RAiR | 1976-77

Michael Aakhus 

Michael Aakhus (1951- ) was a Professor of Art and Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern Indiana where he worked from 1977 to 2016.  He was born in Effie, Minnesota on the Canadian border and attended Bemidji State University where he earned a BA in art. On completion of his undergraduate work he moved to Illinois where he received an MFA in printmaking, painting and drawing from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. His work has been exhibited widely and is represented in public and private collections throughout the world.  Michael returned to Roswell to reside at the historic studios while preparing for an exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri in November 2018.

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