Resume
Solo Exhibitions
2018 One Degree South, Glass Building, Athens, GA
2016 Unknown Soldier, Dodd Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA, Athens, GA.
2013 Of Water, The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD.
2012 In Dubious Battle, Geras-Tousignant Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2012 Flight, Adore Art Space, San Francisco, CA.
2011 The Road to Timbuktu, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA.
2010 Aves, The Cottage Industry Painting Salon, San Francisco, CA.
2010 Little Things, Geras-Tousignant Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2010 Wet Land, Norwegian Seaman’s Church, San Francisco, CA.
2009 Spring, Dumbarton Concert Gallery, Washington, DC.
2008 Lost at Sea, Geras-Tousignant Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007 Equinox, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA.
Group Exhibitions
2019 September Group Show, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA.
2019 The Artist’s Journey, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA.
2018 Southworks, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA.
2018 43rd Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA.
2018 Second LaGrange Southeast Regional, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA.
2017 Specter, Trio Contemporary, Athens, GA.
2017 Emerging Artists of the Southeast, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA.
2017 8th Annual Drawing Discourse, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC.
2016 MFA Degree Candidates Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA.
2016 Whole Milk: University of Georgia MFA Exhibit, Rogue Space, New York, NY.
2015 Hello, Neighbor, The Classic Center, Athens, GA.
2015 Emerges VIII, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA.
2015 Flood Redux, Strathmore Mansion, Rockville, MD.
2015 Icon, Dodd Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA, Athens, GA.
2015 Southern Hospitality, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
2014 Big Bird, Little Bird, Dodd Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA, Athens, GA.
2014 A4P, SGC International Printmaking Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2012 Hillyer Art Space Retrospective, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC.
2011 Small Works Show, International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC.
2010 Juried at BAC, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
2010 Flight, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA.
2009 The Grid, Geras-Tousignant Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008 Along the Coast, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA.
2008 Paradise Lost, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2008 Group Show 08, Geras-Tousignant Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007 Group Show 07, Geras-Tousignant Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2007 Northern Light / Nordic Visions, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC.
2004 Maryland Artist Equity Foundation show, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.
2004 MOCA DC, Washington, DC.
2003 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC.
Reviews and Articles
John-Williams, Kimberlee, "'Emerges' gallery gives local painter opportunity," The Red and Black, August 21, 2015, p. A6.
Smith, Jessica, "Emerges VIII at Athica, Rising Local Artists worth Watching," Flagpole, July 29, 2015, vol. 29, no. 30, cover image and p. 13.
Popova, Ekaterina, ed. “Michael Ross,” Fresh Paint Magazine, vol. 6, February 2015, pp. 54-55.
Fresh Paint Magazine, interview: "Studio Visit," March 2015.
Golderman, Molly. “Triumphs and Woes: Lamar Dodd’s Art Education in Context,” The Red & Black, January 8, 2015, pp. A1, B6.
Kennicott, Philip, "'Art on Call' Project Opens Public Art to Private Visions," Washington Post, August 2, 2009.
Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation’s Capital" Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, pp. 545-546.
Jackson, Devon. “Artists to Watch,” Southwest Art, January 2008, p. 81.
Harvey, Anthony. “Neighborhood Art Exhibits Not to Miss,” The Intowner, March 2007, p. 11, 13.
Barrows, David. “Michael K. Ross: Mt. Pleasant Artist Stars With His Call Box Sculptures,” The Intowner, August 2004, pp. 6, 19.
Cannarozzi, Melissa. “Answering the Call To Save Local Heritage,” Washington Post, July 29, 2004, District Extra supplement.
Leshnoff, Jessica. “Call box of art, history; D.C. in bronze,” Washington Times, July 31, 2004, pp. B1, B3.
Weinstein, Ben. “Project celebrates initial reimagined boxes,” The Current, July 28, 2004.
Awards and Grants
2013 Graduate Assistantship, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia. Through 2016
2007 Grants from the Finnish, Danish, and Norwegian embassies for Northern Light / Nordic Visions exhibition.
2005 Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center.
2005 Historic Mount Pleasant Design Award.
2004 Young Artist Grant, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
2004 Grants from Cultural Tourism DC, Historic Mount Pleasant, and others for sculptures in Washington, DC emergency call boxes.
Public Commissioned Works
2014 The School of Athens, Office of Student Affairs, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 7x9’ painting for reception room.
2005 Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Bronze portrait bust installed in hospital lobby.
2005 Sculptures permanently installed inside 12 historic emergency call boxes, Mt. Pleasant and Sheridan-Kalorama, Washington, DC.
Curatorial and Writing
2014 Icon, Dodd Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA, Athens, GA.
2014 Big Bird, Little Bird, Dodd Galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA, Athens, GA.
2007 Northern Light / Nordic Visions, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC.
2007 Contributor to Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, San Francisco beat.
Residencies
2017 Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, Great Cranberry Island, Maine.
2016 Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, Great Cranberry Island, Maine.
2008 Villa Karo, Benin, West Africa. Six-week painting residency.
2005 Studio of Odd Nerdrum, southern Norway and Reykjavík, Iceland. Five-month painting residency.
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. One-month painting residency.
Education
2016 MFA in Drawing and Painting, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia.
2000 BA in anthropology, Summa Cum Laude, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
1997 Franklin College Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.
1995 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.