About
Merick Reed is a modern minimalist sculptor, photographer and designer living and working in Minneapolis / Saint Paul, Minnesota.
His work expresses simple, graphic geometry balancing spare aesthetics with playful assertion. Influenced by graphic and architectural design, his sculptural wall paintings are gestural arrangements exploring visual language.
Merick Reed has worked in the design industry since 1985. His career has included working for several design firms, leading his own Environmental Design studio and teaching at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He is currently practicing as a fine artist and design consultant.
Juried Exhibitions
2024 Spring + Summer Group Show, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024 5th Anniversary Group Show, Rubine Red Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2024 Visual Language, Art at the Bridgewater, Minneapolis, MN
2023 The Artful Present, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Black and White Show, Studio 123, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Neon Flux, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2022 The Artful Present, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2022 C4W:2022 – Pinky Promise, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2022 2022 Summer Group Show, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Real Good Art, CIRCA Gallery, Minneapolis, MN2021
2021 45TH Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
2021 The Really Really Good Abstract Show, ShockBoxx Project Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2021 Models in Motion, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, SCORE, Virtual Exhibition
2021 Art Under Covid 19, Contemporary Art Projects USA, Virtual Exhibition
2020 minimalism, ShockBoxx Project Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2020 C4W:2020 Lush Future, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2020 64 Arts, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
Additional Exhibitions, Speaking, Awards
2024 2024 MCAD Faculty Biennial, MCAD, Minneapolis, MN
2022 2022 MCAD Faculty Biennial, MCAD, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Honorable Mention, International Photo Awards
2018 Featured Speaker, “Design in 7”, University of Minnesota
2017 Merit Award, Graphis Design Annual
2015 Jurors' Choice Award, Made at MCAD
2007 Exhibition, Here By Design III: Process And Prototype, Rapson Gallery, Univ. of MN
Bibliography, Online Periodicals
Jesse Dorris, “Soak In The Magic Of This Palm Springs Retreat”, Interior Design, August 29, 2024 LINK
Laurie Junker, “Desert Bloom”, MSP Magazine, June 18, 2024 LINK
Elizabeth Flinsch, “Open Theme”, Shots Magazine, Fall, 2020. 39.
Jean A. Coyne, “Photography Annual”, Communication Arts, July / August, 2020. 177.
Shelby Pasell, “Merick Reed: A Graduate Twelve Years in the Making”, 2019 LINK