Profile: Michael Parker
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EDUCATION
2005 Painting MFA University of South Florida
2000 Painting BFA University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
1998 Painting University of Georgia Cortona, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Tampa Museum of Art, six paintings, Tampa, FL
2007 Sounding Board, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
2006 Neighborhood Documentary Project, Hillsborough Community College Gallery, Tampa, FL
2005 Matthews Art Gallery, Tampa, FL
2005 William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
2005 Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Southern Open, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2007 "Arts Alive" Flight 19, Tampa, FL
2007 "Sensory Overload" Centro Asturiano, Tampa, FL
2006 "Under Current Over View 8" Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2005 "Reduced" Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
2005 "USE" Atlantic Center for the arts New Smyrna Beach, FL
2004 Juried Exhibition Contemporary Art Museum Tampa, FL
2004 "All Florida Juried Exhibition" Arts Center St. Petersburg, FL
2004 "Style vs. Substance" Matthews Art Gallery Tampa, FL
PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2008 "Art Loud" Two Public Murals 8'x8', Franklin Street, Tampa, FL
2007 "Line Drawing", Project manager for Janet Echelman's Lights onTampa installation, Tampa, FL
2007 Rowlett Park, Two Racquet Ball Court Murals 80'x20' Tampa, FL
2005 Lowry Park Zoo, Mural with students from Academy Prep, Tampa, FL
2004 "Intimate Spaces" Collaborative public art with British artists Frenchmottershead Tampa, FL
2003 "The Greek" Mural St. Petersburg, FL
2001 State of Massachusetts Historical Society: Permanent mural in historical building 10'x35', Boston, Ma
2001 Tru-Van Inc. Public mural Melrose, Ma
Co-Director of the Community art Program, Community Stepping Stones.
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND LECTURES
2008 The Big Draw artist in residence, Ruskin, FL
2008 Ucross Foundation artist in residence fellow
2007 Kirin and Avni Patel Foundation Healthy Hero Award
2006-07 Hillsborough County Planning Commission Design award of Excellence in Public Participation
2003-07 University of South Florida Foundation Grant
2004 Jack and Jean Winter Fellowship for individual artists
2004 Excellence in Painting award, Juried Exhibition Contemporary Art Museum, Juror Alan McCollum
2004 Guest lecture and critique, School of visual and performing arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2002-03 James Rosenquist Fellowship
TEACHING
2008 Community Arts University of South Florida
2007 Community Arts University of South Florida
2006 Community Arts University of South Florida
2005 Fabrications I and II University of South Florida
2004 Beginning Drawing I and II, University of South Florida
2004 YMCA Community Outreach, Tampa, FL
2004-07 Academy Prep Center, Special Projects Coordinator, Tampa, FL
2003-08 Community Stepping Stones, Painting, Drawing, and Electronic Media,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jessica Vander Velde, “Ready, Set, Paint.” St. Petersburg Times, September 12, 2008
Jade Dellinger, Undercurrent/Overview 8, Art Papers, Oct. 2006
Megan Voeller, Artist Profile: Michael Parker, Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, March 2007
Esther Hammer, "Annual Show To Feature Artists From Across State", The Tampa Tribune, May 11, 2006, pg 3
Lennie Bennet, "A New Height Of Sophistication", St. Petersburg Times, June 18, 2006, pg 8e
Amanda Henry, "A Jurors Job", The Tampa Tribune, May 14, 2006, pg 14
Laura Kinsler, "Mastering Murals", The Tampa Tribune, December 21, 2004, Metro PG 1
Esther Hammer, "Artists Lay Bare Their Troubled Souls in New Exhibit" The Tampa Tribune, May 5, 2005, South Tampa PG 14
Kathy Steel, "Young Painters Lay Foundation For Future", The Tampa Tribune, April 28, 2005, Central Tampa PG 1
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Arts Council of Hillsborough County
City of Tampa
Metropolitan District Commission, Boston, MA
Bryant College, RI
Caf Degli Artisti, Cortona Italy
Progressive Insurance