Michael Anthony García
Austin based multi-disciplinary artist, and independent curator Michael Anthony García received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in 1996. Since then has lived throughout the state and has predominantly focused his practice around found-object sculpture, installation and performance work.
He is a founding member of Los Outsiders curatorial collective and has curated large-scale exhibitions of international artists, in and out of the US, was featured in the 2011 Texas Biennial and has won awards both for his curatorial and sculptural / installation work.
García has premiered new work at The Lone Star Explosion, International Performance Art Biennale in Houston, Texas and is working with Los Outsiders on an ArtPlace Grant-funded creative placemaking project called Drawing Lines.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1996 BA in Fine Art, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Chimaera, GrayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX
2013 illuminaughty machine, Red Space Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 Bodies of Work, Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX
2002 Corporate Whirled , Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
1997 Blessed Art Thou, Craig Gallery, Sherman, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Chaos, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX August
2013-2014 The People’s Gallery, City Hall, Austin, TX
2012 New Art/ Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2012, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
Active-8, Janete Kenney Gallery, Dallas,, TX
2011 HEIR today, gone tomorrow, MACC, Austin, TX
Texas Biennial 2011, Austin, TX
2009 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Box13, Houston, TX
pr(é)st(á)mos, Humo Live Art, Guadalajara, Mexico
2008 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Antigua Aduana, Nuevo Laredo
Keep It Clean (Whitewash), Co-Lab, Austin, TX
Welcome to the Monkey House, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
Aliñado, ACNE (Arte Cotemporáneo Nada Elegante), Guadalajara, Mexico
La Caja, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
2007 Chevalerie is Ceci, Red Square Gallery , San Antonio, TX
YLA 11: "Juventud Desenfrenada", Islander Art Gallery, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX
2006 YLA 11: "Juventud Desenfrenada", Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
The People's Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2001 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000 Golden Fred Savage, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Juan Leche, Good/Bad Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY
1997 A Space Time, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Expo ’97, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996 52nd Annual Competition, Museums of Abilene, Abilene, TX, Juror James Surls
Cotton Exchange II, Texas A&M Commerce University Gallery, Commerce, TX
Alumni Art Show, Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX
Solo Performances
2014 If At First, Womanorial, PerformanceSW Inside)(Outside Live Showcase, Dallas
Steeping Stone, Art League Houston /LSE - International Performance Biennale, Houston, TX
2009 Press, Share, Repeat, The Foundry, with Performance Art Lab, Houston, TX
Talking Out of One’s Ass in the Name of Peace, Co-Lab, Austin, TX
These Are Not My Memories, United States Art Authority, Austin, TX
2008 Demasiado Profundo, Salvage Vanguard Theater , Austin, TX
2005 What's All the Croaking About, The Hideout, Austin, TX
2002 Snacks, The Hideout, Austin, TX
Potato Hierarchy, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
2000 Ice Breaker, Barefoot Brigade, Bath House Cultural Arts Center, Dallas, TX
The Downward Climb, Teatro Hispano De Dallas, Dallas, TX
1999 Vulnerable, Golden Fred Savage, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1998 Potato Hierarchy, Teatro Hispano De Dallas, Dallas, TX
1997 Potato Hierarchy, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Curatorial Experience
2015 De La Tierra, Texas State University Gallery, San Marcos, TX
Gently Fried, MACC, Austin, TX
2013 Juror: People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
(Young Latino Artists) YLA 18: Con / Juntos, Mexic-arte Museum, Austin, TX
2011 HEIR today, gone tomorrow, MACC, Austin, TX
2009 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Box13, Houston, TX
pr(é)st(á)mos, Humo Live Art, Guadalajara, Mexico
2008 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Antigua Aduana Centro Cultural, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Aliñado, ACNE (Arte Cotemporáneo Nada Elegante), Guadalajara, Mexico
