EDUCATION

1997 MFA Sculpture, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
1995 BFA Studio Art, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
1985  School of Visual Arts, New York City
1970-72 Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, NY
1969-70 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO
1982 "Michael Tingley: Mobiles", Portico Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 "Michael Tingley: Mobiles and Drawings", Portico Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 "Michael Tingley: Mobiles", Portico Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991 "Installation of Drawings and Sculptures by Michael Tingley", Portico New York, New York City
2006 "Last Supper at the Terre Haute House", 333 visual art, Terre Haute, IN

GROUP
2008 Michael Tingley and Mike Swagerle, Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, IN
2008 "For One Night Only", The Cottage Cheese Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
2007 "63rd Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, Juror: David Edgar
2007 "Group Show", Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, IN
2007 "Halcyon 2nd Annual Juried Group Show, Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, IN
2007 "The Crow Show", Turman Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
2006 "Connecting the Present to the Past: Remembering the Terre Haute House",
University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
2006 "62nd Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum,
Terre Haute, IN, Juror: Patricia Hickson
2006 "1st Annual Group Show", Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, IN
2004 "Spring Collection", Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
2003 "The Me In Team:  International Group Invitational", Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2003 "ISU Juried Summer Exhibition", University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Best in Show
2003 Group Show, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
2002 "Extraordinary Things: A Study of Contemporary Art through Material Culture", Hartmann Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2002 "Extraordinary Things: A Study of Contemporary Art through Material Culture", University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN (catalogue)
2002 Group Show, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
2001 "An Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture by Michael R. Tingley, and Drawings and Paintings by the Late William E. Tingley", Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN,
2001 "Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, Juror: Thom Shaw
2001 "From Trash to Treasure", Lake County Indiana Visitors Center, Hammond, IN
2001 Group Show, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
2000 "Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, Juror: Holiday T. Day
1999 " Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN,
Juror: Michael Dunbar, Merit Award
1998 "Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, Juror: Sandy Walker                   
1998 Group Show, Grapevine Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
1998 "Indiana Now", Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN, Curator: Graeme Reid
1997 "Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Juror: David Kiehl, Juror’s Choice Award
1997 Group Show, Grapevine Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
1997 "Terre Haute Jade", City Hall, Terre Haute, IN
1996 "Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, Juror: Mel Watkin, Merit Award         
1996 Group Show, Grapevine Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
1995 "Critic’s Choice: Sculpture", Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN (catalogue)
1991 Portico New York, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany (catalogue)
1990 Group Show, Portico New York, New York City
1990 Portico New York, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1989 Portico New York, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1988 "Black and White in Colors", Tower Gallery, New York City
1988 "Layers of Meaning", Tower Gallery, New York City
1987 Group Show, Portico New York, New York City
1986 Group Show, Portico New York, New York City
1985 Group Show, Portico New York, New York City
1984 "A Few Fears", Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Curator: Ann Jarmusch
1984 Michael Tingley and Carl Apfelschnitt, Portico Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 Portico Artists Group, Don Yates Art, New York City
1983 Sculpture: Penn’s Landing, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Grace Glueck
1983 "The Last Show of Birds in the Birdhouse", Birdhouse Annex Gallery, Central Park Zoo, New York City
1983 Group Show, Portico Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Invitational, 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York City
1982 Group Show, Munson Gallery, New York City
1981 Installation: Special Projects Room, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York City
1981 An Art Exhibition, Munson Art, New York City
1980 Invitational, 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York City
1980 "Enduring Obsession", The Basement, New York City
1977 "Westport Outdoor Art Show", Westport, CT, First Prize Sculpture
1976 Group Show, Half Moon Gallery, Westport, CT
1975 Invitational Art Show, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT, First Prize Sculpture
1975 "Exhibition: New Artists", Namon Gallery, Ridgefield, CT

GRANTS

2001 Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
1983 Independent Exhibition Grant, Committee for Visual Arts, New York City
1980 Independent Exhibition Grant, Committee for Visual Arts, New York City

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Livet-Reichard Company, New York, NY
Alan Braverman Accounting, New York, NY
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
Rose-Hulman Ventures, Terre Haute, IN

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Edward J. Sozanski, “Penn’s Landing Sculpture Show: Indoors and Out,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7,1983,14.

Bret Watson, “Arts Gallery: Young Collectors,” Avenue, New York City, February, 1984, 117.

Steven Lowy, “Inside Out,” R.E.M., Germany, April 1991, 52-3.

Edda Hevers, “Survival Art: The Post-Apocalyptic World of Michael Tingley,” Apex, Germany, December 1991, 88-92.

Carol Shimoda, “An Artist of Charm Advances the Concept of Flight,” Cosmopolitan, Japan, August 1991, 63.

Graeme Reid, “Alternative Art Forms,” Terre Haute Tribune Star, Terre Haute, IN, May 29, 1994, C-1.

Sharon Pratt,” Selected Sculptors to Exhibit at Art Center: Discriminating Exhibition Highlights Creativity,” Nuvo Newsweekly, Indianapolis, IN, July 6-13, 1995, 22.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Instructor, Oakland City University @ Rockville Correctional Facility, Rockville, IN

CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, IN