Michael Barton Lewis – Résumé

547 Hayes St. #1  •  San Francisco, CA 94102  • 415 864-4669  • 


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SELECTED EXHIBITS

2005

San Francisco Open Studios, The Artist's Studio, San Francisco, CA
Five Painters and a Boat Builder, Tinhorn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Epidemic Peace Imagery, Traveling Exhibition, Upper Midwestern United States
Salon Exhibit, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
Heartland, curated exhibit, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004

Recent Artworks, Solo Exhibition, Pick-Me-Up Cafe, San Francisco, CA
Salon Exhibit, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
San Francisco Open Studios, SOMAR Gallery, and the Artist’s Studio, San Francisco, CA
All in the Family III, group exhibition, Di Rosa Preserve, Off the Preserve Gallery, Napa, CA

2003

Intimate & Cataclysmic, Solo Exhibition, Pick-Me-Up Café, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Open Studios, SOMAR Gallery, and the Artist's Studio, San Francisco, CA
Propaganda, group show, STARTsoma Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

2002

San Francisco Open Studios, SOMAR Gallery, and the Artist's Studio, San Francisco, CA
Riddle of the Sphinx, Solo Exhibition, Café Frjtz, San Francisco, CA

1999

Digging the Future-1999. Art Tech Gallery, San Jose, CA

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1998

Angels and Aliens, Curated Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1997

Surrealism Sliced & Serrated, Invitational, 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
NWU Alumni Art Exhibition, Invitational, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE

1996

Deconstruction/Reconstruction, Solo Exhibition, Marchand Marketing, San Francisco, CA

1995

Pasted Papers: Collage & the 20th Century, Exhibition Curated by Peter Frank
Louis Stern Fine Arts, Hollywood, CA
By Special Invitation, Xerox PARC Research Complex, Palo Alto, CA
Information Superhighway, Juried Exhibition, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Triton Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Black and White, Juried Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
New Works in Photography, Juried Exhibition, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

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1994

Something for Everyone, Group Exhibition, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
LA International Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Dead and the Divine, Group Exhibition, Trinity Church, San Francisco, CA
Alters and Masks, Juried Exhibition, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Bibliophilia: Books? by Artists, Group Exhibition, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Humanscapes, Solo Exhibition, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exquisite Corpses, Group Exhibition, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA

1993

LA International Art Fair, with Morphos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, E'Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawing the Line, Juried Exhibition, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Art Photocopy Show, Xerox PARC Center, Palo Alto, CA. Catalog
Figure It Out, Invitational curated by Harry Roche, Ghia Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SF Photoscape '93, Group Exhibition, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1992

Lines of Development, Two Person Exhibition, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Great Plains, Solo Exhibition, Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA
Angels, Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Landlocked, Ghia Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Route 66 Revisited, Juried Exhibition, Near Northwest Arts Council, Chicago, IL
Route 66 Revisited, Juried Exhibition, Red Mesa Art Center, Gallup, NM. Catalog.

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1991

Eight Person Show, Modesto Junior College Gallery, Modesto, CA
Addiction and Compulsion, Student Union Gallery, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Mixed Media, Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA
North American Off Color Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, BSU Gallery, Boise, ID
North American Off Color Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Sun Valley Center, ID
Volksgraphic: The Techno-Primative Image, Juried Exhibition, Bumbershoot 1991, Seattle, WA
Eleventh Annual Juried Show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA
Sixth Annual Competition, Gallery Route One, Point Rayes, CA
61st Annual Statewide Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA
21st National Works on Paper, Juried Exhibition, Minot State University, Minot, ND

1990

Xerographic Collages, Solo Exhibition, Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA
Group On Earth, Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA
Seven Person Show, Nelson Morales Gallery, San Francisco, CA

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EDUCATION

Nebraska Wesleyan University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1986


CURATORIAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999

2 Guest Lectures/Collage Workshops, U.C. Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA
Digging the Future-1999. Art Tech Gallery, San Jose, CA

1998

Guest Lecture, "The Real Art World," Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE

1997

Bubble Rap (co-curated with Elliot Linwood), Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA

1996

Digging the Future (art exhibition), Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA
Digging the Future Live (performance art program), The Marsh Theater, San Francisco, CA

1996

Guest Lecture/Collage Workshop, U.C. Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA

1995

Download This!, Place Pigalle, San Francisco, CA

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Arts and Entertainment," The Daily Nebraskan, Vol 85 No 16, September 17, 1985, pg. 9.
Jack Kennedy, "'Dinosaurs' offers look at another age," Lincoln, Nebraska Journal, March 25, 1986, pg. 6.
Harry Roche, "Critic's Choice: Art," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol 26 No 44, August 5, 1992, pg. 51.
Gaye Brown, "Gallup Art Scene," The Independent, Gallup NM, September 22, 1992.
Route 66 Revisited, Catalog for traveling exhibition with essays by Elmo Baca and Laura Weathered, Near Northwest Arts Council, Chicago, September 1992.
Harry Roche, "Critic's Choice: Art," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol 28 No 7, Nov. 17, 1993, pg. 57.
Copy Art Show, Catalog for exhibition at Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, with forward by Marshall Bern, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, October 1993.
"Two at Morphos," San Francisco Examiner, March 9, 1994, pg. 3.
Harry Roche, "Critic's Choice: Art," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol 28 No 26, March 30, 1994, pg. 55.
Harry Roche, "Critic's Choice: Art," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 20, 1996.
Harry Roche, "ART Museums & Galleries," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol 31 No 28,
April 9, 1997, pg. 95.
"Angels and Aliens," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, December 2, 1998, pg. 92.
Jack Fischer, "Some Antidotes to the Fetishism of Technology," San Jose Mercury News, Sunday, January 10, 1999, pg. 3G

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