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ARTIST’S PROFILES

MICHAEL DAVID BRATHWAITE “True Colors”, Cragin Library, Colchester, CT
“Man in the Mirror”, Artspace, Norwich CT.
Contemporary painting, sculpture, digital photography and design “The Minds Eye”, Artspace, Norwich CT.
“Improvisational Sculpture”, Artspace, Norwich CT.
Full Scholarships from the Art Students League, New York Studio School
and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture paved the way to Group Exhibitions:
Brathwaite’s education at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Sci-
ence and Art. Prior to graduating from Cooper Union in 1978, Brathwaite Art Students League of New York
worked at his alma mater as Director of Fine Arts instructor for the Satur- Cooper Union “In Full Bloom”, Houghton Gallery
day Program in Art and Architecture. Cooper Union “Africa”, Houghton Gallery
Cooper Union “The Dream Continues”, Houghton Gallery
Brathwaite trained and worked as an art therapist at the Groves Thera- City College of New York, Institute for Research on African Diaspora in
peutic and Child Development Center before moving into the field of ed- the Americas and the Caribbean Expressions in Black Art 90
ucational administration and counseling at the East Harlem Talent Search Coalition of 100 Black Women, New York Academy of Art
College and Career Counseling Program. Brathwaite was formerly the New York Studio, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta
Assistant Director of Admissions at the Parsons School of Design before Philadelphia Academy of Art “US Art Census’ 86”
joining the admissions staff at Pratt Institute. After Pratt, he served as Re- Le Groupe Imagineaire
cruitment Specialist at Montclair State College School of Fine and Per- Baboons in Space
forming Arts. Something Niggerish this way Comes
Fifth Annual Panorama of African-American Culture
In 1989, he was appointed to be the first Associate Dean of Admissions Little Red School House, NYC
and Financial Aid for the Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New New York University Small works show, New York University
York Academy of Art. Opportunity knocked once again as he advanced Hygenic Gallery, 2015 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
to the position of Coordinator of Graduate Studies at Brooklyn College Hygenic Gallery, 2016 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
of the City University of New York (CUNY). In 1994, he joined the City Hygenic Gallery, 2017 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
University of New York as the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions. Hygenic Gallery, 2019 Salon Des Independents New London, CT
From 1998 to 2009, he served as the Undergraduate and Graduate Ad- Equinox and the Arts XIX , Johnathon Trumbull Library, Lebanon, CT.
missions Counselor for Long Island University. He is currently the owner of Equinox and the Arts XX , Johnathon Trumbull Library, Lebanon, CT.
the River Studio Gallery in Norwich Connecticut. Mystic Art Museum
Hygenic Gallery - The 10th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition,
Education: New London, CT.
Hygenic Gallery - The 11th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition, New
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – BFA 1978 London, CT.
The New York Studio School Hygenic Gallery - The 12th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition,
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture New London, CT.
The Art Students League Hygenic Gallery - The 13th Annual “Crossing the Bridge” exhibition,
New London, CT
Solo Exhibitions: Norwich Arts Center 2015
Norwich Arts Center 2016
“Rhythmic Ambiguities”, Merrill Gallery, New York University, Manhattan, NYC Norwich Arts Center 2017
“Visions in my Mind”, Sprague Gallery, Montclair State University, Norwich Arts Center 2018
Montclair, NJ Art from My Heart Open Studio and Gallery of Art 2017
“Affirmation 2000”, The Cathedral of Saint John Divine, Manhattan, NYC Art from My Heart Open Studio and Gallery of Art 2018
“Inner Visions”, Groves Therapeutic Counseling Center, Jamaica, NY Three Artist Show, “Artistic Crossroads” River Studio Gallery 2025