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Michael Lightsey
 
 
About the Artist

RESUME

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Featured Artist / Borders, Glendale, CA

Group Exhibitions

2008 First Year Celebration / Two Roads Gallery, Studio City, CA
2008 New and Improved / LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Small Wonders III / Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Sharing Space VIII / Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Small Wonders / Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Show of Heads / Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, NY
2005 Snap to Grid 2005 / LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Snap to Grid 2004 / LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Random Thoughts / Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2003 You Are Here II / Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2003 Sharing Space IV / Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA


Awards & Honors

2006 Finalist (Abstract/Experimental Category) – The Artist’s Magazine Best Art of 2006

 
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When her mouth faced his mouth

2009
Acrylic on canvas.
30" x 30"

When her mouth faced his mouth

Souls and lips each other beckoned

2009
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30"

Souls and lips each other beckoned

Delightfully transgressive appetites

2009
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30"

Delightfully transgressive appetites

Before the moment eternal

2009
Acrylic on canvas
50" x 50"

Before the moment eternal

Into her dream he melted

2009
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 72"

His face consumes her dreams

2009
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 60"

His face consumes her dreams

He lies so close

2009
Acrylic on canvas
32" x 44"

To think how they may ache

2009
Acrylic on canvas
32" x 44"

My heart is lost in thine

2009
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 34"

My heart is lost in thine

The inwardness of your you

2010
Acrylic on canvas
38" x 38"

The inwardness of your you

Reflection of the eternal

2010
Acrylic on canvas
56" x 17"

Reflection of the eternal
 
Education and biography
EDUCATION

1992-1996 Ohio State University, OH (National Dean's List)
1991-1992 Columbus College of Art & Design, OH (National Dean's List)


BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1973, Michael grew up in central Ohio with an eclectic childhood. He excelled in academics, athletics, art, music and writing. In high school, he was inducted into the National Honor Society, won the Westerville Art League Scholarship, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, the Quill and Scroll Journalism Award, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and was inducted into Who’s Who in American High Schools 1991.

On scholarship, he attended Columbus College of Art and Design and also studied theatre at Ohio State University. While at OSU, he won the Gerald Black Theatre Scholarship and the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Award. He also became a Partner of Conscience with Amnesty International.

In 1997, he and his wife moved to southern California where his work in theatre earned him a nomination at the Los Angeles Robby Awards and an honorable mention at the Back Stage West Garland Awards. His artwork has placed him as a finalist in The Artist’s Magazine’s Best Art awards, and his writing has placed him as a semi-finalist in Scriptapalooza. He is also a member of American Mensa and was inducted into Who’s Who in America 2007.

Today he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
 
Website:  www.myspace.com/michaellightsey
 
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