Michael Meads
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Knowing Who We Are: The Contemporary Dialogue
January 28, 2023 - July 23, 2023
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Fifth Floor
504-539-9650
Knowing Who We Are: The Rise of Abstraction, Vernacular Art and Photography
April 1, 2023 - March 2024
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Fourth Floor
504-539-9650
Panel discussion featuring Michael Meads
April 1, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Central
Special Collections
The Louisiana State Museum; New Orleans, Louisiana - 2018
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, Louisiana - 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas – 2005
The Worcester Art Museum; Worcester, Massachusetts – 2005
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Collection of Art, Prints, and Photographs; New York Public Library; New York, New York – 1995
Solo Exhibitions
Der Liebestod and other works (Solo Exhibition)
Redbud Gallery
Houston, TX - 2017
Bent, Not Broken
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA – 2015/2016
La Ofrenda
Palma Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana – 2007
Carondelet
Clamp Art
New York, New York – 2004
Eastaboga
Nikolai Fine Art
New York, New York – 2002
Recent Works
Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum
Talladega, Alabama -1995
Recent Works
Telfair-Pete Theatre Gallery
Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama – 1995
Michael Meads: Solo Exhibition
Little House Gallery
Homewood, Alabama - 1993
Recent Works
Telfair-Pete Theatre Gallery
Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama 1991
Selected Exhibitions
Postcards from the Edge Benefit - 25th Anniversary; Visual AIDS; New York City – 2023
A Summer's Prayer - Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA - 2022
Grand Illusions: The History and Artistry of Gay Carnival in New Orleans - The Presbytere, Louisiana State Museum;
New Orleans, LA - 2019
CREAM - Red Truck Gallery; New Orleans, LA - 2019
Contemporary Alabama Photography - Contemporary Art Gallery, Houston Baptist University; Houston, TX - 2017-2018
Contemporary Alabama Photography - Mobile Museum of Art; Mobile, AL - 2017
Garden of Earthly Delights - Claire Elizabeth Gallery; New Orleans, LA, - 2017
The Beauty of Disguise - Asking USA; Berlin, Germany - 2016
/’pāpər/;The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2016
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2016
Queer x Desire; Sprechsaal Gallery; Berlin, Germany; - 2016
Self-Processing: Instant Photography; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA 2014/2015
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2014
A Sense of Place: Ten Years of Art from the Ogden Museum; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA 2013
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2013
A Sense of Place: Ten Years of Art from the Ogden Museum; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA 2013/2014
Into the Light: Photographs from the Permanent Collection; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA 2013
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2012
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2011
Eat Me; Curated by Paulina Bebecka; Postmasters Gallery; New York City – 2010/2011
Postcards from the Edge Benefit; Visual AIDS; New York City – 2010
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2010
New Southern Photography; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2010
Postcards from the Edge Benefit; Visual AIDS; New York City – 2009
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA – 2009
Kids Behaving Badly; Curated by Brian Clamp; ClampArt; New York City – 2009
Recently Acquired Works; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans , LA – 2009
Postcards from the Edge Benefit; Visual AIDS; New York , New York – 2008
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans , Louisiana – 2008
Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis; Arthur Roger Gallery; New Orleans, Louisiana – 2008
Pencil and Paper; Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery; Loyola University; New Orleans, Louisiana – 2008
Male: Works from the collection of Vince Aletti; White Columns, New York City – 2008
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans , Louisiana – 2007
Ten Curatorial Perspectives; Haven Arts; Bronx, New York – 2006
Surviving the Hurricane: Katrina’s Impact on New Orleans Art; CAC; New Orleans , Louisiana – 2006
Culture of Queer; Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation; Curated by David Rubin; New York, New York – 2006
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, Louisiana – 2006
Culture of Queer; Creative Arts Center – New Orleans; Curated by David Rubin;New Orleans, Louisiana – 2005
What I did on my Summer Vacation... Autobiographical Photography and the Snapshot Aesthetic; Curated by Brian Clamp; Clamp Art; New York City – 2005
Seduction: Shedding Light On Dark Desires; Curated by Ray Cook; Queensland Centre for Photography; Bulimba, Queensland, Australia – 2005
The Hybrid; Curated by Mateo Neivert; Palma Gallery; New Orleans, Louisiana – 2005
Growing Up Absurd: Boys Becoming Men in an Insane World; Radiant Light Gallery; Portland, Maine – 2005
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, Louisiana – 2004
OUT Auction; GLAAD; New York, New York – 2004
Postcards from the Edge Benefit; Visual AIDS; New York, New York – 2004
