Selected Solo Exhibitions

• CURSIVE: Creighton Michael, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri; 2008
• Creighton Michael, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York City; 2008
• SQUIGGLElinear, Center for the Arts, Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland; 2007 travels to the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware; 2008
• Creighton Michael, Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture and Fine Arts, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, 2008
• Creighton Michael, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA; 2008
• Graphite: Drawings and Installation Works, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado; 2006
• Paintings: Creighton Michael, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2006
• Intersection: Works by Creighton Michael, The Arts Center, St.Petersburg, Florida; 2006
•VantagePoint IV Creighton Michael: Patterns of Perception, Mint Museums, Charlotte, North Carolina; 2005
• Articulated Spaces: Paintings by Creighton Michael, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA; 2003
• Creighton Michael: Dialects of Line selected works 1985-2003, Collaborative Concepts,
Beacon, NY: 2003 (includes a collaborative installation with composer, John Morton)
• Mark To Multiple, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL: 2003
• Between: New Paintings and Wall Drawings, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Larchmont, New York; 2002
• Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO; 2003, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1992, 1990
• Haiku/Innuendo: Paintings by Creighton Michael, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY; 2001 (brochure)
• Stitch: Works by Creighton Michael (1976-1999), Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA; 2001 (catalogue)
• Visual Matrix: Paintings/Drawings (1997-1999), Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; 2001
(exhibition essay by John Brunetti)
• Intuitive Drawing: Sculpture/Drawings (1985-1999), Kim Foster Gallery, NYC; 1999
(exhibition essay by Ann Landi)
• Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia; 1999
• Galerie Trois Points, Montreal Canada; 1999
• Creighton Michael: Painting (1995-1998), The Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, NY; 1998
• Markings: Works by Creighton Michael (1985-1997), Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; 1998
• Kim Foster Gallery, NYC; 1997, 1996, 1995
• Line Play: Sculpture/Drawing (1991-1996), Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA; 1997
• Creighton Michael: Marks and Metaphor/Drawings (1990-1995), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 1996 (catalogue)
• Creighton Michael: Landscape, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; 1994 (catalogue essay by Cynthia Nadelman)
• New Sculpture and Drawings, Littlejohn Contemporary, NYC; 1992 (exhibition essay Eleanor Heartney)
• Drawing Sculpture, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX; 1992
• Creighton Michael: Constructions 1990, Ruth Siegel Gallery, NYC; 1991 (catalogue essay by Nancy Princenthal)
• Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; 1990, 1988
• Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 1990
• LedisFlam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; 1989
• Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY; 1988
• David Beitzel Gallery, NYC; 1988
• Art At The Edge: Creighton Michael, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; 1987 traveled to St. Louis Gallery of
Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri; 1988; (catalogue essay by Susan Krane)
• Craig Cornelius Gallery, NYC; 1987, 1985

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA; 2007 travels through 2009
• Material Matter, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; 2007
• Cursive, Artist Commune, Hong Kong, China; 2007
• Monumental Drawings, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX; 2007 (Barbara MacAdam, curator)
• Continuum, celebrating the Seventieth Anniversary of the American Abstract Artists, St. Peter's College Art Gallery, Jersey City, NJ; 2007
• Current, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO; 2007
• EELight, a collaboration with Bill FitzGibbons, the LAB, New York City; 2006
• GRID: Structure and Process, Kreft Gallery, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI; 2006 travels to Wooster Arts Space, NYC; 2007
• SENSi/aBLE SPACES: Space, Art and the Environment, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; 2006
• GROUP 1, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, New York; 2006
• PAGES, I Space, University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Chicago, IL; 2005 (organized by Buzz Spector)
• Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, New York; 2005
• IDEAL: Selections from the American Abstract Artists, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York; 2005
• In Line, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, New York; 2005 (brochure)
• Cursive, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, NYC; 2005 (brochure)
• Dimensional Line: Recent Work by Sharon Louden and Creighton Michael, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Museum of Art, Utica, NY; 2004 (brochure)
• Synthesis: Experiments in Collaboration Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA; 2003; Axel Raben Gallery,
New York City; 2004
• The Essence of Line, Concordia Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY; 2004
• Art in Embassies Exhibition, Zagreb, Croatia; 2003-2006
• Art in Embassies Exhibition, Nicosia, Cyprus; 1999-2002
• Body Language, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; 2002
• Outside In, Arvada Center for the Art and Humanities, Arvada, CO; 2002
•" Reactions:" ExitArt/The First World, NYC; 2002
• Body Work, The Workspace, NYC; 2001
• Act of Drawing, Tompkins College Center Gallery, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA; 2001
• Lines, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA; 2001
• RE: Drawing, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY; 2001
• Another Story Altogether: Abstraction in Painting Today, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY; 2000
• End Papers: 1890-1900 and 1990-2000. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY; 2000 (catalogue)
• Abstraction, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI; 1999
• Selected Works From The New York Collection, Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; 1999
• Small Abstractions, Kim Foster Gallery, NYC; 1999
• MA(R)KING: A Survey of Artist Mark Making in 1999, Central Arts, Tucson, AZ; 1999
• Cynthia Hawkins/ Creighton Michael, Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY; 1995
• Natural Fantasy, Choate House Gallery, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY; 1995
• Drop Dead Painting, 103 Reade Street, 2nd Floor, partially funded by the Igor Foundation, NYC; 1994
• A View To The Future: Recent Acquisitions, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI; 1994
• 1994 National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR; 1994 (catalogue)
• Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; 1993 (catalogue)
• First Sightings: Recent Modern and Contemporary Acquisitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO; 1993
• 55 Ferris Street III, 55 Ferris Street, Brooklyn, NY; 1993 (catalogue)
• Seven Sculptures, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA; 1990
• Working on Paper: Contemporary American Drawings. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; 1990
• In the Making: Drawings by Sculptors, The Sculpture Center, NYC; 1988
• Innovations in Sculpture, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; 1988

