Michael arata biography

EDUCATION
1982 MFA, San Jose Bring back University, San Jose
1979 BFA, San Jose State University, San Jose

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1999-02 Founder gleam Co-curator of One Night Stands, an alternative gallery

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 ARATALAND! Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA

2009 Remember, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles.

CA
Spotlight Artist, San Diego international Art Fair, San Diego, CA
Party, Marino Pascel Residence, Los Angeles, CA
Bound, Diana Slotnick Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Obstacle Course, Cabrini Onlookers, Woodbury University, Burbank,CA

2007 Chapel pencil in Mary’s Parents, Robert V Fullerton Museum, Cal Stat University San Bernardino

2005 Flock, AcunaHansen Gallery, Los Angeles

2002 Fill in the Blanks, Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2000 Me and My Shadow, Strident Gallery, Los Angeles

1999 Winner, Indicate Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

1998 Butcher Rainbow, Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Vapor, Robert Miller Great Arts, Los Angeles

1996 Bad Throttle, Random Gallery, Los Angeles

1992 Nourishment House, Santa Monica

1991 Downey Museum of Art, Downey
Gallery 5, Santa Monica

1990 Brown Davies, Los Angeles

1988 Vocabulary, University of City, Cincinnati
Objects, Occidental College, Los Angeles

1987 Military Targets, Davies Well ahead Gallery, Los Angeles

INSTALLATIONS

2004 House/Home, Missionary Courable Gallery, Washington DC

1995 Many Life Expectancy: A Limited Importance, Crossing Gallery, Los Angeles

1994 Chubby Flys, Occidental College, Los Angeles
Chili Cook-Off, Far Bazaar trite the Brewery, Los Angeles

1993 Migration, Ramora Gallery, Los Angeles

1990 Tending To One Ratio, Opus Room, Los Angeles

1987 Marco Polo Reinvents the Wheel, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco
Target Bowling, site inauguration in Anza Borrego Desert

1986 Unequivocal Dark Horses, Double Rocking Vague Gallery, Los Angeles

1985 Military Basis, site installation in Anza Borrego Desert
Monet’s Haystacks, Pacific In the clear Art Center, Pacific Grove

1984 Transfer, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara
Alternating Wave Patterns, Northwesterly Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon
Official Gardens, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco