"Inversion"
Oil on canvas
40"w x 50" H 

Michael Weiss Biography
An artist who has a long-standing fascination with the image and
meaning, Michael Weiss works with traditional oil painting materials. His current work is described as organically driven paintings constructed with a multitude of layers over time.

Weiss teaches in the Foundation and Painting Departments at MICA. His work is represented in numerous private and corporate collections and he has recently completed commissions for the KSI Montrose Crossing Development in Bethesda, MD and the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan.

Professional Activity and Honors
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Villa Julie College Art Gallery, Stevenson, MD, Surface Tension (2006); Delaware Center for Contemporary Art,Wilmington, DE, Idiomatics (2005); Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C., Mnemonics (2002), Alchemy (2000); Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (2002); Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA, (1999)
Selected Two/Three Person Exhibits: Ed Brown and Michael Weiss, Towson University Union Art Gallery, Towson, MD, (2002); School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD (1996)

Selected Group Exhibitions
MAP @ 25, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
(2006); Biomorphix, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE(2002); Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C. (2000); Artscape, Baltimore, MD (2000, 1996, 1994); Strictly Painting III, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA (1999); Halpert Biennial, Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (1999); Chance and Necesssity (Traveling Exhibition), Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College, St.Mary's City, MD, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (1998-9); Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA (199, 1997, 1991)

Awards
Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award (2000)