Education

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, M.F.A.; 1978 (Painting/Multi-Media)
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, M.A.; 1976 (Art History)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, B.F.A. Honors; 1971 (Painting)

Selected Teaching

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Hunter College, New York, NY, 2005 to present
• The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, 2005 (dimensional drawing workshops)
• Adjunct Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; 1986-1997, 2004 (drawing, 2-D / 3-D design)
• Visiting Lecturer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; 2003 (adv. sculpture), 2001, 2000, 1998 (drawing)
• Visiting Artist, University of Richmond, VA; 2003 (lecture),
• Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, CO; 2003 (painting workshop)
• Visiting Artist, Albright College, Reading, PA; 2002, 2001 (lecture / critic)
• Visiting Artist, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY; 2001 (drawing) 1988 (sculpture)
• Visiting Artist, V.C.U., Richmond, VA; 1991,1999,2003 (lecture / workshop) 2004 (lecture/critic)
• Visiting Artist, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; 1998 (lecture)
• Critic, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; 1995-1996
• Guest Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; 1995 (sculpture)
• Visiting Artist, Haverford College, Haverford, PA; 1997, 1993 (lecture)
• Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; 1991, 1986 (lecture)
• Visiting Artist, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA; 1999, 1991, 1986 (critic/lecture)
• Visiting Professor of Painting, SUNY, Buffalo, NY; 1985 (painting)

Selected Collections

• American Express
• AT&T
• Edward Albee
• The John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri
• David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University
• The Brooklyn Museum
• Denver Art Museum
• High Museum of Art
• Markel Service, Inc., Richmond, VA
• Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
• New York University
• Pfizer, Inc
• Progressive Corporation
• Prudential
• R.I.S.D. Museum of Art
• Wilbur Ross
• Prof. Pieter Sanders (Holland)
• University of Richmond Museums
• Vanderbilt University
• Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNC

