Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He received a B.F.A. degree from Kutztown University. He currently lives and works in New Mexico. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions from New York, to Sweden, to Los Angeles.

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Personal histories, voyages, and discoveries are transported and communicated through process, mark making, and visceral expression in the work of Michael Kessler. His paintings offer a transparent view of their journey as their paintings become. Select areas of intended color combine with palettes inspired by nature. Activated compositions pulsate with energy, yet are grounded with structure, line, and open space.

Michael Kessler’s acrylic on panel paintings utilize numerous translucent and transparent layers to crystallize his abstract, gestural, and geometric configurations. With a meditative focus, he pours, scrapes, smooths, tapes, and sands the paint to reveal biomorphic entities. Kessler draws from his connection to the New Mexican landscape, branches, leaves, and trees. In his latest series, a wholeness is achieved through his integration of nature and structure – cellular, organic forms are contained and revealed through soft cream and bright golden segments.

Rome Prize, Painting, American Academy in Rome , 1990

Pollock/Krasner Award, Painting, New York, New York, 1992

Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1977

Awards in the Visual Arts-Five, Grant in Painting, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1985

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Grant in Painting, 1983

Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
Paia Contemporary Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Madison Gallery, La Jolla, California
Cheryl Hazan Gallery, NYC

Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, Louisiana
Paia Contemporary Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
Russell Collection, Austin, Texas
Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah

Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
Paia Contemporary Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
Dean Day Gallery, Houston, Texas
Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Artamo, Santa Barbara, California

Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, Louisiana
Madison Gallery, La Jolla, California
Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Paia Contemporary Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
Argazzi Art, Lakeville, Connecticut
Ann Korologos Gallery, Basalt, Colorado
Russell Collection, Austin, Texas

Paia Contemporary Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
Mark Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah

Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, Louisiana
Art Cube Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Madison Gallery, La Jolla, California

Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, Louisiana
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Renee George Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland, Maine
Sense Gallery, Menlo Park, California
Dean Day Gallery, Houston, Texas
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts

Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, Louisiana
CraIghead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida
Reed Savage Gallery, Miami, Florida
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
F8 Fine Art, Austin, Texas
Sense Gallery, Menlo Park, California
Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allyn Gallup Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida
Art Resources Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
F8 Fine Art, Austin, Texas

Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, New York
Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Sense Gallery, Menlo Park, California

Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California

Bonfoey, Cleveland, Ohio
EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, New York
Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
Mira Mar Gallery; Sarasota, Florida
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Phila, Pennsylvania

Bemis Center of Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas

Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, New York
Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
Cline LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, New York
Schmidt / Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa

Galleri Flesser, Helsingborg, Sweden
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
Art Now Gallery, Gothenberg, Sweden
Klein Artworks, Chicago, Illinois

Klein Artworks; Chicago, Illinois
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Philadelphia, Pa.
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, New York
Concept Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, Pa.

Art Now Gallery; Goteborg, Sweden
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Phila., Pennsylvania

Klein Artworks; Chicago, Illinois
Allentown Art Museum; Allentown, Pennsylvania
Castellani Art Museum; Niagara Falls, New York
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Phila, Pennsylvania
Mira Mar Gallery; Sarasota, Florida

Nina Freudenheim Gallery; Buffalo, New York
Klein Artworks; Chicago, Illinois
Schmidt/Dean Gallery; Phila., Pennsylvania
Jack Tilton Gallery; New York, New York

Barbara Krakow Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, New York

Art Now Gallery; Goteborg, Sweden
Fabian Carlsson Gallery; London, England
Wolff Gallery, New York, New York

Castellani Art Gallery; Niagara Falls, New York

The Red Show, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, New York

The History of the Gallery, Kustera Tilton Gallery, NYC. The Plane Truth, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA Butters Brand, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon

The Non-Objective Object, Friesen Gallery, Seattle. Washington Summer Group, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon November in Sun Valley, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID. Gallery Artists, Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

Nature Reined, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2001

Introductions, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR

Pink and Red, Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Phila, Pa. Gallery Artists, Art Now Gallery, Gothenborg, Sweden

After Nature II, Trevor Richardson, Herter Art Gallery, University of Works on Paper, Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Phila, Pa. Gallery Artists, Klein Art Works, Chicago. IL.

Michael Kessler and Stephanie Weber, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago Gallery Artists, Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Phila, Pa A Few Great, Big Pictures, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota. Fl.

Gallery Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico Exquisite Surfaces, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa. Gallery Artists, Klein Art Works, Chicago. IL.

Cuenca Bienal , Quito and Guayaqiul, Equador /Phoenix Art David Rubin, Curator of Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Az.

Directors Choice, Horwitch/Lewallen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Gallery Artists, Klein Artworks, Chicago Illinois. Michael Kessler/James Bruss, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Na

Gallery MAR

Backwater (1)

Acrylic Painting

Artist: Michael Kessler

Title: Backwater (1)

Medium: Acrylic Painting

Size: 36" x 48"

Price: $7,250

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