Michael Aurbach

(University of Kansas, B.A., B.S.J., M.A., B.F.A., M.F.A.)

Michael Aurbach is an artist-educator who teaches sculpture and drawing. His socially inspired works have been exhibited at universities, museums, and galleries throughout the United States. For nearly two decades Aurbach's work addressed issues related to death, identity, and the plight of socially disenfranchised groups. His recent work is about secrecy and institutional behavior. He has recieved numerous grants and awards. The National Endowment for the Arts, the Southern Arts Federation, the Tennessee Arts Commission, Art Matters Inc., the Puffin Foundation Ltd., and Vanderbilt University are among the institutions and foundations that have provided support for his work. In 1995 Aurbach was honored with the Southeastern College Art Conference Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement.

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Since 1986 there have been more than sixty solo exhibitions of his work. The Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in New York, the Indianapolis Art Center, the Artemisia Gallery in Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Kansas are among the institutions that have hosted one-person shows. In 2001 Aurbach was honored with the inaugural exhibition of contemporary art at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. He has lectured at more than two-hundred colleges, museums, and art institutions.