Curriculum Vitae
| Education | |
| 1966/68 | California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
| 1976 | B.A Hrs. CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA |
| 1978 | M.F.A. Hrs. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA |
| Studio Awards & Commissions | |
| 2007 | Public Art Commission, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO |
| 2005 | Arts & Industry Residency, Kurtz GmbH, Wertheim, Germany |
| 2004 | NEA Community Projects Grant, J. M. Kohler Art Center Sheboygan, WI |
| 2004 | Kohler Arts & Industry Residency, Sheboygan, WI |
| 2003 | California Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award For The Visual Arts |
| 2002 | Sacramento Metro Arts Commission, Public Art, Sacramento, CA |
| 2002 | Art in Public Places Award, State of California |
| 2001 | Kohler Arts & Industry Residency, Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
| 2001 | Residency, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany |
| 1999 | Limn International Commission, Sacramento, CA |
| 1998 | Commission, Friedman Collection, Sacramento, CA |
| 1994 | Torri Collection Commission, La Jolla, CA, |
| 1990/91 | Sacramento Metro Arts Commission, Public Art, Sacramento, CA |
| 1976 | San Francisco Art Dealers Association Award |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2007 | Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 | San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 2005 | Snidle S.F. Projects, San Francisco, CA |
| 2005 | Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA |
| 2002 | John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Exhibition Catalog |
| 2000 '97 '93 | Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1998 '96 '94 '91 '88 '81 | Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1986 | Museum of Art, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey |
| 1984 | Redding Museum of Art, Redding, California |
| 1978 | Vedra Gallery, San Jose, California |
| 1976 | Zara Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| Two-Person Exhibitions | |
| 2005 | Kunst und Kultur bei Kurtz, Lynn Criswell & Michael Bishop, Kurtz GmbH, Wertheim, Germany, Exhibition Catalog |
| 2002 | Private Space, Michael Bishop, Niki Davis, James Snidle Fine Arts, Chico CA |
| 1998 | Michael Bishop & Italo Scanga, James Snidle Fine Arts, Chico, CA |
| 1994 | Objects & Subjects, Michael Bishop & Lynn Criswell, The Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA |
| 1987 | Smith Andersen Gallery, Lynn Criswell & Michael Bishop-New Work, Palo Alto, CA |
| 1984 | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Michael Bishop & David Best-Car plays, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1983 | The Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Lynn Criswell & Michael Bishop-New Work, Monterey, CA |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2004 | New Works From The Permanent Collection, John Michael Kohler Art Center, WI |
| 2003 | Chicago Navy Pier, Outdoor Exhibition, Chicago Ill. |
| 2001 | From The Permanent Collection, John Michael Kohler Art Center, WI |
| 1999 | 16 Sculptors CSU, Sacramento, Sacramento, California |
| 1997 | New Space/New Work, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1996 | New Acquisitions, R. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA |
| 1996 | Fulbright 50th Anniversary, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach CA |
| 1996 | INDEX 17 California Artists, Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1995 | Art & Survival, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1994 | Selections From The di Rosa Foundation, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
| 1992 | California Narrations, Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium |
| 1990 | California Eccentrics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois |
| 1989 | West Coast Works, Klabal Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1989 | Artists/Educators, San Francisco Airport Commission, San Francisco, CA |
| 1988 | Works On Paper, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1987 | West Coast Artist, Myra Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1987 | Words and Art, Arizona Museum of Youth, Mesa, Arizona |
| 1986 | Homage to Joseph Beuys, German Embassy, Izmir, Turkey |
| 1985 | 1000 Blows Of The Sun, The Surrealists Show, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1984 | S.F. Art Commission: Celebration of Form, Ft. Mason, S.F. CA |
| 1982 | International Sculpture Conference, Horizon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA |
| 1980 | Small Sculpture: Jack Zakac, John Battenberg, Michael Bishop, Manuel Neri, Zara Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1977 | Bay Area Sculpture, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California |
| Selected Periodicals | |
