Education

BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia

Solo exhibitions

2006   Faustus’s Children, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles
2004   Peacehead, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
2002   Valley Girl, Goldman Tevis, Los Angeles

Selected group exhibitions

2006
From Baja to Bar Harbor: Transnational Contemporary Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland , ME

2005/2006
The Backroom, curated by Magali Arriola, Kate Fowle, Renaud Proch, Los Angeles CA and New Langton Arts, San Francisco,CA
Summer Show, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
Valley Girl, White Columns, New York
Peacehead, Art in General, New York

2004
Version, New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2003/2004
Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast in Contemporary Art (“B2V”), traveling to the Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Vancouver Art Gallery, and CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco

2003
The World’s A Mess It’s In My Kiss, Debs & Co, New York

2002
Play it as it Lays, London Institute of Contemporary Art, London
LA Freewaves: TV or not TV, Los Angeles

2001
Performances, Goldman Tevis, Los Angeles
Video Projects, Nikolai Wallnner, Copenhagen

1998
HMO SUV IPO, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles
Tri-Annuale (Part 1): Pinwheel, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

Screenings

2006   Valley Girl, New York Underground Film Festival, Festival Choice Award
2003   Valley Girl, Mixture Contemporary, Houston

Selected Publications

“The Future Greats”, Artreview, December 2005
Kite, Kristina, “The Backroom”, Critics Picks, artforum.com, October 2005
Holte, Michael Ned.  “Michele O’Marah,” Critics Picks, artforum.com, December 2004.
Goldsmith,Meredith. “Version”, Art Papers, Jan/Feb. 2004
Bing, Alison.  “Version,” SFGate.com, October 2004.
Helsand, Glen.  “Baja to Vancouver,” Artforum, December 2003.
Nataraj, Nirmala.  “Version: Aping Popular Culture,” sfstation.com, October 2004
Hainley, Bruce.  “Bruce Hainley: Best of 2002,” Artforum, December 2002.
Blanford, Richard.  “Play It As It Lays,” frieze, September 2002.
Campbell, Clayton.  “Michele O’Marah,” Flash Art, October 2002.
Hainley, Bruce.  “Michele O’Marah,” Artforum, October 2002.
Perchuk, Andrew.  “Michele O’Marah,” Critics Picks, artforum.com, August 2002.
Strange, Frederick.  “For Those About to Rock,” Bibel Magazine, 1999
Kellner, Amy.  “For Those About to Rock: The Videos of Michele O’Marah,” Index Magazine, 1997.