Michael Anderson
b.1968 NYC
Autodidact
2006 Art Editor for Animal Magazine “Wildlife” issue #7
2006 Chashama Studio Grant, Harlem, NYC
2005 Art Editor for Animal Magazine “Instincts” issue #6
2005 US Concepts, “Urban Concepts” exhibition with a hip-hop concert by Faith Evans, Chelsea Markets, NYC
2005 Bloomingdales Department Store, exhibition in men’s wear section at 59th Street, NYC
2005 Panel Discussion, Featured Artist, “Beyond Bombing”, in conjunction with the “East Village USA” exhibition at the New Museum, Chelsea, NYC
2004 Invited Summer Studio, Kangol Store at the Apartment, Soho, NYC
1996-2003 Member Artist, Gale Gates et al., Dumbo Brooklyn
1997-2003 Dumbo Arts Festival, Open Studio, Dumbo, Brooklyn
2000 Artistic Residency at La Panaderia, Mexico D.F.
1999 Independent Studio, Kreutzberg, Berlin
1999 Independent Studio, Mexico D.F.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 “Fracture/Frattura”, Changing Role-Move Over Gallery, Naples Italy
2004 “Mad Collectors”, Paul Rodgers/9W, Chelsea, NYC
2002 “Post No Bills”, Paul Rodgers/9W, Chelsea, NYC
1997 “Recycled Amsterdam”, Vi Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1996 “The Ark”, Gale Gates et al., Lower Manhattan, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 “Summer Group Show”, Marlborough Gallery, 57th St, NYC
2006 “Native Spirit”, Supreme Trading, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2006 “God Complex-Images of Power”, Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2005 “Accumulation Project” Lunarbase Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2005 “What Color is your Daddy’s Caddy?” Diesel Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn
2005 “Brooklyn Vibe” Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn (sound art installation)
2005 “Multiple Partners”, Pablo’s Birthday, Tribeca, NYC
2005 “Paper Deviations”, The Proposition, Chelsea, NYC
2005 “Paradise”, Animal Gallery, LES, NYC
2004 “Democracy is Fun?”, White Box Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2004 “The Beautiful Ones”, 31 Grand Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2004 “Where it is”, Diesel Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn
2004 “Music Making, Marking Music”, Paul Rodgers/9W, Chelsea, NYC
2003 “Coltrane”, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2003 ”R U In Miami”, Scope Fair, Miami, Florida
2001 “Pieces”, Gale Gates et al., Dumbo, Brooklyn
2001 “Paradise in Search of a Future”, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2000 “One-Fifteen-Zero-Zero”, Gale Gates et al., Dumbo Brooklyn
1999 “Group Show”, Volcker und Freund Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1999 “Size Matters”, Gale Gates et al., Dumbo, Brooklyn
1999 “Dumbo Artists”, Gale Gates et al., Dumbo, Brooklyn
1999 “Antes Trenta”, Metropolitan Museum, Monterrey, Mexico
1998 “Under the Bridge”, Gale Gates et al., Dumbo, Brooklyn
1998 “Art Exchange 98”, curated by SoundLab, Lower Manhattan, NYC
1997 “Dumbo 2”, Gale Gates et al., Dumbo, Brooklyn Exhibition in conjunction with a choreographed dance performance by Eva Meyer-Keller and a vocal musical composition by Joseph Diebes,
1997 “Installation: Michael Anderson and Tom Fruin”, Mars Bar, LES, NYC
Theater
2002 “So Long Ago I Can’t Remember”, Gale Gates et al., 37 Main St Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Associate Designer of the large scale, environmental theater exhibition directed by Michael Counts and composed by Joseph Diebes. Based on Dante’s Inferno including the 12 circles of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
2000 “1839”, Gale Gates et al. 37 Main St, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
Associate Designer and custom fabricator for Michael Counts’ theatrical installation/performance, based on both the story of Oedipus and the invention of photography by Daguerre.
1999 ‘Tilly Losch”, Gale Gates et al. 37 Main St. Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
Associate Designer, and Onstage Technical Set Operations Director for Michael Counts’ installation/performance/triptych based on the movie “Casablanca”, Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World” and Joseph Cornell’s assemblage box “Tilly Losch”.
1998 “The Field of Mars”, Gale Gates et al., 37 Main St. Dumbo Brooklyn, NY,
Associate Designer, rig operator, and Special Effects Technician for Michael Counts on this site-specific installation performance freely adapted from the life of the Roman Emperor, Nero, in a 40,000 square foot warehouse space.
1998 “The Malleus Malificarum”, Ontological Theater 131 E10th St. LES, NYC
Set Designer for a site-specific play in a church, directed by David Pilot, choreographed by Debra Fernandez and, with an operatic composition by Joseph Diebes. Based on the Witch Hunts of 1484.
1997 “The Burning Out of ’82”, Theater for the New City 155 1st Ave, LES, NYC
Set Designer for a play about the effects of Reaganomics on American society, written by Arthur Sainer and directed by David Vining.
1996 “Wine-Blue-Open-Water”, Gale Gates et al. 67 Broad St. Lower Manhattan, NYC
Associate Designer and Performer in Michael Counts’ site-specific installation/
Performance freely adapted from “The Odyssey” of Homer, in a 35,000 square foot space on the15th floor of an office building
Selected Press
2004 Animal Magazine, Paradise Issue, #5, “Street Collage Gangster”, Evan Reynolds
2004 Filmmaker Magazine, Summer, Volume 12, #4, “Art in Motion”, Dylan Leiner
2004 Fahrenheit Arte Contemporaneo, April-May, Featured Artist, Carlos Noriega Jimenez
2004 L Magazine, June 23-July 6, interview, “The Writing on the Wall”, Ryan Gavaghan
2004 New York Press, April 28-May 4, review, “Mad Collectors”, Steven Psyllos
2004 Found Magazine, Issue #3, “Found Featured Artist” , Davey Rothbart
2002 New York Times, Friday, October 18, Weekend Arts & Leisure, Roberta Smith