Mike Pare'
Born 1969, Daly City, CA
Lives/ Works New Mexico

EDUCATION
1992 BFA in Printmaking at California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Poor Man's Guru, Rich Man's Guru, at Preteen, Hermosillo, Mexico
2005
Blissed Out at ATM Gallery, NYC
2004
Works on Paper at Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Black Light Folk Festival at ATM Gallery, NYC
2001
White Room Project, at White Columns, NYC
1998
Pacific Time, at ESP Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
World Sports, at ESP Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995
Junk Science, at St. Edward's, Emeryville, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Works on Paper, Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC
Torched by Mystics, Ditch Projects, Curated by Ken Miller, Springfield, OR
Warren Oates in the Economic Crisis of 2008, Curated by Dave Bryant, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
Manifest Hope, DC Gallery, Washinton D.C.
2008
East Goes West, ATM Gallery, New York
Brevity’s Rainbow, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Zombie Surfers, Cell Space, London
2007
Awakening of My Secret Brother, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo,
Japan Hot and Cold #3, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In the Country of Last Refuge, Aferro Gallery, Newark NJ
Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Space is a Place, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland,
Oregon Harry Smith Anthology Remixed, Alt.gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2006
I Drank the Kool-aid, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York
National Image, Boston University
Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Youth Of Today, Schirn Kunstalle, Frankfurt
Cosmic Wonder, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art benefit
2005
Rotterdam Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art
First We Take Museums, Kaisma, Helsinki, Finland
With Us Against Reality or Against Us, Chocolate Factory, Oslo, Norway
Mystic Truths, Kavi Gupta, Chicago
White Columns Benefit Auction, NYC
Much Madness is Divinest Sense, Cohan and Leslie, NYC
Stick/Figure drawing show, MAMA showroom
2004
Stars and Bars, Chapman College, Orange, CA
By The People, For the People, Transport Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Brothers, Fresh Up Club, Austin, TX
Axxxpresssunizm, Vilma Gold, London
White Columns Benefit Auction, NYC Neotrad,
Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
2003
Downtown 4 Democracy Benefit Auction, NYC
Kult 48, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY
K48 Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, agnes b. gallery,
Paris Now Playing, D'Amilio Terras Gallery, NYC
The T-Shirt Show, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, NYC
The Future That Never Happened, GhettoGloss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
K48 presents: DAAG ONS NIET UIT, Marres Gallery, Maastricht, Netherlands
What Are You Growing In Your Garden?, ATM Gallery, NYC
2002
K48 Teenage Rebel Show, John Connelly presents,
NYC Bellwether Benefit Auction, Brooklyn, NY
2001
White Columns Benefit Auction, NYC
2000
Portrait Show at New Image Art, Los Angeles,
CA Ride Free, at Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, NYC
1999
Bay Area Now 2, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
SF Return of the Real, at Videoland, NYC
Forever is a Hell of a Long Time at Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, NYC
Peek-a Boo, erotic art show at ESP Gallery, SF
1998
Acne, at Double Pleasure Gallery, NYC
Pets, at Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, NYC
Survey Show, at ESP Gallery, SF
1996
Confess, at Southern Exposure Gallery, SF
1995
Cheap Art Show, ACME Gallery, SF

RESIDENCIES AND LECTURES
2009
Islip Art Museum Residency Program, NY
2008
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, New York University, NYC, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture, Syracuse University, NY
2006
Lithography Studio Residency at J.E. Wolfensberger AG, Zurich

PRINT PROJECTS
2009
It Came From Brooklyn, Guggenheim Museum NY
2007
Art contributer for Esquire Magazine Russia
Art contributer for Nike "Re-Run Project" curated by Aaron Rose
Artwork for GHQ album, Crystal Healing
Contribution to Hot and Cold magazine #3 Publication-"Kampus",
Book review contribution to K48 Magazine
Monograph- "Thought Forms", published by Seems press, San Francisco
Artwork for Bidoun Magazine Article- "A Portrait of the Jihadist as a White Negro"
Publication- story contribution to "My First Time" book published by AK Press. Edited by Chris Duncan
Publication-“The Canyon is Possessed”, contribution to Frozen Tears III
2006
Art contributer for McSweeny’s “Yeti Researcher”
Lithography editions printed with J.E. Wolfensberger Stuios, Zurich
Art contributer for Tokion magazine
Art contributer for Anathema magazine
Art contributer for Converse Chuck Taylor Shoes
Art contributer for 2K Gingham
2005
UOVO
2004
Analogue Press Portfolio Series, Vol 1, #1, Los Angeles
Album art for "Too Young to go Steady" by Mob Stereo
"Two Steps Back" for 55DSL
"Secret Sidewalk" text for Frozen Tears, book project curated by John Russell, London, UK
2003
"Psychic Freedom", a 4 page print project for K48 magazine, NY
2002
"Teenage Geography" print/video project for K48 magazine, NY
Album art for Medicine8 on Regal recordings
Untitled, an eight page print project for K48 magazine, NY 2001
The Secret Element, a 20 page project curated by Luis Macias for Zingmagazine

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Feature in Beautiful Decay Magazine, issue R
Feature in XLR8R magazine, September
"Thought Forms" by Mike Pare, published by Seems Books
2006
Catalog for 'The Youth of Today', Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Catalog for 'Cosmic Wonder', Yerba Buena Center For the Arts, San Francisco
2005
Catalog for 'First We Take Museums', Kiasma, Helsinki
Supergroups and Wannabees, Jerry Saltz, Village Voice
Interview in Tokion magazine
Critical review of Works on Paper at Mark Moore by Erik Bluhm, Art US
Critical review of Axxpressunizm at Alice Day by Maria Fusco, Flash Art
2004
Critical review of Works on Paper at Mark Moore by Holly Myers, Los Angeles Times
2003
Critical review of Black Light Folk Festival by Holland Cotter, New York Times
2002
Critical Review of K48 Teenage Rebel Show by Karen Rosenberg, Village Voice
2000
Critical review of Bay Area Now 2: by Tessa DeCarlo, Wall Street Journal, January 27
1999
Critical review of Forever is a Hell of a Long Time: "Mood Swings" by Jerry Saltz, Village Voice

EVENTS
2006
ART LA fair, Santa Monica. Presented by ATM Gallery
NADA art fair, Miami. Presented by ATM Gallery
Black Light Folk Festival West, various california locations
2005
NADA art fair, Miami. Presented by ATM Gallery Black Light Folk Festival 2005, Glass House Gallery, Brooklyn Kunst 05 Zurich art fair, Switzerland. Presented by ATM Gallery 2004 NADA art fair, Miami. Presented by ATM Gallery Scope art fair, New York. Presented by Mark Moore Gallery
Stray art fair, Chicago. Presented by ATM Gallery
2003
Black Light Folk Festival, various locations in NYC including Deitch Projects and ATM Gallery Scope Art Fair, NY. Presented by K48
1999
The New York Performance Awards at CRP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "Ride On" video selected for Hors Circuit, film/video show in Paris and Berlin. "Ride On" video selected for the Ex-Change Project, sponsored by the Anthology Film Archives, NY. International film/video exhibit in Paris, New Zealand, China, Thailand, and New York. "Ride On" video at Feels Like the First Time at Double Pleasure Gallery, NYC
1998
Atari Therapy performance at the Piano Store, NYC
1996
Installation/performance: "Portrait Artist" at Sui Generis Warehouse, SF 1992 Installation/performance: "Shop" at Cat's Head Performance, Dublin, Ireland