Selected Bibliography

• Anon. "Itinerary," SCULPTURE, Volume 24, Number 3, Washington, D.C., April 2005; page15 (Squiggle, 2005)
• Anon. Arts & Antiques, October 1988; page 52, (Cromlech, 1987)
• Bass, Ruth." Up Now, New York Reviews"; Creighton Michael: Kim Foster, ARTnews, Volume 98, Number 8,
New York City, September 1999; page 145 (PM 793, 1993)
• Brenson, Michael. " Forces of Nature," The New York Times, New York City, 27 July 1990; Section C, p. 22
• Brenson, Michael. " Sculpture Breaks the Mold of Minimalism", The New York Times, New York City,
23 November 1986; page 33
• Brunetti, John. " The Transcendentalism of Creighton Michael", exhibition essay, Visual Matrix;
Paintings/Drawings 1997-1999, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; 2000
• Castle, Ted. " Review of Exhibitions: Creighton Michael at David Beitzel and Pence", Art in America, New York City,
May 1989; page 204, (Widsith 2, 1988)
• Cameron, Dan. " Ten To Watch," Arts Magazine, Volume 61, No.1, New York City, September 1986; pages 40-42
( Luftschiff Richter, 1986 )
• Dickenson, Carol V. " Denver: Creighton Michael: Robischon," ARTnews, Volume 94, Number 4, New York City,
April 1995; page 154 (Interval 194, 1994)
• Donohoe, Victoria. " Entwining Drawing and Sculpture," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 21 September,
1997; p 11 (Narrative 196, 1996)
• Dreishpoon, Douglas. An introductory essay for the exhibition catalogue, The Sculptural Membrane, Sculpture Center
New York City; (Blind Horn, 1985)
• Frank, Peter. " Art Picks of the Week", L.A. Weekly, Vol. 12, No. 51; 1990
• Frank, Peter. " Constructed Image/Constructed Object", for the exhibition catalogue Constructed Image/Constructed
Object, Alternative Museum, New York City; 1984; page 16-17 (Bishop-Widow, 1982), (Cloakwing, 1982)
• Genocchio, Benjamin. "Some Rich Pickings For the Art Lover", The New York Times, New York City, October 2, 2005; WE, page 6
• Goodman, Jonathan. Review of Exhibitions: "Creighton Michael at Kim Foster", Art in America, New York City,
July 1998; page 98 (Dust 897, 1997)
• Handy, Ellen. " New York In Review: Creighton Michael" Arts Magazine, New York City, January 1989;
pages 98 and 99
• Hanzal, Carla. Creighton Michael: Patterns of Perception, catalogue essay, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2005
• Harper, Glen. " Reviews", Art Papers, Vol. III, No. 6, November-December 1987; pages 50 and 51 (Bishop-Widow, 1982)
• Iwasaki, Hitomi. Creighton Michael: Paintings 1995-1998, exhibition essay, Queens Museum of Art
at Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, New York; 1998 (Notation 598, 1998)
• Johnson, Ken. " Art Guide," The New York Times, New York City, 7 November 1997; Ep38
• Keane, Dan, "Living History" NY Arts November/December 2005, vol.10, No.11/12; pages 78 and79 (Field 3405, 2005)
• Lombardi, D. Dominick. "Beacon, New York: Creighton Michael," SCULPTURE, Volume 23, No.7,
September, 2004; pages 68-69 (Luftschiff 4, 1986)
• Melrod, George. " Reviews/Creighton Michael," ARTnews, New York City, October 1992; page 136
(Conifer 1292, 1992)
• Melrod, George. " Reviews/Creighton Michael", ARTnews, New York City, March 1991; page 136; (Navigator4, 1990)
• Myers, Terry R. " What's My Line?", catalogue essay, non-paginated. Out of Line II: Abstract Painting and Sculpture,
The Police Building, OIA, New York City, 1994 (MP 793, 1993)
• Nadelman, Cynthia. " Recent Drawings by Sculptors: A Common Language," Drawing, New York City, July-August
1994; page 25-28 (Aquifer, 1993)
• Nadelman, Cynthia. " Gabo's Progeny", ARTnews, New York City, December 1987; pages 123-127, (Spiderwing, 1987),
(Auk, 1987) and a portrait of the artist
• Naves, Mario, " Currently Hanging; Creighton Michael; Strength in Sculpture," The New York Observer, New York City,
11 October 1999; page 17
• Princenthal, Nancy, Creighton Michael: Constructions 1990, essay, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York City;
1991; non-paginated
• Ryan, Paul, Reviews / Mid-Atlantic: Richmond, Virginia, ART PAPERS, Atlanta, Georgia, January / February 2004,
page 46 (Pulse 401) 2001
• Schwendenwein, Jude. " Creighton Michael: Review," Artforum, New York City, January 1989;
page 117 (Dunadd, 1986)
• Tanguy, Sarah. "Creighton Michael: Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University," SCULPTURE, Volume 26, No.7, September 2007; pages 73-74 (SQUIGGLElinearB206)
• Vicker, Marcia. " Bullish in Bankruptcy", Business Week, New York City, 1 April 2002; page 71, (Dow Cow, 2000)
• Wei, Lilly. " Creighton Michael and Bill FitzGibbons: EELight", ARTLIES, Houston, Texas, Spring 2007; page 121
• Westfall, Stephen. " Review of Exhibitions: Creighton Michael at Craig Cornelius," Art in America, New York City,
page 158 (Kyoto, 1986)
• Wilkin, Karen. " At the Galleries," Partisan Review, Boston, MA, Vol. LXVI, No. 4; 1999; page 647
• Wolfe, Townsend, 5th Biennial National Drawing Invitational, The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; 1994;
pages 49-51, page 50 (Aerial 393), 1993) page 51 (Aquifer, 1993)
• Zimmer. William "Shadows and Clarity, in Quietly Elegant Lines", The New York Times, New York, New York,
26 October, 2003; WE, page10 (63001, 2001)
• Zimmer. William " For Artists, a Vacation Just Means a New Landscape", The New York Times, New York City,
3 June 2001; WE, page 12 (photograph of the artist)