MICHAEL MARSHALL
EDUCATION
1977 MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT; studied painting and drawing with William Bailey, Bernard Chaet, Al Held, Lester Johnson, and John Walker. Studied printmaking with Gabor Peter. Studied art history with Rainer F. Crone, Robert L. Herbert, and Robert F. Thompson.
1975 BFA, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
1974 Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, Norfolk, CT; studied painting and drawing with Gabriel Laderman.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
TEACHING
2010-Present Chair of the Art Department, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
2006-Present Professor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
1990-2006 Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
1984-90 Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
1980-84 Assistant Professor, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
1979-80 Assistant to the Dean and Lecturer in Art, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1978-79 Instructor, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1979 Instructor in Graduate Drawing, Fontbonne, College, St. Louis, MO
1977-79 Instructor, Maryville College, St. Louis, MO
1976-77 Teaching Assistant of Intermediate Painting with Gretna Campbell, Yale University, New Haven, CT
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Recollection: In Celebration With the Class of ‘71,” John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO
2020 “Time for Hawaii Time,” Online Exclusive
2012 “Monoprints,” Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2011 “New Studio Works: Michael Marshall and John Schwartzkopf,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006 “Land and Sea,” Bonsack Gallery, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO
2005 "Tangential Reflections," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2001 “Conjunction: Small Drawings and Works on Paper,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1997 “Generation,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996 “Michael Marshall: Paintings and Works on Paper,” Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA
1994 “On Bird Songs,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1991 “Diaspora,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1989 “Michael Marshall: Currents 40,” St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1988 “Selections of Work,” Culver Gallery, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
1986-87 “Recent Work,” Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1982 “Paintings and Drawings from the Brown, Black, and Tan Suite,” Old Court House Rotunda Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Messing Gallery, St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO
1981 Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, MO
1980 Fontbonne College Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1978 Louis D. Beaumont Gallery, Maryville College, St. Louis, MO
John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO
1977 Afro American Society, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Let the Color Begin,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2022 “Wonder Things,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“The Enduring Print,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2021 “Selections 2021,” Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2020 “Let’s Talk Abstraction,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“20 for 2020,” Atrium Gallery, Online Exclusive
2019 “Innovative Visual Expressions,” Hawaii State Foundation, Wailoa, HI
Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba, New York, NY
2018 "Winter Selections - In The Abstract," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2017 “Summer Show 2017,” Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
2016 "From the Racks," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2015 “Works on Paper,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 “Intimate,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013 “2013 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition,” Chambers 241 Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
“21st National Satellite Exhibition: Another View III,” Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
“Honolulu Printmakers 85th Annual Exhibition,” Honolulu Museum Art School Gallery, Honolulu, HI
“Honolulu Printmakers Salon des Réfuses,” Ektopia Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2012 “Print Work” Artist Image Resource, Pittsburg, PA
“New Prints 2012/Summer” International Print Center New York, New York, NY
2011 “Americas 2011: All Media” The Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND
“14+1 Hawaii Printmaking Now,” Kahilu Gallery, Waimea, HI
2010 “Thinning – A 24th Anniversary Exhibition,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008 “Choose One,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Small Works,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Abstraction,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“African American Abstraction: St. Louis Connections,” The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2007 “Holiday Group Show,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006 "Paper, Paper," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Selections," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005 All Hawaii Juried Art Exhibition, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
"Holiday Group Show," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"With Spirit," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Sister Cities Convention," World Trade Center, St. Louis, MO
"The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists," The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI; Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
"Mainstream Art, What is it?," Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2003 “Atrium at the Plaza,” St. Louis, MO
2nd Annual All Hawaii Juried Art Exhibition and Invitational, East Hawaii Cultural Council, Hilo, HI
2002 "Three Artists: Sudha Achar, Stephen Freeman, Michael Marshall," Wailoa Center Main Gallery, Hilo, HI
Great Plains National 2002, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays, KS
All Hawaii Juried Exhibition and Invitational, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
“Scale It,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 “Recycled Paper III,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“All Hawaii Juried Art Competition,” sponsored by the Hawaii Cultural Council. East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
“28th Annual Spring Arts Festival,” All Media Juried Exhibition, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
1999 “Millennium Madness,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Recycled Paper II,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Commitment to Excellence,” 21st Annual Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce Exhibition, Amfac Center, Honolulu, HI
1998 “Recycled Paper,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1997 “Noonday Club,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1994 “St. Louis Art Gallery Showcase,” Florissant Valley Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1993 “Dealer’s Choice,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
University of Hawaii Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Gallery, Manoa, HI
1992 “Beyond the Innocence: An African-American Invitational Exhibition,” St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
“The Large Drawing Show,” Invitational, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
1991 5th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Pacific Prints,” Juried traveling exhibition of prints co-sponsored by the
Los Angeles Printmaking Society and the Honolulu Printmakers.
