MICHAEL CUTLIP
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EDUCATION
Foothill College / 1992–1995
California State University Hayward / 1995–1999
(BA Studio Art, Minor Business Administration)
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 George Billis Gallery (solo show), Los Angeles, CA
Local Language, Artist in Resident/Solo exhibit, Oakland, CA
JayJay Gallery (solo show), Sacramemto CA
2016 stARTup Fair San Francisco, CA
stARTup Fair Los Angeles, CA
2015 Two person show, Zia Gallery, Chicago, Ill
2014 Bye, Bye, Birdie (solo show), Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Two person show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC, Canada
SCOPE NY, Reaves Gallery (two person show), New York ,NY
2013 Black Bird of Calistoga (solo show), Calistoga CA, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Vallery CA
2013 Fremont Street Lobby Exhibit, Above Ground (solo show), curator: Cathy Baum, San Francisco CA
Zia Gallery (two person show), Winnetka, IL
2012 Seager Gray Gallery – Playland (solo show), Mill Valley CA
K. Imperial Fine Art (solo show), San Francisco CA
Aqua Miami, Seager Gray Gallery, Miami, FL
2011 Donna Seager Gallery (solo), San Rafael CA
Zia Gallery (solo), Winnetka, IL
2010 Jacana Contemporary Art (solo), Vancouver BC, Canada
2008 Donna Seager Gallery – Why Not? (solo show), San Rafael CA
SOPA Fine Art… Borrowed Goods (solo show), Canada
Bryant Street Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2007 Wells Fargo Presents Lobby Exhibition (solo show), San Francisco, CA, Curator Cathy Baum
One Sansome Street Lobby, Citigroup Center / Curated by Jan Casey
Stricoff Fine Art (Three person show) New York, NY
Melanee Cooper Gallery (two person show), Chicago IL
2006 Swarm Gallery (two person show), Oakland CA
Bryant St. Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2005 New California Artist Series (solo show), Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2004 Sense Gallery (solo show), Menlo Atherton, CA
Bryant St. Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2003 1212 Gallery (two person show), Burlingame CA
Bryant St. Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2002 Bryant Street Gallery (two person show), Palo Alto CA
2001 Bryant St. Gallery (two person show), Palo Alto, CA
1998 CSUH Student Gallery, Hayward CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Group Exhibit, Subject NYC, Mexico City, Mexico
Group Exhibit “Reboot”, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Zuni Café, Group exhibit curated by Heather Marx, San Francisco CA
2013 Village Theater Gallery – What’s so Funny, Danville, CA
SF ART MRKT, represented by Seager Gray Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Applegate Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 Aqua Miami 2012 / Represented by Seager Gray Gallery / Nov. 2012
Sopa Fine Art – Kelowna BC, Canada
Zia Gallery, Winnetka IL
Paint, Seager Gray Gallery,Mill Valley CA
SF ART MRKT, represented by Seager Gray Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Humanimals, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasontan CA
San Francisco International Art Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
SF ART MRKT, represented by Seager Gray Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Grand Opening, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Massively Small, JGO Gallery, Park City, UT
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael CA
Zia Gallery, Winnetka IL
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, represented by Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aqua Miama Art Fair, represented by the Donna Seager Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 An Artful Evening, Wings Learning Center, Redwood Shores CA
Aqua Miama Art Fair, represented by the Donna Seager Gallery, Miami FL
San Francisco International Art Fair, Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Houses of Marin A public Art Project…Selected Artists
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, represented by Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Surface Strata…, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
Kids in Art…Benefitting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Participating Artist
Jacana Contemporary Art, Vancouver BC, Canada
Jules Place…Beneath The Surface, Boston, MA
Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples FL
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael CA
2008 Introductions, Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta GA
Holiday Group Show, Visions West Galleries, Denver CO
Group Collage Show, Assemblage+Collage+Construction, Santa Cruz Museum of Art
2008 AAArt Foundation, Kitzbuhel, Austria
Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley, CA
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
AAF Contempory Art Fair, Rep. by Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NY
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago CA
2007 Green is the New Black, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
Painted Dreams, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Pro-Arts..EBOS Exhibition, Port of Oakland, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
FLOW, Miami Invitational Art Fair, Represented by Donna Seager Gallery, Miami, FL
The Affair @ the Jupiter Hotel, Represented by Swarm Gallery, Portland OR
SJICA, 27th Annual Fall Auction, San Jose, CA
Visions West Galleries, Livingston, MT
Grand Opening Event, Visions West Galleries, Denver, CO
EBOS Exhibition; Port of Oakland, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
Cool Globes, Contributing Artist, represented by Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
AAF Contempory Art Fair, rep. by Stricoff Fine Art & Bryant Street Gallery, New York, NY
Red Ink Studios, Art auction benefiting The League of Young Voters, San Francisco, CA
Bridge Art Fair Chicago, Represented by Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
2006 Bridge Art Fair Miami, represented by Melanee Cooper Gallery, Miami, FL
Michael Martin Galleries, Art Auction benefiting MMG Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Day of the Dead Exhibit, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
SJICA 26th Annual Fall Auction, San Jose, CA
SFMOMA Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
Morpeth Gallery, Spring Contemporary, Hopewell, NJ
2005 Julie Baker Fine Art / Get Small/ Nevada City, Ca / Dec. 2005
Wings School for autistic children, Fundraising Art Auction, San Mateo, CA
Rituals in the Journey of Life and Death, A Day of the Dead Exhibition, SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco CA
Art Auction benefiting MMG Foundation, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
SJIC / Monotype Marathon Art Auction, San Jose CA
Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland CA
Touch My heART Art Auction, Museums of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2004 Art Auction benefiting MMG Foundation, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA/ Aug.-Oct. 2004/ Permanent Collection Exhibit
Wings School for autistic children, Fundraising Art Auction, San Mateo, CA
SJICA, 24th Annual Fall Auction, San Jose, CA
Lazy Days Group Exhibit, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
SJICA, Monotype Marathon Art Auction, San Jose CA
Triton Museum of Art, Annual Art Auction, Santa Clara, CA
Art Auction sponsored by Bryant St. Gallery, benefits the Down Syndrome Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
2003 Red Ink Studios, Santana Row, San Jose CA
Columbarium(Dia De Los Muertos installation), Sun Gallery, Hayward CA
SJICA, 23rd Annual Invitational Fall Auction, San Jose CA
naugural Exhibition, Sense Gallery, Menlo Atherton, CA
2002 Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto CA
2001 Symbols of Courage, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto CA
Five Gallery Artists, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Green Shutter Gallery, Hayward CA
1999 San Mateo County Fair Fine Art Exhibition
CSUH Annual Juried Show, Hayward CA
CSUH Student Gallery, Hayward CA
1998 San Mateo County Fair Fine Art Exhibition
CSUH Annual Juried Show, Hayward CA
1997 CSUH Annual Juried Show, Hayward CA
Public Collections
Highland Hospital – Alameda County Permanent Collection
Sutter Health
Kaiser Permanente
Mary Perkins Cancer Center
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
Bloomingdales
Triton Museum of Art/ Santa Clara, CA
David & Lucile Packard Foundation/ Palo Alto, CA
Benefit Cosmetics/ San Francisco, CA
HopeLab / Redwood City CA
Sense Fine Art/ Woodside, CA
Mondry Associates/ San Mateo, CA
Private Collections
