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Artist Statement:
For 25 years I have been
working to bring the
traditions of the past and the
experiments of contemporary
art together. The St. Paul
Pioneer Press called me a
mixed media maven. I have 5
separate, distinct series that
I work in: SYNTHESISM the main
body of my work, the
ABSRACTION Series, a
non-objective exploration of
surface and color, the
EDITORIAL Series, The HOMAGE
to KITSCH Series and the
PORTRAIT Series, a series of 8
portraits of individuals who I
believe fought evil through
their work, which includes
Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. M. L.
King, Albert Schweitzer,
Albert Einstein, Mother
Theresa, the Dalai Lama and
John Lennon. All of these can
be viewed on my website
(www.VYEdesign.com)
For starters I am
concentrating on my linocut
monoprints. Each print is hand
done on a linoleum block with
a brayer with a catalog
numbering system. The first
two numbers are the block
(Composition) number and the
second two or three are the
number of the print off the
block. Each print is unique
and archival. They are
virtually like individual
paintings on paper, for $55.00
each.
Feel free to contact me at
VYEdesign@aol.com
Thanks,
Mike Vye...
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Mike Vye Biography:
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57
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Male
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Married
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1
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Your Personal Biography |
In 1968 I helped Barry LeVa with his piece for the cover of the Oct. 1968 Artforum.
1970 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Biennial.
1972 B.F.A. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, studied
under Siah Armajani, Barry LeVa, Urban Couch and Aribert
Munzner.
1974-94 ran the Vye Gallery a 2,000 sg. ft. alternative exhibition space in Minneapolis, MN. One person shows of my
own work included 5 New Paintings 1981, Synthesism 1986, Abstraction 1987, The Homage to Kitsch Series 1987 and The
Editorial Series 1988.
Group shows at the Vye Gallery
included Divergent Views an MCAD alumni exhibit and Rejection an Artist's Rite of Passage.
In 1986, when he was Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Frank Hodsoll wote a letter of support to me saying.. 'you work demonstrates that the potential for strong leadership in the arts is not limited to New York.
From 1991-92 I was President of the MCAD Alumni Assoc. and a
member of the MCAD Board of Trustees.
In 1991 and 1993 was in Illustration West a national juried exhibit in L.A. put on by the Society of Illlustrators of L.A.
In 1993 I won 1st place in the VM&SD International Display window competition.
In 1984 Paul's Pigeon Tower sold to Metro State Univ. through the MN State Arts Board.
In 1996 I was accepted into the Rutgers National works on paper exhibit.
Since 1996 I have been a member in the Northern Warehouse Artist's Cooperative.
In 2002 I won a national Adobe InDesign marketing contest.
2006 Invited to the Florence Biennale in Florence, Italy
2007 Albert Schweitzer Institute, Images of Peace exhibition. |
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