Michael Rea

Title:	Associate Professor
Department:	Sculpture
Office Location:	Jack Arends Building Room 113A
Phone:	815-753-4703
Email:	mrea@niu.edu
Website:	www.mikerea.com

Educational Background

• M.F.A., Sculpture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.A., Sculpture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.S., Education, Northern Illinois University

Courses Taught

• ART 100 – Drawing Foundation I
• ART 103 – 3-D Foundation
• ARTS 361 – Beginning Sculpture I
• ARTS 362 – Intermediate Sculpture
• ARTS 406 – Senior Project
• ART 450 – Field Studies in Art
• ARTS 456 – Sculpture Workshop
• ARTS 461 – Advanced Sculpture
• ARTS 661 – Sculpture I
• ARTS 615 – Introduction to Studio Practices
• ARTS 761 – Sculpture II
• ART 799 – One-person exhibition or presentation and documentation for the M.F.A in Art and design degree

Exhibitions and Shows

Solo

• Mike Rea, Chicago Athletic Club, Chicago, IL (2017)
• Depress Mode, The Franklin, Chicago, IL (2016)
• Make You See Stars, Pitch Project, Milwaukee, WI (2016)
• Ghosting, DEMO Projects, Springfield, IL (2015)
• Neck Romancer, Union League Club Chicago, Chicago, IL (2014)
• Sites of Scenes and Scenes of Sights, Devos Art Museum, Marquette, MI (2014)
• Exile On Main Street, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL (2014)

Group

• The Makery Experience, Secret Garden, Chicago, IL (2017)
• Vibes, MCA Prime Time, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (2015)
• Museum des Kantons Thurgau, Curated Exhibition, Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland (2012)
• The Power of Making, Victoria and Albert Museum, curated exhibition, London, UK (2011

Publications

• Wood Revisited, The Center For Art In Wood, Philadelphia, PA.,  December 2016.
• Cardoza, Kerry, Performing Sculpture with a Touch of Grim Humor, Newcity, September 2016
• Mike Rea x Cross Studio, China, Milk Magazine 208, December 2016

Selected Works