Sarah McLachlan (singer/songwriter)
Awards
Alameda County Arts Commission Winner / project for Highland Hospital / Oakland CA / 2015
New American Paintings / A juried competition in print, West Coast Edition / 2005
Alameda County Arts Commission Purchase Grant / Semi-Finalist / 2005
Recipient of the CSUH Solicitation Program Award / 1998
San Mateo County Fair, Gold Award in Print Media / 1998
Recipient of the University Art Center Award / 1999
San Mateo County Fair, Honorable Mention in Print Media Award / 1999
Burlingame Art Society Annual Juried Show, Honorable Mention / 2000
Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle’s Kenneth Baker – Review of Bye Bye Birdie, solo exhibit at K. Imperial Fine Art (SF) – June 2014
Publications
Fault Zone, Stepping up to the Edge / Cover image / Published 2011
The Lamp with Wings, By Michael Vizsolyi / Published by Harper Collins / Cover Image / Published 2011
California, by Jennifer Denrow / Published by Four Way Books / Cover Image / Published 2011
Fault Zone Words, From the Edge an Anthology of Stories / Cover Image / published 2010
Marin Magazine / Cover Image / Feb. 2009 issue
Southwest Art Magazine....Featured Artist / "Artist to Watch"...Feb. 2009 issue
National Poetry Review / cover image / Spring 2009
Atlantan Magazine...."Pretty Boys"...Dec. 2008
Atlanta Home and Lifestyles Magazine
Events Page...Dec. 2008 issue
Artist Interview with myartspace.com: / Published Sept. 2007
New American Paintings / A juried competition in print, Book #61 , West Coast Edition/ 2005
Traditional Home Magazine / Spring 2006
Silicon Valley Magazine/ Featured Artist/ Dec. 2004
Silicon Valley Magazine/ Seven Bay Area Artists/ Oct. 2004
Gallery Guide/ North-West Edition/ April 2004
Haywire/ Cal State Hayward Alumni Magazine/ Alumni profile / Summer 2004
Notre Dame University/ The Bohemian/ Spring 2004
San Mateo Daily Journal (Bi-Monthly, local artist profile)/ November 15, 2003
Gallery Guide/ February 2001/ Summer edition 2001/ Summer Edition 2003
Reflections (The Philosophy Journal Of California State University Hayward, volume 4)
LECTURES
Tamalpais High School / Guest Artist, lecturer / March 2013
Cal State University Hayward Art Dept./ Guest Lecturer/ Oct. 2004
Return to artist page
EDUCATION
Foothill College / 1992–1995
California State University Hayward / 1995–1999
(BA Studio Art, Minor Business Administration)
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 George Billis Gallery (solo show), Los Angeles, CA
Local Language, Artist in Resident/Solo exhibit, Oakland, CA
JayJay Gallery (solo show), Sacramemto CA
2016 stARTup Fair San Francisco, CA
stARTup Fair Los Angeles, CA
2015 Two person show, Zia Gallery, Chicago, Ill
2014 Bye, Bye, Birdie (solo show), Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Two person show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC, Canada
SCOPE NY, Reaves Gallery (two person show), New York ,NY
2013 Black Bird of Calistoga (solo show), Calistoga CA, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Vallery CA
2013 Fremont Street Lobby Exhibit, Above Ground (solo show), curator: Cathy Baum, San Francisco CA
Zia Gallery (two person show), Winnetka, IL
2012 Seager Gray Gallery – Playland (solo show), Mill Valley CA
K. Imperial Fine Art (solo show), San Francisco CA
Aqua Miami, Seager Gray Gallery, Miami, FL
2011 Donna Seager Gallery (solo), San Rafael CA
Zia Gallery (solo), Winnetka, IL
2010 Jacana Contemporary Art (solo), Vancouver BC, Canada
2008 Donna Seager Gallery – Why Not? (solo show), San Rafael CA
SOPA Fine Art… Borrowed Goods (solo show), Canada
Bryant Street Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2007 Wells Fargo Presents Lobby Exhibition (solo show), San Francisco, CA, Curator Cathy Baum
One Sansome Street Lobby, Citigroup Center / Curated by Jan Casey
Stricoff Fine Art (Three person show) New York, NY
Melanee Cooper Gallery (two person show), Chicago IL
2006 Swarm Gallery (two person show), Oakland CA
Bryant St. Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2005 New California Artist Series (solo show), Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2004 Sense Gallery (solo show), Menlo Atherton, CA
Bryant St. Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2003 1212 Gallery (two person show), Burlingame CA
Bryant St. Gallery (solo show), Palo Alto, CA
