Mike Kraus

Mike Kraus was born on the industrial shoreline of Muskegon, Michigan. After earning his Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he attended Grand Valley State University for his graduate degree. From there, he gained varied experiences from the Chicago Architecture Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Lurie Children's Foundation. And every place he worked, he had his sketchbook with him and found ways to be actively creative. In 2014, Kraus became a full-time artist by establishing Mike Kraus Art. Since then, he has sold thousands of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. Currently, Kraus lives in Rochester, New York with his beautiful wife and goofy dog.

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BFA, 2003:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

MPA, 2005:
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, Michigan

EXHIBITIONS:
2024: Bring Spring Art Festival
2023: Upstate New York Holiday Art Festival
2023: Last Minute Holiday Art Festival
2023: Winter Holiday Art Festival
2023: Grateful Art Festival
2023: Fabulous Fall Art Festival
2023: Awesome Autumn Art Festival
2023: Artist Trading Card (and Small Art) Festival
2023: Open House Art Show, Cayuga, NY
2023: Bring Spring Art Festival
2022: Winter Holiday Art Festival
2022: Grateful Art Festival
2022: Fabulous Fall Art Festival
2022: Awesome Autumn Art Festival
2022: Winter Holiday Festival
2022: Grateful Art Festival
2022: Fabulous Fall Art Festival
2022: Awesome Autumn Art Festival
2022: Artist Trading Card (and Small Art) Festival
2022: Summer Art Party
2021: Upstate NY Gift Finder Party
2021: Online Winter Holiday Party
2021: Online Grateful Art Show
2021: Online Fabulous Fall Art Show
2021: Online Awesome Autumn Art Show
2020: 6x6x2020, Rochester Contemporary Art Center; Rochester, NY
2020: ARTvirus, ARTvirus.org; Houston, TX
2020: Closing Show, Whitman Works; Rochester NY
2019: Magic and Mayhem, Whitman Works; Rochester NY
2019: The Coffee Art Project, Los Angeles Coffee Festival at the Magic Box at The Reef, Los Angeles, CA
2019: The Coffee Art Project, New York Coffee Festival at ...