EDUCATION
California College of Arts and Crafts
Oakland, CA, 1996 – 1999, Ceramic Emphasis
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL, June 1975, B.A., Art with Concentration in Ceramics
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Whispers from the Garden - CAVU Cellars Gallery, Walla Walla, WA, April 2026
Penny Michel Resident Artist - The Marcus Whitman Hotel, Walla Walla, WA, March 2024 - Present
Foundry Vineyards Art Gallery - Juried Show, Walla Walla, WA October-December 2023
Penny Michel Featured Artist - Telander Gallery , Walla Walla , WA September - December 2023
Art Squared- Artwalla, Walla Walla, Wa, September 2023
Small Works Show - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, November 2022 - January 2023
Penny Michel New Work - Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA, October 2019 - February 2020
Penny Michel Featured Artist - Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA, April 2019
Sheets of Paper - Penny Michel, Augusta Farnum and Squire Broel, Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA, January - February 2019
Small Works - Pendleton Center For The Arts, Pendleton, OR, August 2018
Small Works - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, January 2017
Featured Artist - Wenaha Gallery, Dayton, WA, August 2016
Penny Michel - Backroom Show - Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, January 2016
Solutionares - Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, April 2015
Art Squared - Artwalla ,Walla Walla, WA, September 2014
Slip Slab Coil Pinch - Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, November 2013
Art Squared - Artwalla , Walla Walla, WA September 2013
Clay Invitational - Pendleton Center for the Art, Pendleton, OR, August 2013
Kiln Angels and Devils - International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, June 2012
Spirit of the Man- Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove, Santa Rosa, CA, May 2012
Penny Michel and Mike Tinney- Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, October 2011
Penny Michel - Permanent Installation, Corliss Winery, Walla Walla, WA, October 2011
Penny Michel - Ceramic Sculpture, Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA, October 2010
Penny Michel - New Figurative Work, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, June 2009
Arise- Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA, September 2008
Thirty Ceramic Sculptures,- John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, April 2008
City of Santa Rosa , Sculpture Installation- City Hall, Santa Rosa, CA, August 2007 - 2008
Penny Michel - Art Garden - Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, April - July 2007
Penny Michel and Harley- Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, March - April 2006
The Family of Clay - CCA Ceramics 1950-2005 , California College of Art, Oakland CA, Jan-Feb 2006
Spectrum - Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove, Santa Rosa, CA, 2005
Solo Exhibit - Convolution- Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Sonoma, CA, 2004-2003
Ceramics Today - A new Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA, June 2003
New Ceramic Horizon Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002-2003
Sonoma County Artists - Next Level Santa Rosa, CA, May - September 2001
Ceramics in the Bay Area, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, Ca, September 2000
Ceramics at LillStreet - Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, October 1995
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Resident Artist, Rasa Winery, October 2025 - Present
Resident Artist, The Marcus Whitman Hotel, Walla Walla, WA, April 2024 - Present
Gallery Mack, Seattle WA, 2018 - Present
Combine Art Collective, Walla Walla, Wa , 2024 - 2025
Teelander Gallery, Walla Walla, Wa, 2022 - 2023
Studio TwoZeroTwo, Walla Walla, WA, Resident Artist, 2014 -2020
Eutectic Gallery, Portland OR, 2013- 2018
Pendleton Center For The Arts, Pendleton, OR, 2013 - Present
Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, 2006 - Present
A New Leaf Gallery ,Sonoma and Berkeley CA, 2000 - 2007
Virginia Breier Gallery-San Francisco, CA, 1999 - 2005
Lill Street Gallery -Chicago, IL , 1993 - 1995
COLLECTIONS
Lynda Benglis Collection, Walla Walla, WA, 2018
Michael Corliss Collection ,Walla Walla, WA, 2017
Lorna Meyer Collection, San Francisco, CA, 2010
Kryste Seryozha Collection, Sea Ranch, CA, 2009
Voight Sculpture Collection, Geyserville, CA, 2006
Rene di Rosa Collection, The di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, 2004
Louise Newquist Collection, Napa, CA, 2004
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES
Art of Penny Michel (Lecture) - Walla Walla Art Club, Walla Walla Wa, November, 2023
Berlin Residency Lecture - Studio Two Zero Two , Walla Walla WA, October, 2018
Ancient Art In Good Hands - Walla Walla Union Bulletin, Walla Walla WA, July 21, 2016
Ceramics Today - Jeffrey Snyder, Editor 2012
Artmakers: New Wonders of the Ancient World, Carline Ponti, Walla Walla Lifestyles, Walla Walla WA , March 2011
Sculpture Sonoma 2005 (Catalog) Sonoma, CA
Sculpture Beckons The Curious to Mesopotamia-Inspired Labyrinth , by Miriam Silver , The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA, 2004
New Ceramic Horizons (Catalog), Paradise Wood Sculpture Grove, Santa Rosa, CA, 2003
New Ceramics Horizons, Sandy Thompson, Artweek , 2003
RESIDENCIES
Faenza Art Ceramic Center, Faenza Italy, November - December 2024
Curaumilla Art Center, Valparaiso, Chile, January - February 2023
Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Center September - October 2019
Center for Ceramics Berlin, Berlin, Germany, September - October 2018
International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, May 2012