MICHAEL MANZAVRAKOS
2921 East 24th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55406


Born 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1995 Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991 Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Steensland Gallery, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
1990 Piper, Jaffray, Hopwood, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
1988 Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1987 Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1984 Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1981 Glen Hanson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1978 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1977 Hanson/Cowles Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1997 "A thought Intercepted" California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
1995 New Navy Pier Show, Chicago, Illinois
1994 New Navy Pier Show, Chicago, Illinois
Balkan Context, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Gallery André Milan, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Artist in Rural Ireland, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1993 ART 93 London, England
Original Prints, Royal Academy, London, England
IFPDA & Works on Paper, Armory, New York, New York
New Navy Pier Show, Chicago, Illinois
1992 ART 92 London, England
Original Prints, Royal Academy, London, England
IFPDA & Works on Paper, Armory, New York, New York
Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
CIAE, McKormick Place, Chicago, Illinois
"Mpls - New York", Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991 CIAE, McKormick Place, Chicago, Illinois
65th Annual Competition, Print club of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
IFPDA & Works on Paper, Armory, New York, New York
1990 Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, Indiana
Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, New York, New York
CIAE Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, New York, New York
Associated American Artists, New York, New York
CIAE Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1988 CIAE Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

1987 First Bank, St. Paul, Minnesota
CIAE Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota
1986 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
CIAE Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1985 Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota
CIAE Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1984 Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1983 Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1981 Film in the Cities Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Wisconsin Invitational, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
1980 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Touring Exhibition
1979 University of Minnesota Invitational, Minneapolis
1978 Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
1977 Hanson/Cowles Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1976 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1974 University of Minnesota, Touring Exhibition

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Arthur Andersen, Minneapolis
Chemical Bank, New York
Cowles Media, Minneapolis
Cray Research, Minneapolis
Dayton Hudson Corporation, Minneapolis
Ernst & Young, Minneapolis
First Bank Systems, Minneapolis
Franklin Mint, Philadelphia
General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis
Hughes & Luce, Philadelphia
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medtronic Corporation, Minneapolis
Piper, Jaffray, Hopwood, Inc., Minneapolis
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, Philadelphia
Prudential Insurance Company, Minneapolis
Shearson-Lehman Brothers, Minneapolis
St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

1993 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Co. Mayo, Ireland
1985 Minneapolis Independent Choreographers Alliance, Commission
1980 Minnesota State Arts Board Project Grant
1977 Minnesota State Arts Board Project Grant

TEACHING

1994 Artist in Residence, St Johns University/College of St Benedict, St Joseph, Minnesota
1993 Monotype Workshop, North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis
1987 Monotype Workshop, University of Minnesota
1986 Monotype Workshop, North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis
1978 Photography Workshop, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
1974 Photography, Studio Arts Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota

LECTURES

1991 "Hess Series Lectures", Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
1983 "Dialogues", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1981 "Light & Form", Film in the Cities, St Paul, Minnesota

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

"From Greece to America"
By David Skarjune
Minnesota Daily, Volume I, Number 10, 1981

"Bridge, Gate, Church, Door, Windmill"
Print Collecters Newsletter
Volume XII, Number 3 1981

"I Can't Hear You, I & II"
Print Collecters Newsletter
VolumeXV, Number 5 1984

"Art and Pleasure"
By George McKay Reid
Art Paper, April, 1987

"Naken Suite I - VIII"
Print Collecters Newsletter
Volume XX, Number 3, 1989

"Methods of Linking Sculpture and Painting"
By Victoria Donohoe
The Philadelphia Inquirer
October 22, 1988

"Projects and Portfolios"
The 25th National Print Exhibition
Brooklyn Museum
By Barry Walker
Essay and Catalogue, p. 51

"Niobe"
Print Collecters Newsletter
Volume XXI, Number 2
May - June 1990, p.62

"Echo Press, A Decade of Printmaking"
Indiana University Art Museum
Catalogue pp. 11,18,25,26,54,56,71,72,95
October, 1990

"Second Watcher, Monotypes"
Print Collecters Newsletter
VolumeXXII, Number 3
July - August 1991, p 96

"Minneapolis Star Tribune"
By Mary Abbe
February 28, 1991, p. 1

"Being Human I-X"
Print Collectors Newsletter
Volume XXVII No. 1
March-April 1996, p 29