MICHAEL J MIKULA
Born 1963, Grand Junction, CO
Currently residing and working in Cleveland, OH
ph: 216-659-7187
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Cleveland Institute of Art, BFA 1987
Traveling Scholarship Recipient 1987
Penland School Of Crafts , Penland, NC 1986
Studying with Art Reed
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 1986
Studying with Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick
Junior member Benchmark Studio, Cleveland, OH 1988-1996
Glass studio owned by Brent Kee Young and Mark Sudduth
Creative Glass Center Of America, Fellowship 1994
One of four recipients selected from an international field of applicants for three months of
self-directed creative exploration as artist in residence at CGCA, Millville, NJ
Fundacio Centre del Vidre de Barcelona, (school now defunct) Spain July-August 2002
Workshop on mosaic techniques and survey of architectural landmarks by Antoni Gaudi.
Studying with Rene Culler and Philipa Beverage
SELECTED ART FESTIVALS / AWARDS
American Craft Council Shows Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, San Francisco, Sarasota, St. Paul
1990-2011
The Original Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, 2011
Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
Award Of Excellence 2003, 2005, 2009, Fine Arts Award, 2011
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver CO 2006, 2010
Des Moines Art Festival 2009, 2010
Best In Glass, 2009
Frederick Festival of Art, MD
Best of Show, 2005
Lakefront Art Festival, WI 2007, 2009, 2010
Hosted by Milwaukee Museum Of Art
Lakewood Arts Festival, OH 1988 - 2011
Best of Show 2004, 2009, prize 2007
Main Street Fort Worth Art Festival, Fort Worth, TX 2008, 2011
Northern Virginai Fine Art Festival, Reston, VA 2008-2011
Naples National Fine Art Festival, Naples, FL 2010
Best in 3D Award
Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Festival, IL
prize, 2003, 2007, Best In Show, 2011
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Craft Show, PA 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC 2009, 2012
Sausalito Art Festival, CA 2008
Washington Craft Show, Washington, DC 2009, 2010, 2011
Collector’s Award 2009
Westchester Craft Show, Westchester, NY 2010, 2011
Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, Palm Beach, FL 2011
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Ohio Glass Masters, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH 2010
Transcending Material - A National Exhibition Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA 2010
Group show featuring works in clay, glass, wood and metal
Ineffable Light, Beachwood, OH 2008
Two person show with painter Eddie Mitchell, Beachwood Arts Council Galleries
The Glass Menagerie, Corning, NY 2008
Summer group exhibition
Best Of 2007, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH 2007
SELECTED COLLECTIONS and COMMISSIONS
Bennis residence, Beachwood, OH 2010
Carter residence, Afton, MN 2010
Bauman residence, Stockton, NY 2010
Hansford residence, Saint Louis, MO 2009
Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH 2008
Museum Of American Glass, Millville, NJ 1994
Invacare Corporation, Elyria, OH 1990
St. Luke's Hospital , Cleveland, OH 1989
Taylor Family Health Services Library
CREATIVE WORKFORCE FELLOWSHIP 2009-2010
One of twenty annual recipients of a $20,000 Cuyahoga Arts And Culture individual artist grant,
Cuyahoga County, OH
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
An American Craftsman Galleries, New York, NY
Pismo Fine Art Glass, Denver, CO