1989 Selections from the Atrium Gallery, Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Drawn to Earth,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1988 Volcano Celebration and Blessing Exhibition, Volcano Art Center, Studio 82
Fourth Annual Honors Art Alumni Exhibition, Honors Art Gallery, St. Louis Public Schools, St. Louis, MO
A Visit with UH Faculty, Volcano Art Center
Biennial Art Faculty Exhibition, Campus Center Gallery, University of Hawaii-Hilo, Hilo, HI
1986-87 “36th Annual Artists of Hawaii Exhibition,” Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, HI
“1986 Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition,” Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, HI
1986 Permanent Collection Exhibition, Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, HI
1985 “Artists Working in Hawaii,” C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA
1984 “Norfolk ‘74 Alumni Exhibition,” Yale University Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT
“Fontbonne Faculty Group Exhibition,” Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Group Show ‘84,” Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, MO
“Marshall-Rozel-Woods: Painting and Sculpture,” Webster University, St. Louis, MO
“Art Faculty Exhibition,” University of Hawaii Hilo Campus Center Gallery
1983 “An American Adventure: Celebrating the Contribution of the Black Community to the Arts in St. Louis,” First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO
“National Invitational Exhibition,” Campus Center Gallery
1981 “A Collector’s Choice,” St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1980 “Faculty from Washington University,” Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
“Drawings from Yale Alumni,” Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Public Library, Julia Davis Branch, St. Louis, MO
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hilo, HI
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Wachovia, St. Louis, MO
Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis, MO
Seven-Up Bottling Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Midwest Otologic Group, St. Louis, MO
Prudential Home Mortgage Company, Clayton, MO
US Bank, St. Louis, MO
Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO
Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc., St. Louis, MO
First National Bank, Columbia, MO
Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, MO
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2012 Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award, 36th Annual Fall Art Festival, East Hawaii Cultural Council, Hilo, HI
2005 State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award, VII Biennial, The
Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists, Honolulu, HI
UH Diversity and Equity SEED Initiative, “John T. Scott - Spherical Thinking
and Kinetic Improvisation: Mississippi Delta Roots of the Circle Dance”
“Dar He: The Garden from Nowhere - A Meditation on Color Honoring Spirits of
Resistance Celebrating the Living Experience”
“University of Hawaii at Hilo Research Council”
2004 UH Diversity and Equity SEED Initiative, “Richard Hunt”
UH Diversity and Equity SEED Initiative, “SAY IT LOUD”
“Research and Training Revolving Funds”
2003 UH Diversity and Equity SEED Initiative, “BarbaraO: in Conjunction"
2002 UH Diversity and Equity SEED Initiative, “The Art of Folk with Paul Carter
Harrison”
Juror's Award for Mixed Media, All Hawaii' Juried Art Exhibition
2001 “President's Education Improvement Fund,” Art Department Studio Workshop
Juror’s Award for Mixed Media, 28th Annual Spring Arts Festival, Wailoa
Center, Hilo, HI
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award, 28th Annual Spring Arts Festival, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
1992 “President's Education Improvement Fund,” Multicultural Art Slide Reference
Collection
1990 “President's Education Improvement Fund,” Art Department Workshop
1988 University of Hawaii Research and Training Revolving Fund Travel Award
1986 Juror’s Award, Pacific State Print and Drawing Exhibition
University of Hawaii Research and Training Revolving Fund Travel Award
1985 Juror’s Award for Purchase Prize, Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition
1981 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award in Painting
National Drawing Competition, Second Prize. National Society of Arts and Letters
St. Louis Drawing Competition, First Prize. National Society of Arts and Letters
1976 Schikle-Collingwood Prize, Yale University
1975 Illini Union Purchase Prize, University of Illinois
1974 Ellen Battell Stoeckle Trust Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Music and Art
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki CD, Co-Produced with Justyn Ah Chong, Chris King, Michael Puleloa, Mei-Li Siy, and Executive Producer, Richard Hamasaki, Summer
Serie XX serigraph print edition, “States...of Mind” published by the Coronado Studio, Austin, TX, April 2-6
2012 Bey, Amir, “Michael Marsshall’s Monoprints: Unintended Excursions into Beardonia,” Art Voices Magazine, June, p. 88-89.
