Mikey Foster Estes

Born 1991, Park Ridge, IL
Lives and works in Tempe, AZ

Education
2018 MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY
2014 BFA, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Solo Exhibitions
2019 With all my love + guts, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Private Rainbows, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Other Things That Grow, The Table, Phoenix, AZ

Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Best Foot Forward, RIT City Art Space, Rochester, NY
2019 Constructed/Deconstructed, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2019 In the Blink of an Eye, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2018 All Eyes, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2018 PHX ART NOW II, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition Part I, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Voice at the Table, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Wait, What? Yes, 15 Orchard Street, New York, NY
2016 The Smile Face Museum, Mothership, Woodstock, NY
2015 Distilled in the Desert, Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Desert Wild, Rhetorical Galleries, Phoenix, AZ
2015 SO HOT RIGHT NOW, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Transcend.t, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal
2014 Sous la Moquette/la Moquette, ASHES/ASHES, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Residue, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

Selected Performances and Screenings
2019 Sun Sounds, Babycastles, New York, NY
2019 “Power Off,” PhxArt: CityScape 2018, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2018 “Private Rainbows: A Reading,” Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ; Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; TWOFORTY, Brooklyn, NY
2018 “Untitled Demo,” The Lunchbox, Phoenix, AZ; Honey’s, Brooklyn, NY; h0l0, Queens, NY
2018 “Near, Far, Wherever You Are” (collaboration with Patrick Costello and Rebecca Baldwin), h0l0, Queens, NY
2015 “Procession of a Houseplant,” Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2015 De’Lunula Screeners 2: Revenge is Unnecessary, The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ

Collaborative Projects
2016 Welcome (in collaboration with Giles Thackway and The Bakery Social Club), The Bakery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Arm Around You: Karaoke Confessional” (collaboration w/ Dean Erdmann), SOMA, Mexico City, MX
2015 “YOUNGSTUD” (in collaboration with J.S. Aurelius of Ascetic House), The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Soirée in the Garden (in collaboration with Abigail Lynch), The Sandlot, Phoenix, AZ

Selected Bibliography
2019 Lynn Trimble, “The Best Things We Saw at December’s Third Friday,” Phoenix New Times, Online
2018 “Art & Life with Mikey Foster Estes,” VoyagePhoenix, Online
2016 Allison Meier, “A 1980s Art Experiment on an NYC Pier,” Hyperallergic, Online
2015 Jeff Chabot, “Desert Wild at Rhetorical Galleries,” The Arts Beacon
2015 Lynn Trimble, “The Best Art We Saw in Downtown Phoenix on First Friday, August 7,” Phoenix New Times, Online
2015 Peter Northfelt, “TourKidd webapp release defrosts The Icehouse, DIY community,” The State Press, Online
2014 Glenn Burnsilver, “The Leftovers,” Phoenix New Times, Online
2014 Becky Bartkowski, "Tempe Artist Mikey Estes: 100 Creatives," Phoenix New Times, Online
2014 Katrina Montgomery, “Soirée in the Garden Features Mikey Estes and Abigail Lynch in Pop-Up Exhibition at The Sandlot,” Phoenix New Times, Online

Recent Awards and Fellowships
2017 Graduate Exhibition Fellowship, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, NY
2016 SOMA Summer International Residency Program, SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico
2016 Joan Lazarus Exhibition Fellowship, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, NY

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