Governor Mike Foster of Louisiana
Gulf Coast Bank
Historic Restorations Corporation
Kimberly-Clarke Corporation
Loyola University, New Orleans
Mayor Marc Morial of New Orleans
Southeastern Louisiana University
St. Joseph Catholic Church


HONORS AND AWARDS

2005 Contemporary Arts Center, “Artspeak,” Guest Lecturer
Southeastern Louisiana University, Guest Lecturer
2004 Loyola University, “Urban Explorers: Photographers in the American City,” Guest Lecturer, sponsored by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
2003 SURDNA Fellowship
2002 Grant from Active Element Foundation
2001 National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts Award for Teaching
2000 The Scholastic Art and Writing Award for Teaching
2000 Distinguished Recognition Award, Fresh Arts Festival, New Orleans, LA
Juror: Janet Koplos, senior editor for Art in America
2000 Best of Show, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
2000 Mini-grant awarded by the Louisiana Division of the Arts
1998 Mini-grant awarded by the Louisiana Division of the Arts


   
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