Sean Michael Gallagher
Artist & Instructor — Honolulu, HI
About
My work is much like my life, it doesn't stop with a specific style or even material. The work crosses from traditional ceramic and glass to mixed media sculpture/installation to performance. I feel i am many different people in my life. Even at a job i have several different personalities that come to the surface depending on whom i am engaging with. I look for the material that best related to the idea and i begin a dialogue with these material as they relate to the specific work being made, and generally i have several cross media projects going at once, and much like the life i mentioned, my interactions are constantly changing in the studio depending on what project is in front of me at that time.
- Experience:
- 10+ years
- Education:
- BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MFA Rhode Island School of Design - Affiliations:
- Hawaii Craftsmen
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Sean Michael Gallagher
Artist Resume
s.m.gallagher@hotmail.com
Educational History
Rhode Island School of Design, Master of Fine Arts, 2008
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2006
Ox-Bow School of Art, Summer 2005
Santa Monica College, Dean's Honor List and Completion of transfer credits, 2004
Honors and Awards
KHB Merit Award for exhibition at the 2008 NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition, 2008
Rhode Island School of Design Dean of Graduate Students Fellowship, 2006-2008
Rhode Island School of Design Teaching Fellowship, 2006-2008
Ox- Bow Skitigeegee Merit Scholarship, Summer 2005
Ox-Bow Artist Residency Merit Scholarship, Summer 2005
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Academic Merit Scholarship, 2004-2006
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Merit Scholarship, 2004-2006
Santa Monica College Dockweiler Award for equaled artistic and academic achievement, 2004
Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program Acceptance, 2003-2004
Bibliography
Honolulu Advertiser
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090726/LIFE/907260319/The%20Artists%20%20Way
Pittsburgh Tribune's Report on 2008 NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition, 2008
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_555688.html
NCECA online publication of artists exhibited, 2008
http://nceca.net/app/exhibitions/results/rjse
Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program Catalog, 2003
Exhibitions
"Land and Sea" 2 Person Show, Peggy Chun Gallery, Honolulu, HI, Scheduled opening July 5, 2009
"Rhode Island School of Design Thesis Exhibition", Group Show, Providence Convention Center, Providence, RI, 2008
"NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008
"Rhode Island School of Design Ceramics Department Triennial Exhibition", Group Show Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, 2007
"Body and Spirit", Group Show, Sol Kophler Gallery, Providence, RI, 2007
"23 Gallons of Porcelain", Solo Installation, Center for Integrated Technology lobby, Providence, RI, 2006
"Available Space", Group Show, Pete and Susan Rosenthal Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2004
"Fractured Beauty" Collaborative exhibition w/ Jae Omar, Jae Omar Design Studio, Venice Beach, CA, 2004
2003 "Santa Monica College Juried Student Exhibition", Group Show Pete and Susan Rosenthal Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 "Santa Monica College Juried Student Exhibition", Group Show, Pete and Susan Rosenthal GallerySanta Monica, CA
Commissions
Hubbard Street Dance, Terra cotta lanterns for dance performance
Jae Omar Designs, Develope Edo-Sphere line of vases, 2004
Professional Experience
Academy Art Center at Linekona, Ceramics Instructor Current
Rhode Island School of Design, Co-President Graduate Student Body Government, 2007-2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Co-Instructor, Wheel throwing class, Wheel as a Tool for Sculpture, class, 2006-2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Co-Instructor 3rd and 4th Grade Summer Studies in Ceramics, 2007
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ceramic Department Kiln Room Manager and Technician Assistant, 2004-2006
Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program Organizer, 2004
Santa Monica College Professor Assistant in Wheel Throwing, 2003-2004
Professional Organizations
Hawaii Craftsmen
