Michelangelo Lovelace Sr.
Curriculum Vitae
Website: http://www.lovelaceart.com
(DOB. June 15, 1960, Cleveland, Ohio)
Education/Training:
(1994 – 2006) Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland Institute of Art
Mentorship: Reverend Albert Wagner
Professional Experience:
Y – Haven Residency
(2000 – 2005) Cleveland, Ohio
Carl B. Stokes Building Oberlin Early Childhood Center
Rozelle Elementary
Zygote Press Selected
Awards and Exhibitions
Award (1997, 1999):
Recipient of Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant for Painting Award
Exhibitions Solo Exhibition:
2006 Cleveland, Ohio
Kibibi’s Art Gallery
Lindsay Art Gallery
Group Exhibition
(2007 – 2008) Chicago, Illinois Chicago Outsider Art Fair
Lidsay Art Gallery Booth
Group Exhibition:
2007 Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Group Exhibition:
2008 Cleveland, Ohio Spaces Art Gallery
Group Exhibition:
2009 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland State University Art Gallery
Space 237 Toledo, Ohio
Group Exhibition:
(2009 – 2010) Baltimore, Maryland American Visionary Art Museum
Group Exhibition:
2011 Cleveland, Ohio Walleye Art Gallery
Solo Exhibition:
2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Collections:
Cleveland Art Association
Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Main Campus and Huron Hospital)
Clark Metro Development Corporation
Cleveland State Marshal School of Law
Cuyahoga Community College (Eastern Campus)
Progressive Insurance Corporation
Springfiel Museum of Art
Unicare Support Corporation
90.3 WCPN ideastream
Bibliography:
Rotraud Sackerlotzky, Visual Tales (exhibition cat.), Cleveland Artist Foundation, Oct. 2005 - Jan 2006, p. 22 - 33.
"Our Most Interesting People 2008," Cleveland Magazine, Vol.37, No. 1, Jan 2008, p. 95.
Erick Trickey, "Louder than Words," Cleveland Magazine, Vol.37, No. 11, 2008, p. 32.
Cleveland State University, Each in Their Own Voice: African-American Artists in Cleveland 1970-2005," (exhibition catalog), Cleveland, Jan 23-Mar7, 2009, p.34-35.
Soul Pitt Urban Entertainment Magazine, Apr- Jun 2011, 18-20.
Lecture:
1994 - The Artist Lecture Series, Kent State University (Stark Campus)
1999 - University of Illinois at Chicago/Adams Hall, African American Studies, "The Blues Aesthetics."
2006 - Columbus Cultural Arts Center:
Conversations and Coffee, Columbus, OH
TV/Film Appearances:
2004 - Applause, Public Television, Headfooters Art Gallery,
Outsider Artists: The Reverend and Michelangelo
2008 - One Bad Cat - The Reverend Albert Wagner Documentary Film
2010 - Rare Vision and Roadside Revelation (Runnin' round The Rust belt 2010), KCPT Public Television 19, Kansas City, Missouri