I make wooden vessels because I have found in them a form of expression that is nearly limitless and that offers the viewer a handle with which to access this sculptural work. I like the way my ideas flow from one vessel into the next... into the next, with no effort from me. The only work involved is the physical labor of laminating, turning, carving and polishing necessary to bring them into the world. I don’t hide the marks of this craft. I want people to feel the energy that went into making the piece, but in a restful sense...the way I feel at it’s completion.

Most of my vessels are built up out of layers of wood stacked horizontally. I start with a wide thick board from which I cut rings...one inside the next. These are glued upward to make the rough form. It is then carved, turned, etc. I like to use a variety of woods and finishes, which give a rich color tone to the vessel.

EDUCATION
Minneapolis College of Art and Design 1975-76
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture-Kansas City Art Institute, 1979

EXHIBITIONS
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC 2002
"Blurring the Line: Where Vessel and Sculpture Meet Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Mo. 2002
"Materials Hard and Soft" Center for the Visual Arts, Denton TX. 2002
"Nuances d'ete" Carlin Gallery, Paris, France 2001
Featured Artist Maclaren/Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, CO 2001
"New Talent in Crafts" (4-person)Wustum Museum, Racine, WI, 2000
"Wood Turning Invitational" American Art Co. Tacoma, WA 2000,2001
"Studio Wood the New Frontier" (invitational) Patina Gallery, Sante Fe, NM 2000
"Made in Missouri" (invitational) Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO 2000
"Defining Vessels" Chico Art Center, Chico, CA 2000
"Hot Tea 2000" (invitational) Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2000
"Sculpture & Fine Crafts" (Reinhardt Prize) St. Louis Artists' Guild 2000
Award of Excellence ACC Baltimore, Winter 2000
"Horizons" Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC 1999
Two-person exhibit-Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX Nov., 1999
"Wood and Form" (solo show) Iowa Artisan's Gallery, Iowa City, 1999
"1999 Spiva Craft Exhibit" (catalogue) Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
"Stone Series" (solo show) Sloan-Jordan Gallery, Austin, TX 1999
Solo exhibit-Camden Fine Art Center, Camden, South Carolina August, 1999
"Wood Turning Invitational" American Art Company, Tacoma, WA 1999, 2000, 2001
"Turned Wood" (invitational) Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1999,1998, 2002

Solo exhibit-Kansas City Art Institute, Nov. 1998
"SOFA Chicago" Navy Pier Chicago, IL 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
"Visiting Artist Series" Boulder Arts and Crafts Cooperative, 1998
"May Show" Nancy Sachs Gallery (3-person show) 1998
"Michael Bauermeister Tall Vessel Series" Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC, 1997
"Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk 96'" Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg as
one of the "Guests from the USA" 1996 (invitational)
"Michael Bauermeister Carved Bowl Series" Bluestem Gallery, MO Nov. 1995
"Laumeier Contemporary Crafts Show" Award of Excellence 1995 (juried)
"Cornucopia of Crafts" Laumeier Sculpture Park St. Louis, MO 1993 (invitational)
"Topeka Crafts Competition" 1986 (juried)