Michael Scott was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1952, and has been a life-long resident of the Midwest. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1976, and his MFA from the University of Cincinnati in 1978. Scott began exhibiting his work in the late ’70s, and he has shown extensively throughout the Midwest, on the East Coast, and in the South. Examples of Scott’s work can be found in numerous prestigious corporate and public collections, including the Cincinnati Art Museum; the Southern Ohio Museum of Art Portsmouth Ohio; the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Oh; the Museum of the Southwest Midland TX; the Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; the J.B. Speed Museum in Louisville, KY; and the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, AK. Autry National Center for the Arts Los Angeles, CA.
Bio
BORN
1952Lawrence Kansas
EDUCATION
1976BFA, Kansas City Art Institute
1978MFA, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH.
FELLOWSHIPS AWARDS
1975 Skowhegan Fellowship
1998 Post Corbett Award Finalist
1999 Ohio Individual Arts Fellowship
2002 Ohio Individual Arts Fellowship
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
1980Northern Kentucky University-1980-83
Figure Drawing-Landscape Painting
1981Art Academy of Cincinnati: 1981-86
Intermediate Life Drawing
Intermediate Painting –Advanced Painting Seminar
1983Artist in Residence: Kentucky Arts Council 1983-1986
1985Baker Hunt Foundation: 1985-1996
Advanced Painting
LECTURES
1995Kansas City Art Institute-Kansas City MO.
Collectors Society University of Kentucky-Lexington
National Geographic Society –Washington D.C
1999 Cincinnati Art Club-Cincinnati OH.
1999 Purchase College –Purchase New York
1999 Museum of the Southwest-Midland TX.
2002Art Academy of Cincinnati-Cincinnati OH.
Southern Ohio Museum of Art-Portsmouth OH.
Weston Gallery in the Arnoff Center for the Arts-Cincinnati OH. Gerald Peters of Santa Fe-Santa Fe New Mexico
2004 The University club of Cincinnati
2005The Art Academy of Cincinnati
2005The Taft Museum of Art
2005The Nicolaysen Museum of Art
WORKSHOPS
1994Landscape Workshop Blueberry Cove Maine-1994-1996
1996Landscape Workshop Mohegan Island Maine-1996-1998
2002Still life Workshop Bending Cedar -2002
1999 Landscape Workshop Santa Fe New Mexico-
2006Ohio Valley Landscape and Stillife
2008Santa Fe Landscape workshop
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2018 “Preternatural on Fire” Autry Museum of the American West LA. CA
2015 “St.Michael” David Richard Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2014 “FOUND” David Richard Gallery Santa Fe NM
2012 “Buffalo Bulbs Wild West Show” Corpus Christi Museum of Art
2012 “The Doggie Diaries” Gerald Peters NYC
2010 “ Buffalo Bulbs Wild West Show” Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe NM
2007 “ Michael Scott Landscape’s and Self Portraits
2006 “Farny Fables”: Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe NM. The Taft Museum Of Art Cincinnati Ohio, The Nicolaysen Art Museum- Casper WY.
2004 “ Michael Scott a30 Year Survey”: The University Club of Cincinnati
2002 “ The Diaries of Little Red Hen”: Southern Ohio Museum of Art Portsmouth Ohio, Weston Gallery Arnoff Center for the Arts Cincinnati Ohio, Gerald
Peters gallery Santa Fe New Mexico
2001 “ Perception of Seeing” Jack Wright Gallery New York, NY.
2000 “Cajun Chickens” Cole Pratt Gallery New Orleans, La.
“Penny’s Grand Vision”: The Museum of The Southwest Midland Texas
1999 “Penny’s Grand Vision A Creation Story” Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe NM.
1998“Metaphorical Memory” Linda Schwartz Gallery Lexington Ky.
1997 “Metaphorical Landscapes” Caldbeck Gallery Rockland Maine
1996“Places of the Spirit”, Cincinnati Art Gallery Cincinnati
1995“Introductions”, Joseph Chowning Gallery San Francisco CA
“Michael Scott On The Vineyard”, Four way Gallery Martha’s Vineyard MA
1994“Recent Work”, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
“Michael Scott Recent Works”, Morgan Gallery Kansas City MO
1993“The Seasons”, Cincinnati Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1992“Spirit of the Trees”, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
1990 Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
1989“Phoenix Installation -An Environmental Landscape”’ The Phoenix, Cincinnati OH
“New Works”, Still-Zensel Fine Art, New Orleans LA
1988“Michael Scott Exhibition”, DeGraaf Fine Art, Chicago, IL
“Works on Paper”, DeGraaf Gallery, Holland MI
1987“New Paintings”, A.B. Closson Gallery, Cincinnati OH
“Landscapes”, DeGraaf Gallery Holland MI
1986“The Carbon Arc”, Installation, Carrolton KY
“Painter and Poet”, Documentary, KET TV
1985“Scottish Landscapes” A.B. Closson Gallery, Cincinnati;OH
“New Landscape”, DeGraaf Fine Art Chicago IL.
“Landscapes”, DeGraaf Gallery, Holland MI
1984“Canadian Landscapes”, A.B. Closson Gallery’ Cincinnati OH
1983“Intimate Landscapes”, A.B. Closson Gallery, Cincinnati;OH
1981Commission on the Arts Gallery, Cincinnati;OH
Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, Cincinnati;OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 “ Miniatures Invitational Exhibition Albuquerque Museum of Art
2001“65th Annual National Juried Competition Butler Museum of Art
2000 “64th Annual National Juried Competition Butler Museum of Art
1999“Expedition: Great Lakes-The Power of Water” Sherry French Gallery New York City travels to Krasl Art Center St.Joseph, MI. The Flint Institute of
Art, Flint MI. The Dennos Museum Traverse City MI.
