C/V and Exhibition History

Michael Dean Gilbert
B. 1979, Alexandria, VA. USA
Currently lives in Peoria, IL.

Exhibitions

2025- ICC Faculty and Staff Artsweek Exhibition, Illinois Central College, Gallery 336B, East Peoria, Illinois.

2025- 39th Bradley International Print and Drawing Show, Juried Exhibition, Bradley University Heuser Art Center Gallery. Peoria IL.

2022- "Recent Small Works," Solo Show, Illinois Central College, Performing Arts Center Gallery. East Peoria, IL.

2022- "Selections from the Eclipse Series," Solo Show at the Foster Gallery, First United Methodist Church, downtown Peoria, IL.

2019- Bradley University Faculty Show, Bradley University Hartmann Gallery, Peoria IL.

2017- "Emergence: The National Arts of Central Illinois." Group exhibition at the Peoria Riverfront Museum, Downtown Peoria IL.

2017- Regional Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Group Show at the Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL.

2017- "Artist in Residence Exhibition- The ALZ Set", Solo Show at the Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL. Culminating show for a 6-month printmaking residency.

2012- "Left to Chance: In Search of the Accidental Book", Group Show, The San Francisco Center for the Book, CA.

2011- "Vernissage: SFAI MFA Graduate Exhibition", The Winery, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA.

2010- "Collaborative Appropriation", Group Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.

2010- "Unruly Subjects" Group Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.

2010- "Printmaking/ Think: Bay Area Artists in the China Art Scene Phase 1", Group Show, Loft 345, Guangzhou, China.

2010- "Kristen Perkins, Brooke Westfall, Michael Gilbert", Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.

2005- "The Visual Conversation: Collaborative Works by Michael Gilbert and Shih Yun Yeo." INSTINC, Singapore.

2002- "Crossing Bridges" Group Show, CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, CA.

2001- "Just What They Are", BFA Exhibition, The Murray Building, Peoria, IL.

2001- "2001: A Compilation" Group Show, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.

2001- "Artists' Books" Group Show, Anne Bremer Memorial Library, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.

1999- "Four Artists" Group Show, Phoenix Studios, Peoria Heights, IL.



Higher Ed. Teaching:

2018—Present: Adjunct Professor of Art, Illinois Central College, E. Peoria IL.

2019-Present: Adjunct Professor of Art and Design, Bradley University, Peoria IL


Education:

2001- BFA Studio Art/ Painting, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.

2002- Post Baccalaureate Certificate Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.

2011- MFA Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.


Awards:

1999- Art Talent Scholarship, Bradley University, Peoria IL.

2000- Award of Recognition, Amity Art Foundation, Inc., Woodbridge, CT.

2011- Bronze Roller Award (Outstanding Graduate Printmaker), San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.

2017- 6-month Printmaking Residency at Prairie Center for the Arts, Peoria, IL. to complete a portfolio of intaglio prints.