EDUCATION
California College of Arts and Crafts
Oakland, CA, 1996 – 1999, Ceramic Emphasis
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL, June 1975, B.A., Art with Concentration in Ceramics
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Congruence - I Like Your Work Podcast, Summer Juried Show, June 2020
Visual Impressions, Ryan James Fine Arts, Seattle, WA, September - October 2020
Featured Artist - Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA, April 12th - 30th, 2019
Sheets of Paper - Penny Michel, Augusta Farnum and Squire Broel, Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA,
January- February 2019
Resident Artist - Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA, April 2013 - Present
Small Work Show - Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR, August 2017
Small Works Show - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, November - January 2017
Featured Artist - Wenaha Gallery, Dayton, WA, July - August 2016
Penny Michel Backroom Show - Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, January 2016
Solutionaries - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, March - April 2015,
Art Squared - ArtWalla, Walla Walla, WA, September 2014 and September 2013
Slip Slab Coil Pinch Press Throw - Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, November -December 2013
Juried Show 2013 - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, August – October 2013
Kiln Angels and Devils - International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, June 2012
Spirit of the Man - Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA, May 2012
Penny Michel and Mike Tinney - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, August – October 2011
Penny Michel Sculpture, Permanent Exhibit - Corliss Winery, Walla Walla, WA, 2010 - Present
Arise - Petaluma Arts Center - Petaluma, CA, September - October, 2008
Thirty Ceramic Sculptors - John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, April - June 2008
CIVIC ART WALK Sculpture Program - City of Santa Rosa - City Hall, Santa Rosa, CA, August 2007 - August 2010
ACCI Gallery - ACCI National Fine Craft Exhibition - Berkeley, CA, July 13 - August 18, 2007
Art Garden, Featuring the work of Penny Michel - Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma CA, April - July 2007
Penny Michel and Harley - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, March - April 2006
The Family of Clay: CCA, Ceramics 1950 – 2005 - California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, January - February, 2006
Spectrum Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit - Paradise Ridge Winery Sculpture Exhibit, Santa Rosa, CA, 2005
Convolution, Solo Exhibit - Labyrinth Gallery - Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA, 2004 - 2005
Ceramics Today A Survey, Bay Area and Beyond - A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2000
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA 2018 - Present
Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA 2014 - 2020
Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, 2013 - 2019
Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR, 2013 - Present
Hammerfriar Gallery
Healdsburg, CA, 2006 - Present
Quicksilver Gallery
Forestville, CA, 2004 - 2009
A New Leaf Gallery
Sonoma, CA, 2000 - 2009
Virginia Breier Gallery
San Francisco, CA, 1999 - 2006
Lill Street Gallery
Chicago, IL, 1990 - 1995
Studio Member- Participated in various group exhibits and shows
COLLECTIONS
Lynda Bengalis Collection, Walla Walla, WA 2018
Michael Corlis Collection, Walla Walla, WA 2016
Lynn and Rand Sealy Collection, Walla Walla, WA 2016
Lorna Meyer Collection, San Francisco, CA 2010
Kryste Seryozha Collection, Sea Ranch, CA 2009
Judy and Al Voight Sculpture Collection, Geyserville, CA, 2006
Rene di Rosa Collection, The di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, 2005
The Louise Newquist Collection, Napa, CA, 2004
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES
My Berlin Residency - Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA, October 2018
Ancient Art in Good Hands of Modern Day Walla Walla Clay Sculptor, Walla Walla Union Bulletin, July 21, 2016
Ceramics Today by Jeffrey B. Snyder, 2012, Shiffer LTD
Artmakers: New Wonders of the Ancient World by Carline Ponti, Walla Walla Lifestyles, March 2011
Sculpture Beckons the Curious to Mesopotamian-inspired Labyrinth by Miriam Silver, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa CA, 2004
RESIDENCIES
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark, September - October 2019
Center for Ceramics of Berlin: Berlin, Germany, September - October 2018
International Ceramic Studio: Kecskemet, Hungary, May 2012