MICHAEL TANGEN

Visual Artist • Composer • Radio Producer
Minneapolis, Minnesota
michaeltangen.com • stolace.com
Studio Five Ten, California Arts Building

EXHIBITIONS

Solo

2026 • INKED • Cryptid Hair Parlour • Minneapolis, MN
(29 works in ink and acrylic; July–September 2026)

Group & Juried

2026 • Third Annual Minnesota State Fair Reject Show • Douglas Flanders & Associates Gallery • Minneapolis, MN
2026 • Art-a-Whirl Open Studio Exhibition • Northeast Minneapolis Arts District • Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

2026 • Wooden Soul (three-piece private commission) • Private collection, Maple Grove, MN

COLLECTIONS & CHARITABLE DONATIONS

2026 • A Step Towards Acceptance — India ink and colored acrylic ink on mixed media paper, 18"×21" framed
Donated to: Proof Alliance Annual Benefit for FASD • Urban Daisy • Minneapolis, MN

2026 • In Letting Go — India ink and colored acrylic ink on mixed media paper, 18"×24"
Donated to: Proof Alliance Annual Benefit for FASD • Urban Daisy • Minneapolis, MN

FILM CREDITS

Steady Hands (dir. Timothy Gaetz, 2026)
Editor • Audio Engineer • Sound Designer • Film Score Composer

Falling For You (dir. Timothy Gaetz, 2026)
Associate Editor • Motion Graphics Design • Audio Engineer • Film Score Composer

RADIO & BROADCASTING

The Stolace Relay Station • Producer, Host & Audio Engineer
Weekly curated ambient and neoclassical music radio program
Syndicated via PRX (Public Radio Exchange) and Pacifica Network AudioPort
Available for free syndication to non-commercial community, college, and public radio stations
Seasons 1–7 • March 2021–present • stolace.com/relay-station

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY — STOLACE

Jamuary 2025 (2025) — 31-day ambient composition and sound design series

SPACES live ambient series (2024):
SPACES | Minnehaha Falls • SPACES | Manomin Park • SPACES | Hennepin Island
SPACES | Crown Arts • SPACES | Como Park • SPACES | Harriet Island
SPACES | Fridley Station • SPACES | Rice Creek • SPACES | Baldwin Stage
(Each release accompanied by original video documentation)

Transmission (EP, 2024)
ATMOS (LP, 2023) (accompanied by full-length video visualization)
Voyager (EP, 2023)
Relay Station // Sixty-Two (LP, 2022)
Relay Station // Gravity (Single, 2022)
Terminus (EP, 2020) (accompanied by video visualization)
Dark Side of the Moon (LP, 2020)

Full catalog: stolace.com/music/

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

California Arts Building Artist Collective • Minneapolis, MN • June 2026–present
Tom Wolfe Figure Study Co-Op • Minneapolis, MN • April 2026–present
Florence Hill Figure Study Co-Op • Minneapolis, MN • March 2026–present

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Art Academy • St. Paul, MN • April 2026–present
Studies in traditional ink and watercolor techniques

Frank O'Cain lecture and demonstration series • 2025-2026
Independent study on O'Cain's principles and techniques in abstraction

The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron) • Self-guided creative development • 2024