MichaelDixon CV
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
101 / Exhibit, Miami, FL

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2011: Blanchard Fellowship, Albion College, Albion, MI
2010: Large and Small Grant, Albion College, Albion, MI
2009: Cultural Crossroads Artist-in-Residence, The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2009: Artist-in-Residence, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008: Artist-in-Residence, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2008: Artist Career Development Grant, Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission, Phoenix, AZ
2006: Artist-in-Residence, Atlantic Center For The Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2004: Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2002: Artist-in-Residence, The Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011: Shared Histories / Ortak Tarihler, Konakaltı KüLtüR Merkezi, Muğla, Turkey
2010: My Black Flesh and My White Flesh Don't Get Along, Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC
2009: The Beautiful Struggle, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2009: Sambo Scratches His Navel and Watches His Crazy Sister, Albion College, Albion, MI
2009: Sambo's Sister, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Main Gallery, Miami, FL
2008: Sambo Scratches His Naval and Watches His Crazy Sister, The Dairy Center, Boulder, CO
2008: Sambo Scratches His Naval and Watches His Crazy Sister, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012: Places, Faces, and Things, Commerce Pointe Gallery, Battle Creek, MI
2012: Body/Figure/Nude, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2011: Emerge…, 101 / Exhibit Gallery, Miami, FL
2010: Artist Intent on Destroying Stereotypes (A.I.D.S.), Evolve the Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2009: Full Circle, The Marwen, Chicago, IL
2008: 54th Annual Juried Art Show, Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC (juied by Beverly McIver)
2008: The Portrait, Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2007: Arizona Biennial ’07, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (juried by Dianne Perry Vanderlip)
2007: Worlds In Common, Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ (juried by Joan Waters)
2007: Here/Now, Ghost Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2006: American Democracy Project - Raise your Voice, CMSU Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
2006: The Nightmare Continues…, Art Foundry Galley, Sacramento, CA

PUBLICATIONS
McCrae, Shane. Mule. Ohio: Cleveland State Unversity Poetry Center, 2010.
New American Painting, No. 89, Midwest Edition, August/September 2010.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Your Time, “Holter Museum Presenting Discussion on Race,” Independent Record, March 5, 2009, 16.
Lilia Menconi, “Beyond the Pale,” Phoenix New Times, January 8-14, 2009, 31.
Michael Dixon and Onye Ozuzu, “Michael Dixon at West Valley Art Museum,” Java, December 2008, 14.
Leslie Barton, “Bi-Racial Epithets,” Phoenix New Times, December 4-10, 2008, 34.
Scott Andrews, “Michael Dixon at Shemer Art Center”, Java, May 2008, 14.
Ryan Hatch, “Collaboration”, The Colorado Daily, February 29, 2008, 23.
Elizabeth Marglin, “Winter Exhibit Cycle”, Daily Camera, January 28, 2005, 11.
Lindsey Hurwitz, “Student Art”, The Campus Press, October 14-20, 2004, 24.
Christina Eisert, “Art Stimulates Life”, Boulder Weekly, January 15-21, 2004, 14.
Beverly Medlyn, “Display With Slurs Removed”, The Arizona Republic, October 15, 1999, A23.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-Present: Assistant Professor of Art, Albion College, Albion, MI
2006-2008: Adjunct Faculty, Phoenix Community College, Phoenix, AZ
2006: Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2004-2005: Graduate Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2010 to Present: Board Member, Calhoun County Arts Council, Calhoun County, MI
2010: Juror, Student Art Exhibition, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
2008: Grant Panelist, Organizations and Schools, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2007: Grant Panelist, Organizations and Schools, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