Summary
The work of Βι¶ΉΣ³» artist, Michael Sarich, is filled with narrative icons and metaphorical imagery of a highly personal, yet universal nature. He studied printmaking and drawing at the College of Salzburg in Austria, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking at Northern Illinois University and a Master of Fine Arts in drawing, painting and sculpture at the University of Oklahoma.
Since 1989, he has been an associate professor of art at the Βι¶ΉΣ³». His works in printmaking, painting, ceramics and sculpture have been included in many national and international exhibitions. In 2007, he received the Joan Mitchell Award.
Exhibition history
- Solo Exhibition Props at James Patrick Gallery in Wiscasset, Maine (2005)
- Solo Exhibition Michael Sarich: A Selectrospective at Oats Park Art Center in Fallon, Βι¶ΉΣ³» (2006)
- Joint exhibition with Jun Kaneko at Stremmel Gallery (2006)
- Contemporary Figurative Ceramics, The Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, Montana
- Michael Sarich: Hush and Babel, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana
- Puppet Consumption (2011) & Solo Exhibition Butting Heads (2014), Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, California
- Michael Sarich, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Βι¶ΉΣ³» (2011)
- Like Love Lust, Michael Sarich Published by the Βι¶ΉΣ³» Museum of Art
Courses taught
- Painting 2
- Intermediate Painting
- Advanced Painting
- Drawing 3
- Drawing 4
- Problems in Painting
- Problems in Drawing
- Graduate Painting Classes
Education
- MFA, University of Oklahoma, 1983
- BFA, Northern Illinois University, 1980