SOLO EXHIBITIONS/Installations: (Partial Listing)
2017 “Rings”, Izen Miller Gallery, Rancho Mirage, CA
2015 “The Day the Earth Stood Still, TDTESS”, College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA
2014 “No Place To Hide”, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
2010 Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA 2006
2006 “Progress”, Grand Central Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA, Catalog
“Progress Videos-1979 & 2005, Urban, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1999 “Castillo”, Mission Trail, San Antonio, TX
1997 North Hollywood Police Station, CA
1996 The Big Clock, Nieman Marcus, Philadelphia, PA
1995 “Z.E.P.H.E.R.,” Site- Specific Installation, DART, Irving, Texas
Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 “Atom and Eve,” Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
1990 The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1989 Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 “New Works,” The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Laguna Art Museum, site-specific installation and selected works, Laguna Beach, CA
Grand Promenade, co-designed twenty-five story building, LosAngeles, CA
1986 Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 “Michael Davis: Sculpture Survey 1973 – 1983,” Santa Rosa College, Santa Rosa, CA
1982 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
1980 Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery U, Nagoya, Japan
Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA , catalog
1979 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1978 Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Installation, Federal Building, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 “Winter Ware”, TransVagrant + Gallery 478, San Pedro, CA
2016 “On The Map: Artists Maps from Opposite Ends of the 110 Freeway, an Ancient Route
Reconnected”, Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA
“Landslide-Slips in Time, Place and Identity”, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2015 “Far-Sited”, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
“Oasis”, Stuart Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA
“Body of Water”, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
2014 “Washed Up”, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
2012 PSST: Art in San Pedro 2010-2012, Warschaw Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2010 Collecting California, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2008 Space Exhibition, California State University, Pomona, CA
2007 Haus Guest, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “Art and Justice”, City Space, Seattle, WA.
“Live Work:Skyline Street”, Center for Architecture, New York, NY
2002 “The Big Frame II”, Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL.
2000 “It’s About Time,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Connecting the Past: A Celebration of the CSU, Fullerton Sculpture Collection”
1998 “Pierwalk ’98,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1997 “Public Art Metro Dade”-Contemporary Art Museum, Miami
“Pier Walk”-Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
“Unbuilt So. California”, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
“Forms of Abstraction” Deanna Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996 “On & Off the Wall” – an exhibition of contemporary sculpture, Riverside Art Museum
1995 “From Warhol to Baule: Unexpected Selections from the University Art Museum Collection”,
University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
“Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Rockford Art Museum, IL
1993 “Project Box,” in conjunction with the Los Angeles International Art Fair
1992 “From the Studio: Recent Painting and Sculpture from 20 CaliforniaArtists” Oakland
Museum, CA(Catalog)
1991 “Contemporary Artists: Artists II,” Contemporary Artists Services, Los Angeles, CA
1990 “The Armory Show,” Pasadena, CA
1989 “The Traveling Show: Art Influenced By Transportation,” Muckenthaler Center, Fullerton, CA
“San Pedro Abstracts,” The FHP Hippodrome Gallery, Long Beach, CA
“The Private Works of Public Artists,” Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific Corp, L.A.
