Education
2008
Master of Fine Arts, Painting / Video, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2024
For Real Life, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA May 11 - July 6
2020
Belongings, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 11 - September 5
Confluence, Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, NY, July 22
2018
Remnants, Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Jan 29 - May 18
2010
Reclamation, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA, September
This is not my beautiful life, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009
Bête comme un peintre, SF MOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, January
2003
...the things we are / were beauty too…, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, January
1995
Recent Work, Isabel Percy West Gallery, CCAC, Oakland, CA, November
Group Exhibitions
2023
Things on Things on Things: A Variation of Still Life, Matta Gallery at CIIS, San Francisco, CA, June-September, 2023
2022
35 x 35, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, September, 2022
Fire and Water, University Art Gallery, Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA, September 2022
Restart, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, July-August, 2022
2021
20th Annual Monster Drawing Rally 2021, Southern Exposure, SF, October 9, 2021
ART@CSU, The University Art Gallery at Sonoma State, March 15, 2021 - April 18, 2021
Shine Together, Southern Exposure Annual Art Auction, Southern Exposure, SF, March 26, 2021
2020
19th Annual Monster Drawing Rally 2020, Southern Exposure, SF, October 29, 2020
Catharine Clark Gallery / Boxblur / Mullowney Printing, E/Ab Fair 2020, (Online due to pandemic), October 14 – October 28, 2020
DeYoung Open, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA, October 10, 2020 – January 3, 2021
S.O.S. Flash Art Sale in support of Fair Fight, Track 16, Los Angeles, CA, September 28 - October 8, 2020
FALL 2020 Faculty & Staff Exhibition: Making and Seeing During Covid-19, CSUEB University Art Gallery via AtADistanceGallery.com, September 10 - October 16, 2020
HotHeads Wall, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 18 – September 05, 2020
Box Blur Presents: A Live: Live Printmaking With Mullowney Printing And Guest Artists Julia Goodman And Michael Hall, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 07 – March 07, 2020
Salon Style: Selections from our Art Rental and Sales Program, SF MOMA Artist Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA Mar 12 - ongoing
2019
Honoring America’s Veterans Presented by SFMOMA Artists Gallery at TPG Global, San Francisco, CA November 1 – Dec 20, 2019
White House, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA May 18 – June 22, 2019
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA October 18, 2019
Headlands Center for the Arts 2019 Annual Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA June 5, 2019
45 RPM, 45 YEARS OF SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA March 23, 2019
2018
Passport, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA October 21, 2018
Art & Activism: Drawing the line, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, NY September 26—October 28, 2018
Reclamation video screening, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA April
Confluence, University of Mary Washington Media Wall, Fredericksburg, VA
2017
Juncture, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA June
With Liberty and Justice for Some, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA April
100 Days Action, (Call to Love Call to Action project with Julia Goodman) Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA March
Call to Love, Call to Action with Julia Goodman, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, February
With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA January-March
2016
Not Alone, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA November-March 2017
2016 Faculty & Staff Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Hayward, CA October
Making Our Mark, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA September
Mistaken Impressions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA January
Bird in Hand, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA January
2015
Epic Fail, UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Faculty Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, October 28 - November 13
Security Question, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA May 28 – September 10
Equilux, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, March 21
2014
Juried Art Show, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA November 1 – December 1
The One and Only, UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Faculty Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA October 22 – November 7
Soft Muscle, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, June 11 – June 28
Vacnacy/No Vacancy, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH, April 4 – May 14
Smoke and Mirrors, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, March 22
2013
Red Hot Chili Water, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA, November 1 – December 14
Metamorphosis, Napa, CA, June 2013 – 2015
Just Add Water, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA, January –February
2012
CARAVANNIVERSARY: Pods, Contraptions, & Relics, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA, September 23 – November 4
Centering the Margins, Root Division, San Francisco, CA March, 7-24
2011
Discrepancy: living between war and peace, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA, August
Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, July
