Mike Kendall Benicia Artist

MIKE KENDALL

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Born: 1947. Tonasket, Washington.
Education: Brooks Institute of Fine Art. Santa Barbara, Calif. 1969-1971
Current Address; Red Door Studio, 991 Tyler St. #122 Benicia, Calif. 94510
Telephone; (707) 745-1476
E-mail mkendall@mikekendall.com

Web Sites
mikekendall.com
beniciaarts.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1995 PRIMAL IMAGE. Benicia Art Gallery. Benicia, Calif. Sculpture.

1996 VIDEO SCULPTURE INSTALLATION. The Luggage Store Gallery. 1000 Market St. San Francisco, CA. Video, Sculpture, Painting.

2000 TERMINAL CURIOUSITY. The Fetterly Gallery. Vallejo, CA. Video, Sculpture, Painting.

2001 TOURETTES WITHOUT REGRETS. Arts Benicia Gallery Annex. Benicia, CA. Sculpture, Painting

2001 NEW SCULPTURE. Benicia Art Gallery. Benicia, CA. Sculpture.

2001 WASTELAND. Sanitary Fill Artist Residency Exhibit. San Francisco, CA.
Sculpture, Painting,. Mixed Media.

2001 - 2002 REVOLVING CORP. EXHIBITION. San Francisco Dept. of the Environment,

2002 Sanitary Fill Company, Norcal Waste Systems. GoldenGate Disposal, Independent Media Insitute. Sculpture, Painting, Mixed Media.

2002 Kwan Henmi Architecture Firm Inc. San Francisco, CA. Sculpture,
Paintin

2008 W hotel Lobby San Francisco, CA. Sculpture

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1992 ANIMALS ONLY. Gallery Concord. Concord, CA. Painting.

1992 NEW BENICIA ARTISTS. City Hall. Benicia, CA. Painting.

1992 RED DOOR STUDIO SHOW. Benicia, CA. Painting, Sculpture.

1992 AFTER COLUMBUS. City Hall. Benicia, Ca. Painting.

1993 OPENING SHOW, KENDALL, MORACE. Arts Benicia Center Gallery. Benicia, CA.
Painting, Sculpture.

1994 ART OF THE COMMUNITY Arts Benicia Center Gallery. Benicia, CA. Painting.

1995 OF METAL AND GLASS. Benicia Art Gallery. Benicia, CA. Sculpture.

1996 POSTWASTE. Arts Benicia Center Gallery. Benicia, CA. Video,Sculpture.

1996 EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE The Luggage Store Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
Sculpture.

