Mike in studio

MIKE KENDALL
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,
Painting

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1999 WHAT IS ART FOR. Oakland Museum Of Art. Oakland, Calif.

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

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

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,Calif. 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.

2007 ART OF THE COMMUNITY Arts Benicia Center Gallery. Benicia,Calif. Sculpture.

2007 Group Show. Four Embarcadero Center Conference Center San Francisco, Ca. Painting.

2007 To Hot To Handle. The Main Atery Gallery Benicia 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 Doing. Los Angeles Ca. Video Sculpture

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

Other Art Interests and Affiliations

Past Founder and Director of BANG! Benica Artists Networking Group.

Past Advisory Board Member for Artist-in-Residence Program at SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc. San Francisco CA.

Member. di Rosa Art and Nature Preserve

Member. Vallejo Artists’ Guild.

Member and Former Board Member. Arts Benicia.


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.