MICHAEL MAGNAN
Born 1977, Providence, RI
Lives and works in Astoria, NY

Education

2000 Pratt Institute, New York, NY, MA, Graphic Design
1991 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, BFA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005 Wookie’s Need Love Too, (with Scott Hug), Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Boys Gone Wild, (with Scott Hug), John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Champion Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Tempest, curated by John Connelly, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Art for Relief, Metropolitan Gallery, New York, NY
Whippersnappers, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington D.C.
Group Show, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

2005 The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves, and Sarcastic Hippies, curated by Scott Hug, Yerba Buena, Los Angeles, CA
With us against reality, or against us, curated by Ida Ekblad & Anders Nordby,Gallerie S.E., Norway
Draw, Galerie du jour agnés b., Paris, France

2004 Majority Whip, curated by Kathy Grayson and Laura Tepper, White Box, New York, NY
The Collector’s Cabinet, curated by Simon Watson, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles,
CA
The Building Alteration Project, curated by Gary Kachadorian, Station North Arts & Entertainment District, Baltimore, MD
The Collector’s Cabinet, curated by Simon Watson, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2003 ATTACK:The K48 Klubhouse, curated by Scott Hug, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY
What About New York? A New New York Scene, galerie du jour agnés b., Paris, France
Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY; Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
T-shirt Show: 100 Artists Make 100 T-shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
K48 Now Playing, D’amelio Terras, New York, NY
MAGASIN; DAAG ONS NIET UIT, curated by Scott Hug, Marres, Maastricht, Netherlands
New Stray Prophets, Chicago Scope Fair, Chicago, IL
Camp Kult, New York Scope Fair, New York, NY

2002 K48 #3-Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

Projects

2002-present Contributor and Assistant Editor, K48 Magazine

2001-present DO NOT PROVOKE US. (OCCASIONAL BRAND)

Bibliography

2006  Weil, Rex, “‘WhipperSnappers’,” ARTNews, May 2006, p. 173

2004  Mogutin, Slava, “New York Attack.” Tetu, n. 88, p. 114-125

2003 Eleey, Peter, “K48#3: Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show,” Frieze n. 74, April 2003,   p. 104
Cotter, Holland, “Art in Review; By and About Men, and They’re Running With It,” New York Times, August 8, 2003, p. E32
Vaccani, Alex, “DO NOT PROVOKE US.” Caffe Latte n.7, p. 9-11

2002 Bollen, Chris, “Guerilla Warefare.” V Magazine, September/October 2002
K48 #3, “Michael Magnan Presents: DO NOT PROVOKE US.”