MIKE VYE

For over 25 years bringing the traditions of the past and the experiments of contemporary art together and forging a bridge between fine art and commercial design.
Clients have included Arbys, American Express, Best Buy, Captain Leisure, Davannis, H&R Block Mortgage, Mary Frances Judge, Mercedes Benz, National Beverage, National Karate, Option One Mortgage, Posl Photography, Premier Design, Sims ltd. the Stock Illustration Source and many others.

2007 Accepted into the IMAGES of PEACE exhibit at the Albert Schweitzer Institute
2006 Invited to exhibit at the Florence, Italy BIENNALE
2006 Minnesota State Arts Board ART of RECOVERY exhibit
1996 to 2005 member of the Northern Warehouse Artist's Cooperative, St. Paul, MN
2002 ART ON THE PLAINS exhibit Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
1996 to 2002 Art Director GWS, Inc.
1996 Rutgers National Works on Paper exhibit

1994 Mn. State Arts Board purchase of PAUL'S PIDGEON TOWER for Metro State Univ.
1991 & 1993 accepted into Illustration West the national, juried exhibition of professional illustrators put on by the Society of Illustrators of L.A.
1993 Winner 1st Place in the Men's Designer division of the Visual Merchandising and Store Design's International Display Window Competition
1993 REJECTION, An Artists Rite Of Passage group exhibit, with Tacoumba Aiken, Gregory W. Bitz, Ruth Kolman Brophy, Bob Coane, Gemma Rossini Cullen, Terry Eiswald, Frank Hoffman, Jeff Lipschultz, Mary Francis Judge, Kel Keller, Lynne Menturweck, Nick Minenko, Kaz Omori, Diego Marcial Rios, and Scott Seekins
1992 DIVERGENT VIEWS M.C.A.D. alumni group exhibit, Vye Gallery with Tacoumba Aiken, Jack Becker, Becky Beveridge, Gregory W. Bitz, Leon Huscha, Steve Jensen, Paul Olsen, Linda Randers, Scott Seekins, Joseph Sellars and Stewart Turnquist
1991-92 President of the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis College of Art & Design and member of the MCAD Board of Trustees
1991 Rebel With A Brush article in the Best Of issue in the Minnesota Daily
1988 EDITORIAL SERIES exhibit, Vye Gallery
1988 HOMAGE to KITSCH exhibit, Vye Gallery
1987 SYNTHESISM exhibit and manifesto, Vye Gallery
1986 Received supportive letter from Frank Hodsoll Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
1985 his daughter was born and changed his life
1981 Five New Paintings exhibit, Vye Gallery
1975 Kitsch vs. Autodidacticism radio editorial on KQRS
1974 - 1994 Director of the Mike Vye Studio Gallery
B.F.A. Minneapolis College of Art & Design 1972 (Studied under Barry LeVa, Siah Armajani, Hazel Seck, Aribert Munzner,and Urban Couch)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Biennial 1970
Assisted Barry LeVa with his piece for the cover of the 1968 October Artforum
Born in Minneapolis, MN 1950 adopted by Dr. M. Lucille Vye