LaGrange National Biennial XXIII; Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum; LaGrange, Georgia – 2004
My people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs); Curated by Bob Nickas, Team Gallery, New York, New York – 2003
K 48 III Teenage Rebels Show, Group Exhibition Curated by Scott Hug; Galerie du Jour Agnes B; Paris, France – 2003
K 48: DAAG ONS NIET UIT; Curated by Scott Hug; Capucijnenstraat 98; Maastricht, Netherlands – 2003
Scope-New York; with Nikolai Fine Art; New York, New York- 2003
Disturb; Group Exhibition Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis; LAB Art Projects, Athens, Greece - 2002 – 2003
Scope-Miami; with Nikolai Fine Art; Miami, Florida, - 2002
White Box Annual Auction; White Box; New York, New York – 2002
K 48 III Teenage Rebels Show; Group Exhibition Curated by Scott Hug; John Connelly Presents, New York, New York - December 2002 - January 2003
Disturb; Group Exhibition Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis; Center for Contemporary Art, Thesaloniki, Greece – 2002
Disturb; Group Exhibition Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis; 1st Public School of Hydra Contemporary Art Center, Hydra, Greece – 2002
Take Home A Nude Benefit; Sotheby's New York; New York, New York – 2002
Turin Art Fair; Group Exhibition; Turin, Italy – 2001
Snakes, Snails & Puppy Dog Tails; Group Exhibition Curated by Bill Previdi; Nikolai Fine Art, New York, New York – 2001
ANP: City Projects, Group Exhibition; Curated by Jimi Damms; Century Gallery, London, England – 2000
ANP: City Projects, Group Exhibition; Curated by Jimi Damms; Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands – 2000
ANP: City Projects, Group Exhibition; Curated by Jimi Damms; Galerie S & H de Buck, Ghent, Belgium – 2000
Second Skin, Group Exhibition; Curated by Corrinna Ripps; University Art Museum; State University of New York; Albany, New York – 1998
The Erotics of Denial; Group Exhibition; Curated by Bill Arning; E. S. Vandam Gallery; New York, New York – 1998
Thirty-sixth Tennessee All-State Art Competition; Watkins Institute; Juried Group Exhibition; The Parthenon Galleries; Nashville, Tennessee – 1997
Open Your Heart; Ninth Annual Bailey House Art Auction Invitational; The Puck Building, New York, New York – 1997
Red Clay Survey; Juried Group Exhibition; Lois Tarlow, Juror; Huntsville Museum of Art; Huntsville, Alabama -1996
Art With A Southern Drawl, Juried Group Exhibition; Juror's Merit Award Recipient; University of Mobile; Mobile, Alabama – 1996
The Fourth Photo Annual; Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Invitational Group Exhibition; New York, New York – 1995
Cheaha Exhibition; Juried Group Exhibition;Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum; Talladega, Alabama – 1995
Cheaha Exhibition; Juried Group Exhibition; Juror's Merit Award Recipient; Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum; Talladega, Alabama – 1994
The Learned Image; Invitational Group Exhibition; Five Points Gallery; Chatham, New York – 1994
Together; Invitational Group Exhibition; Russell Sage College; Troy, New York – 1994
Transfiguration: University at Albany Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition; University Art Museum; State University of New York at Albany; Albany, New York – 1994
Light; Invitational Group Exhibition for the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York; Russell Sage College; Troy, New York – 1993
Cheaha Exhibition; Juried Group Exhibition; Juror's Foundation Award Recipient; Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum; Talladega, Alabama – 1993
A Political World; Invitational Group Exhibition; The Fifth Gate Arts Center; Birmingham, Alabama – 1992
One Dome; Birmingham Artists' Association Invitational Group Exhibition; B.A.A Gallery; Birmingham, Alabama – 1992
New Works; Three Person Exhibition, Little House Gallery, Homewood, Alabama - 1992
Times Eight Charity Art Auction; Group Exhibition; Birmingham, Alabama – 1992
Auburn University Fine Arts Alumni Show; Invitational Group Exhibition; Symposium on the Arts, panel member; Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama – 1992
Eat; Invitational Group Exhibition; Russell Sage College; Troy, New York – 1992
Superstition and Personal Ritual; Invitational Group Exhibition; The Fifth Gate Arts Center; Birmingham, Alabama – 1992
Spirituality and Eroticism; Invitational Group Exhibition; Five Points Gallery; Chatham, New York – 1992
Operation New Birmingham Show; Invitational Group Exhibition; The Times Eight Space; Birmingham, Alabama – 199
Times Eight Invitational; Group Exhibition; The Pepper Show Room; Birmingham, Alabama – 1991
Ethics of Desire; Invitational Group Exhibition; Five Points Gallery; Chatham, New York – 1991
Second Thoughts; Juried Group Exhibition; Russell Sage College; Troy, New York – 1991
Thesis Exhibition; Group Exhibition; University Gallery; State University of New York at Albany; Albany, New York – 1990
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region; Juried Group Exhibition; Juror's Award Recipient; Ken Johnson, Juror; Albany Institute of History and Art; Albany, New York – 1990
Flower; Benefit Exhibition for Our Brother's Keeper Foundation; Group Exhibition; Russell Sage College; Troy, New York – 1990
Dogmatic; Group Exhibition; Curated by Leon Fried; Installation Collaboration with Bruce Stiglich; Ted Gallery; Albany, New York – 1989
Thesis Exhibition; Group Exhibition; Foy Union Gallery; Auburn, Alabama – 1987
Head; Group Exhibition; Behind the Glass Gallery; Auburn, Alabama – 1987