2005 An Evening of Performance, The Hideout, Austin, TX
1997 "Landscape" Richard Crozier , Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX
Gallery Talks, Memberships, Awards, and Residencies
2015 Residency, Centraltrak, through UT Dallas
Award, Austin Critics’ Table Award, curating group show, Gently Fried, Austin, TX
ArtPlace Grant ,Drawing Lines Project, Go Collaborative, Public City, Fisterra Studio, COA Cultural Arts Division
Panelist for MACC Award of Excellence
2014 Panelist for Creative Placemaking - A Debate, Luminaria Festival - Western Arts Alliance, San Antonio
Finalist for Residency, ArtPace Foundation, San Antonio
Mentor for Advanced Young Artists Program, The Contemporary Austin
Symposium Panelist, Locating the Global: Performance After the Act, CAMHouston, TX
2013 Judge, Eyes Got It! Art Competition, Austin, TX
Juror, People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin, TX
Artist's Talk, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
Nomination, Austin Critics’ Table Award, Work of Art Installation, Pórtico, Austin, TX
2012 Award, AVAA Art Award, Artist of the Year - 3D, Austin, TX
Award, Austin Critics’ Table Award, curating group show, HEIR, Austin, TX
2011 Artist's Talk , Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX
2008 Artist's Talk , Antigua Aduana Centro Cultural, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
2007 Artist's Talk for ACCESS to Learning Inc. , Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum , Austin, TX
2005-present Member, Los Outsiders, Austin, TX
1999-2000 Member, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Published
Artist, Chingozine, art zine, Issues 3, 4, 5
2008 "Making Sense of Chaos", VOA, art magazine
2006 "Joey Fauerso at W&TW", Cantanker, magazine
Teaching
2001-present Classroom teacher, Austin I.S.D., Austin, TX
1996-97 Art Faculty Adjunct, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Press
2015 Gently Fried, Austin Chronicle, June
Sparking A Conversation, Austin American-Statesman, June
Los Outsiders: A Curatorial Collective with a Community Activist Flair, Arts + Culture Magazine, June
2014 Michael Anthony Garcia, The Destoyer Magazine, August
Michael Anthony Garcia: Chimaera, Austin Chronicle, August
Is It Is Or Is It Not Performance Art?, DallasArtsRevue.com, September
Michael Anthony García, Eutopia.US, August
Public Psychotherapy in Oak Cliff, Glasstire.com, August
grayDUCK Gallery, Tribeza Magazine, August
Advanced Young Artists: Teen Artist + Mentor Exhibition, Austin Chronicle, August
Local Artists’ Work Fills People’s Gallery at City Hall, Austin American-Statesman, July
Top 10 of Austin’s Visual Arts in 2013, Austin Chronicle, January
2013 Interview: Michael Garcia, Zingmagazine.com, August
We The People, Glasstire.com, August
Set Aside For, Calderaculture.com, August
Michael Anthony García: The Illuminaughty Machine, Glasstire.com, July
YLA Show Goes Out of Bounds, Austin American-Statesman, July
Your Austin Artist, Austin Chronicle, June
In The Studio with Michael Anthony García, Glasstire.com, March
Clothes Make the Art at New Exhibit, Austin American-Statesman, February
2012 Austin Critics’ Table Award..., Austin Chronicle, June
Mexic-arte Plays Host..., Austin American-Statesman, May
2011 Mirror Mirror #7: Los Outsiders, Glasstire.com, July
This group show matches the majesty of the MACC’s architecture, Austin Chronicle, July
Two new exhibits highlight emerging Latino Artists, Austin American-Statesman, July
Arte Nuevo, Ahora Sí, July
Texas Biennial Artist: Michael Anthony Garcia, austinist.com, April
Austin Artist: Michael Anthony García, Texas Biennial, Austin Art Blogs, January
2009 Who Are Los Outsiders?, Cantanker Magazine, February
2008 Monkey Shines : ARTS, San Antonio Current, July
2007 Gallery Stroll: Red Square Gallery, My San Antonio.com, Art Beat, October
2006 Talented If Not Young, Austin Chronicle, September
YLA 11 - Juventud Desenfrenada at Mexic-Arte, Cantanker Magazine, September
2005 The Stage Uncaged, Austin Chronicle, April
2001 Dallas Arts Review, November
2000 The Bright Side of Death, Dallas Observer, November
Teatro Threatens To Tickle Fans to Death, Dallas Morning News, October 28
The Good, The Bad and the Far-Out, Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 21
1997 Exposing Emerging Talent in the Art World, Dallas Morning News, January 10
Austin based multi-disciplinary artist, and independent curator Michael Anthony García received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in 1996. Since then has lived throughout the state and has predominantly focused his practice around found-object sculpture, installation and performance work.
