MICHAEL BRADEN
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EDUCATION
1991 Master of Architecture, University of Washington, CAUP, Seattle, WA
1980 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, CAUP, Minneapolis, MN
1974 Theoretical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
2003 New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Selection, USA
1982 Prix de Rome, Rome Prize, Finalist & 1st Alternate, American Academy in Rome, Italy
1980 Honor Award: Professional Studies in Landscape Architecture, ASLA
1979 Honor Award: Professional Studies in Landscape Architecture, ASLA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 George Billis Gallery - Urban Ecologies: A Pattern Language, Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Venice Art Walk - Studio Showing, Paintings, Venice CA
2005 Gallery Van Dyke - Ojai Series: Route 66, Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Berman/Turner Projects: Line, Space, Volume, Paintings, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
2004 William Turner Gallery, Paintings, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2004 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Venice Art Walk - Studio Showing, Paintings, Venice CA
2003 William Turner Gallery, Paintings, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2003 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Ojai Studio Art Walk - Open Studio, Paintings, Ojai, CA
2002 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings, Seattle, WA
2001 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings & Drawings, Taos, NM
2001 Ridhwan Sculpture Garden, Sculpture, Taos, NM
2000 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Taos, NM
2000 Booth Contemporary Art, Sculpture, Wakefield, RI
1999 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1999 Booth Contemporary Art, Sculpture, Wakefield, RI
1999 Ridhwan Sculpture Garden, Sculpture, Taos, NM
1998 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
1998 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1998 Suzanne Brown Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Booth Contemporary Art, Sculpture, Wakefield, RI
1997 Bellevue Art Museum, Sculpture, Bellevue, WA
1997 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
1997 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1997 Suzanne Brown Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 Booth Contemporary Art, Paintings, Wakefield, RI
1996 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
1996 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1996 Ridhwan Sculpture Garden, Sculpture, Taos, NM
1990 Bainbridge Arts Center, Drawings, Bainbridge Island, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 George Billis Gallery: Michael Braden, Connie Connelly, Bryan Ida, Clay Johnson, Jennifer Joseph & Margaret Lazzari; Culver City, CA
2015 William Turner Gallery – Shape Shift: Michael Braden, Andy Moses, and Gregg Renfrow; Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2014 William Turner Gallery – Shape Shift: Charles Arnoldi, Dawn Arrowsmith, Michael Braden, and Peter Lodato; Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2008 William Turner Gallery – ‘Between the Lines’: Charles Arnoldi, Larry Bell, Michael Braden, Alex Couwenberg, Peter Lodato; Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Riverside Art Museum – ‘Keeping It Straight’: Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA Curator: Peter Frank
2006 William Turner Gallery – Group Show, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Berman/Turner Projects, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 WA Grounds For Sculpture, Museum & Garden, ‘In Stone’ Hamilton, NJ
1998 ACA, Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1982 Royal Institute of British Architects, Drawings, London, UK
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Margery & Maurice Katz Collection: Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
Maxine Kurtzman Collection: Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
Frederick R. Weisman Museum & Art Foundation: Painting, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
World Museum of Wood: Sculpture, Portland, OR
HTG Hanse Trading Aussenhandelsgesellschaft MBH: Paintings, Corp. Collection, Hamberg, Germany
Hans Schmidt Collection, Paintings, Hamberg & Düsseldorf Germany
Alvord/Rhodes Collection: Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS
Artillery Magazine, 2014
World Architecture, Feature Article on Qingdao World Expo, 2012
Artillery Magazine, 2008
The Straight Take, Internet Review: March 2008
Archiworld, Issue 158 - 2008: Published UCI & Tatung Design
Art & Living, Painting Review: March 2008
Art Fundamentals, Theory & Practice, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001, Revised 2006
Artillery Magazine, 2006
New American Paintings, Selected Artist, Issue No: 43, 2003
LA Weekly, 2003
Interior Design Magazine, October, 2003
Art News, January - PP. 118/122, 1998
Art in America, p. 72, April 1998
Seattle Weekly, Review, 1998
Spirit Magazine, Review, 1998
Seattle Times, Review, 1997
Built-in-Furniture, by Jim Tolpin, pp. 122,123, & 137, Taunton Press, 1997
The Star Ledger, Review of ‘In Stone’ 1997
New York Times, Review of ‘In Stone’ 1997
Scottsdale Tribune, Review, 1997
Seattle Weekly, March, 1996
Taos Magazine, Cover Story, 1996
