Mike Biskup

MIKE BISKUP is a contemporary watercolor painter, musician, and caretaker of The Green Way in Gardiner, WA on Washington State's verdant Olympic Peninsula. Born in 1970 in Los Angeles, he spent his youngest years voraciously drawing quirky characters, complex contraptions and way out worlds with his two older brothers. Artwork flowed onto all of his papers at school bringing accolades from most of his teachers. At UC Santa Cruz, he swam in a richly blended stream of artistic freedom, Zen Buddhism and Native American spiritual consciousness while earning a degree in Fine Art. After school, Mike spent two decades homeschooling three intrepid children in the wilds of Port Townsend. Nest emptied, he embraced his role as a bringer of visions in the Artist/Shaman tradition elucidated profoundly by Joseph Campbell. At age 50, a powerful mystical experience shed new light on Everything…

1993 - BFA, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA

2023 - THING Port Townsend.

2019 - (It's) This Way to That Way, Solo Exhibition at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island Washington.

2019 - Connected, Solo Exhibition at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

2018 - Multiple Noteworthy Impressions, Solo Exhibition at Face Guts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2018 - Jazz Combo II Exhibition, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

2018 - Solo Exhibition at Taps, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA.

2017 - "Thanks for Sharing Group Exhibition" Mike Biskup, Curator and Participating Artist.
Featuring:
Josh Jefferson, Boston
Deedee Cheriel, L.A./India
Robert Hardgrave, Seattle
Igor Ulangin, Russia
Kristina Sostarko and Jason Odd, Australia
Joe Hengst, San Francisco
Lasse Skarbovik, Sweden
Maria Lundstrom, Sweden
M.B.C., Ontario
Mike Biskup, Port Townsend, WA
Mina Hamada, Barcelona/Tokyo
Nacho Eterno, Barcelona
Robert Pokorny, L.A.
Sophie Roach, Austin, TX
Tim Biskup, L.A.
Tyler Keeton Robbins, Vancouver, BC
Raymond Lemstra, Seoul/Netherlands
Wissam Shawkat, Iraq

2017 - "Translucence" Three person exhibition at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts. Bainbridge Island, WA. June.

2016 - "Windfalls" Solo Exhibition at Flatcolor Gallery, Seattle. August.

2016 - Featured Artist at Northwind Arts Center in P...