michael arata
born 1955
| EDUCATION | ||
| 1982 | MFA, San Jose State University, San Jose | |
| 1979 | BFA, San Jose State University, San Jose |
| PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS | ||
| 1999-02 | Founder and Co-curator of One Night Stands, an alternative gallery |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2011 | ARATALAND! Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA | |
| 2009 | Remember, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles. CA Spotlight Artist, San Diego international Art Fair, San Diego, CA Party, Marino Pascel Residence, Los Angeles, CA Touch, Diana Slotnick Collection, Los Angeles, CA Obstacle Course, Cabrini Gallery, Woodbury University, Burbank,CA |
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| 2007 | Chapel of Mary’s Parents, Robert V Fullerton Museum, Cal Stat University San Bernardino | |
| 2005 | Flock, AcunaHansen Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2002 | Fill in the Blanks, Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2000 | Me and My Shadow, Post Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1999 | Winner, Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 1998 | Killer Rainbow, Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Vapor, Robert Miller Fine Arts, Los Angeles |
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| 1996 | Bad Gas, Random Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1992 | Food House, Santa Monica | |
| 1991 | Downey Museum of Art, Downey Gallery 5, Santa Monica |
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| 1990 | Brown Davies, Los Angeles | |
| 1988 | Vocabulary, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Objects, Occidental College, Los Angeles |
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| 1987 | Military Targets, Davies Long Gallery, Los Angeles |
| INSTALLATIONS | ||
| 2004 | House/Home, Xavier Courable Gallery, Washington DC | |
| 1995 | Average Life Expectancy: A Limited Activity, Crossing Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1994 | Fat Flys, Occidental College, Los Angeles Chili Cook-Off, Far Bazaar at the Brewery, Los Angeles |
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| 1993 | Immigration, Ramora Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1990 | One To One Ratio, Opus Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1987 | Marco Polo Reinvents the Wheel, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco Target Bowling, site installation in Anza Borrego Desert |
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| 1986 | Explicit Dark Horses, Double Rocking G Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1985 | Military Target, site installation in Anza Borrego Desert Monet’s Haystacks, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove |
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| 1984 | Transplant, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara Alternating Wave Patterns, Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon Formal Gardens, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco |