MICHAEL BRADEN

BORN  1955, St. Paul, MN

EDUCATION

1991 MA University of Washington, CAUP, Seattle, WA

1979 BLA University of Minnesota, CAUP, Minneapolis, MN

1975 Applied Math & Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

EXHIBITIONS

2003  New Paintings, William Turner Gallery

2002   ACA Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2002Ojai Studio Artist Tour, Ojai, CA

2001ACA Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2001Lumina Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM

2000Lumina Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM

2000Booth Contemporary, Wakefield, RI

1999Lumina Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM

1999   Booth Contemporary, Wakefield, RI

1998   Grounds For Sculpture Museum, Hamilton, NJ

1998Lumina Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM

1998Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998   Ravens Nest Contemporary Art Gallery, Wakefield, RI

1998   Suzanne Brown Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ

1997 Lumina Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM

1997Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997  Grounds For Sculpture Museum, Hamilton, NJ

1997   Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1996  Lumina Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM

1996  Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

1991   University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1990   Bainbridge Island Arts Center, Bainbridge Island, WA

1982   Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK

1978University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1976  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1975   University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

PROFESSIONAL HONORS

2002   New American Paintings, 7th Pacific Coast edition

1996  Honor Award: Graphic Design USA

1995Honor Award:  Graphic Design: Supon Design Group, International Division

1995  Honor Award: Graphic Design USA

1989 Honor Award, AIA & ASLA:  Asian Elephant Exhibit, Seattle, WA

1986  Merit Award, ASLA: Kansas City Zoo, Master Plan, Kansan City, MO

1982Rome Prize:  American Academy in Rome, Finalist, First alternate

1980 Merit Award, ASLA: IBM Corporate Headquarters, Rochester, MN

1980Honor Award:  Professional studies in Landscape Architecture, ASLA

1979  Honor Award:  Professional studies in Landscape Architecture, ASLA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

World Museum of Wood, Portland, OR

HTG Hanse Trading Aussenhandelsgesellschaft MBH, Hamburg, Germany

Ted J. Schmidt, private collection, Hamburg, Germany

Homart Development Corporation, Plano, TX

Chuck Henningsen, private collection, Taos, NM

Steve ‘Guitar’ Miller, private collection, San Juan Island, WA

Rhodes River Ranch, Jeannie Alvord Rhodes, private collection, Seattle, WA

Ted and Kim Algren, private collection, Los Gatos, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992 to present Full-time Professional Artist

1979 – 1990 Professional Architect & Landscape Architect, part-time artist

PUBLICATIONS

New American Paintings, 7th Pacific Coast edition, 2002

Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice, 9th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001

Sky Magazine, United Airlines, January, 1999

Spirit Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, 1998

Art News, January, 1997

Built-in Furniture, Pages 122, 123, & 137, Taunton Press, 1997

The Star-Ledger, Princeton, NJ, 1997

Scottsdale Tribune, Scottsdale, AZ, 1997

Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, 1997

The Seattle Weekly, Seattle, WA, 1997

Taos Magazine, Cover story, 1997