Michael Villarreal
Michael Villarreal is a visual artist based in Lytton Springs, TX. In 2013, Villarreal received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX and a Master of Fine Arts in 2017 at the University of Nebraska. He has exhibited in solo exhibitions at Art Palace Contemporary Art Gallery, Houston, TX, and Project Project, Omaha, NE. He’s been in numerous group exhibitions including The International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE, Undercurrent in Brooklyn, NY, DATELINE in Denver, CO, Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston, TX, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, and LA Artcore: Brewery Annex Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. His work has been featured in several publications such as Huffington Post, New American Paintings, and Art Maze Magazine. In 2019, he was a recipient of the Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Villarreal currently teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX and is a member of ICOSA Collective in Austin, TX.
Exhibitions

Michael Villarreal, Surface and Foundation
July 12–August 5, 2023

Michael Villarreal, Not Much Else to Do
June 4–August 26, 2021

Studio Show 2019
September 21–October 20, 2019

Michael Villarreal, Whitetail
June 17–September 16, 2017
Exhibitions Curated/Produced

Patrick Gorman, Bitter Tears
March 4–26, 2022

En Masse, ICOSA Collective group exhibition
September 3, 2021–February 26, 2022

Hannah Purvis, Two Realities
February 4–26, 2022

Alex Renbarger, The Artist’s Studio
January 7–28, 2022

Alejandra Gonzalez Zertuche, De Aquí y De Allá (From Here and There)
December 3–28, 2021

Loc Huynh, The Ocean Between Us (bein hai ben chung ta)
November 5–27, 2021

Zora J Murff and Rana Young, Fade Like a Sigh
October 1–30, 2021

Suzy González, Together with the Earth
September 3–25, 2021

Madison Svendgard and Marcelina Gonzales
March 6, 2019–July 31, 2020

Texas State University Art Show
December 6, 2019–January 19, 2020