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

Arise - Petaluma Arts Center
Petaluma, CA, September 15 - October 10, 2008

Selected Works
Hammerfriar Gallery
Healdsburg, CA, August 8 - September 6, 2008

The Gallery Show
Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County
Santa Rosa, CA, August 1 - September 27, 2008

Prelude Encore
Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove
Santa Rosa, CA, May 2008 - June 2008

Thirty Ceramic Sculptors
John Natsoulas Gallery
Davis, CA, April 2008 - June 2008

Penny Michel and Harley
Hammerfriar Gallery
Healdsburg, CA, March 1 - April 8, 2006

"CIVIC ART WALK Sculpture Program"
City of Santa Rosa - City Hall
August 2007 - August 2010

ACCI Gallery - ACCI National Fine Craft Exhibition
Berkeley, CA, July 13 - August 18, 2007

Prelude
Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove
Santa Rosa, CA, May 2007 - April 2008

Art Garden, Featuring the work of Penny Michel
Sonoma Community Center
Sonoma CA, April 2007 - July 2007

"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

"Cloverdale Annual Sculpture Exhibit"
Cloverdale, California, June 2006 - October 2006

“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

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

Hammerfriar Gallery
Healdsburg, California, 2006 - Present

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, 2005

The Louise Newquist Collection
Napa, California, 2004

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