King, Chris, “Hawaii Spotlights Black St. Louis,” St. Louis American, March 1
2011 King, Chris, “New Work by a Native Son,” St. Louis American, September 15-21
King, Chris, “Michael Marshall Gallery Talk,” St. Louis American, September 28
Porter Troupe, Margaret, “Michael Marshall,” Black Renaissance Noire, Vol. 12, issue 2-3, Summer/Fall
2008 “ ‘St. Louis Connections’ at SLAM highlights classically abstract black art,” The St. Louis American, March 19
2007 “African American Abstraction: St. Louis Connections,” The St. Louis Art
Museum Bulletin, January – March
2005 Brown, Daniel R. “ ‘Reflections’ on a Decade of Creation,” St. Louis American,
February 3-9
Callahan, Teresa. “Living Color,” The West End Word, February 23
Morse, Marcia. “The Body Eclectic: Connecting the Dots at the TCM Biennial,”
Honolulu Weekly, July 17 - August 2
“Exhibition Catalog,” VII Biennial The Contemporary Museum
Biennial of Hawaii Artists, pg. 19-20
Ohnuma, Keiko. “Sincere Experimentation: Seventh Biennial of Hawaii Artists,”
Honolulu Star Bulletin, June 3, 2005
Wong, Alison “The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists,” June 17-
August 21
2000 Wageman, Virginia, “Big Island Artists Display Affection for Materials,” The
Honolulu Advertiser, May 14
1997 Daniel, Jeff, “Taking A New Look With Marshall,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
June 19
Burke, James D., “New Light And Color Suffuse Artist’s Painting,” St. Louis American, June 26
1994 Murphy, Anthony C., “Portfolio,” American Visions, August/September
Bellos, Alexandra, “Tropical Splendor,” The Riverfront Times, May, 11
Shepley, Carol Ferring, “Marshall’s Hawaii: Urbane, Abstract.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 12
Sims-Williams, Sharifah, “Marshall’s Abstracts Draw Clear Picture of Inner-City Roots,” The St. Louis American, June 2.
1992 Duffy, Robert W., “Beyond the Innocence: Black Artists Draw on Their Heritage,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 29
1991 Jefferson, Barbara, “Michael Marshall Reception at Atrium Gallery,”
St. Louis American, July 25, p. 2B
Macias, Patricia Kenney, “Marshall Mixes Geometry, Color in Art,” West End Word, July 11
Washington, Patricia, “The Art of Change: Marshall Exhibits at the Atrium,”
St. Louis American, July 11
Harris, Paul, “Marshall’s Abstractions Full of Earthy Tumult,” St. Louis Post- Dispatch, July 2
1989 Wolf, John-Paul, “Sinner and Marshall Paint from Different Ends of the Color
Spectrum” West End Word, June 1, p.20.
Asim, Jabari, “Marshall Makes Solo Debut at Art Museum,” St. Louis American,
May 25, p.1B.
Wolf, John-Paul, “Abstract Landscapes in Museum Exhibition,” St. Louis Post- Dispatch, May 22
Wright, Betsy, exhibition notes, St. Louis Art Museum Currents 40,
May 2-July 16