Outside In, Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, CA, May
2010
Space Odyssey, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, May
2009
9th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, February
2008
Alternative Requirements, Pacific Film Archive Experimental Film Showcase Berkeley, CA, October
Juncture, Swarm Gallery Oakland, CA, June
Bestiaries, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, May
Mills College MFA Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, May
Optical Illusion, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, April
8th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, February
T‐10 Experimental Video Festival, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA, January
2007
Grounded?, Intersection for the Arts / SOEX, San Francisco, CA November (Video Screening )
2x2, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, October
Buy Me While I’m Cheap, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA August
7th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, February
2006
Community Virology, LoBot Gallery, Oakland, CA, July
Happiness For All the Artists, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA, June
Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, May
MOMENTUM, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, May
6th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, February
2005
Histories, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
30, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, April
5th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, February
2004
Inner Workings, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, September
The San Francisco Show, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, June
4th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, February
CCA Alumni Show, Oliver Art Center, CCA, Oakland, CA, May
2003
3rd Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, February
Arizona Biennial 2003,Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, May
DINNERWARE'S 10th Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Gallery. Tucson, AZ, April
Solid Gold, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, April
2002
Post‐Postcard 6, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, April
2nd Annual Monster Drawing Rally, San Francisco, CA
2001
Paintings and Sculptures by Michael Hall and Tara Tucker, Hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA, June
1999
Homespun: a Group Show, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA, October
Awards, Nominations and Residencies
2023 SECA Award Nominee
2022 SECA Award Nominee
2017 SECA Award Nominee
2016 Joan Mitchell Foundation, Artist in Residence, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans
2015 Lucas Artist Residency Fellow, Montalvo Arts Center, May- July
2014 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award
2012 SECA Award Nominee
2010 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
2008 Headlands Center for the Arts MFA Fellowship
Herringer Foundation MFA Award
Teaching Experience
2016 – Present
Associate Professor, Drawing and Painting, CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA
2013 – 2015
Lecturer, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2015, Upper Division Painting
2011
Full-time Faculty, Pont Aven School for Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France,
Video/Digital Media/Multidisciplinary Practice
2009 – 2015
Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA – Beginning & Advanced Painting & Drawing
2003 – 2016
Founder and Lead Instructor of the Video Production Workshop,
Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
2008
Teaching Assistant, Mills College, Oakland, CA, Advanced Painting & Graduate Seminar with Hung Liu,
2009 – 2013
Studio Assistant/Studio Manager, Hung Liu
Work preparation, documentation, grant writing, work proposals, catalog design, retrospective preparation, and oversaw studio staff.
Curatorial Practice
2021
177 Years, NIAD, Richmond, CA
2018
The Then in Now, University Art Gallery, CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA
Dialogues, University Art Gallery, CSU East Bay, Hayward, CA
2015
StARTup Art Fair, curated video program of Creative Growth Artists, San Francisco, CA
2014
BayArea ReelAbilities Disabilities Film Festival, Film Selection Committee, Oakland, CA
2010 – 2013
Southern Exposure, Curatorial Committee, programming and exhibitions
2011
Cut Up, CIAC Gallery, Co-curated with Rune Olson and Jeffrey Gibson, Pont Aven, France
2007
Buy Me While I’m Cheap, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
Video Screenings/Film Festivals
2018
History in a Minute with Gregory Stoper, Episode One: Abraham Lincoln, Gregory Stoper, Michael Hall, The Other Film Festival 2018, Arts Access Victoria, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 21 - 24, 2018
Confluence, University of Mary Washington Media Wall, Fredericksburg, VA
Reclamation video screening, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
3rdi Film Festival, Coast to Coast: Mumbai to the Mission, New People Cinema, San Francisco, CA
2013
VIDEO RENEGADES: EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO AT MILLS, Mills College, Oakland CA
2008
Alternative Requirements, Pacific Film Archive Experimental Film Showcase, PFA, Berkeley, CA
T‐10 Experimental Video Festival, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA, January, 2008
2007
Grounded?, Intersection for the Arts / SOEX, San Francisco, CA
Public Works
2014
A Course of Action, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, June
An obstacle course of participatory paintings.
2013-2015
Surrogate, June
Metamorphosis, Napa ArtWalk, Napa, CA.
