EXHIBITIONS

 

2019

A Scarecrow at the Crossroads of an Epoch

Solo Exhibition

South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana

Algorithms are the utensils we use to devour each other

Solo Exhibition

Aron Packer Projects, Chicago, Illinois

 

2018

Illinois at 200

Group Exhibition

Parkland Community College, Champaign, Illinois

2017

Concrete, Paper and Plastic

Group Exhibition

Aron Packer Projects, Chicago, Illinois

 

International Hokuriku Kogei Summit –

Worlds Kogei (Artisan Crafts) 100

Group Exhibition

Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design

Toyama, Japan


Small Works Exhibition

Group Exhibition

Harper College, Palatine, Illinois

Biennial Quad-State Exhibit

Group Exhibition

Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois

Crafting Resistance

Group Exhibition

Boise State University, Boise, Idaho

 

2016

Affreightments

Group Exhibition

Gunder Mansion, Chicago, Illinois

Michael Dinges: Aron Packer Projects

Group Exhibition

Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, Illinois

Cast Off: Michael Dinges

Solo Exhibition

Schingoethe Center of Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois

 

2015

Michael Dinges, Portfolio

Solo Exhibition

ArtStart, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

 

Pro-Text: When Words Enter Visual Art

Group Show

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois

 

2014

Language Art

Group Show

Delray Center for the Arts, Delray Beach, Florida

 

Pro-Text: When Words Enter Visual Art

Group Show

Illinois State Museum, Chicago, Illinois

 

We Do Our Part

Solo Exhibition

Community Gallery John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

 

Arts/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation

Group Exhibition

John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

 

Invasive Species

Group Exhibition

Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Indiana

 

Object Permenance

Solo Exhibition

Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

New Media Exploration

Group Exhibition

John P. Weatheread Gallery, Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication, University of Saint Francis, Ft. Wayne, Indiana

 

2013

The Works of Michael Dinges

Solo Exhibition

Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana

 

Mapping: Measuring Across Place and Period: Information, Navigation and Geography

Group Exhibition

Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois

 

Brave New World: The Art of the Book in the Digital Age

Group Exhibition

Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois

 

2012

Evanston and Vicinity Biennial

Group Exhibition

Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, Illinois

 

The Tipping Point of Me and We

Group Exhibition

Contemporary Arts Council, Little Black Pearl, Chicago, Illinois

 

2011

Lifeboat: The Wreck of the Invisible Hand

Solo Special Exhibition

Pulse Miami, Pulse Projects, Miami, Florida, 

 

Write Now

Group Exhibition

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

 

Artifacts from the Recent Present

Solo Exhibition

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

 

Dead Laptop Series: Michael Dinges

Solo Exhibition

Art at Tekserve, New York, New York

 

Multiple Propositions

Group Exhibition

Herron School of Art and Design Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

2010 

Writ Deep

Group Exhibition

Jack Olsen Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

 

2008

Pulse Miami Contemporary Art Fair

Group Exhibition, Packer Schopf Gallery

Miami, Florida

 

Re-Skilling

Group Exhibition

Western Front, Vancouver, BC 

 

Tabula Rasa: A Drawing Exhibition

Group Exhibition

Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois

 

Dead Reckoning

Solo Exhibition

Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

Next Art Fair

Group Exhibition, Packer Schopf Gallery

Chicago, Illinois

 

2007

A Shot Across the Bow

Solo Exhibition

Bohemian National Home, Detroit, Michigan

 

First Annual Experimental Putt-Putt (Golf) Green Design Competition

Group Exhibition, Collaborating with Material Exchange

Experimental Station, Chicago, Illinois

 

Bridge Art Fair

Group Exhibition, Packer Schopf Gallery

Miami, Florida

 

2006

Realist Tendencies on Paper

Group Exhibition

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

 

12 x 12 Exhibition

Collaborating with Material Exchange

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

 

Bridge Art Fair

Group Exhibition, Packer Schopf Gallery

Miami, Florida

 

Opt-In

Group Exhibition

Revisioning America Pop-Up Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

 

Art Chicago

Group Exhibition, Packer Schopf Gallery

Chicago, Illinois

 

Concept Driven

Group Exhibition

Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2005

Company Man

Group Exhibition

Chase Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

 

Summer Show

Group Exhibition

Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

Research and Development

MFA Group Exhibition

Little Black Pearl Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 

 

Hidden Degrees of Freedom

Master’s Thesis Exhibition

The University of Chicago, Midway Studios, Chicago, Illinois

 

2004

11 Pack

Group Exhibition

4-Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 

 

Summer Summit

Group Exhibition

Lipa Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2003

The Affordable Art Fair

Group Exhibition, Aron Packer Gallery

New York, New York

 

Contemporary Drawing Salon

Group Exhibition

Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago Illinois

 

2002

Natural History: Specimens, Artifacts, Categorization, Presentation

Group Exhibition

Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

Essential Artifacts: Re-Presenting Everyday Objects

Solo Exhibition

Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

 

AWARDS

 

2019

Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship Awards

Finalist Award

 

2014

Artist Residency -- Connecting Communities

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

 

2008

Artist Residency -- Arts/Industry Program

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

 

2007

Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship Awards

Finalist Award

 

2005-2003

Fellowship

The University of Chicago

 

 

COLLECTIONS

 

E-Bay Corporation

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Leslie Hindman

Rebecca Mazzei

Selig Sacks

Taylor/Lustig Collection

Howard Tullman

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Arts/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2014

 

Hyperallergic, 2014

 

New City, 2014

 

The Journal Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 2014,

 “Plastic Junk Becomes Art in Saint Francis’ New Media Exhibit”

 

The Ministry of Frogs, Issue One, 2012

 

Make Magazine: #29, 2012, “Made on Earth: Michael Dinges”

 

The Tipping Point of Me and We, 2002, Signs of Critical Mass Contemporary Arts Council

 

New City, 2012

 

New American Paintings, August/September 2009

 

New City, 2008

 

Chicago Sun Times, 2008

 

The Detroiter, 2007

 

New City, 2006

 

The University of Chicago Magazine, 2005

 

Chicago Reader, 2005

 

Chicago Reader, 2002

 

New American Paintings, August/September 2001

 

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

The Drawing Center, Viewing Program

New York, New York