2002 Bryant Street Gallery (two person show), Palo Alto CA
2001 Bryant St. Gallery (two person show), Palo Alto, CA
1998 CSUH Student Gallery, Hayward CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Group Exhibit, Subject NYC, Mexico City, Mexico
Group Exhibit “Reboot”, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Zuni Café, Group exhibit curated by Heather Marx, San Francisco CA
2013 Village Theater Gallery – What’s so Funny, Danville, CA
SF ART MRKT, represented by Seager Gray Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Applegate Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 Aqua Miami 2012 / Represented by Seager Gray Gallery / Nov. 2012
Sopa Fine Art – Kelowna BC, Canada
Zia Gallery, Winnetka IL
Paint, Seager Gray Gallery,Mill Valley CA
SF ART MRKT, represented by Seager Gray Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Humanimals, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasontan CA
San Francisco International Art Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
SF ART MRKT, represented by Seager Gray Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Grand Opening, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Massively Small, JGO Gallery, Park City, UT
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael CA
Zia Gallery, Winnetka IL
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, represented by Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aqua Miama Art Fair, represented by the Donna Seager Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 An Artful Evening, Wings Learning Center, Redwood Shores CA
Aqua Miama Art Fair, represented by the Donna Seager Gallery, Miami FL
San Francisco International Art Fair, Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Houses of Marin A public Art Project…Selected Artists
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, represented by Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Surface Strata…, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
Kids in Art…Benefitting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Participating Artist
Jacana Contemporary Art, Vancouver BC, Canada
Jules Place…Beneath The Surface, Boston, MA
Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples FL
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael CA
2008 Introductions, Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta GA
Holiday Group Show, Visions West Galleries, Denver CO
Group Collage Show, Assemblage+Collage+Construction, Santa Cruz Museum of Art
2008 AAArt Foundation, Kitzbuhel, Austria
Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley, CA
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
AAF Contempory Art Fair, Rep. by Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NY
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago CA
2007 Green is the New Black, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
Painted Dreams, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Pro-Arts..EBOS Exhibition, Port of Oakland, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
FLOW, Miami Invitational Art Fair, Represented by Donna Seager Gallery, Miami, FL
The Affair @ the Jupiter Hotel, Represented by Swarm Gallery, Portland OR
SJICA, 27th Annual Fall Auction, San Jose, CA
Visions West Galleries, Livingston, MT
Grand Opening Event, Visions West Galleries, Denver, CO
EBOS Exhibition; Port of Oakland, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
Cool Globes, Contributing Artist, represented by Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
AAF Contempory Art Fair, rep. by Stricoff Fine Art & Bryant Street Gallery, New York, NY
Red Ink Studios, Art auction benefiting The League of Young Voters, San Francisco, CA
Bridge Art Fair Chicago, Represented by Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
2006 Bridge Art Fair Miami, represented by Melanee Cooper Gallery, Miami, FL
Michael Martin Galleries, Art Auction benefiting MMG Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Day of the Dead Exhibit, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
SJICA 26th Annual Fall Auction, San Jose, CA
SFMOMA Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
Morpeth Gallery, Spring Contemporary, Hopewell, NJ
2005 Julie Baker Fine Art / Get Small/ Nevada City, Ca / Dec. 2005
Wings School for autistic children, Fundraising Art Auction, San Mateo, CA
