Michael Kareken

Discipline: Visual Arts

Based In: Minneapolis, MN

Year at Millay: 1988

Awards/Honors: Grant Recipient, Next Step Fund Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN (2023); Grant Recipient, Faculty Support Grant, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN (2021, 2017, 2009, 2007, 2005); Grant Recipient, Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN (2017, 2014, 2011, 2007, 2000, 1996); Fellow, Bush Fellowship Program, Bush Foundation, St. Paul, MN (2010, 2000); Finalist, Visual Artist Fellowship, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN (2009); Prize Winner, Ralph Fabri Prize for Graphics, National Academy of Design, New York, NY (2002); Award Winner, Printmaking, National Academy of Design, New York, NY (2000); Award Winner, Childe Hassam Art Purchase Fund, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (1997); Award Winner, Drawing, National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1996); Fellow, Regional Fellowship, Arts Midwest, Minneapolis, MN/National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC (1996); Grant Recipient, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Lake Oswego, OR (1993); Fellow, Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY (1990); Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (1986).

Website: https://www.michaelkareken.com/new-page-3

Michael Kareken is a Minneapolis-based painter, draftsman, printmaker, and Professor Emeritus at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. He has received grants from The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Minnesota State Arts Board, Arts Midwest, The New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. He was a recipient of The Louise Nevelson Award for Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Kareken’s work is in the collections of The Walker Art Center, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Minnesota Museum of American Art, and The Minnesota Historical Society, among others. He has exhibited his work regionally and nationally, including in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Santa Fe, and is represented by Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis and Davidson Galleries in Seattle.