Résumé

Solo exhibitions

© 2022 Michael Chambers - Ghost Hunting exhibition at Evermore Prints
  • 2022 Meridian Solo: Character Development, Meridian Public Library, Meridian, Idaho
  • 2021 Character Development, Boise State University
  • 2017 Ghost Hunting, Evermore Prints, Boise, Idaho
  • 2016 Houseghosts, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2013 Coming Into View, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans
  • 2011 Thresholds, The Linen Building Gallery, Boise, Idaho
  • 2009 Making Room for the Muse, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans
  • 2006 Angels in the House, Carol Robinson Gallery
  • 2003 A Touch of Blue, Carol Robinson Gallery
  • 1996 Windows and Doors, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1993 Wild Blue Stories, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1991 Silent Songs, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

Group exhibitions

Text Messages exhibition, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2017 Black Elk: Lakota Warrior, Mighty Visionary, invitational exhibition, Canyon Crossroads Museum at Celebration Park, Melba, Idaho
  • 2016 Mystery Sonatas, exhibition and musical performance with Kate Withrow, violinist, Marigny Opera House, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2016 Artists of Faith, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans
  • 2016 This American Life, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho
  • 2015 Cuisine Art, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2015 Hunting & Gathering, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2014 Foray IV, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2014 WaterWorks, juried exhibition, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Nampa, Idaho
  • 2014 Four Eyes, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2014 Metamorphosis, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2013 Foray III, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2013 Local Color: Boise Sesquicentennial Celebration juried exhibition, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2013 What the World Needs Now, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2012 Silver Linings, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2012 Leftovers travelling exhibition featuring printmaking images from artists around the world, Wharepuke, New Zealand
  • 2012 Text Messages Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2011 Double Take Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2011 Complements Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2009 Artists of Faith Carol Robinson Gallery
  • 2003 Frameworks Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Illinois
  • 2000 Spirit of the Djembe invitational, ArtSource Gallery, Boise
  • 1998 Draw, Paint, Man, Woman with Melissa Chambers, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
  • 1998 Treasure Valley Juried Art Exhibit, Boise State University
  • 1995 Issues of Diversity juried exhibition, Boise State University
  • 1994 Lawn d’art, Boise, Idaho
  • 1994 Group Show, River Run Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
  • 1993 Boise Fine Arts, juried, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
  • 1989 A Family of Work, with Melissa “Sasi” Chambers, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1989 A Paletteable Feast, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1989 Arts Against AIDS, ornament exhibition, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
  • 1989 Group Exhibition, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Public Art

Just Around the Corner, traffic box at 23rd and Main Streets, Boise
  • 2018 Traffic Control Box at the corner of Main and 23 Street, Boise, Idaho, commission by City of Boise, Dept. of Arts & History

Publications

Local Color exhibition catalog
  • 2007 Selman, Sean. “Renaissance Man,” Connections, Columbus, GA, Summer 2007, pp. 28, 29
  • 1998 Flagg, Marianne. “BSU gallery offers peek at paintings by Boiseans,” The Idaho Statesman, September 13, 1998, p. 6E
  • 1998 Hill, Erica. “Local artists tell aspiring students to ‘stick with it’,” The Arbiter, October 21, 1998, p. 21
  • 1998 Hill, Erica. “Exhibit showcases couple’s diversity,” The Arbiter, August 26, 1998, p. 24
  • 1996 Waddington, Chris. “Oil paintings from a sensuous, vibrant world,” Lagniappe, May 10, 1996, p. 15
  • 1996 “Gallery in New Orleans to show Boisean’s work,” Idaho Statesman, May 19, 1996
  • 1995 Photo of painting “Sons and Daughters,” Lagniappe, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 31, 1995, p. 24
  • 1994 Collins, Richard. “Best Bets,” Gambit, Vol. 15, No. 51, p.66, December 20, 1994
  • 1993 Flagg, Marianne. “The art of living,” The Idaho Statesman, October 19, 1993, p. D1
  • 1993 Photo of “Our Friends in NY,” Gambit, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28, 1993, p. 1
  • 1992 Photo of drawing with Melissa Chambers, “The Art Student”, Boise Comic News, p. 11
  • 1991 Photo of painting “Corner of Tartarus and Elysian Fields”, Gambit, February 26, 1991, p. 36
  • 1991 Green, Roger. “Silent Songs,” The Times-Picayune, March 10, 1991, p. F-10
  • 1988 Green, Roger. “Well-executed Wit,” Lagniappe, New Orleans, LA, p. 10
  • 1987 “New Orleans Public Schools Produce Leaders,” billboard, New Orleans, LA

Awards and Grants

  • 2020 QuickProject for Individuals, Idaho Commission on the Arts
  • 2017 QuickProject for Individuals, Idaho Commission on the Arts
  • 2021 Alexa Rose Foundation
  • 1982 Dean’s Medal, College of Design, Louisiana State University
  • 1982 Caroline Durieux Scholarship, School of Art, Louisiana State University
  • 1981 Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University Summer School of Music and Art

Gallery Representation

Organizations

TVAA logo, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance
  • 2010 – 2025, Member, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho
  • 2010 – 2015, co-founder and president of the board, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho
  • 1988 Member, College Art Association
  • 1986 Treasurer, Graduate Student Association, Queens College, Flushing, NY
  • 1985 Member, Graduate Student Congress, Queens College, Flushing, NY
  • 1982 Vice President, Art Students Association, LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • 1981 Member, Art Students Association, LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Education

Class of 1981, Yale University Summer School of Music and Art
Summer school in Norfolk, CT
  • Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking, City University of New York, Queens College, Flushing, New York
  • Master of Art, Creative Art, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Fellowship, Yale University Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, Connecticut
  • Graduated Highly Recommended, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana

Teaching

Paint box 2
  • 1996 Adjunct Professor, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
  • 1988 Instructor, Computers in the Arts, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans
  • 1986 Teaching Assistant, Queens College, Flushing, New York
  • 1984 Lecture, Seeger Memorial High School, West Lebanon, Indiana
  • 1983 Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1982 Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1982 Assistant Art Instructor, Governor’s Program for Gifted Children, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

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