Sculptor United States Virgin Islands
Mike Walsh has lived and worked on St. Croix since 1976, where he developed a studio gallery and cultivated a prolific body of artwork. Prior to settling on St. Croix, he completed a degree in Fine Arts from Creighton University and worked in various studios in New York and Connecticut.
Mike's artwork has been part of exhibits at the National Academy of Design in New York City, El Museo Moderno de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, the Joslyn Museum of Art in Omaha, Nebraska, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, in addition to shows across the Caribbean, on St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, U.S.V.I. His sculptures have also been featured in the HBO series The Night Of.
Artist Statement: "Making art is an act of faith."
Honorable mention New Rochelle
1971 - Creighton University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
1972–1975 - Dama Art Studios, Bronze foundry, Connecticut
1975–1976 - William Bowie Studios, art fabrication, NY, NY
1976 - St. Croix Leap Life and Environmental Arts Project, St. Croix USVI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 - Spirits, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2017 - Summer Show, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2017 - Next Iteration, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2017 - Next Iteration B, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2017 - Pedestals Are For Art, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2016 - Men of Industry Solo Show, Seven Minus Seven, St. Thomas USVI
2016 - New Works, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2008 - 8 Outdoor Pieces, St. George Botanical Gardens, St. Croix USVI
2007 - Grocery Bag Intervention, St. George Botanical Gardens, St. Croix USVI
2007 – 2016 Bags in a Box: 4 Versions, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2004 - Sin Ropa, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 - SOFA: Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2019 - Debris Fields, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2018 - Rebirth of the Spirit, PeachCan Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2016 - Spring Group Show, St. George Botanical Gardens, St. Croix USVI
2015 - Men of Industry, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
2009 - Facing Locality, Caribbean Museum of the Arts, St. Croix USVI
2001 - Contemporary Caribbean Vision, Walsh Metal Works, St. Croix USVI
2004 - America’s Paradise: Contemporary Art from the American Caribbean,
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2003 - Bienal de La Republica Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2003 - Drawing and the Creative Mind, Studio Walsh Gallery, St.Croix USVI
2002 - Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit, Good Hope School, St. Croix USVI
1999 - Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit, Good Hope School, St. Croix USVI
1999 - Hayward/Walsh, Studio Walsh Gallery, St. Croix USVI
1998 - Caribbean Fine Arts Exhibit, Good Hope School, St. Croix USVI
1974 - Annual Juried Exhibit, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1970 - Joslyn Biennial, Omaha, NE