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Michael Tighe

• Born: December 31, 1961, Trenton, NJ, USA
  
  
• National: USA and Republic of Ireland
  
  
• Education:
  
  
  • 1980-84           
    The Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA
    
    Painting: Jack Goldstein Film: Gerry Wentz
    Video Art: Rita Myers               
    Photography: Robert Cummings
    
    
    Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: Painting (summa cum laude)
    The Hartford Art School, University of Hartford 06.1984
    
    
  • 1982-83           
    The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA
    
    Painting: Tom Lawson               
    Conceptual Art: Joseph Kosuth
    Art Theory: Craig Owens              
    Semiotics: Bill Beckley
    
    
  • 1983-84           
    The Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, New York, NY, USA
    
    Seminars with: Ron Clark, Yvonne Rainier, David Diao, Richard Armstrong.
    Vito Acconci, Mel Bochner, Philip Glass,
    
    Barbara Kruger, Dara Birnbaum, Dan Graham, Hans Hacke, Jenny Holzer,
    Constance De Jong, Martha Rosler,
    
    Hal Foster, Jean Baudrillard, Roberta Smith, Julian Schnabel, Eric
    Fischl, Benjamin Buchloh, Lizzie Borden, Victor Burgin, David Salle,
    Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Mary Kelly
    
    
  • 1984-86           
    Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Düsseldorf, FRG
    
    Painting: Gerhard Richter, Jan Dibbets
    
    
  • 1986-88           
    Universität zu Köln, Philosophische Fakultät, Cologne, FRG
    
    Italian, German, English Language
    
    

• Group Exhibitions:
  
  
  • 1983          
    Coruscation, The Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT, (with Jackie Mc Allister, Valerie Zars) USA
    
    Open Studios 1983, The Whitney Museum of American Art, ISP, New York, NY, (various artists) USA
    
    
  • 1984    
    Open Studios 1984, The Whitney Museum of American Art, ISP, New York, NY, (various artists) USA
    
    
  • 1985    
    Fresh Paint, The Hurlbut Gallery, Greenwich, CT, (with John Radcliffe, Stephen Lindsay) USA
    
    
  • 1990    
    Zur Lage der Nation, Thomaskirche, Berlin, (Cat.) (various artists) (curated by Renate Paulsen) FRG
    
    Visual AIDS, Museum for Contemporary Arts, Baltimore, MD, (various artists) USA
    
    
  • 1991    
    Diverse Visions, J&J World Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ, (various artists) (curated by Michael Bzdak) USA
    
    Museum in the Community, Scotts Depot, WV, (various artists) (Organization: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation) US
    
    BARCELONAKÖLNNEWYORK, Atelier Corneliusstraße, Cologne, (with Petra Stilper, Mirta Tocci /opening speech: Dr. Gerhard Kolberg, Museum Ludwig) FRG
    
    Sweetbriar Art Gallery, Sweetbriar, VA, (various artists) (Organization: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation) USA
    
    Elipse Gallery, Arlington, VA, (various artists) (Organization Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation) USA
    
    
  • 1992    
    1708 East Main Gallery, Richmond, VA, (various artists) (Organization: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation) USA
    
    
  • 1993    
    The Return of the Cadavre Exquis The Drawing Center, New York, NY, (various artists) (Cat.) (curated by Ingrid Schaffner) (collaborative work with Magdalena Bergheim, Markus Döhne) USA
    
    
  • 1994    
    The Return of the Cadavre Exquis The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
    
    The Return of the Cadavre Exquis The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, USA
    
    The Return of the Cadavre Exquis Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, USA
    
    
  • 1995    
    Zukunft der Arbeit Arbeit der Zukunft, IG Metall, Mannheim, (various artists) (Cat.) FRG
    
    Videofilmfestival, Schloß Agathenburg, Buxtehude, (video: LEGOV)  (various artists) FRG
    
    
  • 1996    
    IV Nemzetközi Szobr‡szrajz Bienn‡l? (IV International Biennial of Sculptural Drawings)
    Goethe Institute, Saint Christophe Gallery, Budapest, (various artists) (Cat.) (curated by Nada Neducza) H
    
    11th Fringe Film and Video Festival, Edinburgh, (video: LEGOV) (various artists) (Cat.) UK
    
    Earth Art, Mall Galleries, London, (curated by Brian Eno, Francis Graham-Dixon, David Mach) (various artists) (Cat.) UK
    
    
  • 1999    
    15 Jahre SimultanHalle, Simultan Halle, Cologne, (various artists) FRG
    
