Below this tabular overview of Michael's career is a list of his one-man shows.
1952 | Born Worthing, Sussex |
1969–70 | Worthing College of Art |
1970–73 | Goldsmiths School of Art , BA Hons |
1975 | Moved to cottage near Haworth, Yorkshire |
1978 | Moved to Dorset |
1974–90 | Exhibited variously at Royal Academy, Florence Art Gallery, Royal West of England Academy, F.B.A., Hunting Group, Mall Galleries, Morley Gallery |
1981 | John Player Award Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, London |
1982 | John Player Award Finalist (Commended), National Portrait Gallery, London |
1983 | Winner, National Portrait Gallery John Player Award (now BP Award), National Portrait Gallery, London |
1984 | Commissioned National Portrait Gallery, London : Julian Bream Subsequent portrait commissions including at Christchurch Hall Oxford, Robinson College Cambridge, Southampton University, Church House Oxford |
1988 | Third Prize, Hunting Group Art Prizes, Mall Galleries |
1989 | Winner of Millfield Open Art Competition |
1991 | Mixed Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts, Bath |
1992–97 | Art Fairs, Business Design Centre, Islington |
1996 | Commissioned National Portrait Gallery, London : Baroness P D James |
1999 | P D James portrait loaned to 10 Downing Street |
2001 | Exhibited Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall
Galleries Elected member of Royal Society of Portrait Painters Couple with lamp selected for display in National Portrait Gallery, London Painted portrait of Sir John Tavener – acquired by National Portrait Gallery, London |
2002 | Winner of Changing Faces prize at the Royal Society of
Portrait Painters exhibition: Sir John
Tavener Winner of Holburne Portrait Prize at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath: Couple with Lamp Channel 4 television programme In Your Face on P.D.James portrait |
2003 | Sarah Muffett, Ordinand unveiled as part
of People's Portraits , Girton College , Cambridge Portrait of Andy Sheppard unveiled at the Holburne Museum of Art , Bath |
2005 | Winner of the Lark Trust Award at the Royal West of England Academy , Bristol: Portrait with Grave Goods |
2006 | Art London Art Fair, Chelsea, London Girl resting on swivel chair purchased for permanent collection of Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Hoorn, Netherlands International Fine Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, with Waterhouse & Dodd |
2007 | Portrait of the former Lord Chancellor, Lord
Falconer commissioned by and for The House of Lords (of the UK
parliament), unveiled 9 July International Fine Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, with Waterhouse & Dodd Art20, Armory, New York, with Waterhouse & Dodd |
2008 | Portrait with Grave Goods and Model Steam Engine purchased for permanent collection of Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Hoorn, Netherlands |
2011 | Miami International Art Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, with Waterhouse
& Dodd Waterhouse and Dodd Group Show, Greene Street Gallery, New York |
2012 | Drawing Self Portrait (In Memory of my Father) acquired by National Portrait Gallery, London |
2014 | Boy with Apple (commissioned in 2012) featured in Wes Anderson film, The Grand Budapest Hotel |
2015 | Self Portrait (In Memory of my Father) shown at Turner Contemporary, Margate |
2016 | Exhibited Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries: Self-portrait 2016 |
A list of the significant one-man shows during Michael's career.
1983 | Morley Gallery, London |
1983 | Quay Art Centre, Isle of Wight |
1984 | Worthing Museum and Art Gallery |
1993 | Beaux Arts, London |
1997 | Beaux Arts, London |
2002 | Dorset Art Weeks (Recent Work and Heads) |
2004 | Dorset Art Weeks (New Works) |
2006 | Waterhouse and Dodd, London |
2010 | Waterhouse and Dodd, London |
2015 | Waterhouse and Dodd, London |
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