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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
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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
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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
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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

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