Born, Huntington, NY 1970

Education

MFA, BFA, School of Visual Arts 1990-96
New York, NY

July 2016 - Book Signing
Michael Combs, hardcover publication by The Grenfell Press, New York
Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY

Solo Exhibitions 

2014 - Wildcard, The Art of Michael Combs: A Fifteen Year Survey
21c Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky 

2014 - Open Season, University of North Carolina

2012 - Game Room, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2011 - Be All You Can't Be, Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY

2008 - The Lodge, Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY

2008 - State of Nature, Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2005 - The Trophy Room, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions  

2016 - Radical Seafaring, Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY

2014 - Road Show, Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY

2012 - Dallas Art Fair, Salomon Contemporary, New York, NY

2011 - Miami Pulse, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2011 - January White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY

2011 - American Still Life, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

2010 - Hunt and Chase, Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY         

2010 - Installation, The Wish, The Watermill Center, Watermill NY

2010 - Out of the Woods, Leslie Tonkonow Gallery, NYC, NY 

2010 - Think Pink, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2009 - Mixed Greens, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

2009 - Glitterati, New York, NY

2008 - Empires and Environments, The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2008 - Scope Hamptons, Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY

2007 - What's Your Hobby, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY

2007 - Scope Hamptons, Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY

2006 - 21C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

2006 - The Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York, NY

2006 - Neo-Sincerity, Apex Art, New York, NY

2005 - Other America, Exit Art, New York, NY

2004 - Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY

2004 - North Fork/ South Fork, East End Art Now, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

2001 - Wildlife, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA 

2001 - American Art Today Fantasies and Curiosities, University Of Florida, Miami, FL

2000 - The Armory Show, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY

2000 - Extra Ordinary, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY

2000 - The Choice, Exit Art, New York, NY

1999 - Canalogy, Brooklyn, NY

1999 - Starch, North Fork, Long Island

1998 - Canalogy, Brooklyn, NY

Bibliography

Amei Wallach - Real Men Don't Carve Handkerchiefs, Sculpture Magazine, Jan/Feb issue 2006

Benjamin Genocchio - A Leafier Place To Bloom, The New York Times, Sunday May 22, 2005

Helen A. Harrison - Hunting In the Wilds of Imagination, New York Times, May 1, 2005