MICHAEL LAZARUS
Born in 1969, Newton, Massachusetts
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
EDUCATION
1994 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1992 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
"New works," Sister, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Wait, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Hold Your Mistake Up, Feature Inc, New York, NY
2003
Feature Inc, New York, NY
Walter Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2001
Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
Exceptance, Feature Inc, New York, NY
2000
Andrea Rosen Gallery, Gallery 2, New York, NY
1999
Readjusted, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
ANP, Antwerp, Belgium
1998
Feature Inc, New York, NY
1996
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
"That was then, this is now ," PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, NY
"Absolutely Venomous Absolutely Fallacious (Naturally Delicious) " Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Deitch Studios, Long Island City, New York
A Dead Serious Group Show, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
Caetano de Almeida, John Hodany, Michael Lazarus,Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
2007
One Day I Will Control The Sun, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, New York, NY, curator J.J. Garfinkle
In The Belly of The Whale, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY, curator Patrick Callery
Horizon, EFA Gallery, New York, NY, curator David Humphrey
2006
A Century of Collage, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
Sensory World, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
2004
Beginning Here: 101 Ways, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, curator Jerry Saltz
About Painting, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery,
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
beat the reaper!, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA, curator Joe Bradley
Happy, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA, curator Ryan Steadman
2003
A red letter day, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY, curator Terry R. Myers
Supercool, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Fright Wig, Feature Inc, New York, NY
2002
Alex Grey, Sam Gordon, Michael Lazarus, M du B, F, H& g, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pretty, ATM Gallery, New York, NY, curators Stacey Gershon and Janine Messikian
The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY, curator Norman Dubrow
Paintings, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
Guide to Trust No. 2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, curator Jimi Dams
2001
The Approximative, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France, curators Meghan Dailey and Alison Gingeras
Group Show, Gallery B, New York, NY
Smile, Here Gallery, New York, NY, curator Melissa Zexter
2000
Grok Terence McKenna Dead, Feature Inc, New York, NY
Not A Lear, Torch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; S&H de Buck Gallery,
Gent, Belgium; Art Process, Paris, France; Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA;
Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY, curator Jimi Dams
The Continued Investigation of the Relevance of Abstraction, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Art-31-Basil, Basil, Switzerland
Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral, Feature Inc, New York, NY
Collectors Choice, Exit Art, New York, NY, selected by Norman Dubrow
1999
Painting: Fore and Aft, Acme, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York, NY
Cookie Snow Feature, Cookie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
curious.parking@stupendous.strawberry, S&H de Buck Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Pretty Happy Paintings, M du B, F, H&g, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1998
Message To Pretty, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Yoyogaga, Feature Inc, New York, NY
He Swam Down, Away, Audiello Fine Art, New York, NY, curator Tony Payne
Group Show, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Michael Lazarus & Rachel E. Harrison, Feature Inc, New York, NY
Sculpture Center Spring Benefit, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
The Smurf Problem, CalCuLaTor, New York, NY, curator Giovanni Garcia Fenech
Contemporary Annual, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1994
Funny Bone, PS 122, New York, NY
Selections From The MFA Special Projects, Part II, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, curator Gregory Amenoff
1993
Work-Play; Picture Thinking And The Analogical Imagination, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, curator Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
12 X 12, sixth annual juried exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
Love And Chaos, The Arts Center on First Street, Jersey City, NJ
1992
Making War, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
AWARDS
1994
Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, NYC
1993
Liquitex Excellence in Art Product Grant
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
David Pagel, "Into A Void of Inhuman Beauty," The Los Angeles Times, September 29.
Lilly Wei, "Reviews," Art News, April.
2005
Lisa Kirk and Keith Mayerson, "Wake the Sleepers," Art US, May-June
Nobue Isono, New York Ateliers, pp. 96-99
2004
Melissa E. Feldman, "Reviews," Art in America, March
2003
Meghan Dailey, "Critics’ Pick," artforum.com, May
2001
Zoey Mondt, "Reviews," Art Issues, November/December
2000
Holland Cotter, "Art in Review," The New York Times, March 31
1999
David Pagel, "Art Reviews," The Los Angeles Times, July 9
Terry Myers, "Review," Art/Text, #67 Fall
Luc Lambrecht, "Amerikaans en Toch Niet," De Morgen, February 12
1998
Holland Cotter, "Art in Review," The New York Times, November 20
Steve Mumford, To Be Baroque, Review, March 1
1996
Holland Cotter, "Homemade works with a low-tech feel," The New York Times, August 2
Bill Arning, "Homies," The Village Voice, August 6
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Chambers Hotel, New York, NY
JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
Neuberger Berman, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
Peter Norton Family Collection, New York, NY
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
The Progressive Corporation, Mayfield, OH
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC