BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

1979 B.F.A. Boston University, Boston, MA

1974-75 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 2008 Solo Exhibition, Pritam & Eames Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.

2006-2008 "Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA; travels to Museum of Art and Design, New York, N.Y; Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL

 2005 "Material worth: The celebrated object," Pritam & Eames Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.

 2004-2005 "Right at home: American studio furniture," Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

 2004 "The Incredible Elastic Chairs of Samuel Gragg," Winterthur  Museum, Delaware

 2003 Solo Exhibition, Pritam & Eames  Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.

 2003 "Contemporary Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story," Elvehjem  Museum of Art, Madison WI

 2003 "Boston University Program in Artisanry Retrospective  Exhibition" Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts

 2003 "The Makers Hand: Studio Furniture from 1950 - 1990" Museum  of Fine Art, Boston Massachusetts

 2001 Solo Exhibition, Temple University Gallery,  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 1999 "Boudior," Gallery Naga, Boston Massachusetts

 1999 "Please be seated: Contemporary studio furniture," Yele University art gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

 1998 Solo Exhibition, John Elder Gallery,  New York

 1996, 94, 92 Solo Exhibition, Peter Joseph Gallery, New York

 1994 "A Good Cup of Coffee and Other Antidotes for Modern  Day Living," Solo exhibition, Peter Joseph Gallery, N.Y.

 1994 "Child's Play," group exhibition, Memorial  Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y.

 1994 "Inaugural Group Show," group exhibition, Donald  Brecker Gallery Miami Beach, FL. 

 1994 "Visiting Artist Exhibition," group exhibition,  Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.

 1993 "Fantasy Furniture," group exhibition, Susquehanna  Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

 1992 "Michael Hurwitz: New Works," solo  exhibition, Peter Joseph Gallery, N.Y.

 1991 "Masterworks," group exhibition, Peter Joseph  Gallery, N.Y.

 1990 "10 x 10' Anniversary Show," group exhibition,  Pritam & Eames Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.

 1989 "Beyond the Tradition of the Rocking Chair," group  exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, N.Y.

 1989 "Craft Enigma," group exhibition, Rosenwald Wolf  Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

 1989 "Extraordinary Objects,"group exhibition, Foundation  for Today's Art - Nexus, Philadelphia.

 1989 "Michael Hurwitz," solo exhibition, Pritam & Eames  Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.

 1989 "New American Furniture," group exhibition, Museum  of Fine Arts, Boston; traveled to Oakland Museum of Fine Arts,  California; Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio; Mississippi Museum  of Art, Tupelo.

 1981 Group exhibition, Brockton Art Museum, Massachusetts.

 1979-80 "New Handmade Furniture," American Craft Museum, N.Y. Traveled

SELECTED AWARDS  AND HONORS

 1999 PEW Fellowship in the Arts

 1997 Japan Foundation Fellowship

 1992 ,90, 88 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

 1990 National Endowment for the Arts/ U.S.-Japan Friendship 

 Commission  Japan Fellowship

 1986 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship

 1985 Altos de Chavon Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, la Romana, Dominican  Republic

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

 Museum of Arts & Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.

 Renwick Gallery of National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

 Altos de Chavon Foundation, New York, N.Y.

 Anne and Ron Abramson, Washington, D.C.

 Graham Gund, Cambrige, MA

 Peter and Wendy Joseph Estate, New York, N.Y.

 Ziff - Stafford Residence, Pawling, N.Y.

 Diana and Roy Vagelos, Short Hills, N.J.

 Edward and Allison Johnson, Boston, MA

 Vin and Carla Ryan, Vero Beach, FL

 Martin Puryear, Accord, N.Y.

 Glenn Close, New York, N.Y.