Notes
Looking at my resume there are clearly gaps in the exhibition history. I had become co-CEO at Artech Fine Art Services in the Fall of 1987 with a corresponding increase in responsibility. As the company struggled through the recession of 1991, I had little time to paint and a lack of momentum in my studio. I always needed to work a full-time job to support my family and sales of my artwork were sporadic. When Linda Farris closed her gallery in 1995, I had nothing to show and little energy to hunt for a new dealer.
I always had a studio and kept making art, ending up in my basement as I lost a succession of beautiful spaces to redevelopment. Only when I retired at the end of 2018 could I find the time to rekindle my artistic ambitions. When I came out of undergraduate studies in 1973 with a BA in Fine Art, I thought the only reason I would need an advanced art degree was to teach. When I finally had time to get input from many art sources and reflect on what I learned, I would understand that I had been mistaken. Not that one has to have an advanced degree to be an artist, but I believe one needs an intense focus and a flow of incoming information about the weird world of art in order to have a chance at excelling there. I am learning how much work is involved in developing one’s own voice and how it is a never-ending process.
I am excited about the new work and hope you enjoy it. Send me your thoughts at mprestonhascall@gmail.com.
Mike
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Mike Hascall Resume
Solo Exhibits and Major Works
2020 New Works – April at Central Oregon CC, Bend OR and October at Virginia Inn,
Seattle, WA. (both shows closed early because of Covid)
1997 Two Bells Tavern, Seattle
1991 Linda Farris Gallery
1989 Linda Farris Gallery
Pacific NW Ballet, scenic designs, ‘Three New Works’, Seattle
1988 Linda Farris Gallery
1986 Linda Farris Gallery
1984 Donnally-Hayes Gallery, Seattle
1982 Rosco Louie Gallery, Seattle
1981 Glover Hayes Gallery, Seattle
1980 Rosco Louie Gallery
Selected Group Shows
2012 Big and Bold, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle Muni Gallery
2011 10 x 10 x 10 x Tieton, Mighty Tieton Gallery, Tieton, WA
2010 10 x 10 x 10 x Tieton, Mighty Tieton Gallery, Tieton, WA
1993 Foley, Hascall/ Portland, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver
Linda Farris and Sandy Carson booths, Art Fair, Seattle
1991 Bloedel, Hascall, Mason, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver
1990 Harris, Hascall, Isaacson, Western Gallery, W.WA. University, Bellingham, WA
1989 1989 NW Annual, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle
Decade of Abstraction 1979-1989, Bumberbiennale, Seattle
The Art Show, Art Dealers Assoc of America, New York, NY
Fire, Work by Contemporary NW Artists, Safeco Plaza, Seattle
Centrum Prints, Safeco Plaza, Seattle
1988 Landscape, Then and Now, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
Individual Artist Projects, King County Arts Commission, Mercer Island, WA
Centrum Prints, Italia Restaurant, Seattle
1987 Aspects of Drawing, Public Art Space/ Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle
Selected Centrum Prints, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle
Before and After, Davidson Gallery, Seattle
1986 Fantasy on Wheels, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Northwest Impressions: Works on Paper, Henry Gallery, U of WA, Seattle
1985 Painting and Sculpture ’85, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Seattle Painting, 1925-1985, Bumberbiennale, Seattle
Neo-York/ Seattle, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
Five Artists, Goethe Institute at Rainier Club, Seattle
1984 Three Seattle Painters, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
1983 Hascall/ Knutson/ Rey Paintings, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
(also shown in Seattle)
Re-critical Modernism, Bumberbiennale, Seattle
City of Seattle Selects, Seattle Center, Seattle
Seattle/ Reno Exchange, Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV and
Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle
Symbol, Form, and Gesture, Salon des Refuses ’83, Belltown Café, Seattle
Artists of Artech, Virginia Inn, Seattle
1982 Visual Arts Exhibit, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle
1978 Mike Hascall/ Peter Santino, and/or Gallery, Seattle
Seattle Invitational, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
Selected Bibliography
Harris, Hascall, Isaccson, Sarah Clark-Lanager, catalog essay, W.WA.U, May 1990
Pacific NW Ballet Takes Chance and It Pays Off, R.M.Campbell, Seattle P-I, April 14, 1990
Hascall’s Art is Tough, Ambitious, Regina Hackett, Seattle P-I, Feb 19, 1988
A Trip to the Nightmare Hotel, Lynn Smallwood, Seattle Weekly, Feb 24, 1988
Art Space is Going Out in a Blaze of Glory, Regina Hackett, Seattle P-I, Oct. 5, 1987
Top Story, King-5 TV News, Jan 23, 1987
Report From Seattle: In the Studios, Bill Berkson, Art In America, Sept 1986
Hascall’s Art Requires Study, Lynn Basa, Bellevue Journal-American, April 1986
A Modern Painter With a Future, Ron Glowen, Everett Herald, April 24, 1986
Neo-York/ Seattle: The Good, Bad, and Ugly, Regina Hackett, Seattle P-I, April 18,1985
Artist’s Drawings Pit Order Against Chaos, R.M.Campbell, Seattle P-I, May 9, 1984
Three Unnoticed Painters Put On Own Show to Get Deserved Attention, Regina Hackett,
Seattle P-I, Dec 9, 1983
Re-Critical Modernism, Matthew Kangas, Bumberbiennale catalog, 1983
Poised for Takeoff, Matthew Kangas, catalog essay, Marylhurst exhibit, 1983
Mike Hascall at Rosco Louie, Matthew Kangas, Art in America, October 1982
Is Green a Primary Color? , Matthew Kangas, Seattle Voice, April 1982
Ocular Jocularity, Ron Glowen, Artweek, January 30, 1982
Seattle Exhibit Welcome Sign of Crude Art, Matthew Kangas, Everett Herald, June 29, 1981
Residency
Centrum Foundation, Artist in Residence/ Printmaking, Port Townsend, WA, February 1987
Awards and Commissions
1990 Corporate Council for the Arts, 1st Annual CCA poster commission.
Jury: Patterson Sims, Mary Ann Peters, Jacob Lawrence
1988 Individual Artist Project Grant, King County Arts Commission
1986 200+1 Club, Seattle. Painting Award – First Place