Curriculum Vitae

3830 N Wayne Avenue
Chicago, IL 60613
605-715-0500
www.mikelleholt.com
mikelle.kruger@gmail.com

Education:

Master of Fine Arts, Northern Illinois University, 2011.
Master of Arts, Northern Illinois University, 2008.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Iowa, 2001.

Professional Experience:

2014 - Present

Gallery Director, Kruger Gallery Chicago

2009 - 2010
Graduate Assistant to Katie Kahn, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois (Painting)
Instructor of Record, Painting IV, Spring 2010

2004 - 2009
Art Teacher, Geneva Middle School North, Geneva, Illinois
Sixth and Eighth Grade Art
Yearbook Advisor

Selected Exhibitions:

Kruger Gallery,

Mutiny, Munition, Mutation, Chicago, Illinois, April 2011.

Annex Third Floor,

Double Decker 2, Dekalb, Illinois, March 2010.

Jack Olson Gallery,

Juried Graduate Exhibition,Dekalb, Illinois, December 2009.

Gallery 416,

University Of Northern Illinois, Autobiography, Dekalb, Illinois, November 2008.

33 Collective Online Gallery,

Fourth Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, July 2008

33 Collective Online Gallery,

Third Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, July 2007.

Checkered Space,

University of Iowa Art Building, The Media of Female, Iowa City, Iowa, April 2001.

International Center,

University of Iowa, What Performance at Intermedia? Iowa City, Iowa, April 2001.

Portfolio

  • Barbie Playmate Kristina & Karissa Shannon (24-Hour Room Service)

    2010-2011; Oil on Canvas, 43 x 75, Framed Playboy Data Sheet

  • Barbie Playmate Crystal McCahill (A Car, Cologne, A Gym Membership, An Iron, & Someday a House)

    2010-2011; Oil on Canvas, 43 x 75, Framed Playboy Data Sheet

  • Barbie Playmate Jennifer Pershing (Autism Awareness Means A Lot to Me)

    2011; Oil on Canvas, 43 x 75, Framed Playboy Data Sheet

  • Barbie Playmate Kyra Milan (Sex in Random Places)

    2011; Oil on Canvas, 43 x 75, Framed Playboy Data Sheet

  • Barbie Playmate Crystal Harris (Muscle Heads with Too Much Hair Product)

    2010-2011, Oil on Canvas, 43 x 75, Framed Playboy Data Sheet

  • Barbie Playmate Kelley Thompson (Tongue To My Nose LOL)

    2011; Oil on Canvas, 43 x 75, Framed Playboy Data Sheet

  • The Barbie Sisters (Malerie Marder)

    2010 - 2011; Oil on Panel, 42.5 x 55

  • Barbies Can Stand Longer (Vanessa Beecroft)

    2010; Oil on Panel, 42.5 x 55

  • Barbie Bachelor (Rock of Love)

    2011; Oil on Panel, 42.5 x 55

  • Barbie Box

    2011; Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48

  • Mangled, Torso

    2010; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Mangled, Headless Rockette

    2010; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Mangled, Ankle

    2010; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Mangled, Lever

    2011; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Mangled, Groin

    2011; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Mangled, Head

    2011; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Barbie 2

    2011; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Mangled, Mustache

    2010; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Mangled, Hand

    2010; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • Home Depot, 2111 South Randall Road, Geneva IL (Behr, Colors That Perform Beautifully, Cheat Sheets)

    2009; Oil on Panels, 40 x 40

  • Mangled, Princess Tiana

    2010; Oil on Panel, 8 x 8

  • We Could Call Her Siarra

    2010; Oil on Canvas, 36 x 48

  • Mutiny Munition Mutation - 1

    April 1 – May 1, 2011

    Kruger Gallery Chicago
    441 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
    630.715.0500

  • Mutiny Munition Mutation - 2

    April 1 – May 1, 2011

    Kruger Gallery Chicago
    441 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
    630.715.0500

  • Mutiny Munition Mutation - 3

    April 1 – May 1, 2011

    Kruger Gallery Chicago
    441 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
    630.715.0500

  • Mutiny Munition Mutation - 4

    April 1 – May 1, 2011

    Kruger Gallery Chicago
    441 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
    630.715.0500

  • Mutiny Munition Mutation - 5

    April 1 – May 1, 2011

    Kruger Gallery Chicago
    441 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
    630.715.0500

  • Mutiny Munition Mutation - 6

    April 1 – May 1, 2011

    Kruger Gallery Chicago
    441 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
    630.715.0500

  • Mutiny Munition Mutation - 7

    April 1 – May 1, 2011

    Kruger Gallery Chicago
    441 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
    630.715.0500

Reading

Design Expert Makeover

Design experiment; Barbie makeover ~ Chicago Tribune

By Lori Waxman, Special to the Tribune

Mikelle Holt at Kruger Gallery

There's good painting and bad painting, but usually it's more complicated. Sometimes good painting can be bad, like when a well-executed expressionist or realist work falls flat because it feels dated or boring. Sometimes bad painting can be good, hence the recurrent popularity of thrift-store landscapes and portraits.

Mikelle Holt's series of mucky Barbie doll paintings are so bad they're terrific. Densely worked with palette knife, brush...

CONTACT

MIKELLE HOLT

  • 630-715-0500

  • Fax: 773-245-8039

  • mikelle.kruger@gmail.com