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Artweek Preview, Michael Bishop at Snidle S.F. Projects, by Debra Koppman. November 2005 Artweek, Michael Bishop: Heavy Hand by Allen Gordon, July/August 2000 Sacramento Bee, Double-edged vision to Bishop's mixed media, by Victoria Dalkey, Sunday, June 11, 2000 San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Fettered Desire", by Lindsey Westbrook Museums & Galleries, September 9, 1998 Citysearch 7, Michael Bishop: Trust Me, by Berry Colin, September 1998 Joseph Chowning Gallery Publication, Glowen, Ron. "Michael Bishop, Recent Sculpture", by Ron Glowen, September, 1998 Pomegranate Artbooks, "Wild Wheels, D.C. - 6", by Harod Blank, 1994 Athenaeum, Volume 17, Number 2, " Objects and Subjects", by Marie Horne, March/April 1994 Stern Magazin, "Ein Gepflegter Spleen," by Zehle, Sibylle, November 1991 Sacramento Bee, "Michael Bishop, Creative Tension," by Victoria Dalkey, March 27, 1991 Contemporary Arts Magazine, Michael Bishop, New Sculpture and Drawings, by Sitki Erinc, Fall, 1986 Los Angeles Times, "Exploring The Myth Of The Automobile," by Dan Sullivan, September 3, 1984 New York Times, Los Angeles Festival Is A Vehicle For Cars, by Faber, Stephen. September 4, 1984 Associated Press Wire Service, Artist To Create Special Car During Carplays, by Jackie Hyman, August 26, 1984 Architectural Digest, Layering Steel And Space, by Barbara & Nichols Flanagan, May/June, 1984 | |
| Selected Collections | |
Karstadt GmbH, Essen, Germany G, Samanti, Florence, Italy Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Kurtz Shanghai Ltd., Shanghai, China Limn International, San Francisco, CA di Rosa Foundation, Napa Valley, CA Thurston Twigg-Smith, Honolulu, Hawaii Securities Research Associates, San Francisco, CA UC Davis, The Fine Arts Collection, Davis, CA Kohler Corporation, Kohler Village, Wisconsin 1717 17 Associates, San Francisco, CA Mort & Marcy Friedman, Carmichael, CA M.E. Estes, Inc., Mill Valley, CA Battenberg, Filhart & Wright Associates, San Jose, CA Diana & Derek Lidow, Venice, California Mark & Margie Friedman, Sacramento, CA Erika & Fred Torri, Leucadia, California Mr. & Mrs. E. Tetelman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Joseph & Mirella Ventress, Santa Monica, CA H. Thiel & E. Graubner, Wiesbaden, Germany Jimmy Hasson, Seattle , WA Deborah Masters, Brooklyn, New York Mark & Cherna Silvert, Pt. Richmond, CA Dr. & Mrs. R. Ornduff, Berkeley, California Rich & Ann Teerlink, Telluride, Colorado W. Snyder, Woodacre, California Roberta & Peter Markman, Huntington Harbor, CA Ms. H. Roth, New York, New York Skip & Linda Law, Atherton, California Mr. & Mrs. E. Lidow, Los Angeles, California Don Margolis & Janet Edson, El Marcero, California | |
| Visiting Lecturer | |
| 2007 | Van Zante Visiting Scholar, South Dakota State University |
| 2002 & 2005 | The Academy of Fine Arts, Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Germany |
| 2001 | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2001 | Institut de Formation aux Métiers Traditionnels du Bâtiment, Fèz, Morocco |
| 2000 | State University of New York, New Pultz, Lecture, New York |
| 1999 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, A. Calder Lecture |
| 1997 | Redding Museum, Juror Annual Exhibition, Redding, CA |
| 1995 | Cornish School of The Arts, Lecture, Seattle, Washington |
| 1993 | State University of New York, New Paltz, Lecture New York |
| 1994 | California State Fair, Sacramento, Juror |
| 1993 | Hacettepe University, Lecture, Ankara, Turkey |
| 1993 | University of Anatolia, Lecture, Eskisehir Turkey |
| 1993 | Bilkent University, Lecture, Ankara, Turkey |
| 1992 | Humboldt State University, Juror, Annual Student Exhibition |
| 1991 | San Jose State University, Lecture, San Jose, California |
| 1990 | Mills College, Lecture/performance, Oakland, California |
| 1986 | United States Information Agency, Panel, Ankara, Turkey |
| 1985 | The Wiesbaden Sculpture Group, Lecture Wiesbaden, West Germany |
| 1985 | San Jose State University, Lecture, San Jose, California |
| 1983 | Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Lecture, Monterey, California |
| Selected Administrative & Teaching Experience | |
| 1978-present | Professor of Art, CSU Chico, Chico, CA |
| 1994-2006 | Graduate Advisor, Department of Art & Art History, CSU Chico |
| 2006-2007 | Assistant to the Chair, Department of Art & Art History |
| 2007-present | Chair Department of Art & Art History |
| 2002-present | Advisor, Academic Student Exchange between The Academy of Fine Arts Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, The Academy of Fine Arts Dijon & California State University Chico. |
| Academic Awards | |
| 2004 | Professional Achievement Award, CSU Chico, CA |
| 1996/7 | CELT-Visiting Professorship in Art & Technology, CSU Chico |
| 1985/86 | Fulbright Scholarship, Senior Lecturer, Turkey |
| 1981 | Development Grant, CSU/Los Angeles County Museum of Art |