Rituals in the Journey of Life and Death, A Day of the Dead Exhibition, SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco CA
Art Auction benefiting MMG Foundation, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
SJIC / Monotype Marathon Art Auction, San Jose CA
Pro Arts Open Studios, Oakland CA
Touch My heART Art Auction, Museums of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2004 Art Auction benefiting MMG Foundation, Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA/ Aug.-Oct. 2004/ Permanent Collection Exhibit
Wings School for autistic children, Fundraising Art Auction, San Mateo, CA
SJICA, 24th Annual Fall Auction, San Jose, CA
Lazy Days Group Exhibit, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
SJICA, Monotype Marathon Art Auction, San Jose CA
Triton Museum of Art, Annual Art Auction, Santa Clara, CA
Art Auction sponsored by Bryant St. Gallery, benefits the Down Syndrome Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
2003 Red Ink Studios, Santana Row, San Jose CA
Columbarium(Dia De Los Muertos installation), Sun Gallery, Hayward CA
SJICA, 23rd Annual Invitational Fall Auction, San Jose CA
naugural Exhibition, Sense Gallery, Menlo Atherton, CA
2002 Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto CA
2001 Symbols of Courage, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto CA
Five Gallery Artists, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Green Shutter Gallery, Hayward CA
1999 San Mateo County Fair Fine Art Exhibition
CSUH Annual Juried Show, Hayward CA
CSUH Student Gallery, Hayward CA
1998 San Mateo County Fair Fine Art Exhibition
CSUH Annual Juried Show, Hayward CA
1997 CSUH Annual Juried Show, Hayward CA
Public Collections
Highland Hospital – Alameda County Permanent Collection
Sutter Health
Kaiser Permanente
Mary Perkins Cancer Center
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
Bloomingdales
Triton Museum of Art/ Santa Clara, CA
David & Lucile Packard Foundation/ Palo Alto, CA
Benefit Cosmetics/ San Francisco, CA
HopeLab / Redwood City CA
Sense Fine Art/ Woodside, CA
Mondry Associates/ San Mateo, CA
Private Collections
Sarah McLachlan (singer/songwriter)
Awards
Alameda County Arts Commission Winner / project for Highland Hospital / Oakland CA / 2015
New American Paintings / A juried competition in print, West Coast Edition / 2005
Alameda County Arts Commission Purchase Grant / Semi-Finalist / 2005
Recipient of the CSUH Solicitation Program Award / 1998
San Mateo County Fair, Gold Award in Print Media / 1998
Recipient of the University Art Center Award / 1999
San Mateo County Fair, Honorable Mention in Print Media Award / 1999
Burlingame Art Society Annual Juried Show, Honorable Mention / 2000
Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle’s Kenneth Baker – Review of Bye Bye Birdie, solo exhibit at K. Imperial Fine Art (SF) – June 2014
Publications
Fault Zone, Stepping up to the Edge / Cover image / Published 2011
The Lamp with Wings, By Michael Vizsolyi / Published by Harper Collins / Cover Image / Published 2011
California, by Jennifer Denrow / Published by Four Way Books / Cover Image / Published 2011
Fault Zone Words, From the Edge an Anthology of Stories / Cover Image / published 2010
Marin Magazine / Cover Image / Feb. 2009 issue
Southwest Art Magazine....Featured Artist / "Artist to Watch"...Feb. 2009 issue
National Poetry Review / cover image / Spring 2009
Atlantan Magazine...."Pretty Boys"...Dec. 2008
Atlanta Home and Lifestyles Magazine
Events Page...Dec. 2008 issue
Artist Interview with myartspace.com: / Published Sept. 2007
New American Paintings / A juried competition in print, Book #61 , West Coast Edition/ 2005
Traditional Home Magazine / Spring 2006
Silicon Valley Magazine/ Featured Artist/ Dec. 2004
Silicon Valley Magazine/ Seven Bay Area Artists/ Oct. 2004
Gallery Guide/ North-West Edition/ April 2004
Haywire/ Cal State Hayward Alumni Magazine/ Alumni profile / Summer 2004
Notre Dame University/ The Bohemian/ Spring 2004
San Mateo Daily Journal (Bi-Monthly, local artist profile)/ November 15, 2003
Gallery Guide/ February 2001/ Summer edition 2001/ Summer Edition 2003
Reflections (The Philosophy Journal Of California State University Hayward, volume 4)
LECTURES
Tamalpais High School / Guest Artist, lecturer / March 2013
Cal State University Hayward Art Dept./ Guest Lecturer/ Oct. 2004
