Michael’s art has been exhibited nationally and internationally in juried and invitational exhibitions. His work has appeared recently in the Red Clay Survey 2012: Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL; Positive/ Negative 26th. Annual National Juried Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN 2011; Action: Reaction, National Juried Exhibition, Gloria Singletary Gallery, Lexington, KY; and Art Biologic: International Juried Exhibition, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY 2009. His works are also in included in the Tennessee State Museum Collection, Nashville, TN; Learning Connexion, Wellington, New Zealand; Museo de Collage, Morelos Mexico; and SUNY, Geneseo, NY. He received his BFA from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY and his MA and MFA in Sculpture from University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA as an Iowa Arts Fellowship recipient.