TESS MICHALIK
Education
2014, Master of Fine Arts, Northern Illinois University
2010, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minor Art History, Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, IN
Select Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2026
TBD, Dirkse/Prim, Seattle, WA Nov
Sea Violet, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY April 9 - May
2025
Reprieve, with Samantha Haring, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY January 16 - February 15
2024
Solo Feature, The Gilded Owl, Palm Springs, CA January 24 - March
Groundbreaking, Chinatown Soup Community, New York, NY April 9
2023
A Veil of Golden Roses, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA July 21st - August 29th
2021
Frosted Flakes, Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, IN April - June
Tess Michalik & Emma White, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto July 24th - August 28th
2020
CAKE, 112 East 10th Street, NYC December 10th - March 31st
BLOOM DOOM, Wonder Fair, Lawrence, KS
2018
Organic, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada April 19th - November 13th
2017
Bring May Flowers, Standard Studio Gallery, Indianapolis, IN May 5th – 31st
2014
Rococo Puffs, Heartland Printworks, Indianapolis, IN
Select Group Exhibitions
2027
Darkness, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL Oct - Nov
2026
People, Places, & Things, Hannah Barrett, Mark Adams, Tess Michalik, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA Feb 28 - April 6
Flowers Forever, Indiana State Museum, February 6 - May 10, 2026
2025
Raw Power, Bitter Gallery, New York, NY 45 Division St. August 8 - 30, 2025
Thicket, Overlap Gallery curated by Kirstin Lamb, Newport, RI June 7 - July 19, 2025
Turned and Turning Still, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Best of Summer, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2024
Backyard Florilegium, WAG-Qaumajuq, Manitoba, curated by Nicole Fletcher and Dr. Riva Symko Canada September 7 - March 31, 2025
Floral Arrangements, Auxier Kline, New York, NY November 15 2024 - January 4 2025
Oranges and Sardines, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA October 7 2024 - January 1, 2025
Weighted Blanket, curated by Gwendolyn Zabicki, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
The Blush, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA May 11 - June 9
2023
Sexy Xmas VII, The LODGE, Los Angeles, CA Dec. 7 - January 6, 2024
Best of 2023, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA October 20, 2023 - January 14, 2024
Please Knock: A Teen Album of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY June - October 1st
The Chaos of Spring, Gold | Scopophilia Gallery, Montclair, NJ April 22 - June 3
Flower Show, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY February 18 -
Friends & Family ‘23, Sow + Tailor, Los Angeles, CA January 7 -
2022
The Holly Exhibit, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown Arts Society, Provincetown, MA December 3
Sexy Xmas VI, The Lodge, Los Angeles, CA December 3 - 25
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, NYC July 14 - August 10
Flower Shop, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM March 11 - April 11
Crown Shy, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA April 22 - May 22
Postcards From the Edge, Visual AIDS, NYC January 8 - 14
2021
Winter Salon, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2020
Winter Salon, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto January 3rd - February 2nd
Virtual Group Show, Midnight Moon, Raw Meat Collective, NYC
Scenes From A Winter Garden, curated by Richard Saja, The Gilded Owl, Hudson, NY
Fete Galante, Heaven Gallery curated by Gwendolyn Zabicki, Chicago, IL September 18th - October 25th
2019
Holiday Group Show, Lucas Lucas, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Group Show, Diana Witte Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Summer Open House, Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Flowers & Puppies, curated by Katie Hector, The Royal Society of American Art, Williamsburg, NY
2018
Freshly Cut and Softly Bound, curated by Timo Fahler & Lisa Kehler, VACATION NYC
The Creek Flows Into The River, curated by Richard Saja, Walnut Hill, Hudson, NY
2017
Petal Pushers, Harrison Arts Center, Indianapolis IN,2014
2014
Rockford Midwestern Biennial, juried by William Lieberman, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Theatrical Tactical, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, DeKalb, IL
Public Collections
MoMA Library Permanent Collection — New York, NY
WAG-Qaumajuq — Manitoba, Canada
IU Health Community North Oncology Center — Indianapolis, IN
Features
”Art Briefs for October 27 through November 3, 2022,”
The Provincetown Independent, 10/26/2022
"On Jennefer Hoffmann, Tess Michalik and Malcolm Mobutu Smith,”
Paula Katz, Columbus Area Arts Council 2021
Kirsten Dunst at Home
Architectural Digest, October, 6 2021
’Fete Galant’ invites us to celebrate lavishly"
Nicole S. Lane, Chicago Reader, 6/10/2020
"Contemporary Desire: Puppies and Flowers at the Royal Society of American Art,”
Daniel Morowitz, Ante Mag.com, March 2019
Feature (with selection of paintings on view)
The Gathered Gallery, 03/14/2018
“Make-Space feature; Tess Michalik,”
Make-Space.net, 3/28/2014
Awards
2022 Visiting Artist Residency Award, Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus, IN
2012 Daniel Johnson Scholarship, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2009 Friends of Herron Award, Herron School of Art & Design