| Personal and Professional Data | ||
| Name | Michael Krakow | info@michaelkrakow.net |
| Education | 1969: | Layton School of Art and Design |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Fine Art) | ||
| 1970-1972: | Milwaukee Area Technical College | |
| Commercial Art and Display | ||
| AA in Commercial Art and Display | ||
| now known as Graphic Design | ||
| various welding certificates | ||
| 1973-1976: | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | |
| (Fine Art, Sculpture) | ||
| 1987: | Computer Arts Institute | |
| Corte Madera, California | ||
| (3-D modeling) | ||
| Skills and | ||
| Materials | Welding: | Oxy-Acetylene, Arc, Bronze Welding |
| Brass Brazing, Tungsten Inert Gas | ||
| Shielded Welding of Aluminum, Semi | ||
| Automatic Wire Welding of Steel and | ||
| Aluminum, Silver and Lead Soldering | ||
| Metal Casting: | Ceramic Shell Process, Bonded Sand | |
| Styrofoam Vaporization Casting, | ||
| Traditional Lost Wax Investment | ||
| Casting, using Bronze or Aluminum | ||
| Plastics: | Polyester Resign Casting | |
| Plaster: | All Phases | |
| Exhibitions | ||
| Competitions | ||
| 1964: | Milwaukee Journal Calendar Competition | |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ||
| 1974: | “Wisconsin 74” | |
| Stevens point, Wisconsin | ||
| 1975: | Rexnord Corp, “Understanding Energy through Art” | |
| Summerfest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ||
| *Honorable Mention | ||
| 1976: | 19th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition | |
| Beloit College | ||
| Wright Art center, Beloit Wisconsin | ||
| Juried exhibition 1 piece accepted | ||
| Water Street Art Gallery “ Toys & Trimmings” | ||
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ||
| 1977: | “Shapes 77” | |
| Vollarth Company | ||
| Sheboygan, Wisconsin | ||
| Juried exhibition 1 piece accepted | ||
| *Honorable Mention | ||
| “Wisconsin Men & Women in the Arts” | ||
| West bend Gallery of Fine Arts | ||
| West bend Wisconsin | ||
| Juried exhibition 2 pieces accepted | ||
| 1978: | “Through The Looking Glass” | |
| Carrol College Art Gallery | ||
| Waukeshaw, Wisconsin | ||
| 1979: | Livermore Art Associations | |
| 22nd Annual Spring Show | ||
| Livermore, California | ||
| 2nd Annual Arango International | ||
| Design Competition (Toys) | ||
| Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami | ||
| Coral Gables, Florida 33146 | ||
| 1982: | 31st Stockton Art League Annual Exhibition | |
| Haggin Museum | ||
| Juried exhibition 1 piece accepted | ||
| 1984: | San Francisco “Open Studio Program” | |
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1985: |
San Francisco “Open Studio Program” | |
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1991: |
"Bay Arts 91" | |
| San Mateo Arts Council | ||
| 1993: | "Line Process Mass" | |
| Pacific Rim Sculptors | ||
| Contract Design Center, San Francisco, California | ||
2019: |
Alliance For The Arts |
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| Annual Members Exhibit | ||
| "Tiny Art 2" Cape Coral Art Center | ||
| 2022: | Centers For The Arts Bonita Springs | |
| Annual Members Juried show | ||
| *1st Place | ||
| Centers For The Arts Bonita Springs | ||
| "Noteworthy" | ||
| Juried exhibition 1 piece accepted | ||
| Publications | ||
| 1996: | 3-D Artist Magazine, original issue 24 | |
| 2022: | Gulfshore Life Home | |
| Personal and | ||
| Corporate Collections | ||
| Father David Sass, Milwaukee Wisconsin | ||
| Mr and Mrs Michael Minkin, Milwaukee Wisconsin | ||
| Lucy Strupp, Denver Colorado | ||
| Linda Jacques, Milwaukee Wisconsin | ||
| Errol Rapkin, Fox Point, Wisconsin | ||
| Charles kraus, Milwaukee Wisconsin | ||
| Design Associates, Valpariso Indiana | ||
| Vollrath Company, Sheboygan Wisconsin | ||
| San Francisco Jewish Community Center | ||
| References: | Charles Kraus Sculpture Department | |
| University of Wisconsin Milwaukee | ||