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