Education
1995 MFA in Sculpture• Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
1980 BFA in Printmaking• University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions
2020 Polysemy, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA.
2008 Perimeter, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.
2005 IN • tangle, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA.
2003 Low Fat, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.
Michael Beatty: Recent Work, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton MA.
2001 WALL-TO-WALL, Presidents Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
in collaboration with Mike Newby, Curator: Geoff Keough.
MIX, The Gallery @ Green Street, Boston, MA , in collaboration with Mike Newby.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 SUMMA, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2016 Block Parts, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Pulse, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Nature, Askew, Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Arise, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Viewpoint, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2011 Woodwork, Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2009 Opening Lines, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2008 Bridge Art Fair, Cerrito Contemporary, Miami, FL
2007 Crossroads, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Inscribere, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
Art Site, Bedford Gallery, Oakland, CA
Celebrating MacDowell, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2006 360 Degrees , Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
DWELLING: Memory, Architecture and Place, Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA
Off the Wall , Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
2005 B-Side, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 More than One, Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
WOODwork, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Collection Connection, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA
2002 Non-Salon Salon, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
More than One: Prints from Center Street Studio ,
Butler Institute of American Art, Trumbell Branch, Warren, OH
2001 The Garden and the Map , FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
Imaging Time, Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
New Works, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.
Beneath the Surface , Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.
2000 New England/ New Talent , Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Curator: Marianne Menger
Grants and Awards
2011 Artist Resource Trust Grant, funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Trust, Great Barrington, MA
2007 Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2004 St. Botolph Foundation Award in Sculpture, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Program, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Finalist in Drawing, Artist Grants Program, Massachusetts Cultural Council
2003 Residency Grant, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
2002 Artist Resource Trust Grant, funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Trust, Great Barrington, MA
1999 Residency Grant, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Commissions and Public Projects
2006 DWELLING: Memory, Architecture and Place , outdoor installation
Site: Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA
2005 Arbor Vitae, outdoor installation and exhibition
Site: Private garden in Newton, MA
2002 Spectrum, indoor hanging sculpture for atrium space
Site: Fitzgerald School, Cambridge, MA.
Commissioned by the City of Cambridge through the Cambridge Arts Council.
2002 Constellation, indoor wall sculpture and installation
Site: Ritz-Carlton Commons Hotel, Boston, MA
Commissioned by Annex Fine Arts
2001 Restless Geometry, large scale wall drawing
Site: Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2000 Schoolfish, outdoor temporary sculpture
Project for the Cavalcade of Cods to celebrate the Millennium in Boston, MA.
Commissioned by the Boston Millennium Commission.
1995 Strokes of Genius: Mini Golf by Artist, designed/ fabricated indoor mini-golf hole
Site: DeCordova Museum and sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Selected Bibliography
Cate McQuaid, “Galleries: a focus on nature”, Boston Globe (June 30, 2015):
Cate McQuaid, “Poles apart, with feeling”, Boston Globe (July 18, 2012):G3
Nancy Sheehan, “Artists go into the wood”, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Feb. 17, 2011):15
Cate McQuaid, “Line Dance”, Boston Globe (January 28, 2009)
Colin Fleming, “Reviews: Michael Beatty at Barbara Krakow”, ARTnews (October 2008)
Cate McQuaid, “Sculptors drawn to the power of suggestion”, Boston Globe (June 11, 2008)
Rachel Luckom, “Michael Beatty: Perimeter”, Dig (May 19, 2008): 12
Cate McQuaid, “Galleries: Out of the Wood”, Boston Globe (November 4, 2005) : D 7
Meredith Fife Day, “Michael Beatty: Low Fat”, Art New England (Feb/March 2004): 34
Cate McQuaid, “Galleries: Michael Beatty”, Boston Globe (October 3, 2003) : D19
Shawn Hill, “Michael Beatty: Low Fat”, artsMedia (October 2003) : 7-8
Leon Nigrosh, “Faculty Works 2003”, Worcester Magazine (March 27, 2003) : 24
Christine Temin, "Perspectives: City gives public works a good name"
Boston Globe (September 11, 2002) : F1 and F8.
Lois Tarlow, "Profile: Michael Beatty", Art New England (Dec/Jan 2002) : 24-26
Gary Duehr, "Beneath the Surface" Frieze (June July August 2001) :124-126
Kevin Rainey, "Reviews", Sculpture (October 1999) : 73-74
Jeff Perrott, "New Editions", artsMedia(September 1999) : 32-35
Kristen Struebing-Beazley, "Material Force in Stasis", artsMedia (April 1998) : 20
Christine Temin, "Perspectives", Boston Globe (March 4, 1998) : F1
Miles Unger, "Drawing-All is Chaos Again", Art New England (April/May 1996) : 43
Nancy Stapen, "Galleries", Boston Globe (June 22,1995): 62
Christine Temin, “Different Strokes: a golf course of art”, Boston Globe (April 19, 1995): 57.