Back to artist's page
EDUCATION
1991 Master of Architecture, University of Washington, CAUP, Seattle, WA
1980 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, CAUP, Minneapolis, MN
1974 Theoretical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
2003 New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Selection, USA
1982 Prix de Rome, Rome Prize, Finalist & 1st Alternate, American Academy in Rome, Italy
1980 Honor Award: Professional Studies in Landscape Architecture, ASLA
1979 Honor Award: Professional Studies in Landscape Architecture, ASLA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 George Billis Gallery - Urban Ecologies: A Pattern Language, Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Venice Art Walk - Studio Showing, Paintings, Venice CA
2005 Gallery Van Dyke - Ojai Series: Route 66, Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Berman/Turner Projects: Line, Space, Volume, Paintings, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
2004 William Turner Gallery, Paintings, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2004 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Venice Art Walk - Studio Showing, Paintings, Venice CA
2003 William Turner Gallery, Paintings, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2003 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Ojai Studio Art Walk - Open Studio, Paintings, Ojai, CA
2002 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings, Seattle, WA
2001 ACA : Anderson Contemporary Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings & Drawings, Taos, NM
2001 Ridhwan Sculpture Garden, Sculpture, Taos, NM
2000 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Taos, NM
2000 Booth Contemporary Art, Sculpture, Wakefield, RI
1999 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1999 Booth Contemporary Art, Sculpture, Wakefield, RI
1999 Ridhwan Sculpture Garden, Sculpture, Taos, NM
1998 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
1998 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1998 Suzanne Brown Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Booth Contemporary Art, Sculpture, Wakefield, RI
1997 Bellevue Art Museum, Sculpture, Bellevue, WA
1997 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
1997 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1997 Suzanne Brown Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 Booth Contemporary Art, Paintings, Wakefield, RI
1996 Foster/White Gallery, Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
1996 Lumina Fine Art, Paintings, Taos, NM
1996 Ridhwan Sculpture Garden, Sculpture, Taos, NM
1990 Bainbridge Arts Center, Drawings, Bainbridge Island, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 George Billis Gallery: Michael Braden, Connie Connelly, Bryan Ida, Clay Johnson, Jennifer Joseph & Margaret Lazzari; Culver City, CA
2015 William Turner Gallery – Shape Shift: Michael Braden, Andy Moses, and Gregg Renfrow; Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2014 William Turner Gallery – Shape Shift: Charles Arnoldi, Dawn Arrowsmith, Michael Braden, and Peter Lodato; Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2008 William Turner Gallery – ‘Between the Lines’: Charles Arnoldi, Larry Bell, Michael Braden, Alex Couwenberg, Peter Lodato; Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Riverside Art Museum – ‘Keeping It Straight’: Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA Curator: Peter Frank
2006 William Turner Gallery – Group Show, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Berman/Turner Projects, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 WA Grounds For Sculpture, Museum & Garden, ‘In Stone’ Hamilton, NJ
1998 ACA, Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1982 Royal Institute of British Architects, Drawings, London, UK
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Margery & Maurice Katz Collection: Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
Maxine Kurtzman Collection: Paintings, Los Angeles, CA
Frederick R. Weisman Museum & Art Foundation: Painting, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
World Museum of Wood: Sculpture, Portland, OR
HTG Hanse Trading Aussenhandelsgesellschaft MBH: Paintings, Corp. Collection, Hamberg, Germany
Hans Schmidt Collection, Paintings, Hamberg & Düsseldorf Germany
Alvord/Rhodes Collection: Paintings & Sculpture, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS
Artillery Magazine, 2014
World Architecture, Feature Article on Qingdao World Expo, 2012
Artillery Magazine, 2008
The Straight Take, Internet Review: March 2008
Archiworld, Issue 158 - 2008: Published UCI & Tatung Design
Art & Living, Painting Review: March 2008
Art Fundamentals, Theory & Practice, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001, Revised 2006
Artillery Magazine, 2006
New American Paintings, Selected Artist, Issue No: 43, 2003
LA Weekly, 2003
Interior Design Magazine, October, 2003
Art News, January - PP. 118/122, 1998
Art in America, p. 72, April 1998
Seattle Weekly, Review, 1998
Spirit Magazine, Review, 1998
Seattle Times, Review, 1997
Built-in-Furniture, by Jim Tolpin, pp. 122,123, & 137, Taunton Press, 1997
The Star Ledger, Review of ‘In Stone’ 1997
New York Times, Review of ‘In Stone’ 1997
Scottsdale Tribune, Review, 1997
Seattle Weekly, March, 1996
Taos Magazine, Cover Story, 1996
