MICHAEL REAFSNYDER (b. in 1969 in Orange, CA) received his Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art at Chapman University in Orange, CA in 1992 and his Master of Fine Arts degree at the Arts Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA in 1996. In 2022, Reafsnyder was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
Recent solo exhibitions include Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; “In Bloom,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA; Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; “Sunday Best,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA; “We Ate The House,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; “Gleam,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA; “Feast,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY; “Delight,” Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX; “Sweetness,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH; “Put it There: New Paintings and Ceramics,” Western Project, Culver City, CA; and “Undone,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
Recent group exhibitions include “Summer Drift,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; “Flying Colors,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus,OH;“Return of the Dragons,” Blosson Market,LosAngeles,CA;“DoYouThink it Needs a Cloud?,” Miles McEnery Gallery,New York, NY;“Little Gems,” Telluride Fine Art,Telluride, CA;“Combo Platter: Collaborative Works by Michael Reafsnyder and David Kiddie,” Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA; “Abstract Thinking,” R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA; “Michael Reafsnyder & PatrickWilson,” Miles McEnery Gallery,NewYork,NY;“Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery,NewYork,NY;“Non-Objective,”Telluride Fine Art, Telluride, CO; “Painters Room,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA; “Works of Paper II,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA; “Recent Acquisitions,” Barrick Museum,University of Nevada,LasVegas,NV;“Paths and Edges,” Guggenheim Gallery,Chapman University,Orange, CA; “Floor Flowers,” Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA; “Into the Light,” Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV; and “Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA.
His work is included in the collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Creative Artist’s Agency, Beverly Hills, CA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA; Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA; North Dakota Museum of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH; and the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Michael Reafsnyder lives and works in Southern California.