Penny Michel
Santa Rosa, CA
707.542.3880

Education

California College of Arts and Crafts
Oakland, California, 1996-1999
Ceramic emphasis

Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois, June 1975
BA-Art- concentration ceramics

Exhibitions

"Subsequent Purification", Hammerfriar Gallery
Healdsburg, CA, February 24, 2007 - April 7, 2007

"The Family of Clay: CCA, Ceramics 1950 - 2005"
California College of Arts & Crafts
Oakland, California, January 17 - February 6, 2006

"Shifting into Balance", Buckeye Sculpture Park
Petaluma, California, May 2006 - April 2007

“Spectrum” Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Paradise Ridge Winery Sculpture Exhibit
Santa Rosa, California, 2005

Sculpture Sonoma Destinations
Arts Council of Sonoma County
Santa Rosa, California, 2005

Multiple Sculptors: Concepts & Process
Santa Rosa Junior College Gallery
Santa Rosa, California, 2005

Convolution, Solo Exhibit
Labyrinth Gallery - Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts
Santa Rosa, California, 2004-2005

New Ceramic Horizons
Paradise Wood Sculpture Grove
Santa Rosa, California, 2002-2003

Sixth and Seventh Rotation, Next Level Communication
Rohnert Park, California, 2000-2001

Ceramics Today A Survey, Bay Area and Beyond
A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California, 2000

Galleries

Quicksilver Gallery
Forestville, California, 2004- Present

A New Leaf Gallery
Sonoma, California, 2000- Present

Virginia Breier
San Francisco, California, 1999- 2006

Lill Street Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, 1990-1995
Studio Member- Participated in various group exhibits and shows

Publications and Reviews

Dawson, Gay "Ceramics in the Sun - Taking Clay Outside"
Art Contemporarus Magazine, Fall 2004 - Santa Rosa, California

Silver, Miriam "Sculpture Beckons the Curious to Mesopotamian
Inspired Labyrinth - Abode, Spring 2004
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

Giles, Gretchen "Feat of Clay - New Ceramics Stretch Horizons at Paradise Ridge"
The Bohemian Magazine, 2002, Santa Rosa, California

Thompson, Sandy "New Ceramic Horizons at Paradise Wood Sculpture Grove",
Artweek, October 2002, San Jose, California

Collections

Judy and AL Voight Sculpture Collection
Geyserville, California, 2006

Rene di Rosa Collection
The di Rosa Preserve
Napa, California

The Louise Newquist Collection
Napa, California