Michael Ensminger 3377 Blake St. #208 Denver, CO 80205 303-292-5446
Born 1958 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Received a BFA degree in Communications, Anthropology
and Art History from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1997 - 2009
Zottelbart (solo) Reed Photo Art, Denver , CO
Tower Of Babel (solo) Platteforum, Denver, CO
Repeat Offenders (group show) Singer Gallery - Mizel Arts Center, Denver, CO
Love 4 Sale (group show) Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Eye Candy (group show) Judish Fine Arts, Denver, CO
Humor (group show) Gallery Sink, Denver, CO
Misconceptions (two-person show) Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
100 Vampires (group show) Goog, Denver, CO
The Dream Mill (group show) Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
What’s Your Sign? (solo) Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Melange (group show) Veridian Gallery, New York, NY
Call and Response: Contemporary Colorado Artists and the Hebrew Scriptures (group)
Singer Gallery-Mizel Arts Center at the JCC, Denver, CO
Convent (solo) Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Exchange Show (group show) Soap Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Summer Stock (group show) Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver, CO
Macrame Millenium (solo) Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Noah’s Ark and Other Little Disasters (solo) Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Aspects of Legerdemain Glade (solo) Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
RESIDENCIES
Platteforum - Connecting Youth + Art + Learning , May -June, 2007 Denver, CO
Ucross Foundation - April-May , 2009 Ucross, Wyoming
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ray Rinaldi, The Denver Post, May 17, 2007
The Front, Patrick Lejtenyi, The Montreal Mirror, September 8-14, 2005
Across the Board, Michael Paglia, Westword, December 2002
Art, Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, November 2002
Art, Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, April 2002
Reviews, J. Gluckstern, Art Papers, September/October 2001
Living Arts Reviews, Stephen Kinzer, The New Yourk Times, August 30, 2001
Arts Review, J. Gluckstern, The Boulder Daily Camera, April 17, 2001
Street Scenes, Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, April 16, 2001
Reviews, Janet Koplos, Art in America, November 2000
Art, Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, April 3, 2000
Art, Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, March 19, 1998
MAGAZINES/CATALOGUES
Blue Sky - 2005/2006
Image and Imagination - Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal 2005
Photoworks - November, 2004
Collections
Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon