• Roll Playback: A Second Look at Creative Music Video Production - a display assemblage sculpture as part of a video for singer-songwriter Heidi Spencer. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Union Art Gallery, November 15 to December 14.
• The Gibson Guitar Project - using a Gibson Guitar in a work of art. Sponsored by the Gibson Company and City of Waukesha, Summer into Fall.
• Outdoor Assemblage Installation, in collaboration with Valerie Christell at Lynden Sculpture Gardens, Milwaukee/River Hills, February-March.
• Document Ephemera Series, Photographs Documenting Ephemeral Outdoor Site Specific Installations (solo exhibit), April 15 to June 3, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI.
• Exhibit of Former Guest Artists, Sharon Lynne Wilson Arts Center, Brookfield, June-July.
• Large Scale Assemblages and Document Ephemera Photographs, Mount Mary College Marian Gallery, (solo exhibit), September-October.
• Sculpture Created For the " SRAM pART PROJECT", using bicycle parts, a nation wide effort in "World Bicycle Relief" to benefit peoples of Africa, sponsored and organized by the SRAM Co., world headquarters in Chicago.
• Visual Art Wisconsin 2012: Wisconsin Visual Arts Juried Exhibition, UW Parkside Gallery, Kenosha, September 5 to October 13.

2011

• WVA South East Chapter Member Exhibit, Second Prize Award, Cedarburg Cultural Center, July-August.
• Nohl Fellowship Installation for Anniversary of MAM After Dark, Milwaukee Art Museum, September 16.
• Artists That Tell Stories Exhibit, The Gallery Grand, Milwaukee, October 21 to December 1.
• Temporary Site Specific Installation, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, February into August.
• Exhibit Including Kohler Residency Torso ceramics and Digital Images of Torso Outstallations, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, February-March.
• Ephemera - National Juried exhibition at Northwest Missouri State University, DeLuce Gallery at Northwest Missouri State, Maryville, Missouri, February 14 to March 18.
• WVA Member Exhibit, Alverno Fine Arts Gallery, Alverno College, February-March.

2010

• Among Friends, an exhibit of international artists, curated by Doug Haynes, Community Gallery, Madison, WI, July.
• The 90 Day Lawn Ornament, an outdoor site specific installation for the Northwestern Mutual Art Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, August into Spring.
• Members Exhibit, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, September
• Members Exhibit, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI, Nov. - Dec.
  
• Beloit and Vicinity Juried Exhibition, Wright Art Gallery, Beloit Collge, May-June
• Eight Counties Juried Exhibit, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, January 24 - March 21.
• Forward - A Juried Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Feb. 24 - May 19.

2009

• Wisconsin Visual Artists South East Chapter, Juried Members Exhibit, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, August-September
• Urban Legends & Rural Myths, Purdue University, Stewart Center Art Gallery, West Lafayette, Indiana, (nationwide juried exhibition), March 9 to April 26.
• Assemblage & Collage Art Juried Exhibition, Uihlein-Peters Gallery, St. John's on the Lake, Milwaukee July 30 to September 19.
• Alive in the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, starting May 22
• Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, Wisconsin Visual Artists, Inc., SE Chapter juried exhibit, June 1 to July 24.
• In-Site; Large Scale Outdoor Assemblage or Earth-Work, funded in part by the Milwaukee Arts Board, Milwaukee, completion in the last week of August.

2008

• The Portrait Exhibit of the South East Chapter of Wisconsin Visual Artists, Inc./WP&S, Northwestern Mutual Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Oct. 24 - Nov. 23.
  
• WVA/WP&S Juried Exhibit, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI, July into October.
• Greater Milwaukee Foundation Nohl Fellowship Award Winners Exhibition, INOVA Galleries, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Kennilworth Building, North Prospect and Kennilworth Ave., October-January
• Four Sided Show, (small group exhibition), Milwaukee Street Gallery, 717 N. Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee, April 18 to May 9.
• 51st Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, (juried), Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, May 16 to July 18.
• Two Cultures, One Spirit; Japan-Wisconsin Art Exchange, Saitama Museum of Art, Saitama, Japan, July 14-22.
• I Am Soltaire, (solo exhibit), Ploch Art Gallery, Wilson Art Center, Brookfield, WI, December-January.
• Inside Out; Sculpture Exhibition, University of WI, Sheboygan, June-September.

