Michael CrespoMichael Crespo
works | bio

born 1947 Louisiana

education

1970

M.F.A. City University of New York, Queens

1968

B.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

selected solo exhibitions

2010

David Lusk Gallery

2008

Venus in Transit, David Lusk Gallery

2007

Louisiana Arts & Sciences Museum, Baton Rouge

2006

Ann Connelly Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Wind and Night, David Lusk Gallery

2005

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston

2004

Dusk Through Dawn, David Lusk Gallery

2002

David Lusk Gallery

2000

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston

1999

David Lusk Gallery

1998

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston

1996

A Distant Pool, A Distant Garden, David Lusk Gallery

1995

Skokie Public Library Gallery, IL
Shelby Restaurant, New York

1993

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Carson Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

1992

Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis

1991

McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Miriam Walmsley Gallery, New Orleans

1990

Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

1988

University of Southeastern Louisiana, Hammond

1986

New Orleans Center for the Performing Arts, New Orleans

selected group exhibitions

2009

Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery

2007

Southern Living's 2007 Idea House, David Lusk Gallery, Watersound, FL

2006

Artists for the New Century Invitational, Bennington Center for the Arts,
Bennington, VT
Works on Paper, David Lusk Gallery, The Armory, New York

2004

Something Blue, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Countless Perspectives: Louisiana Bicentennial Exposition, Louisiana Tech Unviersity Art Galleries, Baton Rouge, LA
Birdspace; A Post-Audubon Aviary, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (ttraveling exhibition), Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH

2003

San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco

2002

New Work, Cudahy’s Gallery, Richmond, VA
Oral Keefe Museum, Biloxi, MS

2000

Forbidden, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Art Auction 2000, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Opening Group Exhibition, D. Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
Visual Poetry, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA

1999

Spectrum `99, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga
Memphis College of Art Biennial II, Memphis College of Art, Memphis

1998

Spectrum `98, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga
Art Auction `98, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Too Many Fish in the Sea, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans

awards and honors

2004

Awarded A Percent for the Arts Commission to paint a 28 x 14”piece for the Claiborne Governmental Buildingin Baton Rouge, LA (national competition

2000

Alumni Professorship, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Outstanding Teacher, College of Design, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

1998

Distinguished Professor of Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

1994

National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation Grant

1987

Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist Fellowship Award

1981

Graduate Council on Research Summer Award, Italy

1977

Graduate Council on Research Summer Award, Italy

selected bibliography

Country Roads Magazine, cover design, January 2006, Baton Rouge
Bookhardt, Eric D., Rare Bird, Indeed, Gambit Weekly, Arts & Entertainment, February 24, 2004
New Delta Review, Winter 2000: Vol. 17, No.1, Creative Writing Program of the LSU English Department, Baton Rouge, LA, cover image
Smith, Dave, The Wick of Memory, LSU Press, 2000
New American Paintings, Spring 1997
Crespo, Michael L., Watercolor Class, New York: Watson Guptill Publications, 1994
Appellof, Marian, Editor, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Oil Painting, ( Twelve Sections ), New York: Watson Guptill Publications, 1993

selected collections

Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans
Arthur's Landing Restaurant, Weehawken, NJ
City National Bank, Baton Rouge
Entergy Corporation Headquarters, New Orleans, LA, Little Rock
Hnedak Bobo Group Architects, Memphis
J. McIlhenny Collection, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Lombari Mare, Dallas
Louisiana Arts & Sciences Center, Baton Rouge
Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge
Nordstrom, Seattle
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans
Promus Hotel Corporation Headquarters, Memphis
Roger Houston Ogden Collection, New Orleans
Rose Family Foundation, Memphis
Taco Bell Corporation, San Diego
The Grill Room of the World Financial Center, New York
Union Planters National Bank, Memphis