1987 The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
“Art on the Medium,” West Hollywood, CA
1986 “The Column Show: Metaphor and Motif,” Fisher Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
1985 “Artists Look at Architecture,” Transamerica Tower, San Francisco, CA
“Monuments To,” California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
“Sculpture,” Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
“2nd International Sculpture Exhibition,” University of Hawaii Art Gallery
Oklahoma Museum of Art, Victoria Regional Museum Association, Tyler Museum of Art Texas,
University of Alabama Art Gallery, San Diego State University
1984 “Olympic Project Exhibition,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Five Sculptural Artists,” FINE Arts Gallery, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
“Urban Sculpture,” Security Pacific Plaza, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
1983 “Construction/Urban Images/Correspondence Works,” San Francisco International Airport
“Series Two,” Gensler and Associates, San Francisco, CA
1982 “Forgotten Dimension,” Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, CA, National Traveling Exhibition
“Sculpture 1982,” 12th Annual International Sculpture Conference, Oakland, CA
“Interior/Exterior,” Walker Associate, Los Angeles, CA
“Collection of Security Pacific National Bank,” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mile of Sculpture,” Chicago International Art Exposition,Chicago, IL (catalog)
1981 “Artist as Architect/Architect as Artist,” Ohio State University
“National Sculpture Invitational,” Visual Arts Center of Alaska
“Architectural Attitudes,” Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
1980 “Art on the Beach,” Battery Park, New York, NY (catalog)
“6 Los Angeles Sculptors,” Federal Reserve Building, Washington, DC, catalog
1979 “Rooms, Moments Remembered,” Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA , catalog
“Drawings and Prints,” Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Sculpture ‘79,” Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
“Sculpture Invitational,” Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1978 “Artists Investigate the Environment,” Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
1977 “Miniature,” California State University, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
“Proposal I-5,” California State University, San Jose, CA (catalog)
1976 “Michael Davis and John Okulick,” CSU, Humboldt, CA
1975 “Subject/Object,” Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, CA (catalog)
SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS (Partial Listing)
2019 California Street Bridge Project, Ventura, CA
2018 Edinger@Gothard Project, Huntington Beach CA
Lincoln Park, Burbank, CA in collaboration with Eugene Daub
2016 Camera Obscura: “Altered States,” White Point Nature Preserve, San Pedro, CA
Plaza Promenade Project, Ventura, CA (current)
2015 Metro Gold Line, Arcadia Station, Arcadia CA
2014 ACT Transit District, Oakland to San Leandro (finalist)
Berkeley BART Station, Design Consultant/Arts Advisory
Richmond Intermodal Station, Design Consultant/Arts Advisory
2013 Camera Obscura Suite: “View Finder”, San Francisco Exploratorium, CA
2012 Manhattan Beach Centennial Sculpture Competition (finalist)
John Wayne Airport Public Art Commission, Santa Ana, CA (finalist)
Los Angeles Fire Department Air Operations Public Art Competition (finalist)
2011 Long Beach Transit ARRA Public Art Project, Long Beach, CA 2013
2010 Metro Police Station, Kansas City, MO
Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station, San Francisco, CA (finalist)
2009 Harvey Milk Recreation Center, San Francisco Arts Commission
2008 Sybil Brand Institute, County of Los Angeles, CA, lead Artist, (Project paper available)
2007 Fire Station 36, Dept. of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles
2006 Burbank Five Points Gateway Project, Burbank, CA (Finalist)
Bloom Art Walk Commission, George Tirebiter: USC, Los Angeles, CA
Bronx Courthouse, % for the Arts Program, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
Seattle Arts Commission, Lander Station Rail Project
2005 San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, Grantville Station
2004 Bridge to Breakwater, City of Los Angeles, CA., Art Master Plan
Oregon State Crime Lab., Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Program, Portland,OR.
