- Michael Velliquette
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Michael Velliquette Born 1971
Sandusky, OhioNationality American Field Collage Training BFA, Florida State University; MFA, University of Wisconsin; 2009 John Michael Kohler Arts Industry Program, Artist-in-Residence. Awards 2002 Travel Grant Recipient, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX Michael Velliquette (born, 1971 in Sandusky, Ohio) received his BFA from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL in 1993. In 1999 he earned his BA followed by his MFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. He now works and lives in Madison, WI.[1]
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Works
Velliquette began his career with hanging mobiles created from felt, Xerox prints, puffy paint, stickers and colored string. The pieces were composed of silhouettes of Velliquette’s profile. These works represent the artist fractured between his professional art career and his campy teenage self.[2]
Continuing his quest for self identity, Velliquette created an installation for the show "the ü in the i" at ArtPlace in Austin, TX, which transformed the gallery into a dream world reminiscent of a children’s TV show set.[3] The installation included a bridge that appears to rise out of the water, two enormous hands that play a game of Cat’s Cradle, and a small hut made from cardboard. At first glance the work seems to be crafted by children, but upon closer observation the viewer notices the structural soundness of the work.
After his large installation pieces, Velliquette focused on making smaller scale paper collages. Although these works were two dimensional, they still included his rainbow palette and his love of camp. These collages are extremely intricate and contain several layers of cut paper with jagged edges. His 2007 exhibition, The Intuitive Jungle, included 12 scenes with beastly creatures that represent elements of the human consciousness like fear, wisdom or rage.[4]
Velliquette’s recent three dimensional paper collages focuses on objects that possess devotional characteristics and reference totems, stupas and altars. Power Tower, for example, is strongly vertical and creates imagery reminiscent of ritualistic icons. He has also been working on what he calls his “Inner Beasts” which are inspired by mythological creatures and represent his own state of mind.[5]
Velliquette continues to explore ornamental abstraction through his collages and drawings. In these works he uses hand-painted heavyweight paper which creates an intense color palette and contrast between the brushstrokes and the sharp edges of the cut paper. Velliquette has been influenced by the practice of stigilization, a method for developing symbols by which a word of intent is translated into a formal design. For example, Good Ciphers 1-12 includes handwritten lines like “Opening to a deeper sense of self” which incorporate gestural rune-like symbols made from the letters of the statement. [6]
Recently he has exhibited at DCKT Contemporary in New York, NY (2007, 2009). Velliquette was also included in group exhibitions "New American Talent - 21st Exhibition" (2006) at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art in Austin, TX and "We Are Electric" (2003) at Deitch Projects in New York. Michael Velliquette, along with Leslee Fraser and artist Joey Fauerso, opened the Bower artspace in San Antonio, Texas in 2002.[7] After three successful years of exhibitions and programs the space went on hiatus.[7]
Permanent Collections
- Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
- San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
- The State of Wisconsin Collection, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
- Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
Awards
- Texas Prize Nominee, Arthouse, Austin, TX
- Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
- Marie Kohler-Knapp Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Solo Exhibitions
- DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
- Inner Beasts, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
- LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
- Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
- The you in the I, curated by Lawrence Rinder, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
- PaperWork in 3D, Shelburne Art Museum, Shelburne, VT
- David Shelton Gallery, San Antonio, TX
- Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
- Art on Paper 2010: The 41st Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
- Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
- Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Residencies
- 2009 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
- 2008 SIM Artist Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 2008 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
- 2007 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
- 2004 Artpace International Artist-In-Residence Program, Artpace Foundation for Contemporary Art,San Antonio, TX
External links
"Michael Velliquette The Intuitive Jungle" (Press release). DCKT Contemporary. February 8, 2007. http://www.dcktcontemporary.com/exhibition/view/796. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
"Michael Velliquette Abundant Creatures" (Press release). DCKT Contemporary. May 2, 2009. http://www.dcktcontemporary.com/exhibition/view/1680. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
Atwell, Wendy (May), Michael Velliquette: The Intuitive Jungle, http://glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1513>sect=Articles>cat=Feature, retrieved May 2, 2009
Miller, Trent; Velliquette, Michael (February 26), Interview: Michael Velliquette in Madison, WI, http://www.tkartspace.com/wordpress/?p=644, retrieved May 2, 2009
Seale, Emily (July 9), CAM 2008: ‘Equivocal Topographies,’ ‘Story’, and ‘Binocular Rivalry’, http://www.sacurrent.com/columns/story.asp?id=69002, retrieved May 2, 2009
References
- ^ http://www.tkartspace.com/wordpress/?p=644
- ^ Gupta, Anjali (2003). "Alms for the Conflicted". San Antonio Current.
- ^ Boddard, Dan (2004). "Secret Worlds at ArtPlace: Michael Velliquette". My SA.
- ^ Atwell, Wendy (2007). "Michael Velliquette: The Intuitive Jungle". Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online.
- ^ Budd, Richie (2009). "The Opulent Exuberance of Internal Shadows: Artist Interview with Michael Velliquette". Examiner.com: Insider Source for Everything Local.
- ^ http://www.dcktcontemporary.com/exhibition/view/1680
- ^ a b http://glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=833>page=newssum
Categories:- 1971 births
- Artists from Wisconsin
- Living people
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
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