Michael Dennis

  
   Biography



 
BACKGROUND
1941 Born in Los Angeles, CA
1963 Bachelor of Arts from Reed College, Portland Oregon
1967 PhD from Stanford University, Stanford CA
1967-70 Harvard Medical School (academic digression)
1970-72 University College London (academic digression)
1972-79 University of California, SF
1980 Immigrated to Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 New Sculptures – Elders Series, Diane Farris Gallery
  Botanical Gardens, Denman Island, BC
2002 Diane Farris Gallery
2001 Art-Science Fusion Project, Goldegg, Austria
  Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
  Mercer Island Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
  Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 Gut Gasteil Sculpture Park, Prigglitz, Austria
  City of Radstadt, Radstadt, Austria
  Heroes, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
  Sculpture 2000, Bellingham, WA
  Peace Arch Park, Blaine, WA
  Mercer Island Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
1998 Pier Walk 98, Chicago, IL
  Maryhill Art Museum, Goldendale, WA
  Redmond Invitational Exhibition, Redmond, WA
1997 American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
  MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Renton Invitational Exhibition, Redmond, WA
1996 Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY
  American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
  Monte Clarke Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
1995 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
  American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore MD
1994 Arts Alliance Gallery, Courtenay, BC
  BC Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC
  Lookout Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA
  MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Douglas College Gallery, New Westminster, BC
1993 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Vortex Gallery, Salt Spring Island, BC
  Margam Sculpture Park, Port Talbot, Wales
  Artropolis, Vancouver, BC
  Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
1992 Design Vancouver, Gathering Place, Jericho Park, Vancouver, BC
  The Babysitter, Courtenay, BC
1991 Masks, Courtenay Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC
  Filberg Foundation, Comox, BC
1990 Trees Transported, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
  University of California, San Francisco, CA
  Reclining Maidens, Filberg Foundation, Comox, BC
1989 Island Art, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
  Carmanah, Robson Media Centre, Vancouver, BC
1988 Elements of the Social Contract, Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Emergence, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
  Northwest International Art, Bellingham, WA
  Invited Sculpture, Granville Island, BC
  Dancers on the Lawn, Reed College, Portland, OR
1987 Malaspina College Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
  Brewery Creek Art, Vancouver, BC
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1992 Design Vancouver Sculpture Competition, Vancouver, BC
1993 Sculpture Margam International Competition, Margam Park, Wales, UK
1995-96 American Visionary Art Museum, Inaugural Exhibition
1997 International Sculpture Symposium, Volary, Czech Republic
1998 Commission Millfield School, Glastenbury, England
2000 Gut Gasteil Sculpture Park, Prigglizt, Austria
  University of Washington Commission, Bothell, WA
2001 Art- Science Fusion Project, Goldegg, Austria
2002 Okanagan International Sculpture Symposium, Invited Sculptor
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Margam Park, Port Talbot, Wales
City of Volary, Czech Republic
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC
University of California, San Francisco CA
Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Filberg Foundation, Comox BC
Denman Island Senior Citizens Ventre, Denman Island BC
Guelph Park, City of Vancouver BC
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles WA
Margam Park, Port Talbot, Whales
Sprucefield Park, City of North Vancouver BC
Simon Fraser University, BC
Denman Island Old School Centre, Denman Island BC
Heron Rocks Society, Hornby Island BC
Saghalie School, Federal Way WA
City of Bellevue, Bellevue WA
Seattle Vocational Institute, Seattle WA
Carillon Point, Kirkland WA
City of Volary, Czech Republic
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln MA
Millfield School, Glastonbury, England
University of Washington, Bothell WA
Tofino Botanical Gardens, Tofino BC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Comox Free Press. June 17, 1988
Surrey Leader. June 4 1989
Vancouver Sun. June 17, 1989
UC Synapse. April 19, 1990
Monday Magazine. July 5 1990
Vancouver Sun. Aug 24, 1991
Vancouver Courier. Feb 26, 1992
Vancouver Echo. Mar 4, 1992
Vancouver sun. Mar 7, 1992
Vancouver Sun. Jan 9, 1993
Vancouver Sun. May 29, 1993
North Island News. July 25, 1993
South Wales Evening Post. Sept 16, 1993
Western Mail Cardiff. Sept 20, 1993
Vancouver Sun. April 4, 1994
Georgia Strait . Sept 20, 1994
Comox Valley Record. Sept 28, 1994
In Focus Magazine. October, 1994
The Independent. Oct 6,1994
Comox Valley Report. Oct 12, 1994
Baltimore Sun. Nov 19 1995
New York Times. Nov 25 1995
Vancouver Sun. Aug 3, 1996
Somerset Gazette. Nov 5, 1998
Somerset Gazette. Nov 12, 1998
Seattle Times. Sept 26, 2000
RADIO & TV INTERVIEWS
2001 Sacred Spaces, Yaletown Entertainment TV
1998 Mark Forsyth, Afternoon Show, CBC Radio
1995 Harrowsmith Country Life TV
1994 Vicki Gabereau Show, CBC Radio
 






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