Michael Ernst

Our Founder

Education

1976 - 1978

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, MFA, sculpture

1971 - 1976

Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, BA, sculpture

Professional experience

1979 - present

Professional Sculptor
Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts
Currently showing at the Cataumet Art Center, Cataumet, MA

1990 - present

The Woods Hole Research Center
Woods Hole, MA
Director of Information Systems

1990 - 1992

Consulting assistant to Sig Purwin - Chatham Fishermen's Monument

Selected Juried Group Exhibitions

1983 - present

tMaine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME
Millhouse-Bundy Fine Arts Center, Waitsfield, VT
Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA
Cape Cod Art Association, W. Barnstable, MA
International Art Competition (IAC), Los Angeles, CA
"Sculptors on Review," - Prudential Center, Boston, MA
Nantucket National Small Works Exhibition, Nantucket, MA
Falmouth Artists' Guild

Professional Memberships

1978 - present

Member, International Sculpture Center

1992 - 1993

Board of Directors, Falmouth Artists' Guild
Secretary, Falmouth Arts Council

Awards

Featured artist in, Falmouth, A Visual Legacy, by Peter Koenig
Barnstable Arts & Humanities Council Grant, 1985-1986
Falmouth Arts Council Grant 1988-1989
Events Artist, The Artists Foundation 1988-1991
Duxbury Arts Council Grant - 1990

Collections

Permanent collection, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Permanent collection, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA
Bank of Boston, Falmouth, MA
Numerous private collections