Michael Provart

BIO

Michael received his Undergraduate Bachelor Degree in Painting and Drawing from California State University at Long Beach. He studied with teachers; John Lincoln, Connie Jenkins and Roger Herman. While attending C.S.U.L.B. he received many scholarships for his painting and drawing.
After graduation in 1985, he moved north to Oakland, California. There he pursued his painting and in 1988 was nominated for a SECA Award. By 1989, he was showing his work in Galleries and Museums around the Bay Area. From 1991-92 he served on the board of Directors at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland where he curated two shows; A Fragile Line: Artists Who Use Glass and The Bluebook Chronicles, About War and Peace. He also was the chairperson for the East Bay Open Studios consisting of 850 artists at that time. He found work doing exhibition installation at various Bay Area museums and started to work on the production of films in their Art Departments.
A lover of film and influenced by film in his visual work at the time, Michael relocated to Southern California to pursue a Master of Fine Arts Degree with a specialization in Production Design from the American Film Institute in 1995. There, he received the Mary Pickford award for outstanding Pro...

EDUCATION: 1998 M.F.A. in Production Design at the American Film Institute,
Los Angeles, Ca.
1984 B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing at California State University
Long Beach, Long Beach, Ca.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016 StART Up -SF, San Francisco, Ca.
2015 SPARC Gallery, So. Pasadena, Ca.
2002 Allied Arts Assoc., Cambria, Ca.
1993 Turn of the Century Fine Arts, Berkeley, Ca.
S.F.M.O.M.A. Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
1992 Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
1990 Louis Newman Gallery, Beverly Hills, Ca.
1989 David Hoffman Gallery, Emeryville, Ca.

EXHIBITIONS:
2015 “Art & Home,” Room and Board, Culver City, Ca.
2014 “Art & Home,” Room and Board, Culver City, Ca.
“Mas Attack 7,” Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica,Ca
“Mas Attack 6,” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, Ca.
2006 “California Open Exhibition,” TAG Gallery, L.A., Ca.
(Juror: Laddie John Dill)
2005 “Los Angeles Juried Exhibition,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, L.A., Ca. (Jurors: James Elaine, Barbara Gilbert and Karen Higa)
“Route 66 Art Auction,” Center for the Arts, Eaglerock, Ca.
2004 “Route 66 Art Auction,” Center for the Arts, Eaglerock, Ca.
2003 “T.O.A.A. Annual Juried Show,” Thousand Oaks, Ca.
(Juror: Steve DeGroodt)
“Route 66 Art Auction,” Center for the Arts, Eaglerock, Ca.
2002 “Tiny Works,” Gallery Ophelia, L.A., Ca.
“Postcards as Works of Art,” Art Works Downtown, ...