SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
”Environmental Impact”, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
“Reversal of Fortune”, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
”Environmental Impact”, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2023
“Environmental Impact”, Detroit Zoo, Detroit, MI
“Covers”, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
”Everything But the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Pyramid Scheme”, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Seeking a Sustainable Path”, Desta Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
“Environmental Impact”, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2022
“Environmental Impact”, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
“Environmental Impact”, Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI
“Environmental Impact”, Bateman Gallery, Victoria, BC
2021
“Environmental Impact”, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT
“Requiem”, Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
“Climate Change: The Ticking Time Bomb”, virtual exhibit at ruthstable.org
“Repurposeful”, Randall Museum, San Francisco, CA
2020
“Franchise 3”, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
“Environmental Impact”, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS
“48 Pillars”, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Environmental Impact”, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC
“Val-U-Mart”, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018
“Urban Edge”, Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“eARTh”, Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco, CA
“Altered”, OffSpace/Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2017
“Car Culture”, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
“Contemporary Landscape”, MARIN MOCA, Novato, CA
“Predicament or Crossroads”, Desta Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
“Alt-Left: Local Treasures”, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2016
“Artspan Selections 2016”, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
“Character & Cartography”, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
Stanford Art Spaces @ Silicon Valley/SF Art Fair, San Mateo, CA
“Real Surreal”, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Fresh Fish”, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
“Reimagining Progress”, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
“Sky”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2013
“(Reality)2”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA (catalog)
“Abundance”, PopUp Gallery, Alameda, CA
2012
“X Libris”, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
“Altered Landscape”, Workspace Ltd Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Through That Which is Seen” , Root Division, San Francisco, CA
“57 Degrees”, Thoreau Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
“Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
“Hello Tomorrow: Bay Area Artists Envision the Future”, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
“A Live Animal”, Root Division, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2010
“Proliferations, part 2”, OFF SPACE, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2009
“ReVisions: New Creations from Scrap”, reMake Lounge, San Francisco, CA
“Trash into Treasure”, LincArt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
“The Little Show”, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
“The Photographers”, ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“ReArt”, Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
“Our Planet, Our Home”, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Salvaged: Recycled Art”, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Terror?”, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005
“The Art of Recycling”, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, CA
“Sociedad de Vida”, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004
“Epic”, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
“Transmogrifications”, Recology AIR exhibition, San Francisco, CA
“Toxic Landscapes”, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2003
“Solid Gold”, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2002
“Repurpose”, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
“Paisajes Toxicos”, La Biblioteca Nacional Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba
“Toxic Landscapes”, The Puffin Cultural Center, Teaneck, NJ
2001
“18th Annual Photo Metro Exhibition”, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
“On Canvas”, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
AWARDS
2018
Nominated for SFMOMA’s SECA award, San Francisco, CA
2014
Grand Prize, “Real Surreal”, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
SF Weekly Masterminds finalist, San Francisco, CA
2007
Nominated for SFMOMA’s SECA award, San Francisco, CA
GenArt’s 9th Annual EMERGE!, San Francisco, CA
2001
First place, “Photo Metro Exhibition”, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Best of show, “On Canvas”, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
ARTIST RESIDENCY & LECTURES
2024
Artist talk, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
Artist talk, Desta Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2021
Artist panel talk, “Climate Change: The Ticking Time Bomb”, online
2017
Artist talk, Desta Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Artist talk, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2016
Artspan Studio Tour, San Francisco, CA
Artist talk, Midway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Artist talk, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
People’s Gallery: Select Mission Artists Guided Studio Tour, San Francisco, CA
2004
Recology Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
“Post-Apocalyptic Visions of Earth Aren’t So Far Fetched at 111 Minna Gallery”, KQED Arts&Culture, April 15, 2024.
”Time Traveling with painters Mike Davis and Michael Kerbow”, HiFructose.com, March 28, 2024.
2020
“A Foreshadowing of Tomorrow”, MAHB, July 23, 2020.
Caveat Lector, Vol. 30, No 2.
Wayne, Eric. “The Post-Apocalyptic Dinosaur Paintings of Michael Kerbow”, blogpost, May 6, 2020.
“Late Capitalism”, Alien Magazine, Issue Two.
2016
Villarreal, Ashley. “Featured Artist: Michael Kerbow”, SF Station, Mar. 29, 2016.
2014
Miller, Jennifer. “These Dystopian Paintings Portend the Terrifying Near Future of Our Cities”, Fast Company.
Ball, Lilly. “It’s the End of the World as We Know It: An Interview with Artist Michael Kerbow”, Forth Magazine, Dec. 31, 2014.
Pangburn, DJ. “An Artist’s Renderings of our Future Cities (If Everything Goes Wrong)”, Vice.com, Aug. 28, 2014.
Jobson, Christopher. “Paintings by Michael Kerbow Warn of Dire Consequences for Current Actions”, Colossal, Aug. 27, 2014.
“The Folly of Man”, Earth Island Journal, Summer issue.
2013
Interview #49, Eclectix, Dec. 20, 2013.
Issue #14, elevenelevenjournal.com.
Kenoyer, Jane. “Michael Kerbow’s Painting Aberrations”, Hi-Fructose, Feb. 6, 2013.
2011
McCarthy, Allison. “10 Artists to Keep Your Eyes On”, 7×7.com, Sept. 30, 2011.
2007
“Our Planet, Our Home”, Artweek Magazine, February Issue pp.14-15
2006
Interview on The ExtraFinger Blogspot.
2005
“Sociedad de Vida”, Artweek Magazine, September Issue pp.16-17
2004
Liu, Anli, “Epic @ Southern Exposure” Flavorpill.com.
2001
Photo Metro Magazine, Issue162