Biography
JoHannes Michelsen – Artist Biography
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Craft & Folk Arts Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009
Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Restful Places: Cremations Urns and Memorial Objects, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN
2007
Japanese Bowls: A Western Perspective, AAW Symposium, Portland, OR; AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN
2006-07
Step Up To The Plate, Touring
Louisville Slugger Museum, Louisville, KY
AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN
Grove Arcade Arts & Heritage Gallery, Asheville, NC
2005
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Beneath The Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT
2000
The Fine Art of Wood: the Bohlen Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Turning Wood Into Art: The Arthur & Jane Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
1995
Nature Turning Into Art: The Ruth & David Waterbury Collection of Turned Wood Bowls, The Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1993-95
Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA and touring
1992
Thrown, Blown and Turned, Northwest Gallery of Fine Woodworking, Seattle, WA
1991-92
Challenge IV: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Wood The Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
1990
Revolving Techniques, James A. Michener Art Center, Doylestown, PA
Solo Exhibition, Boston Design Center, Boston, MA
Electrified, Frog Hollow Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Contemporary Turned Wood Vessels, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY
1989
Turners Challenge, Craft Alliance Gallery, St Louis, MO
Vessels Turned and Carved, Sansar Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988
Works Off the Lathe, Craft Alliance Gallery, St Louis, MO
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2003
Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture. Meilach, Dona. Schiffer Publications, Westchester, PA.
2004
Beneath The Bark: Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning. Christensen, Kip & Nish, Dale.
Utah Woodturning Symposium, Inc, Provo, UT.
2000
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection. Fike, Bonita. Abbeville Press, New York, NY.
1999
Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition. Leier, Ray; Peters, Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Hand Books Press, Madison, WI.
