Creighton Michael

Creighton Michael (born 1949) is an American abstract artist. He earned his B.F.A. in painting from the University of Tennessee, his M.A. in art history from Vanderbilt University, and later received an M.F.A. in painting and multimedia from Washington University in St. Louis.



Career
Michael has had solo exhibitions at the High Museum of Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, and University of Richmond Museums. His international presence is marked by solo exhibitions in Copenhagen, Montreal, and Reykjavík.

Michael received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in sculpture, a Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts award in painting, and an Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellowship

Michael has been on the faculty at Rhode Island School of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Hunter College in New York City. He served as a visiting lecturer at Princeton University and conducted workshops at various institutions, including the Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Virginia Commonwealth University.

As a member of American Abstract Artists, Michael was on the Board of Directors for the International Sculpture Center and the Board of Overseers at the Katonah Museum of Art.

He worked as a curator/producer for the show The Art of Rube Goldberg, that was toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C.; 2017-2020 and the Pencil Pushed: Exploring Process and Boundaries in Drawing'', show at The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture and Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; 2012.

Collections
Michael's work is held in public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Art ,The Phillips Collection, the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Collection at the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Noteworthy additions include Embassy of the United States, Nairobi, U.S. Department of State, Permanent Collection, The Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art in Iceland, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, McNay Art Museum, in San Antonio, Texas, Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Denver Art Museum, and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, among others.