He is a founding member of Los Outsiders curatorial collective and has curated large-scale exhibitions of international artists, in and out of the US, was featured in the 2011 Texas Biennial and has won awards both for his curatorial and sculptural / installation work.
García has premiered new work at The Lone Star Explosion, International Performance Art Biennale in Houston, Texas and is working with Los Outsiders on an ArtPlace Grant-funded creative placemaking project called Drawing Lines.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1996 BA in Fine Art, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Chimaera, GrayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX
2013 illuminaughty machine, Red Space Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 Bodies of Work, Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX
2002 Corporate Whirled , Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
1997 Blessed Art Thou, Craig Gallery, Sherman, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Chaos, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX August
2013-2014 The People’s Gallery, City Hall, Austin, TX
2012 New Art/ Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2012, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
Active-8, Janete Kenney Gallery, Dallas,, TX
2011 HEIR today, gone tomorrow, MACC, Austin, TX
Texas Biennial 2011, Austin, TX
2009 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Box13, Houston, TX
pr(é)st(á)mos, Humo Live Art, Guadalajara, Mexico
2008 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Antigua Aduana, Nuevo Laredo
Keep It Clean (Whitewash), Co-Lab, Austin, TX
Welcome to the Monkey House, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
Aliñado, ACNE (Arte Cotemporáneo Nada Elegante), Guadalajara, Mexico
La Caja, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
2007 Chevalerie is Ceci, Red Square Gallery , San Antonio, TX
YLA 11: "Juventud Desenfrenada", Islander Art Gallery, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX
2006 YLA 11: "Juventud Desenfrenada", Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
The People's Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2001 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000 Golden Fred Savage, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Juan Leche, Good/Bad Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY
1997 A Space Time, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Expo ’97, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996 52nd Annual Competition, Museums of Abilene, Abilene, TX, Juror James Surls
Cotton Exchange II, Texas A&M Commerce University Gallery, Commerce, TX
Alumni Art Show, Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX
Solo Performances
2014 If At First, Womanorial, PerformanceSW Inside)(Outside Live Showcase, Dallas
Steeping Stone, Art League Houston /LSE - International Performance Biennale, Houston, TX
2009 Press, Share, Repeat, The Foundry, with Performance Art Lab, Houston, TX
Talking Out of One’s Ass in the Name of Peace, Co-Lab, Austin, TX
These Are Not My Memories, United States Art Authority, Austin, TX
2008 Demasiado Profundo, Salvage Vanguard Theater , Austin, TX
2005 What's All the Croaking About, The Hideout, Austin, TX
2002 Snacks, The Hideout, Austin, TX
Potato Hierarchy, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
2000 Ice Breaker, Barefoot Brigade, Bath House Cultural Arts Center, Dallas, TX
The Downward Climb, Teatro Hispano De Dallas, Dallas, TX
1999 Vulnerable, Golden Fred Savage, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
1998 Potato Hierarchy, Teatro Hispano De Dallas, Dallas, TX
1997 Potato Hierarchy, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Curatorial Experience
2015 De La Tierra, Texas State University Gallery, San Marcos, TX
Gently Fried, MACC, Austin, TX
2013 Juror: People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
(Young Latino Artists) YLA 18: Con / Juntos, Mexic-arte Museum, Austin, TX
2011 HEIR today, gone tomorrow, MACC, Austin, TX
2009 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Box13, Houston, TX
pr(é)st(á)mos, Humo Live Art, Guadalajara, Mexico
2008 Hasta La Basura Se Separa [artcrush], Antigua Aduana Centro Cultural, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Aliñado, ACNE (Arte Cotemporáneo Nada Elegante), Guadalajara, Mexico
