“Berg is a kind of aesthetic anarchist, disrupting the natural processes of decay and organizing his interventions into exquisitely layered abstraction.” – Linda Yablonsky
Exhibitions/Bio
(b. 1948 Portland, Oregon USA)
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey and New York, NY
EDUCATION
1971 BA University of Washington, Seattle
1972 BFA, Fort Wright College, Spokane, WA
1972 Resident, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Metal Epoch, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, California
2019 The Ship That Sailed, ADAS Gallery, Istanbul
2018 Cage/Kafes, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, California
2018 What is the Meaningless of This?, Siyah Beyaz Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2018 IKNA/Persuasion, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Degenerate Work, Site: Brooklyn , NY. (with essay and book design by Stanley Moss)
2016 The Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada
2015 upcoming 6th solo show: Kocaman Kafes, at Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey
2013-14 Recent Textiles, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
2013 Mike Berg: Taking Chances, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
2012 Simple Geometry, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Believing in Impossible Things, Ankara, Turkey
2011 5/3 Insane, PGArtSpace, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 Heavy Metal, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 The Aftermath of Sunny Days, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Run My Hand Around The Font, Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
You Can’t Say It That Way Anymore, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 Galleons And Towers, Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Mistaking Street Lamps for Planets, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA
2003 Mike Berg at the Hagia Sofia Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Bronze Age, Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 Florence DeVoldere Salon, Paris, France
2000 Little House of Our Desire, Dulcinea, Istanbul, Turkey
What Days Are For, Sling Shot Gallery, New York, NY
What Days Are For, Heriard/Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999 Now It Goes Smoothly, Gina Fiore Salon of Fine Arts, Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY
Now It Goes Smoothly, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
1998 A Family of Stories, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
1997 A Haven of Serenity and Unreachable, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO
Patterns in Time, Maria Henle Studio, St. Croix, USVI
1995 Visions Fugitives, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, New York, NY
A History of Backward Glances, Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
1993 Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
1991 Sharon Truax Gallery, Venice, CA
1990 McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
56 Bleecker Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Mike Berg in the Tin Room, 56 Bleecker Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Inaugural Exhibition, The Queens Museum, New York, NY
The Donald Wren Gallery, New York, NY
Interior/Exterior: Architectural Fantasies, Untitled, The Queens Museum, New York, NY
1986 Guid’Arte Gallery, Rome, Italy
1985 Louisiana State University, School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge
1984 Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA