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