Michael Waugh is a Galveston, TX-based artist whose primary medium is drawing. Known for his large-scale satirical drawings that are meticulously rendered, Waugh incorporates whole texts such as presidential inauguration speeches, excerpts from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and notable bureaucratic documents such as those that coalesced around the privatization of social security and the investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy.
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Lives and works in Galveston, TX, USA.

Education

M.F.A., Creative Writing/Arts Cognate, Texas State University, San Marcos.
M.A., Studio Art, New York University, NYC.
B.A., History, University Of Texas at Austin, Texas

Solo Exhibition

2015   
Boom, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles.

2013   
Offenses Against One’s Self, Schroeder Romero at Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY

2011   
Decline and Fall, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY

2009   
The More I See of Men, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY

2007   
Lead Me Astray, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY


Group Exhibition & Performance

2015   
A Very Anxious Feeling: Artwork from the Collection of Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy, Mattatuck Museum. Waterbury, CT
Paper Jam: Exploring Visual Strategies for Social Concern, curated by Larry Walczak, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2014   
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, Aberson Exhibits, Tulsa, OK
Larry Collins and Michael Waugh, TB Projects, Provincetown, MA

2012   
Wonder World, The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
11th National Drawing Invitational, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

2011   
Idée Fixe: Drawings of an Obsessive Nature, Winkleman Gallery, NYC.
RENDERED: A STARK UNREAL, curated by Barry Rosenberg,, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

2010   
Decline and Fall (of a performance artist), PULSE Projects, PULSE Art Fair, Miami, FL
Bestiary, The Wassiac Projec,. Wassaic, NY

2009   
10th Havana Biennial: Chelsea Visits Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Engagierte New Yorker Kunst in PRENNNG: The Next Step to Your Future, curated by Hannes Priesch, Villa Feuerlöscher, Prenning, Austria.
Superfine, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Survive, curated by Janet Phelps, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Note to Self, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY

2008   
Timeless, Morris Museum, Morris, NJ
More Than Words, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
TEXT/URAL, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA
From Brooklyn With Love, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY
Caucus, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY

2007   
The Story Goes, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Abstract (guerilla performance), College Art Association conference, New York, NY
Nightly News, curated by Kathy Goncharov, Luxe Gallery, New York, NY

2006   
Text Formed Drawing, curated by Barry Rosenberg, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
The Line of Beauty, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY

2005   
Evan Schwartz, Michael Waugh, Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
R3: Reading ‘Ritin ‘Rithmetic, 30 Years Later, curated by Susan Canning, Castle Gallery at The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

2004   
Face Off, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
T5: Airport Gift Shop, installation conceived by Tobias Wong, Terminal Five JFK International Airport, New York, NY
Exhibition Anthologie der Kunst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

2003   
Decade, Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002   
Made in Brooklyn, selection one, curated by Phong Bui, Wythe Studio, New York, NY

2001   
Mimic, curated by Robert Boyd, GAle GAtes, et. al., New York, NY

2000   
Release (performance), The Austin International Poetry Festival, Austin, TX
Release (guerilla performance), Chelsea Gallery District, New York, NY
A Decade of Alumni: Invitational, NYU Washington Square East Galleries, NY, NY
Benefit 2000, Momenta Art, New York, NY

1999   
Sake (student show curated by Bill Arning, E.S.VanDam Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Bibliography

2015   
“Continuing and Recommended: October ‘Michael Waugh.’” ArtScene Magazine. (web)
Yates, Calder. Michael Waugh: Boom at Von Lintel Gallery dainlyserving.com. Oct. 15 (web)

2013   
Kley, Elisabeth. “Michael Waugh).” Art News. May 2013, p.100.

2012   
Newell Peacock, Leslie. “Invitational Returns.” Arkansas Times. Mar. 7.

2011   
Hurst, Howard. “Mike Waugh: Artist to Watch.” The Art Economist, v.1 #7.

2009   
Devine, John. “Solution: Diverse Works (Houston).” Art Lies, Sep. 
Mueler, Kurt. “Solution (Houston).” Art Papers. May/Jun.

2008   
“Drawings Portray Real World, Inner Visions.” Daily Record (NJ), Nov. 30.

2007   
Holland Cotter. “Michael Waugh: ‘Lead Me Astray.’” The New York Times, Mar. 16.

2006   
“Text Formed Drawing at Contemporary Art Galleries.” Artdaily.com, Nov. 28.

2005   
Calvin Reid. “Michael Waugh at Schroeder Romero.” Art in America, June-July.
Holland Cotter. “Evan Schwartz, Michael Waugh.” The New York Times, Jan. 21.
Pepper Keane. “Williamsburg Gallery Crawl.” freewilliamsburg.com, January 13.

2004   
Holland Cotter. "Face Off." The New York Times, Nov. 26.
David Markus. "Facing Off with the New World Order." NYArtsmagazine.com, Nov. 3.
“Doughboy” (image). The Jochen Gerz Anthology of Art.

2003   
“Around Town: Decade.” The New Yorker. May 12.

Awards & Residencies

2014   
Josephine Mercy Heathcote Fellow, MacDowell Colony, NH

2013   
New York City Percent for Art, commission, IS611, DUMBO, Brooklyn
USA Projects, Project Grant.2010 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2009   
Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Award and The Robert Sterling Clark Visual Arts Space Award
Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Brook Arts from the New York Foundation for the Arts
Joan Mitchell Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2008   
Residency, Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers University, NJ

Professional

2010   
Visiting Artist, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

2008   
Guest Panelist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2007   
Guest Lecture, School of Visual Art, New York, NY

2006   
Guest Lecture, Columbia University, New York, NY
Guest Lecture, Glasgow School of Art. Glasgow, Scotland.
Guest Lecture, Pratt University School of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY
Invited Curator, Market Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland

2005   
Panel Curator, Project Diversity. Brooklyn, NY

2001   
Guest Lecture, New York University, New York, NY

2000   
Invited Artist, The Austin International Poetry Festival. Austin, TX