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Michael Chambers

Statement

Over time making art has become a spiritual journey for me. I was always drawn to religious art and especially Renaissance art. I was so fortunate as a child to live in Italy for several years and visit cathedrals and see my favorite paintings in person. I know these experiences had a life-changing affect on me. You will see only a few themes in my work -- angels, life, death, inner peace, prayer, contemplation, doorways, darkness and light. Each painting signifies a new exploration, a new layer revealed, a new path in the journey.

Honors and Awards

2000 - Finalist, Boise City Arts Council, Proposal for Public Art Project
1996 - Sudden Opportunity Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts
1984 - Moorehouse Printing Merit Award and The Marion Miller and William J. Miller Merit Award, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, Indiana
1982 - Dean's Medal, College of Design, Louisiana State University
1982 - Caroline Durieux Scholarship, School of Art, Louisiana State University
1981 - Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University Summer School of Music and Art

Education

1986 - MFA, City University of New York, Queens College, New York
1984 - MA, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
1982 - BFA, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana