Micah Crandall-Bear's abstract landscape paintings examine the enigmatic dance between light and shadow in the natural world. Linear layers cascade from atmospheric to subterranean, mirroring the complexities of human experience. Panoramic details hint at daily and seasonal shifts in light, evoking a sense of evolution and balance.
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BORN  American, 1980
EXHIBITIONS
2024    Art Jakarta / D Gallerie / October 4-6 / Jakarta, Indonesia
2024    Solo Show / Aerena Gallery / August / Healdsburg, CA
2024    Solo Show / Billis Williams Gallery / April 6- May 4 / Los Angeles, CA
2024    Art Market San Francisco / Studio Shop Gallery / April 25-28 / San Francisco, CA
2024    Art Jakarta Gardens / D Gallerie / April 23-28 / Jakarta, Indonesia
2023    Seattle Art Fair / Billis Williams Gallery / July / Seattle, WA
2023    Solo Show / Galerie Brigitta Leupin / June 10- July 1 / Basel, CH
2023    Recent Paintings / Billis Williams Gallery / April 6 - May 4 / Los Angeles, CA
2022     Art Jakarta / D Gallerie / April / Jakarta, Indonesia
2022     Art Market San Francisco / George Billis Gallery / April / San Francisco, CA
2021     Art Moments Jakarta / D Gallerie / June - July / Jakarta, Indonesia
2021     Gallery Selects / George Billis Gallery / May / Los Angeles, CA
2019    Art Jakarta / D Gallerie / August - September / Jakarta, Indonesia
2019    Rinse / Solo exhibition / Elliott Fouts Gallery / July / Sacramento, CA
2019    American Artists in Paris / Le Salon Des Arts / June / Paris, France
2019    Altum / Solo exhibition / Brannan Mason Gallery / May - June / Los Angeles, C
2019    Art Market San Francisco / George Billis Gallery / April / San Francisco, CA
2019    3cm Museum / Chi K11 Art Space / March / Shenyang, China
2019    Art Palm Springs / George Billis Gallery / February / Palm Springs, CAA
2018    Art Basel, Miami Beach / Joseph Gross Gallery / Dec 6-9 / Miami, FL
2018    Wide Open Walls / August 10-20 / Sacramento, CA
2018    Seattle Art Fair / Joseph Gross Gallery / Aug 2-5 / Seattle, WA
2018    Ataraxia / Licht Feld Gallery / June 14-17 / Basel, Switzerland
2018    Modern Landscape / Slate Gallery / March-April / Oakland, CA 
2018    Art Stage Singapore / D Gallerie / January 25-28 / Singapore
2017    Galerie Brigitta Leupin / October-November / Basel, Switzerland
2017    Wide Open Walls / August 10-20 / Sacramento, CA
2017    Art Stage Jakarta / D Gallerie / August 11-13 /  Jakarta, Indonesia
2017    Radium / Elliott Fouts Gallery, solo exhibition / July 1-31 / Sacramento, CA
2017    Art Pampelonne / Joseph Gross Gallery / June 29-July 2 / Saint Tropez, France
2017    Versailles Now / Mirus Gallery / May - June / San Francisco, CA
2017    Art Market SF / George Billis Gallery / April / San Francisco, CA
2017    Art Palm Springs / Adrien Kavachnina Gallery / February 16-19
2016    Scope Miami Beach / Joseph Gross Gallery / December 2016 / Miami, FL
2016    Group Exhibition / Adrien Kavachnina Gallery / April 2016 / Paris,  France
2016    Telluric / Solo Exhibition / Elliott Fouts Gallery / July 2016 / Sacramento, CA
2016    Group Exhibition / Christopher Hill Gallery / October 2016 / Healdsburg, CA
2015    Variations on Abstraction 2010-2015 / Transmission Gallery / Oakland, CA
2015    Latitudes / Elliott Fouts Gallery / Sacramento, CA
2015    Art Palm Beach / Castle Fitzjohns Gallery / Palm Beach, FL
2015    MIA Art Fair / Castle Fitzjohns Gallery / Miami FL
2015    Castle Fitzjohns Pop up / Jan-March / Seafair yacht / Miami, FL
2014    Spectrum / Solo Exhibition / Elliott Fouts Gallery / July 2014 / Sacramento, CA
2014    Architect for the Soul / Dogpatch Gallery / April 2014 / San Francisco, CA
2014    aMFa Gallery / Solo Exhibition / April 2014 / San Francisco, CA
2014    Christopher Hill Gallery / Anniversary show / February / Healdsburg, CA
2013    Christopher Hill Gallery / Group Exhibition / November 2013 / Healdsburg, CA
2013    New Horizons / Solo Exhibition / Elliott Fouts Gallery / July 2013 / Sacramento, CA
2013    Christopher Hill Gallery / Grand Opening Exhibition / February 2013 / Healdsburg, CA
2013    Layers / Transmission Gallery / Group show / February 2013 / Oakland, CA
2012    40 and Under / Elliott Fouts Gallery / August 2012 / Sacramento, CA
2012    Launch - Art + Music Festival / July 2012 / Sacramento, CA
2012    Center for Contemporary Art of Sacramento / Art a Go Go / July 2012 / Sacramento, CA
2012    Parallel Affinity / Solo Exhibition / aMFa Gallery / February 2012 / Berkeley, CA
2011     40 and Under / Elliott Fouts Gallery / August 2011 / Sacramento, CA
2011     Develop / The Union Gallery at CSUS / November 2011 / Sacramento, CA
2011     Abstract: 2000 - 2010 / Temporary Contemporary Gallery / October 2011 / Sacramento, CA
2011     Center for Contemporary Art of Sacramento / Auction / September 2011 / Sacramento, CA
2011     Launch - Art + Music Festival / July 2011 / Sacramento, CA
2011     The Man and the Ladder / Beatnik Gallery / July 2011 / Sacramento, CA
2010    Skinner Howard Gallery / November 2010 / Sacramento, CA
2010    Terrene Series / Francesca Gallery / November 2010 / Sausalito, CA
2010    Intangible Concepts / 20th Street Art Gallery / July 2010 / Sacramento, CA
2010    The Urban Hive / April 2010 / Sacramento, CA
Before 2010    Space 07 / July 2008 / Sacramento, CA
Before 2010   A Creative Merger: A Collaboration by California Lawyers for the Arts / 2005 / Sacramento, CA
Before 2010   The Sacramento Department of Justice / April 2005 / Sacramento, CA
Before 2010   Attorney General's Office / May 2005 / Sacramento, CA
Before 2010   Altares Del Mundo / A Celebration of Remembrance / October 1999 / Sacramento, CA
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
Google / Googleplex Headquarters, Mountain View, CA
Crocker Art Museum / Sacramento, CA
HBO, Inc. / Los Angeles, CA
Facebook Inc. / Lulea, Sweden / Prineville, OR / Forest City, NC / Altoona, IA
Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative / Redwood City, CA
Resnick Foundation / Los Angeles, CA Visa Inc. / Foster City, CA
Intel / Folsom, CA
Altera, Inc. / Penang, Malaysia Infoblox / Santa Clara, CA
University of Davis Medical Center / Sacramento, CA
PRESS
Art Maze Mag / Issue 2 / 2017
Prestige Indonesia / 2017
Sugar & Cream Indonesia / 2017
Forbes / 14 Contemporary Artists / October 2015
American Art Collector / July 2013, 2014
Submerge Magazine / Cover story / June 2015
Argot & Ocher / Pull: Recent Works by Micah Crandall-Bear. By Lainya Magana / July 2009
ArtSlant / Abstract: 2000-2010 / October 2011
Rob on the Road / KVIE Public Television / December 2013
AWARDS & HONORS
2014, Guest Lecturer / Viewpoint Gallery Lecture Series.
2013, Guest Speaker / Kim Squaglia: Acrylic Abstractions / Crocker Art Museum Studio Art Series.
2010, Chosen to accept the California Lawyers for the Arts Artistic License Award on behalf of Crandall-Bear’s late mentor, Chuck Miller.
2008, Youth Expressions Project Grant / Visions Unlimited: Encouraging underprivileged youth to exercise their own creativity through art.
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
Alzheimer’s Association / Print sale fundraiser
Wellspring Women’s Center / Print sale fundraiser
Sacramento LGBT Community Center / Original art donation
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America / Original art donation
Make A Wish Foundation / Original art donation
Susan G. Komen Foundation / Original art donation
St. John’s Shelter Program / Original art donation
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society / Original art donation
Crocker Art Museum / Original art donation
Wind Youth Services / Original art donation
 
                        