2003 Houston Main St., Cultural Arts Council of Houston & Harris County, Houston, TX
Washington State Arts Commission, Washington State University at Vancouver, WA
The Pike at Queensway Bay, Public Corporation for the Arts, Long Beach, CA
The Police & Fire Emergency Operation Center, Santa Monica, CA
Seattle Arts Commission, Justice Center Project, w/ Richard Turner, Nori Sato &
Pam Beyette, Seattle, WA
2002 Sarasota Season of Sculpture, The Big Frame, Sarasota, FL
Los Lagos Golf Course, San Jose Public Art Program, San Jose, CA
West San Fernando Valley Courthouse/LA Co. Arts Commission, Chatsworth, CA
2001 Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan (finalist)
Chandelier Fall, Hollywood and Highland Project, Hollywood CA
1999 LA METRO, Vermont/Sunset Station, lead artist and co-designer with station architects,
Diedrich and Associates, Atlanta, GA and Edward C. Barker and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Heritage Park, City of Santa Fe Springs, CA (lead artist)
“Castillo,” Mission Trails Public Art Project, City of San Antonio, T X
Fluor Corporation, Irvine, CA
1998 Marinaside Crescent Project, Vancouver, Canada (selected artist)
Transit Mall Project, City of Santa Monica, California (finalist)
Golf Course Commission, City of Carlsbad, California, and (finalist)
Los Angeles Staples Arena, Los Angeles, CA (finalist)
Civic Center Complex, San Francisco, CA, w/ Richard Turner (finalist)
1997 Downtown Parking Structure Art Plan, City of San Buenaventura, C A, (finalist)
Frances Stevens Park, City of Palm Springs, CA, w/Ann Preston, (finalist)
1996 City of Escondido Public Art Corridor Master Plan (with Ann Preston, Marc Palley and Richard
Turner, Escondido, CA, (finalists)
The Los Angeles Zoo, (w/ Susan Hornsby-Ortiz & Richard Turner) LA, CA, (finalists)
Metro-Dade International Airport, Miami, Florida
1995 The Big Clock, Neiman Marcus, a site specific sculpture, Philadelphia, PA
Zephyr, North Irving Transit Station, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, TX
The Anamorph, sculpture installation with Ann Preston and Richard Turner, Anaheim, CA
1994 Eclipse 2035, Tobu Hotel Grand, Sapporo, Japan, site-specific sculpture for lobby & exterior
Evanston Public Library, site-specific sculpture for facade of library, Evanston, IL (finalist)
Union Station Gateway Plaza, Intermodal Bus way Facility: Bus Shelters,
With Ann Preston and Richard Turner, Los Angeles, CA (finalist)
Alvarado Reservoir, with Richard Turner, San Diego, CA (finalist)
PUBLICATIONS (Partial Listing):
Michael Davis, No Place to Hide, catalog. El Camino College Art Gallery, 2014
L.A. Rising, SoCal Artists Before 1980, by Elizabetha Belinski and Lyn Kienholz
Walter Hopps, 6 L.A. Sculptors, An Interview with Walter Hopps by Anne Goley
“ROAD TRIP / ROAD SHOW”, “PROGRESS, In Search of the American Esthetic” catalog, essay
by Howard N. Fox, California State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Grand Central
Press, 2007
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS/INSTALLATIONS (PARTIAL):
Albuquerque Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Burbank, CA
CSU, Los Angeles, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Koll Center, Irvine, CA (collaboration with Terry Schoonhoven)
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Hewlett Packard Regional Headquarters, North Hollywood, CA
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Anaconda Copper, Chicago, IL
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
California State University, Fullerton,CA
Anaheim,CA(Collaboration w/Ann Preston&Richard Turner)
California State University, Long Beach,CA
The Principal Group, Des Moines, IA
Los Angeles,Grand Promenade, Los Angeles, CA
Union Federal Savings, Brea, CA
Los Angeles, Pacific Place, San Pedro, CA
Los Angeles, North Hollywood Police Station,CA
Sheraton Hotel, San Pedro, CA (collaboration with Terry Schoonhoven)
FHP International Headquaters, Fountain Valley, CA
Dallas, TX
Neiman-Marcus, King of Prussia, PA.
Bristol-Meyer Squibb Company, NJ.
Santa Monica, CA, Public Safety Facility
San Jose, CA
Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
Chatsworth, CA, LA County Court House
Seattle, WA, Seattle Justice Center
The Pike at QueensWay Bay, Long Beach, CA., Public Corporation for the Arts
New York City, NY
Kansas City, MO
San Francisco Exploratorium Observatory
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
AIAAward
National Endowment for the Arts, Artists’ Fellowship (2 awards)
Hand Hollow Foundation (HHF) Artists’ Fellowship
