MICHAEL KOZIEN, a Chicago-based transdisciplinary artist, merges animation, video, sound, photography, sculpture and installation to create his works. He exhibits his work internationally. Recent exhibitions include: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Governors State University, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, New York University, Transient Gallery, Des Moines, IA, Korpufsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland, Chicago Cultural Center, Art in General, NYC, Harvestworks, NYC, Le Musee di-visioniste, Cologne, Germany, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL, and the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA. Projects and screenings include: a video performance at FUN, NYC and at the Sacramento Festival of Cinema 2002. Michael has been a resident artist at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME (2013), Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany (2011), The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists Residency (SÍM), Reykjavík, Iceland (2010-11) and La Macina di San Cresci Artist Residency, Greve, Italy (2009). His work has been reviewed in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The San Diego Union-Tribune. He earned a MFA in digital media from Stony Brook University and a BFA in painting from Southern Illinois University. Michael is the founder and director of Operation France, a creative collective of international artists based in Chicago, USA. Currently, he is a Associate Professor in the Digital Media + Design Department at the College of Lake County, Illinois where he teaches courses in design, animation, video, sound and digital media culture and theory.
KOZIEN
Cage Unrequited, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA
November 2015
(contributing artist to William Pope.L's performance, Cage Unrequited. Michael exhibited Here There Amazing.)
Art Gathering: Sculptors Connect, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL, USA
June - August 2014
Michael exhibited Slow Burn: Family.
ART2Make, The Center for Book and Paper Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, USA
February 2014
Michael exhibited Slow Burn: Mud Pies, as a 3D printed sculpture. The exhibition coincided with the 102nd Annual College Art Association Conference.
SLOW BURN, Transient Gallery, Des Moines, IA, USA
October 26 - November 16, 2013
Michael had a solo exhibition showing his Slow Burn series of new bronze, iron and wood sculptures, 3D animations and custom cut vinyl.
Sixth to the Third, The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL, USA
August 5 - September 28, 2013
Michael exhibited Slow Burn: Mud Pies, a new bronze and iron sculpture.
Residency at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine, USA
August 2013
Michael worked on a new ceramic sculpture while in residence.
Review of Utopia/Dystopia in The Rapidian, January 15, 2013
Michael's piece NEON PROMISE was included in Laurel Green's review of Utopia/Dystpoia at the Urban Institute for Contemporarty Arts, “UICA’s Utopia/Dystopia Tries to See Into the Future.”
Utopia/Dystopia, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
December 21, 2012 - February 17, 2013
Michael exhibited NEON PROMISE, a new neon installation.
These are the Good Times: Decadence, Excess and Decline, New York University, New York, NY, USA
November 2012
Michael exhibited DON'T DO IT, a custom cut vinyl piece.
MICHAEL KOZIEN, Morton College, Cicero, IL, USA
October 4 - December 16, 2012
Michael had a solo exhibition of new sculptures and photography.
Social Media Week, Warhol Goes Social: Creativity in the Tech Age, Critical Mass, Chicago, IL, USA
September 25, 2012
Panel discussion with Catherine Coykendall, David Hartt, Michael Kozien and Young Sun Han
From Iceland to Thailand...and places in between, Bauer + Latoza Studio, Chicago, IL, USA
October 15, 2011
Michael exhibited the installation Forgetting Iceland.
Residency at Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
July 2011
Michael was a resident artist at Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany for the month of July. In addition to Berlin he traveled to Venice, Italy to work on a series of videos and animations.
Simsalabim, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM), Reykjavík, Iceland
February 2011
Michael exhibited photographs from his Gazers series.
Our Place Appears, Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavík, Iceland
January 2011
Our Place Appears, a collaborative video and sound installation with artist Nikki Renee Anderson. Supported by The Icelandic Association of Visual Artists (SÍM), Reykjavík, Iceland.
Residency at The Icelandic Association of Visual Artists (SÍM), Reykjavík, Iceland
December 2010 - January 2011
Michael was awarded a residency at (SIM) The Icelandic Association of Visual Artists. He worked on a new series of work while in residence.
The Body Between Image and Space, Studio Anise, New York, NY, USA
November 2010
Michael exhibited Stone Triad: Breathing.
Residency at La Macina di San Cresci, Greve, Italy
June - July 2009
Michael was awarded a residency at La Macina di San Cresci. He worked on a new series of 3D animations and sound pieces while in residence.