Education:

1994   MFA, Painting and Sculpture, School of Visual Arts,            New York, NY
1992   BA cum laude, Literature and Art History, Barnard            College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions:

2009       The Violent Bear It Away, Simon Preston, New York, NY

2008      LAX><ART, The Year We Made Contact, Los               Angeles, CA

2005      Gallery Paule Anglim, Wenk Row, San Francisco, CA

2001      Deitch Projects, Adventures in the Skin Trade, New               York, NY
              Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Adventures in the Skin               Trade, Milan, Italy              

1999      Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), The               Untitled Thumb and Drape Project, Los Angeles,               CA              

1998      Deitch Projects, Leather, New York, NY

1996      Feature, Inc., Michelle Lopez, New York, NY
              407, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2008      Fat Head Balloon Self-Portrait, Exercising for                  Exorcising (Mein Doppelganger), My Lights                               (Kokopelli), C3PO, Simon Preston Gallery, NY, NY               Coup de Grace, Simon Preston Gallery, NY, NY
              Nina in Position, Artist Space, curated by Jeffrey Uslip,               NY, NY

2006      I'm Not Here, Grimm/Rosenfeld, NY, NY
              Not.Lear, Envoy, NY, NY

2005      Bay Area Now 4, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,               San Francisco, CA
              Kicking Rocks, Champion Fine Arts, curated by Anna               Sew Hoy, LA, CA

2004      OCMA, California Biennial, Orange County, CA

2000      Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,               Long Island City, NY              
              Halcyon Days, Public Art Fund, MetroTech Center,               Brooklyn, NY
              Deitch/Steinberg Editions, Deitch Projects, NY, NY
              Philosophy in the Bedroom, Or Gallery, Vancouver,               Canada

1999      Foul Play, Threadwaxing Space, curated by Cheryl               Kaplan, NY, NY

1998      Drawers, Feature, Inc., NY, NY
              Opens M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Quebec

1997      Current/Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
              The Art Exchange 407, NY, NY

Curatorial Projects:

2007      Exit Music (for a Film), Grimm/Rosenfeld, NY, NY and               Munich, Germany

Awards & Honors:

2002-5   UC Berkeley, Junior Faculty Research Grants, "The               Death Star" and "Rapid-prototyping of sculptures,"               Berkeley, CA

2002      Art in America: Best Public Art, August 2002

2002      New York Foundation for the Arts Award, NY, NY

Teaching:

              School of Visual Arts, Graduate Program of Painting               and Sculpture, Resident Faculty, New York, New               York, Fall 2005 - Present
              University of California, Berkeley, Department of Art               Practice, Assistant Professor, Fall 2002-2005
              New York University, Department of Art, Adjunct               Assistant Professor, Fall 2000-2002
              Columbia University, School of the Arts, Adjunct               Assistant Professor: Fall 2000-Spring 2001, Graduate               Fine Arts Program, Undergraduate Fine Arts Program

Selected Bibliography:

2009     

2008      Cotter, Holland. The New York Times: review, "Nina in               Position," February 15, 2008
              Cole, Lori. Artforum.com: review: "Nina in Position,"               February 2008
              Howe, David Everett. The Village Voice: review, "A               Hushed Elegy," January 29, 2008

2007      Exit Music (for a Film), Michelle Lopez, essay               catalogue, "Interview with Michelle Lopez," The               Wrong Gallery; "Interview with Wim Delvoye," Michelle               Lopez; "Interview with Participating Artists"                                       Grimm/Rosenfeld, March 2007

2006      "New and Now," Stephanie Cash, Art in America,               January 2006

2005      Tumlir, Jan. Artforum: review: "California Biennial,"              February 2005
              Baker, Kenneth. The San Francisco Chronicle: review,               "Michelle Lopez, Wenk Row," April 30, 2005
              Bay Area Now 4 Catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for               the Arts: "Michelle Lopez"

2004      Knight, Christopher. "Biennial Arrives, and so does a               Museum," Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2004
              OCMA California Biennial Catalogue: "Michelle Lopez,"               Kristin Chambers, pp.76-79, 2004

2002      Art in America: 2002 Guide, "Best of Public Art",               Annual 2002-2003

2001      Lovelace, Carey. Art in America: review: "Michelle               Lopez: 'Adventures in the Skin Trade'," December               2001
              Sirmans, Franklin. TimeOut New York: review,               "Michelle Lopez: Adventures in the Skin Trade,"               October 11-18, 2001
              The New Yorker, "Michelle Lopez," October 01, 2001
              Smith, Roberta. "Creativity Overhead, Underfoot and               Even in the Air," The New York Times, July 27, 2001
              "Halcyon Days," "Voice Choices," The Village Voice,               May 12, 2001
              Kaplan, Cheryl. "Adventures in the Skin Trade",               Fondazione Nicola Trussardi (catalogue), June 2001

2000      Vogel, Carol. "A Landscape that Grows Art," The New               York Times, October 6, 2000
              Cotter, Holland. "Art Review: New York Contemporary,               Defined 50 Ways", The New York Times, March 6,               2000
              Plagens, Peter. "Six Artists", Newsweek, April 3, 2000
              Saltz, Jerry. "Art Review: Greater New York", The               Village Voice, March 8, 2000
              Greater New York: New Art in New York Now. Greater               New York Catalogue, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,               2000

1999      "Art: Downtown: Foul Play", The New Yorker, October               22, 1999
              Griffin, Tim. "Slow Matters: The Untitled Thumb and               Drape Project", Los Angeles Contemporary               Exhibitions (catalog), 1999
              Ise, Claudine. "Art Reviews: 'Untitled Thumb and               Drape Project: Trapped in Time", Los Angeles Times,               May 28,1999

1998      Griffin, Tim. "Art Reviews: Michelle Lopez: Leather",               Time Out New York, May 21-28, 1998
              Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review: Drawers", The New               York Times, Friday, January 23, 1998
              Levin, Kim. "Voice Choices", The Village Voice, May               12, 1998

1998      Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: The Art Exchange",               The New York Times, Friday, May 9, 1997