Michael Brodeur

Michael Brodeur

Professor Emeritus, Art

Curriculum Vitae
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Michael Brodeur is Associate Professor in studio art (foundations, painting and drawing) at Furman University, Greenville SC. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in art. He earned an M.F.A. in painting/drawing from Boston University where he studied with Philip Guston. Mr. Brodeur has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group shows including Contemporary Conversations, Works curated from the South Carolina Art Collection (Eleanor Heartney, curator), 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC, From America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk Belarus, Mostra, Cortona Italy, The South Carolina Triennial 2001, From the Studio at the Greenville County Museum of Art, the Hortt Annual at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, the Greater Midwest International Exhibition XX at Central Missouri State University and the 2nd International Painting Exhibition Competition, Lessedra Gallery in Sofia Bulgaria. His work has appeared twice in New American Paintings, editions #58 and #100.

Among the public institutions that hold his work are The Emrys Foundation, Greenville SC, Columbia College in Columbia SC, LaMar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA, the South Carolina Arts Commission, The South Carolina State Museum and the Greenville County Museum of Art. His work is also in many private collections. He is a 1997 recipient of a Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. Mr. Brodeur's teaching credits include: Chair of the Foundations Program at the New England School of Art and Design and faculty at Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton. He founded and chaired the Visual Arts Department at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities before his tenure at Furman.

Honors

  • 2011: Wurlitzer Foundation Fellow in Residence, Taos, NM
  • 2010: Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant
  • 2006: Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant
  • 2005: Greenville County Metropolitan Arts Council Grant
  • Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant (with Terri Bright)
  • 2003-2004: Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant
  • 1997: Florida Individual Artists Fellowship Award
  • 1996: Florida Individual Artists Fellowship Honorable Mention

Education

  • M.F.A, in painting and drawing, Boston University
  • B.A., in art, University of New Hampshire

Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions 

  • Of Cubic Proportions and Pansies and Other Fruits, Lipscomb Gallery, The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC, 2011
  • Of Cubic Proportions, Greenville Technical College, Visual and
    Performing Arts, Greer Campus, Taylors, SC, 2010
  • Of Cubic Proportions, Trillium Art Center, Travelers Rest, SC, 2010
  • University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 2007
  • The University of South Carolina at Sumter, Sumter, SC, 2006Interior Space in Slow Time, University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME, 2005
  • Styrofoam as Metaphor, USC Upstate Gallery, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, 2004
  • Paintings and Drawings, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC, 2003

Selected Group Exhibitions – Curated, Invitational and Juried (regional, national, international)

2012

  • Crossing the Line – Drawing Invitational, Pickens County Museum of Art, Pickens, SC

2011

  • ifART Gallery 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Columbia, SC
    Triennial Revisited, 701 center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
  • Magnitude 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; The Contemporaries’ Artists of the Year, Columbia Art Museum, Columbia, SC
  • Verner Awards Benefit, The South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
  • Further Along, Sabbatical Exhibition (with Bob Chance), Works from Of
    Cubic Proportions and Pansies and Other Fruits, Thompson Gallery, Furman
    University, Greenville, SC
  • Contemporary Conversations, Works curated from the South Carolina Art Collection, Brooks Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

2010

  • The End of the Line, Riverworks Gallery, Greenville, SC

2009

  • Contemporary Conversations, Works curated from the South Carolina Art Collection, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC

2008

  • String of Pearls, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon, NC; Ate-eight-08,
    CAFfeine group show, 18 East North Street, Greenville, SC
  • Faculty Show, FYI Gallery, Greenville, SC; Spectrum: Beyond Cups and Bowls, Michael Brodeur and Bob Chance, Thomas Roe Art Gallery,
  • Furman University, Greenville, SC

2007

  • Metaphor and Form: Works by Brodeur and Chance, Florence Museum,
    Florence, SC
  • The Mark B. Coplan Collection of Art at the South Carolina
    State Museum, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
  • The Unseen, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
  • Still Life Runs Deep, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon, NC
  • Battle of the Sexes, Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006

  • Gifts to the Permanent Collection | the Woolsey Collection at
    Texas State University – San Marcos, Texas State University – San
    Marcos, San Marcos, Texas
  • From America, Museum of Contemporary Arts,
    Minsk, Belarus
  • Expositions of the Heart: works by Michael Brodeur and Bob Chance, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville,
    SC
  • LaGrange National XXIV, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA (purchase award); “draw,” Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Americas 2000: Paper Works, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, SD

2005

  • Remix: Stephen Scott Young, The Greenville County Museum of Art,
    Greenville, SC
  • Southeast College Art Conference Members Exhibition,
    University of Arkansas at Little Rock Gallery, Little Rock, AK
  • 2005 Annual Juried Art Competition, South Arkansas Art
    Center, El Dorado, AR
  • Monotypes from King Snake Press, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
  • 27th State-Wide Art Competition, Florence Museum, Florence, SC (first place award)
  • 4X4, Faculty Exhibition, Thompson Gallery, Furman University, Greenville,
    SC
  • Photography : Painting :: Terri Bright : Michael Brodeur,
    Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery, Greenville, SC
  • Greater Midwest International Exhibition XX, Central Missouri State University,
    Warrensburg, MO
  • Americas 2000: Paper Works, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, SD

2004

  • Furman University Art Faculty at the Governor’s School, The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC

2003

  • Monotypes from King Snake Press, Monsanto Gallery, Lander University, Greenwood, SC

2002

  • From the Collection, The Greenville County Museum of Art,
    Greenville, SC
  • From the Studio, The Greenville County Museum of Art,
    Greenville, SC
  • See How We Are, The Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC

2001

  • Triennial 2001, The State Museum, Columbia, SC

2000

  • Emrys Foundation Invitational, Gallery 291, Greenville, SC
    (purchase award)
  • Faces of the Upstate, Thompson Gallery, Furman
    University, Greenville, SC

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