2007

• Aqua Art Miami, part of Hotcakes Gallery exhibit, Miami Florida, December 6-9.
• Winter Juried Exhibition, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, November 4 to January 6.
• Solo Exhibit, Lakeland College Bradley Gallery, Bradley Fine Arts Building, September 13 to October 25, Sheboygan, WI
• Sculpture at the Edge, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI. October 11 to November 1.
• One Collection, Three Dimensions: A Personal PURSUIT OF Wisconsin Sculpture, selections from the collection of Gary John Gresl, September 12 to November 11.
• WP&S South East Chapter (juried exhibit), Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI, May 23 to July 15.
• Wisconsin Triennial- 2007, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI. May 4 to July 15.
• Alive in the Arts - Plymouth Art Association, Gallery 110 North, (juried exhibit), April 27 to June 10.
• Wisconsin Artists Biennial- 2007, Haggerty Museum, Marquette campus, Milwaukee, WI, April 22 to July 15.
• SE Chapter Juried Exhibit, St. John's Uihlein Peter's Gallery, St. John's on the Lake, March 3 to April 14.
  
• 50th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Juried Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI, February 2 to March 30.
• Invitational Up North Themed Exhibit, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, February 23 to April 7.

2006

• Palimpsests and Middens, (solo exhibit), Hotcakes Gallery, 3379 N. Pierce St., Milwaukee, WI. December 16 to January 21.
  
• Milwaukee International Art Fair, represented by Hotcakes Gallery, Falcons Hall, October 20-21.
• WP&S Southeast Member Show, Ruess Federal Plaza, Milwaukee, WI. September-October.
  
• Anderson Art Center Winter Juried Exhibition, November 5 to January 8.
• Rural Visions, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI. December - January.
  
• Culture and Agriculture Juried Exhibit, New Visions Gallery, Marshified, WI. May 8 to July 9.
• Found and Recycled, Appleton Art Center Curated Exhibit, Appleton, WI. April 24 - June 3.
• Beloit and Vicinity 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI. February 3 to March 31.
• Inside Out, summer to fall sculpture exhibition, UW Sheboygan, WI. June 8 to October 10.
  
• Foreign Influences, Steenbock Gallery, WI Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, WI, June-July.
• Agrarian Views, (juried exhibit), Gallery 110 North, Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, WI, June 23 to August 6.
• Up North; Imaging of North Woods Culture and Mythology, West Bend Art Museum, August 2 to September 24.
• He Said, She Said, duo exhibit with Janet Roberts, (traveling exhibit), Wausau Center for the Visual Arts, August 18 to October 1.
• Solo Exhibit, Eye of the Arts Gallery, 225 Watson Street, Ripon, WI, February to March. February 1 to April 1.
• The Uncommon Icon; Reinventing the Sacred, ABEA exhibit at Uilein Peters Gallery, 1840 No. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI. January 28 to March 11.

2005

• Winter Juried Exhibition, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, October 2005- January 2006, (2 works accepted).
• South East Chapter Juried Membership Exhibition, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary College, September-October, Traveling to the Steenbock Gallery, WI Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, WI. Deember-January.
• Alive in the Arts, (juried exhibit), Gallery 110 North, Plymouth Arts Association. April 22 to June 1.
• He Said, She Said, duo exhibit with Janet Roberts, (traveling exhibit), Carroll College Rowe Fine Art Gallery, October exhibition.
• Eight Counties Juried Exhibit, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI. February 20 to March.
• Beloit and Vicinity 48th Annual Juried Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI. February 4 to April 1.
• Recycle, The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, Steenbock Gallery, Through January.
• Earthly Things and Mnemonic Devices, (solo exhibit), Wisconsin Memorial Union Porter Butts Gallery, UW-Madison, January 21 to February 20.

2004

• 28th Plaza Art Competition and Exhibition, (juried), the New Beverly Art Center, Chicago, November 19 to January 8.
• Alive in the Arts - 9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI. April 13 to May 16.
• The Art of Assemblage - Objects and Inspiration, small group invitational exhibit, Rahr-West Art Gallery, Manitowoc, WI. April 14 to May 30.
• A Decade of Art from the Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, James Watrous Gallery, Overture Center, Madison, WI. September 18 to October 31.
• Collaborations, together with Janet Roberts as collaborator, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, Steenbock Gallery. October.

2003

• Anderson Art Center Winter Juried Art Exhibition, Kenosha, WI. November 16 to January 4.
• Sculpture Exhibited at Art Milwaukee, organized by Milwaukee Art Dealers Association, Coachlignt Building, MIAD, September 2003,
• Wisconsin Artists Biennial - 2003, (statewide juried exhibit), UW-Madison Art Galleries, September 12 to October 11.
• Solo Exhibition Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, July 20 to September 7.
• Mementos and Earthly Things, (solo exhibit), University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, The Gail Floether Steinhilber Art Gallery in the Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd., February 6th through March 15, 2003.
• Duo Exhibiton, with Dan McGuire, Sculpture Professor UW-Whitewater, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, West National Avenue, Milwaukee, WI. April 11 toMay 24th.

2002

• 26th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Juried Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, 2407 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL. November 22 to January 18.
• Anderson Arts Center Winter Juried Exhibition, Kenosha, WI., November 10 to January 5.
  
• Unconventional Wisconsin, (statewide juried exhibit), Carlsten Art Gallery, UW-Steven's Point, November 2-11.
• Personal Visions - WP&S South East Chapter (juried exhibit), Gallery 110 North, Plymouth Center, Plymouth, WI. (two pieces accepted - Juror's Award), August 30 to October 20..
• 10th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Anderson Art Center, (two pieces accepted), September 15 to October 20.
• Route 51 - Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, (juried exhibit), Wausau Center for the Visual Arts, May-July. Best of Show Award; exhibit traveling to Beloit College for July-August.
• Here Where We Are Standing Dinosaurs Did a Dance, (solo exhibit), Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI. July.

2001

• Gary John Gresl, A Personal Synthesis, (solo exhibit by invitation), Rowe Fine Arts Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI, January 20 to February 16.
  To see photos of this exhibition, click here.
• 10th Triennial Eight Counties Exhibition, (juried show), John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. June 3 to July 22.
• 25th Annual Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, (Best of Show Award in 3D Category), November.
• Wisconsin Artists Biennial - 2002, Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, traveling to the Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI. November 18, 2001 to March 31, 2002.

2000

• Unconventional Wisconsin, (juried exhibit - three pieces chosen - Honorable Mention Award. Exhibition awards comprised one cash award and six equal Honorable Mentions), Edna Carlsten Gallery, Fine Arts Center, UW-Stevens Point, September 16 to October 11.
• WP&S Centennial Exhibition, (juried exhibit, $1000 Highest Cash Award for Requerdo, Beach Glass, West Bend Art Museum, October 18 to November 27.

1999

• Wisconsin Artists Biennial, (jureid exhibit - First Prize $500 Award), Haggerty Art Museum, Marquette University

1998

• Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, (juried exhibit - $400 Prize Award), Sesquicentennial Celebration at Villa Terrace Museum and Allis Museum.

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1992

• Where the Waters Meet, one half hour video interview for cable access, made available to the Milwaukee Public Library, created by Christina Zadowski and Mark Mars.

1990

• What Was.. .Is!, (invitational group exhibit), Ruess Federal Building and The Firestation Gallery, presented by City of Milwaukee Recycling Office.

1989

• Art Energized, (spring juried exhibit), Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
• Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, (juried exhibit), West Bend Gallery of Fine Art, West Bend, WI.
• Synthesis, (invitational group exhibit), Union Hill Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
• From Impulse to Obsession, (invitational group exhibit), Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.

1988

• Artists' Chairs, Walkers Point Center For The Arts.
• The Split Brain Series and Installation, (solo show), Terra Rouge Art Gallery.
• Wisconsin Statements, (juried spring exhibit), Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
• Homage to the Far Side, Wright Street Art Gallery.
• A Slice of Art, Historic Third Ward Window Installation.
• Milwaukee Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, (juried exhibit), Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI.

1987

• The Ethnography of North America, recent assemblage sculpture, (solo exhibit), Wright Street Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
• On Wisconsin, (fall juried exhibit), Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
• Four Artists - New Abstraction, Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI.
• West Bend Gallery of Fine Art, West Bend, WI
• The Wright Experiment; Kathleen Forecki, Peggy Thurston Farrel, Gary John Gresl, (group exhibit), Wright Street Gallery.
• Faculty Exhibit, Mount Mary College.
• Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, (juried exhibit), Reuss Federal Building, Milwaukee, WI.
• The Human is a Transitional Animal, Installation at Museum of Sexuality, (invitational exhibit), Theatre X Building, Milwaukee, WI.
• Bright Lights, (neon theme exhibit), Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI.
• The Wisconsin Artists Biennial, (statewide juried exhibit), UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. ($300 Award Prize - show traveled to Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc and the Neville Museum, Green Bay.)
• The Wisconsin Triennial, (statewide juried exhibit), Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.
• Naked Self Portraits, (juried exhibit), Madison Walker's Point Center For The Arts.
• Alice and Ruth Baer Juried Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL.

1986

• Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Juried Member Exhibit, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI.
• 6 X 12, (group exhibit - small works), Carrol College Union Gallery.
• Wisconsin Update, (fall juried exhibit), Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.

1985

• Trends, (spring juried exhibit), Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
• Contemporary Wisconsin, (fall juried exhibit), Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
• Men and Women in the Arts - National Juried Exhibition, West Bend Gallery of Fine Art, West Bend, WI. April 4-28.
• Faculty Exhibit, Mount Mary College.
• Salon de Refuses, alternative show to "Exhibition 63" exhibit, Milwaukee, WI.
• Local Artists Exhibit, West Bend Gallery of Fine Art, West Bend, WI.

1984

• The Wisconsin Biennial, (statewide juried exhibit), Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.
• Local Artists Exhibit, West Bend Gallery of Fine Art, West Bend, WI.
• Road Studies, Hitchhikers and Found Images, (solo exhibit), Milwaukee Auction Galleries, Milwaukee, WI.
• Mile of Art, (juried exhibit), Cardinal Stritch College.