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