Michael Gibbons Résumé

BIOGRAPHY BRIEF

Michael Gibbons: Born 1943, Portland, Oregon

Career Experience:

• U.S. Air Force for three years
• Partner/Owner of Whitney Industries, Inc. designer of speed equipment for the Porsche and Volkswagen line.

Selected Art Exhibitions, Awards and Honors:

• Invited to join Oregon Society of Artists, Wins Gold Key Award in Scholastic Art, 1960, 1961
• Graduates as first Art Major from Benson Polytechnical High School, Portland, Oregon, 1962
• Award of merit at Black Forest International, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1980
• Solo show at the Frye Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1987
• Solo show at New King's Road Gallery, London, England, 1987
• Reception and solo show at Oregon State Capitol building hosted by Governor Neil Goldschmidt, 1988
• Allied Artists of America Antonio Cerino AWARD OF LANDSCAPE, 1988
• Solo show at the Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, Washington, 1989
• AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, National Oil Painters of America Show, 1997
• Winner of QUICK DRAW at Laguna Art Museum, 1999
• STOBART FOUNDATION AWARD, Mystic International Maritime Exhibition, 1999
• Exhibits at Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 2001
• AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, OPA 11th Annual National Exhibit, Chicago, 2002
• ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA touring exhibition, 2003-2005
• Juror of Awards, OPA West, Southwest, Mountain Regional, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

Maritime Experience:

• Multiple showings at Kirsten Northwest Marine Show, Seattle Washington
• Major series of "Winter Surf" paintings; donates reproduction rights for "Winter Surf II" to Yaquina Orchestra
• Commissioned by Gunderson Marine for major series of industrial paintings, 1998 to present
• "Revelation" commissioned as a gift for National Geographic explorer Dr. Robert Ballard, 2000

Published Articles:

Southwest Art Magazine	Oregon Coast Magazine
The Oregonian Newspaper	International Fine Art Collector
OPB TV Features: Cascade Head; Art Beat	US Art Magazine
Arizona Art Book

Art Association Memberships:

Oil Painters of America, Signature Member
Allied Artists of America, New York
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, signature member
CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts)

Gallery Representation:

Gallery/Studio Michael Gibbons, Toledo, Oregon

Gottlieb Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Private Collections:

Mr. & Mrs. William Furman, Portland, Oregon
Senator & Mrs. Mark Hatfield, Portland, Oregon
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Jordon
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ballard, Lyme, Connecticut
David Ogdon Stiers, Hollywood, California
Sir Samuel and Lady Roberts, Swofford, Norfolk, U.K.
Secretary of State and Mrs. Colin Powell

Corporate/Public Collections:

Gunderson, Inc. Portland, Oregon
First Interstate Bank, Portland, Oregon
Alaska Railcar
Lyndon Transportation, Seattle, Washington
Western Tow Boat, Seattle, Washington
Northland Marine Services, Seattle, Washington
Oregon Governors Residence, Salem, Oregon
Signet Marine, Houston, Texas
University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene, Oregon
Lattice Semiconductor, Hillsboro, Oregon
Yaquina River Museum of Art, Toledo, Oregon