1997 VIRGIN MARY Hearst Art Gallery. Saint Mary's Collage. Moraga, CA. Video-Sculpture.

1997 INTERNATIONAL EARART EXHIBIT OF SOUND ART. 1070 Gallery. Chico, CA. Audio-Video.

1998 GROUP SHOW (4 SCULPTORS) Epperson Gallery Crockett, CA. Sculpture

1999 WHAT IS ART FOR. Oakland Museum Of Art. Oakland, CA. Sculpture

1999 Web99. Moscone Center. San Francisco, CA. Video-Sculpture.

1999 Fire Arts Festival. The Crucible. Berkeley, CA. Video-Sculpture.

2000 Fire Arts Feast. The Crucible. Berkeley, CA. Sculpture.

2000 Form And Space. Arts Benicia Center Gallery. Benicia, CA. Sculpture.

2000 Arsenal artists Open Studios. Red Door Studio. Benicia, CA. Sculpture.

2001 Bay Area Art IV. Napa Collage Gallery. Napa, CA. Sculpture

2002 Art In The Chamber San Francisco Chamber of Commerce SF. CA. Sculpture

2002 POST CARDS FROM THE EDGE. Visual AIDS Benifit. New York. Drawing

2002 Vallejo Artist's Guild Invitational. Fetterly Gallery. Vallejo, CA. Sculpture.

2003 STRENGTH IN FORM. Vallejo Artists'Guild Galley. Vallejo, CA. Sculpture and Paintings.

2003 ALL IN THE FAMILY 2. Off The Preserve Gallery. Napa, CA. Sculpture.

2003 MAPS TO ABSTRACTION. Fairfield Center For Creative Arts Gallery. Fairfield, CA. Sculpture.

2004 MIKE AND BETTY COLLABERATION. Epperson Gallery Crockett, CA. Sculpture.

2005 ART OF THE COMMUNITY Arts Benicia Center Gallery. Benicia, CA. Sculpture

2005 Group Show Gallerie Shokat. Oakland, CA. Sculpture.

2005 Artworksf Group show. San Francisco, CA. Sculpture.

2005 The Limbs Show Gallerie Shokat. Oakland, CA. Sculpture.

2005 Artworksf Eye Of The Beholder SOMARTS Gallery.San Francisco, CA. Sculpture.

2005 Circles, Cylinders, Spheres Gallerie Shokat. Oakland, CA. Sculpture and Paintings.

2006 Best of Show Artworksf Gallery Opening San Francisco, CA. Sculpture

2006 Metal Works Mike Kendall and Samuel Gill Lynn House Gallery Antioch, CA. Sculpture.

2008 The Amalgamists. Dorthy Herger Gallery. Fairfield, Ca. Sculpture

2009 Group exhibition, 50 California St. Norcal’s new corporate office headquarters San Francisco CA. Sculpture

2009 Group exibition, Corporate lobby, 50 Fremont St. SanFrancisco CA. Sculpture

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

1992-1993 DISCOVERY AWARDS. Art of California Magazine.

NorCal Artist Residency. Sanitary Fill, San Francisco, CA. July 2001.
Artists In Schools Grant. Arts Benicia, Benicia CA. March, 2001.

Artists In Schools Grant. Arts Benicia, Benicia CA. March, 2002.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Anomaly Inc. North Carolina.Painting, Sculpture.

Avalanche Inc. Benicia CA. Sculpture.

509 Cultural Center.San Francisco CA. Sculpture.

Mr. William T. Wiley. Woodacre, CA. Sculpture.

Kathryn Young. Benicia CA. Sculpture.

Mr. Rene di Rosa. di Rosa Art and Nature Preserve Napa CA.
Mixed Media Video Sculpture, Steel Viewing Chair, Audio/Video.

NorCal Corp. Sculpture, Painting.

Sanitary Fill Sculpture Garden. Steel Sculpture.

Mrs. Kit Lee. Benicia CA. Sculpture and Painting.

Ms. Celeste Smeland. Vallejo CA. Sculpture.

Best-Keeble Collection Lafayette CA. Sculpture.

State Of Texas. Colorado County Texas. Public Art Sculpture.

Sheldon Donig. Los Angeles Ca. Video + mixed media Sculptures.

John and Marty Jonas. Benicia CA. Stone and steel sculptures.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brian Hamlin. TRUTH BEHIND THE ART. Vacaville Reporter, Billboard
section. Nov. 1995.

Benny Shaboy. MIKE KENDALL. Studio Notes. Feb. 1995.

Dianna Scott. POSTWASTE IMPERATIVE FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. Camerawork. Fall/Winter, 1996.

KGO-TV. NEWS PROMO (BAY AREA ARTIST) 6 month run. 1997.

Darwin Marable. "MARY" EXHIBITION INSPIRES AND INCITES.

The Catholic Voice. Apr. 1997.

Richard Toranto. HE SCULPTS WITH NON-TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS. Benicia Herald. Apr.1997.

Mary Hull Webster. "MARY" AT SAINT MARY'S. Artweek. Jun. 1997.

Kathryn Loosli Pritchett. LOFTY ASPIRATIONS. The Times, In Sync Magazine. Feb. 1998.

Benny Shaboy. MIKE KENDALL. Studio Notes. Aug. 1998.

Kenneth Baker. Some Strong Works In "What Is Art For?" San Francisco Chronicle. Mar. 6 1999.

Jolene Thym. What is Art For? What Are You For? Oakland Tribune Mar. 7 1999.

Dorothy Nissen. What Is Art For? Limited edition art book. Oakland Museum. Mar, 1999.

Richard Freedman. Kendall's Artwork Slithers Into Fetterly. Vallejo Times Herald. May 5 2000.

Benny Shaboy. The Studio Notes Treasury of Information And Ideas For Artists. April 2001.

Kara Fox. An Artist Community Is Moving Online. Benicia Herald. Dec. 2003.

Richard Freedman. Vallejo Times-Herald
Texas steers highway kiosks to Benicia designer, sculptor. Sept. 2004


I enjoy creating works that demand the viewer's attention, through bold

statements, contradiction, illusion or moving beyond the visual senses.

I have a vivid imagination, a strong curiosity and no desire to limit myself

to a focused exploration of the minimal.

I enjoy the absurdity and duality that is human nature.

My work tends to be very tight and finished with no loose ends trailing

off, which is a bit of a contradiction to the way I conduct my daily affairs.