2005 An Evening of Performance, The Hideout, Austin, TX
1997 "Landscape" Richard Crozier , Ida Green Gallery, Sherman, TX
Gallery Talks, Memberships, Awards, and Residencies
2015 Residency, Centraltrak, through UT Dallas
Award, Austin Critics’ Table Award, curating group show, Gently Fried, Austin, TX
ArtPlace Grant ,Drawing Lines Project, Go Collaborative, Public City, Fisterra Studio, COA Cultural Arts Division
Panelist for MACC Award of Excellence
2014 Panelist for Creative Placemaking - A Debate, Luminaria Festival - Western Arts Alliance, San Antonio
Finalist for Residency, ArtPace Foundation, San Antonio
Mentor for Advanced Young Artists Program, The Contemporary Austin
Symposium Panelist, Locating the Global: Performance After the Act, CAMHouston, TX
2013 Judge, Eyes Got It! Art Competition, Austin, TX
Juror, People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin, TX
Artist's Talk, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
Nomination, Austin Critics’ Table Award, Work of Art Installation, Pórtico, Austin, TX
2012 Award, AVAA Art Award, Artist of the Year - 3D, Austin, TX
Award, Austin Critics’ Table Award, curating group show, HEIR, Austin, TX
2011 Artist's Talk , Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX
2008 Artist's Talk , Antigua Aduana Centro Cultural, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
2007 Artist's Talk for ACCESS to Learning Inc. , Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum , Austin, TX
2005-present Member, Los Outsiders, Austin, TX
1999-2000 Member, Good/Bad Art Collective, Denton, TX
Published
Artist, Chingozine, art zine, Issues 3, 4, 5
2008 "Making Sense of Chaos", VOA, art magazine
2006 "Joey Fauerso at W&TW", Cantanker, magazine
Teaching
2001-present Classroom teacher, Austin I.S.D., Austin, TX
1996-97 Art Faculty Adjunct, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Press
2015 Gently Fried, Austin Chronicle, June
Sparking A Conversation, Austin American-Statesman, June
Los Outsiders: A Curatorial Collective with a Community Activist Flair, Arts + Culture Magazine, June
2014 Michael Anthony Garcia, The Destoyer Magazine, August
Michael Anthony Garcia: Chimaera, Austin Chronicle, August
Is It Is Or Is It Not Performance Art?, DallasArtsRevue.com, September
Michael Anthony García, Eutopia.US, August
Public Psychotherapy in Oak Cliff, Glasstire.com, August
grayDUCK Gallery, Tribeza Magazine, August
Advanced Young Artists: Teen Artist + Mentor Exhibition, Austin Chronicle, August
Local Artists’ Work Fills People’s Gallery at City Hall, Austin American-Statesman, July
Top 10 of Austin’s Visual Arts in 2013, Austin Chronicle, January
2013 Interview: Michael Garcia, Zingmagazine.com, August
We The People, Glasstire.com, August
Set Aside For, Calderaculture.com, August
Michael Anthony García: The Illuminaughty Machine, Glasstire.com, July
YLA Show Goes Out of Bounds, Austin American-Statesman, July
Your Austin Artist, Austin Chronicle, June
In The Studio with Michael Anthony García, Glasstire.com, March
Clothes Make the Art at New Exhibit, Austin American-Statesman, February
2012 Austin Critics’ Table Award..., Austin Chronicle, June
Mexic-arte Plays Host..., Austin American-Statesman, May
2011 Mirror Mirror #7: Los Outsiders, Glasstire.com, July
This group show matches the majesty of the MACC’s architecture, Austin Chronicle, July
Two new exhibits highlight emerging Latino Artists, Austin American-Statesman, July
Arte Nuevo, Ahora Sí, July
Texas Biennial Artist: Michael Anthony Garcia, austinist.com, April
Austin Artist: Michael Anthony García, Texas Biennial, Austin Art Blogs, January
2009 Who Are Los Outsiders?, Cantanker Magazine, February
2008 Monkey Shines : ARTS, San Antonio Current, July
2007 Gallery Stroll: Red Square Gallery, My San Antonio.com, Art Beat, October
2006 Talented If Not Young, Austin Chronicle, September
YLA 11 - Juventud Desenfrenada at Mexic-Arte, Cantanker Magazine, September
2005 The Stage Uncaged, Austin Chronicle, April
2001 Dallas Arts Review, November
2000 The Bright Side of Death, Dallas Observer, November
Teatro Threatens To Tickle Fans to Death, Dallas Morning News, October 28
The Good, The Bad and the Far-Out, Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 21
1997 Exposing Emerging Talent in the Art World, Dallas Morning News, January 10
