Michael Anderson   
Born: Bartlesville, Oklahoma; February 17, 1951   

Education   
BFA with honors, Deans College Scholar; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois, 1973   

Biographical Information   

2006-2010    Member/Partner, Gateway Gallery, Clayton, MO   
1984–2010   Illustrator, designer, fine artist; Michael Anderson Studio, Belleville, IL   
2009-2010    Board of Governors, St.Louis Artists' Guild  
1982–1984   Illustrator, designer; Anderson & Assoc., St. Louis, MO   
1981-1982    President, Art Coordinating Council for the Area, St. Louis, MO   
1980-1982    Partner, Sutton Loop Gallery; Hamilton, Anderson, Claycomb, Inc.  Maplewood, MO   
1977-1980    Graphic Designer/illustrator, Volz Engineering & Surveying, Inc., St. Louis, MO   
1974-1977    Merchandise Presentation, Interior Design, Famous-Barr Co.   

Exhibitions   
2009 Architectural Drawings, Gateway Gallery, Clayton, MO   
2006 Painted Houses, Gateway Gallery, Clayton, MO   
2004 The Art of Michael Anderson, Broadway Center of Arts, Belleville, IL   
2002 Recent Drawings, Barlow Design Gallery, St. Louis, MO   
         Recent Drawings, Borders, Fairview Heights, IL  
1981 Painting, Drawings, Sculpture, Sutton Loop Gallery, Maplewood. MO  
1979 Pastel/Charcoal Drawings, St. Louis County Government Center, Clayton, MO  
1973 Paintings/Watercolors, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL  

Group Exhibitions/Awards  
2009  Art On The Square, Poster Artist, exhibitor, Belleville, IL  
         Artwork At The Abbey Espresso Bar & Cafe, Belleville, IL 
         Plein Air: Granite City, exhibitor 
         Traditions in 2-D, St. Louis Artists' Guild 
         Director's Choice Award, National Shrine of Our Lady of The Snows, Gateway East Artists' Guild Annual 
2008 Art On The Square, exhibitor, Belleville, IL  
         Art In The Park, exhibitor, Highland, IL  
         Big Splash '08, St. Louis Watercolor Society, St. Peters, MO, Juror's Choice Award  
         Shaw Nature Reserve, Gray Summit, MO  
         Studio De Michel, Ste. Genevieve, MO  
         Gateway East Artists Guild Annual, Kirchner Memorial Award For Transparent Watercolor  
         Augusta(MO) Plein Air Event, Mt. Pleasant Winery Paint The Label Award  
         Eddie Quaas Draws Artists Together, The Abbey, Belleville, IL  
         Horizons, St.Louis(MO) Artists Guild, Eda L. Cushing Memorial Prize For Watercolor   
2007 Art In The Park, exhibitor, Highland, IL, Dona Weder Abbott Award For Artistic Excellence  
         Field to Finish, Plein Air Painters of Mid-America, Chesterfield Arts, Chesterfield, MO   
         50th Anniversary Alumnae Exhibition, Southern Illinois Unversity-Edwardsville, IL   
2006 Art On The Square, exhibitor, Belleville, IL  
         Bellas Flores Gallery Award , Honorable Mention, Lafayette Square Plein Air Event, St. Louis, MO  
         Augusta Plein Air Event, participant, Augusta, MO  
         Gateway East Artists Guild Annual Exhibition, Belleville, IL  
         Missouri Mosaics, exhibitor, Historic St. Charles, MO, Award of Merit  
         Art In The Park, exhibitor, Highland, IL  
         Private salon exhibition, The Louvre, O'Fallon, IL  
2005 Best of Show, Gateway East Artists Guild Annual Exhibition, Belleville, IL  
         William & Florence Schmidt Art Center, Works From The Missouri Plein Air Painters Association  
         Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL  
         Gulf Coast National, Texas Artist Museum, Port Arthur, TX  
         Painting The Parks, Estes Park Plein Air Event, Red Stallion Gallery, Glen Haven, CO  
         Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO, “Landscapes,” juried exhibition.  
2004 Creative Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Gateway Pastel Artists Annual Exhibition, Honorable Mention  
         Best of Show, Gateway East Artists Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Belleville, IL  
2002 Artworks Gallery/Fayette County Museum, Vandalia, IL, “Watercolor 2002”  
2001 Society of Illustrators, New York, NY; Serbin Communications slide showcase  
1982 Artists Co-op Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Group Invitational  
         St. Charles Artists’ Guild, St. Charles, MO, juried exhibit  
1981 Sutton Loop Gallery, Maplewood, MO  
        Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, CA ;Group Invitational,  
        Famous Barr Co, St. Louis, MO, “Natural Forces”, sculpture invitational  
1980 St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO; “Acrylics(on Paper), Watercolor, Pastel”,  
        Anonymous Prize For Pastel, Honorable Mention  
        St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO; “Oil, Sculpture, Collage & Acrylic”  

Experience/Comissions  
2010  Featured speaker, Gateway Pastel Artists, St. Louis, MO 
2009  Workshop Leader, Sketching St. Louis, St Louis Artists' Guild  
         Workshop Leader, Painting Expressive Watercolors, Gateway East Artists' Guild 
         Artist In Residence, Triad High School, Troy, IL, Art On The Square Community Outreach  
         Art On The Square 2009, watercolor, City of Belleville, IL collection, Art On The Square Foundation donor  
         President, Creative Artisans section, St. Louis Artists' Guild 
         Independent study, travel sketches; Florence & Milan, Italy 
         Workshop participant, Ratindra Das, Watercolorist 
2008 Instructor, Plein Air Workshop, Ste. Genevieve(MO) Artists Guild sponsor  
         Artist In Residence, Grant Middle School, Fairview Heights, IL, Art On The Square Community Outreach  
         Participant, Augusta Plein Air Event 2008, Augusta, MO  
         Wild Mustard, oil on panel, Southwestern Illinois College Foundation Collection, Anonymous Donor  
2006 Instructor, wrote syllabus and taught Sketching Outdoors, Gateway East Artists Guild sponsor  
         Artist In Residence, Belleville(IL) Township High School, Art On The Square Community Outreach  
2005 Membership, Missouri Plein Air Painters Association  
         Participant, Augusta Plein Air Event 2005, Augusta, MO  
         Participant, Painting The Parks, Estes Park Plein Air Event, Invitational  
2004 Participant, Billyo O’Donnell, Plein Air Workshop  
2001 Volunteer, Belleville, Illinois Heritage Society, designed  public mural project  
2000 Participant, Architecture in Watercolor-Workshop with Tom Schaller, Kansas City, MO  
1999 Independent study, travel sketches; Florence & Milan, Italy  
1992 Commission, St. Louis Zoological Park, sixteen large scale painted animal images  
         for embellishment of acoustic panels for Lakeside Cafe  
1990 Commission, Monsanto, artwork for corporate residence, New York, NY  
1982 Guest lecturer, Fine Arts Department, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale  
         Juror, City Living Art Competition, St. Louis, MO  
1981 Juror, “Annual High School Art Awards,” Washington University, St. Louis, MO  
         Grant recipient, St. Louis Arts & Humanities Commission, directed mural  
         project by high school students, Logos School, St. Louis  
1980 Participant, “The Painted Fence,” mural project, Old Post Office, St. Louis, MO