2012
A Course of Action, September
An obstacle course of participatory paintings. Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA
2011
Consequence, March
Two channel video projection through the windows of the Luggage Store Gallery
Part of the Luggage Store Gallery 2nd Floor Window Projection Project
2008
Watch Me Watch You, October
Two channel video projection on the façade of the Headlands Center for the Arts
2004
What We Do, We Do Again
Participating artist in the Hearts in San Francisco Project
Bibliography
Rob Marks, Ceci n’est pas un mot: It’s Word Art, Art Practical, Published: April 24, 2018
https://www.artpractical.com/column/ceci-nest-pas-un-mot-its-word-art/
Joe Rosato Jr., San Francisco Art Show Highlights Veterans, NBC News Bay Area, Post and air date: November 11, 2016
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Art-Show-Highlights-Veterans-400855721.html
Sam Whiting, Art show looks at war’s impact on those who wait at home, SF Chronicle, Published: Wednesday, November 9, 2016
http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Art-show-looks-at-war-s-impact-on-those-who-10601896.php
Jan Worm, Making Out Mark, Exhibition Catalog with essay by Jan Worm, Richmond Art Center
Nina Bozicnik, New American Painting, Issue 121, curated by Nina Bozicnik, December 2015
Tina Case and Donna Conwell, Lucas Artist Residency Profile: Michael Hall, Post date: July 29, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Xw5-iyZSk
Katie McCracken, Artists Speak Podcast – Episode #3, Air date: June 30
http://www.artistsspeak.org/michael-hall.html
Beth Spotswood, “Comfort zones take a hit at ‘Security’”, SF Chronicle, Datebook, Sunday, May 31, 2015
Michele Carlson, “How Artists Use Their Skills to Pay the Bills”, KQED Arts, September 30, 2014
http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2014/09/30/how-artists-use-their-skills-to-pay-the-bills/
blog.OtherPeoplesPixels.com, “OtherPeoplesPixel sInterviews Michael Hall”, May 2012
http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com/otherpeoplespixels-interviews-michael-hall
Jessica Carew Kraft, “Toxic Art”, East Bay Express, March 23, 2011
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/toxic-art/Content?oid=2533379&storyPage=1
Amos Dai, “Renovation of Old Photos”, The Outlook Magazine, China, Issue #106, Featured Artist, February 2011
http://www.theoutlookmagazine.com/2824/
Lawerence Rinder, New American Painting, Issue 91, curated by Lawerence Rinder, January 2011
California Contemporary Art, September / October 2010, pg. 22
http://www.scribd.com/doc/37590573/California-Contemporary-Art-September-October-2010
DeWitt Cheng, Visual Art Source, Editorial Recommendation, September 2010
http://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=26&aID=616
Beautiful Decay online, October 2010
http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/10/27/michael-hall/
Boooooooom.com, “Reclamation, paintings by Michael Hall”, October 2010
http://www.booooooom.com/2010/10/28/artist-painter-michael-hall/
Heidi J. De Vries, “Reclamation”, Engineer’s Daughter blog, October 2010 http://engineersdaughter.typepad.com/engineers_daughter/2010/10/reclamation.html
Empty Kingdom, blog post, November 2010
http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/michael-hall/
Deric Carner, Artopic.org, SF MOMA Artist Gallery, Bete Comme Un Peintre, January 2009
DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, Crossroads: Two recent Mills graduates explore the dualities of modern life, July 9, 2008
Nirmala Nataraj, SF Weekly, Art "Histories" Everything old is new again, December 21, 2005
Tina Skinner, 100 Artists of the West Coast II, Schiffer Publishing, ISBN: 0764332716
Hearts in San Francisco – ISBN: 0‐9763989‐0‐7
Arizona Biennial ’03 Catalogue – ISBN: 0‐911611‐26‐6
Visiting Artists Lectures/Presentations
2020
Prof. Michael Hall & Prof. Grace Munakata in conversation with Dr. Ja Won Lee, part of Making and
Seeing During Covid-19, AtADistanceGallery.com, CSUEB University Art Gallery, Hayward, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tov7f0e5tSA
In Conversation With Michael Hall, Interview with Claudia Morales McCain for whatdowedonow.art
https://www.whatdowedonow.art/post/in-conversation-michael-hall
SEE(d) Artist Series: A series of intimate conversations with Bay Area artists in their studios (postponed due to pandemic)
https://www.seedartistseries.com/artists#/michael-hall
2019
Lecture/Presentation, Graduate Seminar, SF State University, San Francisco, CA
2017
Not Alone Panel discussion, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Lecture/Presentation, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Panel discussion, CCA Professional Practices, San Francisco, CA
2015
Lecture/Presentation, Department of Painting and Drawing, CCA, San Francisco, CA
Lecture/Presentation, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
Panel discussion, CCA Professional Practices, San Francisco, CA
2014
Lecture/Presentation, Square Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, The One and Only, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2012
Lecture/Presentation, Interdisciplinary Critique, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2011
Lecture/Presentation, Public Faculty Lectures, Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art,
Pont Aven, France
2009
Lecture/Presentation, Graduate Seminar – Painting Emphasis, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Symposia
2004
"Margins and Mainstreams: Disability Art Today," American Folk Art Society Conference, hosted by Creative Growth Art Center, organizer, transcribed and designed a publication from symposium panels, lectures and discussions, Oakland, CA.
Board Service
Interim Treasurer, Executive Board Member, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
Board Member, Friends of the Arts, Hayward, CA
Collections
Microsoft Art Collection
McEvoy Family Collection
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Dale Center for the Study of War & Society
Deborah and Andy Rappaport Collection
The Collection of Roselyne Swig
The Collection of Jeff Kelly and Hung Liu