MICHAEL MASSENBURG CV
info@michaelmassenburg.com
EDUCATION
California State University Long Beach, Business Administration
Otis College of Art and Design, Graphic Design
ONE & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2022 Spirtual Nature, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Paintlust, Melinda R. Smith, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
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, Michoacán, México
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2022 Dak’Art 14th Edition Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
2021 Inspired, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2019 The Collective: Then and Now, Residency Gallery, Inglewood CA
2018 Creative Souls, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2017 ICONIC Black Panther, Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Up to Us , Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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
2012 Shared Thread, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
2011 Listen With Your Eyes, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Inside Your Head, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Kith and Kin, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles
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
2006 Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
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 New Power Generation, Hampton University, Hampton, VA
2002 New Harlem Renaissance, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS (Selected)
2021 Joy, Van Ness Recreation Center, Los Angeles Parks & Recreation, Los Angeles, CA
2021 History to Share, Community Coalition, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Franco, Instituto Cemoden, Bogotá, 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 FireFighters 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, Tambacounda, 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)
2023 COLA City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, DCA
2023 Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, LoS Angeles CA
2021 Art Matters Foundation, New York, NY
2014 The Forum Project, Design Award, California Preservation Foundation
2015-2014 Inglewood Growing Artists Project (IGAP), City of Inglewood, CA
2006 Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
2005 George Sugarman Foundation, Novato, CA
2001-1996 California Art Council, Artist in Residency, Inglewood, CA
1997 Change Inc., New York, NY
1992 Art Recovery Fund Grant, California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA