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ARTIST’S PROFILES

MICHAEL DAVID BRATHWAITE
“True Colors”, Cragin Library, Colchester, CT
Contemporary painting, sculpture, digital photography and design “Man in the Mirror”, Artspace, Norwich CT.
“The Minds Eye”, Artspace, Norwich CT.
Full Scholarships from the Art Students League, New York Studio School “Improvisational Sculpture”, Artspace, Norwich CT.
and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture paved the way to
Brathwaite’s education at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Sci- Group Exhibitions:
ence and Art. Prior to graduating from Cooper Union in 1978, Brathwaite
worked at his alma mater as Director of Fine Arts instructor for the Satur- Art Students League of New York
day Program in Art and Architecture. Cooper Union “In Full Bloom”, Houghton Gallery
Cooper Union “Africa”, Houghton Gallery
Brathwaite trained and worked as an art therapist at the Groves Thera- Cooper Union “The Dream Continues”, Houghton Gallery
peutic and Child Development Center before moving into the field of ed- City College of New York, Institute for Research on African Diaspora in
ucational administration and counseling at the East Harlem Talent Search the Americas and the Caribbean Expressions in Black Art 90
College and Career Counseling Program. Brathwaite was formerly the Coalition of 100 Black Women, New York Academy of Art
Assistant Director of Admissions at the Parsons School of Design before New York Studio, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta
joining the admissions staff at Pratt Institute. After Pratt, he served as Re- Philadelphia Academy of Art “US Art Census’ 86”
cruitment Specialist at Montclair State College School of Fine and Per- Le Groupe Imagineaire
forming Arts. Baboons in Space
Something Niggerish this way Comes
In 1989, he was appointed to be the first Associate Dean of Admissions Fifth Annual Panorama of African-American Culture
and Financial Aid for the Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New Little Red School House, NYC
York Academy of Art. Opportunity knocked once again as he advanced New York University Small works show, New York University
to the position of Coordinator of Graduate Studies at Brooklyn College Hygenic Gallery, 2015 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
of the City University of New York (CUNY). In 1994, he joined the City Hygenic Gallery, 2016 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
University of New York as the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions. Hygenic Gallery, 2017 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
From 1998 to 2009, he served as the Undergraduate and Graduate Ad- Hygenic Gallery, 2019 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
missions Counselor for Long Island University. He is currently the owner of Equinox and the Arts XIX , Johnathon Trumbull Library, Lebanon, CT.
the River Studio Gallery in Norwich Connecticut. Equinox and the Arts XX , Johnathon Trumbull Library, Lebanon, CT.
Mystic Art Museum
Education: Hygenic Gallery - The 10th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition,
New London, CT.

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – BFA 1978 Hygenic Gallery - The 11th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition, New
The New York Studio School London, CT.
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Hygenic Gallery - The 12th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition,
The Art Students League New London, CT.
Hygenic Gallery - The 13th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition,
Solo Exhibitions: New London, CT
Norwich Arts Center 2015
“Rhythmic Ambiguities”, Merrill Gallery, New York University, Manhattan, NYC Norwich Arts Center 2016
“Visions in my Mind”, Sprague Gallery, Montclair State University, Norwich Arts Center 2017
Montclair, NJ Norwich Arts Center 2018
“Affirmation 2000”, The Cathedral of Saint John Divine, Manhattan, NYC Art from My Heart Open Studio and Gallery of Art 2017
“Inner Visions”, Groves Therapeutic Counseling Center, Jamaica, NY Art from My Heart Open Studio and Gallery of Art 2018