1998“Inaugural Exhibition” Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe NM.
1998“Group Show” Edgewood Orchard Galleries WI
1998“Group Show” Linda Swartz Gallery Lexington Ky.
1997“61st Annual National Juried Competition Butler Museum of Art - Jurors Award “Best of Show”
1997 “Group Show” Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe NM.
1996“Group Show” Edgewood Orchard Galleries WI.
1994“EXPEDITION: Everglades--River of Grass” Sherry French Gallery, New York NY; Travels to: Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach FL
Deland Museum of Art, Deland FL; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach Fl; The Alexander Brest Gallery And Museum Jacksonville FL
1993“Group Show” Sherry French Gallery New York NY
“Maine and Other Remote Areas”, Sherry French Gallery
1993“EXPEDITION: Maine”, Sherry French Gallery, Tenants Harbor ME
“Tenth Year Anniversary Show” Sherry French Gallery, Palm Beach FL
1993 “The New Whitney Dissenters”. Sherry French Gallery
1992 New York NY; Travels to : Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska: Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford IL; Fitchburg Art
Museum, Fitchburg MA 1992
“Beyond Realism: Image and Enigma in American Art” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto PA
“Collector’s Show”, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AK
“Group Show”, Gallery Two, Woodstock VT
1992“Focus on Art”, NCJW, Livingston NJ
“A Return to the Country”, Sherry French Gallery Palm Beach FL
1991“EXPEDITION: Estes Park” Sherry French Gallery, NewYork NY; Travels to: R.L. Galleries, Chicago IL
Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX; Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita KS
1991“Scale & Content: Oversized Paintings About Life in the 20th Century” Appalachian Summer Arts Festival, Appalachian State University, Boon NC
“INAUGURAL EXIBITION: Gallery and Invited Artist”’
1991 Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
“To Grant or not To Grant”, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY; Travels to: Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville TN
“Public Territory”: Landscape as Metaphor for Personal Concerns”, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita KS
“Personal Territory”, Struve Gallery, Chicago IL
“The Eternal Male: Ares and Pluto”, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
1991“ New Painting”, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY Travels to: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo MI; Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
1990“Illumination and Radiance: Epiphanies in Contemporary
1990“Harmony & Discord: American Landscape Today” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA
1990 “Chicago International Art Exposition”, Navy Pier, Chicago ART LA90 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles CA
“Waiting for Cadmium”, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
“Site Specific-Available for Commission”, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
“New Works on Paper”, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta GA
“Collector’s Show”, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AK
1991“Revelation and Devotion: The Sprit of Religion in Contemporary Art”, Sherry French Gallery, New York Travels to: Triton Museum of Art
Santa Clara CA,; Art Gallery Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter MN; Valparaiso University
Museum of Art, Valparaiso IN; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira NY
1989“The 41st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary America Painting”, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Travels to: Georgia Museum of Art
University of Georgia, Athens GA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans LA; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach FL
1989“Trains and Planes: The Influence of Locomotion in American Painting” Sherry French Gallery New York NY; Travels to: Arts in the Academy
National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC; Roberson Center for the Arts, Binghamton NY
Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville IL; The Noyes Museum, Ocean Ville NJ
1989“New Acquisitions of Prints, Drawings and Photographs” Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago IL
Art/LA89, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles CA
1989 “Spectrum”, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga “Collector’s Show,” The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AK
1989“Art Services and Rental Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia PA
1989“Art on Paper”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro NC
“Designs and Desires: Preliminary Drawings for Large Works “ Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
“Landscape Observed”, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
1988“Works on Walls” Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV
“Neocon 20--1988”,Herman Miller, Inc., Chicago IL
“Mid-America Biennial”, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro KY
1985“The Mask”, Video Film Festival, KET TV
1984“Six Regional Artist”, State Capital, Frankfort KY
1982 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
University of Northern Kentucky, Highland Heights KY
College of Mount St.Joseph, Cincinnati OH
1981 Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
1979 Carnegie Center for the Arts, Covington KY
1978 Tangeman Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati;OH
PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AK
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown OH
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga TN
Southern Ohio Museum of Art
Huntington Bank Columbus Ohio
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans LA
Autry National Center for Arts and Culture LosAngeles, CA
The Nicolaysen Art Museum
A.B. Closson, Jr. Co. Cincinnati OH
AT&T, Piscataway NJ
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
Arthur Anderson Co. Chicago IL
Capitol Holding, Louisville KY
Central Trust Bank, Cincinnati OH
Charter Oak Savings Assoc. Cincinnati and Columbus OH
Cincinnati Financial, Cincinnati OH
Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati OH
Cincinnati Playing Cards Cincinnati OH
Cincinnati Heating & Air Conditioning
Citicorp Investment Bank, New York NY
City of Covington, Covington KY
Drackett Corporation Cincinnati OH
Federated Central Office Cincinnati OH
Fidelity Investments Boston MA
Hamilton Carver & Lee, Cincinnati OH
J.C. Nichols Co, Inc. Kansas City MO
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles CA
Kentucky Utilities, Carrollton KY
Manhattan Life Co, New York NY
Michigan Bell Telephone Co, Southfield MI
Miner Raymond & Associates, Cincinnati OH
Museum Acquisitions Ltd. Chicago IL
NYNEX, White Plains NY
Northern Trust Corporation, Chicago IL
Prince Corporation, Holland MI
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ
Century Sports Inc. Ridgefield NJ
Quality Group Inc. Kansas City MO
R.H. Love Gallery, Chicago IL
Scheper Chemical Co. Cincinnati OH
Scripts Howard News, Cincinnati OH
Cincinnati Bell, Cincinnati OH
The Phoenix of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
Brown Foreman, Louisville KY
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