Michael Seif - Photography

112 Robbins Road

Watertown, MA 02472

617/926-8673

seif@erols.com

www.michaelseifphotos.com


Gallery Representation


New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, Maine             http://neweragallery.com/photo.html

Rocky Neck Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts    http://www.rockyneckartcolony.org/bryan.html

13Forest Gallery, Arlington, Massachusetts  http://13forest.com/


Solo and Featured Artist Exhibits

“Embodiments” - Two-person Show

     Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA - 2008

     Juried by Michael Dowling, Artistic Director, Medicine Wheel
               Productions, Inc

“Water, Granite, Sunlight: Photographs of the Figure in Nature” -

        Solo Exhibit  Flash’s, Boston, Massachusetts - 2006

“The Nude in Nature” - Featured Artist

     New Era Gallery - Vinalhaven, Maine - 2005

“Four Places” - Solo Exhibit

     Sasaki Associates - Watertown, Massachusetts - 2005

“1960s New York City” - Featured Artist

     New Era Gallery - Vinalhaven, Maine - 2003

“1960s New York City” - Solo Exhibits - 2003-2004

     Waltham Public Library, Waltham, Massachusetts

               Starbucks - Massachusetts

“A Michael Seif Retrospective” - Solo Exhibit

       Watertown Arts on the Charles, sponsored by and held at the

              Watertown Savings Bank,  Watertown, Massachusetts – 2002


Group Shows

“Human Canvas” - The Center for Fine Art Photography – Fort
               Collins, CO - 2009

“Naturally Nude” - CIAO Gallery – Wilson, WY – 2009

“UNCLAD 2009!” - Gallery by the Bay – Stanwood, WA - 2009

“The Nude in Contemporary Art” - A.D. Gallery, University of North
                Carolina at Pembroke - 2009

        Juried by Jodi Hollnagel-Jubran – teacher and sculptor

“Nude 2009” - Lexington Art League - Lexington, KY - 2009

        Juried by Ruth Adams (U of Kentucky), Robert Morgan (artist),

                Mike Deetsch (Lexington Art League)

“Water/Light Interface” - Shaw Gallery - Northeast Harbor, ME – 2008

“Shapes of Emotion” - Rocky Neck Art Colony - Gloucester, MA - 2008

         Juried by Brian Allen, Dir. of the Addison Gallery of American Art

          “2007 National Photography Competition” - The Camera Club ofNY - 2008

                    Juried by Larry Fink, Photographer, Professor of Photography -

                Bard College

“Bare” - Washington Gallery of Photography - Bethesda, MD - 2007

“Weather” - Rocky Neck Art Colony - Gloucester, Massachusetts - 2007

        Juried by Karen Quinn, Assistant Curator of Paintings, Art of the

                   Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

“Winter Juried Show” - Duxbury Art Association - Duxbury, MA - 2007

       Juried by Jim Fitts, Executive Director of the Photographic Resource

               Center at Boston University

“Crossing Boundaries” - Pigmentia Studio and Gallery - Medford, MA - 2006

“Impermanence” -  elise mankes studio - Marblehead, Massachusetts - 2006

“Places and Spaces” -  Arsenal Center for the Arts – Watertown,
                Massachusetts - 2006

“The Green Show” - Pigmentia Studio & Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts -
                2006

“Grand Opening” - Pigmentia Studio & Gallery, Medford, MA - 2005

“The Photographic Eye” - Group Show artsBELMONT

        Demios Gallery, Belmont, Massachusetts - 2004


Awards

“Naturally Nude” - CIAO Gallery – 1st Place in Show - Wilson, WY   2009

Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3), 2nd place Nudes – 2008

Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3), Public Choice Awards,
                 3
rd place Nudes - 2008

“Weather” - Rocky Neck Art Colony – Gloucester, Massachusetts
                 Honorable Mention - 2007

Winter Juried Show - Duxbury Art Association - Duxbury, MA
                 3
rd Place, Black and White Photography - 2007

“Black and White Magazine” Two-page spread, Merit Award - 2006


Education

Issues in Contemporary Photography Class - Sandra Stark, School of the
                 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Workshop, The Human Landscape - Karin Rosenthal, Cape Cod Photo
                 Workshops, N. Eastham, Massachusetts

Photography class - Lisette Model, New School for Social Research,
                 New York, NY

Noted photographers lecture series - Diane Arbus, Ernst Haas, and
                  others, NYC

Photography workshop - Henry Street Settlement House, New York, NY

Advanced Science Writing Fellow, Columbia University School
                  of Journalism, NYC

Vertebrate Zoology, BS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY