EDUCATION:
California State University Long Beach, Business Administration
Otis College of Art and Design, Graphic Design
ONE & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (Selected):
2019 Paintlush, Artist Melinda R. Smith, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Art of Michael Massenburg, Ethnic Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008 Now and Then: Michael Massenburg, M.Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 The Art of Michael Massenburg, M.Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Cultural Exchange, Casa De La Cultura, Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
2001 Urban Landscape, Cecil Fergerson Gallery, WLCAC, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Michael Massenburg, Occidental College, Samuelson, Los Angeles, CA
1997 The Artist. The Celebration. The Process, Centinela Adobe, Inglewood, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected):
2018 Black Matters, West LA College, Culver City, CA
2018 Creative Souls, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
2017 ICONIC Black Panther, Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angles, CA
2017 With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA
2017 Echo Location, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Skin, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Watts, The Loft at Liz’ s, Los Angeles, CA
2015 60 Americans, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
2015 LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Inside the Quad, Ben Maltz, Otis, College of Art and Design, Los Angeles .CA
2014 L.A. Heat, Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Shared Thread, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Out of Thin Air, Los Angeles World Airports. CA
2012 Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
2011 2nd Ghetto Biennale, Port–au-Prince, Haiti
2011 Shout, Avisca Fine Gallery, Marietta, GA
2011 Artisan Series, 5 Claude Lane Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Listen With Your Eyes, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Improvisations, Gresham Art Gallery, San Bernardino Valley College, S.B., CA
2011 Embracing Democracy, Gallery 50, Los Angeles, CA
2010 CAAM & CACLA 7+Fig Showcase, 7+Fig Artspace, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Inside Your Head, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Kith and Kin, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles
2009 Distinctly Los Angeles, M. Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Middlebrook, Moody & Massenburg, 2nd City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2008 Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2008 Masterpieces of African American Art, M Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Cross Sections, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Four Artists Los Angeles City College, Ad Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Tomorrow's Masters, M Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Masterpieces of African American Art, M Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Finding Family Stories, Japanese American National Museum, Self-Help Graphics,
California African American Museum and Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Walls of Pride, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA
2002 New Power Generation, Hampton University, Hampton, VA
2001 Eyes Speak, Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Farewell to the 20th Century, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
1998 Ancestors and African American Art, John Wayne Airport, Orange, CA
1997 Unbuild So California, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
1996 Reflections: African American Art, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
1994 Afros & Dominoes, Art & Barbie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Countdown to the Next Millennium, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Breaking Barriers, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1990 Watts 3rd World Art Exhibition, Watts Health Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY:
CSUDH, Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political & Economic Institute, Carson CA, 2019
Futuro de Suenos, Centro de Emprendimieto Cultural Comuna 13, Cali, Colombia, 2017
2nd Ghetto Biennale, Port–au-Prince, Haiti, 2011
TGD4, Tambaconnda - Geneva - Dakar International, Tambaconnda, Senegal, 2004
Hambridge Fellow, Rabun Gap, GA, 2004
California Art Council, Artist in Residency, Inglewood, CA, 1996- 2001
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS (Selected):
2017 Franco, Instituto Cemoden, Bogota, Colombia
2015 Inglewood Stories, Inglewood Main Library, Inglewood CA
2014 Forum Project, Madison Square Garden, Inglewood, CA
2012 All in a Day, Farmdale Station, Metro Expo Line, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Circa 1912, African American Fire Fighters Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Many Boats, Many Cultures, Long Beach Transit (Strayhorn), Long Beach, CA
2006 Visions, Leimert Park, Visions Cultural Organization, Los Angeles, CA
2004 TGD4 Project, Cultural Center & Library, Tambaconnda, Senegal
2002 Pathway to Freedom, Rosa Parks Station ( Strayhorn) MTA, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Reading to Learn, Mark Twain Library, LAPL Los Angeles, CA
2001 Elevate, Y.O.U. High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Raven, ESPN Zone-Disney, Baltimore, MD
2000 Central Avenue Jazz, KFC, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Eye of the Tiger, ESPN Zone- Disney, Anaheim, CA
1997 Jazz Era, American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS (Selected):
The Forum Project, Design Award, California Preservation Foundation, 2014
IGAP, City of Inglewood, CA, 2014-15
Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, 2006
George Sugarman Foundation, Novato, CA, 2005
California Art Council, Artist in Residency, Inglewood, CA, 1996- 2001
Change Inc., New York, NY, 1997
Art Recovery Fund Grant, California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
CURATORIAL & SPECIAL PROJECTS (Selected):
The Mothership Returns, Nos Org (Shibuya), Tokyo, Japan, 2016
The Best is Yet to Come, Breeders Cup, Santa Anita Park, CA, 2016
Bridging the Waters, Yvonne Scarlett Golden Cultural Center, Daytona Beach; FL, 2016
50 Years I Still Can't Breathe, Art exhibition Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
Faces and Places, Multi-Cultural Center, University California Santa Barbara, 2012
The 45 Show, Art exhibition, Twenty Eight Miles East Gallery, Pomona, CA, 2011
Evolve Suite, Concert in collaboration with Jazzantiqua, Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Come by Here, Art exhibition, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
Watts Up, Art exhibition, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2004
Global Diasporas Project, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, 2001
Doris Miller Celebration, Art Education Consulting Services, Austin, TX 2001
Legacy of the Blues, Art exhibition, William Grant Stills Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1996
LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS (Selected):
COLA 20 Programming: Preserving Your Artistic Legacy. Jesse Croxton and guests. Moderated by Michael Massenburg, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
The Makers Exhibition at L.A. Union Station: The Artists Who Enhance the Transit Rider’s Experience on Metro. June Edmonds, Michael Massenburg and Roy Dowell, Los Angeles CA 2016
Noah Purifoy: From Watts with 66 Signs of Neon to the Gallows. Panelists include; Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Sue Welsh, Naima Keith, Michael Massenburg and Sam Durant. Moderated by exhibition curators Franklin Sirmans, Terri and Michael Smooke. LACMA Bing Theater,
Los Angeles, CA, 2015
A Conversation on Art and the '92 Riots, Featuring: Elaine Brandt, Michael Massenburg, Charles Miller, and Maggie Hazen; Carol Kwang Park; and Eun Jung Park. Moderated by Michael Mata. Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (Selected):
California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
University of Maryland - David C. Driskell Center, College Park, Maryland
USC - Architecture & Fine Art Library Archives, Los Angeles, CA
MTA Metro, Los Angeles, CA
California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
United States Postal Service, Central Avenue Office, Los Angeles, CA
Chapman University, Orange, CA
National Pastime Museum, CA
Museum Boribana, Dakar, Senegal
Art Kumba, Tambacounda, Senegal
Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA
Ruta Sur, Cali, Colombia
Watts Labor Community and Action Committee, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Urban League, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA (Selected):
Paul Von Blum. Creative Soul, New Third World African Press 2017
Mat Gleason. Aestheticizes the Politics of Race, Huffington Post, February 10, 2016
Gregory Pitts. Cornerstone, Artvoices Magazine, Pages 50-53, Fall 2014
Lynell George. Public Art, Private Stories, KCET/Artbound, June 3, 2013
Paul Von Blum. A Visual Critique of Racism, Tikkun, Page 46, Spring 2013
Josef Woodard. Figures on the Ground, Santa Barbara News, March 9, 2011
Now and Then: Art by Michael Massenburg, M Hanks Gallery, Catalog, 2008
The Art of the Train, Los Angeles Times, Page 26, March 29, 2007
Masterpieces of African American Art, M Hanks Gallery, Catalogs 2006 & 2007
Phillip Zonkel. Brushing up on Families, Press-Telegram, Page 10, March 15, 2003
Kristin Friedrich, Art in Training, LA Downtown News, Page 12, Sept. 23, 2002
Urban Surprises: A Guide to Public Art in Los Angles, Balcony Press, page, 43, 2002
David Pagel. Public Projects fall... Los Angeles Times, Page F2, September 18, 2002
Alice Thorson. Taking it to the Walls, Kansas City Star, page E-7, Sept. 20, 1997
Joe Lewis. More Black Male for L.A., Art in America, Page 25, April 1995
Sam Jones. Afros & Dominoes, Coagula Art Journal, September 1994
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