UPDATED 3/31/01

Artists Portfolio: James Michaels

"Passion" 2000 60" x 36" oil and acrylic on canvas Collection of Jim & Barbie Beeler	"...Truth, Justice And The American Way" 2000 60" x 36" oil, acrylic and objects on canvas	"Hefty" 2000 60" x 36" oil and acrylic on canvas
"Corn" 1999 68" x 53" oil, acrylic and objects on canvas	"American Bow IV" 2000 60" x 36" oil and acrylic on canvas - Collection of Esther Hammer	"Cry Baby" 2000 60" x 36" oil and acrylic on canvas

all images above are copyright James Michaels

James Michaels
2567 Knoll Street West, Palm Harbor, Florida 34683 - 727-786-3575

ARTIST/PAINTER: Born 1945, New York - Florida Resident Since 1970
Full Time Working Artist Since 1979

STUDIED:
Pan American Art School, New York
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
1995-96 Pinellas County Arts Council Grant, Painting
1994 Southern Arts Federation
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Painting
1990-91 Individual Artist Fellowship, Visual Arts, Painting
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, Florida
1990-91 Pinellas County Arts Council Grant, Painting
1986-87 AVA- Awards in the Visual Arts Fellowship
Funded in part by the Equitable Foundation, the
Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS (Partial List)

1999 James Michaels - New Works - Fusion Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida

1997 I Led Three Lives: The Paintings of James Michaels,
Florida Southern College, Melvin Gallery, Lakeland, Florida

1992 James Michaels Paintings , 1989-1992
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida

1991 James Michaels Paintings
Susan Johnson Gallery, Tampa, Florida

1990 James Michaels Recent Works, 1989-1990
Florida Southern College, Melvin Gallery, Lakeland, Florida

1987 James Michaels Paintings, 1983-1987
Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida

Group Exhibitions (Partial List)

2000 Florida Painting: Spectrum of Expression
Museum of Art/ Tallahassee, Florida

1998 & 1999 UnderCurrent/OverView
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida

1997-98 Body and Soul : Contemporary Southern Figures

The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi
The Mobile Museum Of Art, Mobile, Alabama
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

1994 Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the
Arts Exhibition Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

1990-92 Art in Embassy Program, United States Department of
State United States Embassy, Madrid, Spain

1990-91 Fellowships: Florida's Finest - North Miami Center for Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida Capital Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

1988 New Pop - Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

Tampa Triennial Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida

1987 AVA-Awards in the Visual Arts Exhibition
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
Grey Gallery, New York University, New York, New York

Collections (Partial List)

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
Museum of Art University of Oklahoma, Norman, Ok.
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida
Pensacola Jr. College, Pensacola, Florida
Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg, Florida