               Works on Paper, Museumsakademie Berlin, Berlin, (various artists) FRG
    
               International Exhibition, The Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, (various artists) UAE
    
    
  • 2001    
    Burn, Artists Play with Fire, The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach FL, (curated by Neil Watson)  (various artists) (Cat.) USA
    
    Burn, Artists Play with Fire, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, (curated by Neil Watson) (various artists) (Cat.) USA
    
    Top 100, Museumsakademie Berlin, Berlin, (various artists) FRG
    

• Solo Exhibitions:
  
  
  • 1989    
    Michael Tighe Arbeiten 1989, Galerie Klawitter, Cologne, FRG
    
    
  • 1991    
    Michael Tighe, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, FRG
    
    Michael Tighe, Comecon, Simultanhalle, Cologne, FRG
    
    
  • 1996   
    Michael Tighe, The Human Genome Project, Kontrast Galerie, Cologne, FRG
    
    
  • 1997    
    Error, Museumsakademie Berlin, Berlin, (with Joachim Grommek) FRG
    
    
  • 1999    
    Michael Tighe, Museumsakademie (S/par/), Berlin, FRG
    
    Musik und Visionen, (Premiere: digital video: Zerenka) Gr.Sitzungssaal, Deutsche Welle, Cologne, FRG
    
    
  • 2001    
    Plastic Genes, Fripress, Cologne FRG
    
    

• Grants, Scholarships and Awards:
  
  
  • 1981    
    Pierce Scholarship, Hartford, CT, USA
    
    
  • 1982    
    Pierce Scholarship, Hartford, CT, USA
    
    
  • 1983    
    The Whitney Museum of American Art, ISP, New York, NY, USA
    
    
  • 1984    
    The Whitney Museum of American Art, ISP, New York, NY, USA
    
    
  • 1987    
    The Heitland Foundation, Celle, FRG
    
    Art Stiftung Plaas, Lindau/Bodensee, FRG
    
    
  • 1990    
    Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD, USA
    
    
  • 1996           
    Commended Works Award: Painting, Earth Art Competition, London, UK
    
    

• Publications:
  
  Greenwich Time, Arts, 24.06.1985, USA
  
  
  The Greenwich Review, June 1985, " Fresh Paint," USA
  
  
  Lindauer Zeitung, 30.01.1988, Kultur, "Internationale Künstler..." FRG
  
  
  Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 30.11.1989, Kulturberichte, "Michael Tighe," FRG
  
  
  Elefantenhochzeit, 1990, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, ISBN 3-923479-49-2 FRG
  
  
  Künstler in Köln 1990, Artothek der Stadtbücherei, Cologne, ISBN 3-87909-216-8 FRG
  
  
  Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 27.01.1991, Kultur, Farbe, Geste und
  Konzept, FRG
  
  
  Frankfurter Rundschau, 28.01.1991, Kulturspiegel, "Wohnmachinenschrott", FRG
  
  
  Metro West, Putnam Edition, 06.03.1991, "Contemporary Art...," USA
  
  
  Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Arts Ink, Spring 1991, "Visions of Painters...", USA
  
  
  Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 9/10. 05.1991, Kultur, "Michael Tighe," FRG
  
  
  Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 05.06.1991, Kultur, "Spiel mit Architektur," FRG
  
  
  The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, 1993, The Drawing Center, ISBN 0-942324-06-4 USA
  
  
  Whitney Museum of American Art ISP 25 Years, 1993, ISBN 0-872427-088-X USA
  
  
  Zukunft der Arbeit, Arbeit der Zukunft, 1995, IG Metall, Mannheim, FRG
  
  
  Morgen, 28.09.1995, "Die Zukunft ist brüchig;" FRG
  
  
  Earth Art, 1996, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, UK
  
  
  Künstler in Köln, 1996, Artothek, Cologne, FRG
  
  
  Berliner Tagesspiegel, 19.04.97, Kultur, Reste der Anatomie, FRG
  
  
  TAZ, 12.04.97, Wand und Boden, Kunst in Berlin jetzt: Michael Tighe/Joachim Grommek, FRG
  
  
  Artifact CD, Arthouse, Dublin IRL
  
  

• Archives:
  
  National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. USA
  
  The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
  
  The National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. USA
  
  Artifact, ARTHOUSE Library, Dublin IRL
  
  Transmedia Archive, Berlin FRG
  
  WRO Archive, Wroclaw PL
  
  Akademie Brasil-Europa, Cologne, FRG