Education
Master of Fine Arts, State University of New York at Albany; Albany, New York - 1990
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama - 1987
Special Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas - 2005
The Worcester Art Museum; Worcester, Massachusetts - 2005
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, Louisiana - 2004, 2008
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Collection of Art, Prints, and Photographs;
New York Public Library; New York, New York - 1995
Grants
KAT Fund of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Joan Mitchell Emergency Support Art Grant
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Emergency Grant
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc. Emergency Grant
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Selected Exhibitions
Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis: Arthur Roger Gallery; New Orleans, Louisiana - 2008
Pencil and Paper, Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery; Loyola University;
New Orleans, Louisiana - 2008
La Ofrenda, Solo Exhibition; Palma Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana – 2007
10 Curatorial Perspectives; Haven Arts; Bronx, New York - 2006
Surviving the Hurricane: Katrina’s Impact on New Orleans Art; CAC; New Orleans , Louisiana - 2006
Culture of Queer; Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation; Curated by David Rubin;
New York, New York - 2006
Culture of Queer; Creative Arts Center – New Orleans; Curated by David Rubin;
New Orleans, Louisiana - 2005
What I did on my summer vacation...
autobiographical photography and the snapshot aesthetic;
Curated by Brian Clamp; Clamp Art; New York City - 2005
Seduction: Shedding Light On Dark Desires; Curated by Ray Cook;
Queensland Centre for Photography; Bulimba, Queensland
Australia - 2005
The Hybrid; Curated by Mateo Neivert; Palma Gallery;
New Orleans, Louisiana - 2005
Growing Up Absurd: Boys Becoming Men in an Insane World;
Radiant Light Gallery; Portland, Maine - 2005
O What a Night; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art;
New Orleans, Louisiana - 2004
OUTAuction; GLAAD; New York, New York - 2004
Postcards from the Edge Benefit; Visual AIDS; New York, New York - 2004
Carondelet, Solo Exhibition; ClampArt, New York, New York - 2004
LaGrange National Biennial XXIII; Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum;
LaGrange, Georgia - 2004
My people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs); Curated by Bob Nickas
Team Gallery, New York, New York - 2003
K 48 III Teenage Rebels Show, Group Exhibition Curated by Scott Hug
Galerie du Jour Agnes B; Paris, France - 2003
K 48: DAAG ONS NIET UIT; Curated by Scott Hug
Capucijnenstraat 98; Maastricht, Netherlands - 2003
Scope-New York, with Nikolai Fine Art; New York, New York- 2003
Disturb, Group Exhibition Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis;
LAB Art Projects, Athens, Greece - 2002 - 2003
Scope-Miami, with Nikolai Fine Art; Miami, Florida, - 2002
Eastaboga, Solo Exhibition; Nikolai Fine Art, New York, New York - 2002
White Box Annual Auction; White Box; New York, New York - 2002
K 48 III Teenage Rebels Show, Group Exhibition Curated by Scott Hug;
John Connelly Presents, New York, New York - December 2002 - January 2003
Disturb, Group Exhibition Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis;
Center for Contemporary Art, Thesaloniki, Greece - 2002
Disturb, Group Exhibition Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis;
1st Public School of Hydra Contemporary Art Center, Hydra, Greece - 2002
Take Home A Nude Benefit; Sotheby's New York;
New York, New York - 2002
Turin Art Fair, Group Exhibition; Turin, Italy - 2001
Snakes, Snails & Puppy Dog Tails, Group Exhibition
Curated by Bill Previdi; Nikolai Fine Art, New York, New York - 2001
ANP: City Projects, Group Exhibition;
Curated by Jimi Damms; Century Gallery, London, England - 2000
ANP: City Projects, Group Exhibition;
Curated by Jimi Damms; Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 2000
ANP: City Projects, Group Exhibition;
Curated by Jimi Damms; Galerie S & H de Buck, Ghent, Belgium - 2000
Second Skin, Group Exhibition;
Curated by Corrinna Ripps; University Art Museum;
State University of New York; Albany, New York - 1998
The Erotics of Denial, Group Exhibition;
Curated by Bill Arning; E. S. Vandam Gallery;
New York, New York - 1998
Thirty-sixth Tennessee All-State Art Competition, Watkins Institute;
Juried Group Exhibition; The Parthenon Galleries;
Nashville, Tennessee - 1997
Open Your Heart; Ninth Annual Bailey House Art Auction
Invitational; The Puck Building,
New York, New York - 1997
Red Clay Survey, Juried Group Exhibition;
Lois Tarlow, Juror; Huntsville Museum of Art; Huntsville, Alabama -1996
Art With A Southern Drawl, Juried Group Exhibition;
Juror's Merit Award Recipient; University of Mobile; Mobile, Alabama - 1996
The Fourth Photo Annual; Leslie Lohman Foundation,
Invitational Group Exhibition; New York, New York - 1995
Cheaha Exhibition, Juried Group Exhibition;
Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum; Talladega, Alabama - 1995
Recent Works, One Person Show;
Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum; Talladega, Alabama -1995
Recent Works, One Person Show, Telfair-Pete Theatre Gallery;
Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama - 1995
Cheaha Exhibition, Juried Group Exhibition; Juror's Merit Award Recipient;
Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum; Talladega, Alabama - 1994
The Learned Image, Invitational Group Exhibition;
Five Points Gallery; Chatham, New York - 1994
Together, Invitational Group Exhibition;
Russell Sage College; Troy, New York - 1994
Transfiguration: University at Albany Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition;
University Art Museum; State University of New York at Albany;
Albany, New York - 1994
Light, Invitational Group Exhibition for the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York;
Russell Sage College; Troy, New York - 1993
Cheaha Exhibition, Juried Group Exhibition; Juror's Foundation Award Recipient;
Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum; Talladega, Alabama - 1993
A Political World, Invitational Group Exhibition;
The Fifth Gate Arts Center; Birmingham, Alabama - 1992
One Dome, Birmingham Artists' Association Invitational Group Exhibition;
B.A.A Gallery; Birmingham, Alabama - 1992
Times Eight Charity Art Auction, Group Exhibition;
Birmingham, Alabama - 1992
Auburn University Fine Arts Alumni Show, Invitational Group Exhibition;
Symposium on the Arts, panel member; Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama - 1992
Eat, Invitational Group Exhibition;
Russell Sage College; Troy, New York - 1992
Superstition and Personal Ritual, Invitational Group Exhibition;
The Fifth Gate Arts Center; Birmingham, Alabama - 1992
Spirituality and Eroticism, Invitational Group Exhibition;
Five Points Gallery; Chatham, New York - 1992
Operation New Birmingham Show, Invitational Group Exhibition;
The Times Eight Space; Birmingham, Alabama - 1991
Recent Works, Solo Exhibition, Telfair-Pete Theatre Gallery;
Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama 1991
Times Eight Invitational, Group Exhibition,
The Pepper Show Room; Birmingham, Alabama - 1991
Ethics of Desire, Invitational Group Exhibition;
Five Points Gallery; Chatham, New York - 1991
Second Thoughts, Juried Group Exhibition;
Russell Sage College; Troy, New York - 1991
Thesis Exhibition, Group Exhibition;
University Gallery; State University of New York at Albany;
Albany, New York - 1990
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, Juried Group Exhibition; Juror's Award Recipient; Ken Johnson, Juror; Albany Institute of History and Art; Albany, New York - 1990
Flower, Benefit Exhibition for Our Brother's Keeper Foundation;
Group Exhibition; Russell Sage College; Troy, New York - 1990
Dogmatic, Group Exhibition; Curated by Leon Fried;
Installation Collaboration with Bruce Stiglich;
Ted Gallery; Albany, New York - 1989
Thesis Exhibition, Group Exhibition;
Foy Union Gallery; Auburn, Alabama - 1987
Head, Painting Installation;
Behind the Glass Gallery; Auburn, Alabama – 1987
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Bibliography
Articles about Michael Meads
The Other Mardi Gras: Fat Tuesday in New Orleans with Michael Meads
Johnston, Brad. SX Magazine. February 15, 2007. Issue 316.
Australia
Mardi Graphite (La Ofrenda Solo Exhibition Review)
Bookhardt, D. Eric. Gambit Weekly, February 13, 2007
U.S.A.
Dark Vision (La Ofrenda Solo Exhibition Review)
McCash, Doug. Times-Picayune, January 19, 2007
U.S.A.
Let The Good Times Roll: Michael Meads After Katrina
Clamp, Brian Paul. Useless Magazine
Issue 4: Fiascorama, October 2006
U.S.A., U.K., France
Caravaggio’s Rednecks
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 2006.
Vol. 12, Number 2. pp. 217-236
U.S.A
Men in their Natural State: Michael Meads Defies Stereotypes
Robinson, Andrew. Gay City News. July 8-14, 2004.
Vol. 3, Issue 28. pp. 25, 36.
U.S.A.
Sweet Homo Alabama
Hakim, Jamie. Attitude. June 2004. pp 30-34.
U.K.
Alabama Souvenirs
Pisters, Caspar. Squeeze. Vol. 2, April/ May 2004. p 30.
Netherlands
Sweet Home Alabama: The Bad Boys of Michael Meads
Barbe, Yannick. Tetu. Number 87, March 2004. pp 102-111.
France
The Boys: Growing up with Michael Meads
Johnston, Brad. Blue. Issue 47, November 2003. pp 42-51.
Australia
Good ol’ Boys: Michael Meads
Northcross, Wayne. Instinct. Vol. 6, Issue 3, March 2003. pp. 94-95.
U.S.A.
Rural Rhapsondy: Michael Meads
Northcross, Wayne. Gay City News. Vol. 2, Issue 8. Feb. 21-27, 2003. p. 34.
U.S.A.
Boys, Bonds and Beyond
Previdi, Bill. HX. Issue. 589, Dec. 20, 2002. p. 26.
U.S.A.
Books featuring the photography of Michael Meads
Fanzine 137
Luis Venegas, Publisher. 2007
Spain
Currency
Sico Carlier, Publisher. 2006
Belgium
Fanzine 137
Luis Venegas, Publisher. 2005
Spain
Deep Blue
Studio Magazines, Publisher. 2004
Australia
Bad
Studio Magazines Publisher. 2004
Australia
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