Michael has been working professionally as a multi-disciplinary designer
and artist for almost 20 years. His clients have included The Museum of
Contemporary Art San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Lowes, Sony Pictures and
Panasonic. His work has been honored with awards from The Addys, AIGA,
IABC Golden Triangles, Print's Regional Design Annuals, HOW Magazine,
Graphic Design USA and Graphis. He has also received The Award of
Excellence from HOW Magazine, in the Interactive Design and Self Promo-
tion categories. His work has been published widely in various publications,
including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Speak, London's Computer Arts,
Adobe.com, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David
Carson), Big Magazine, Global Interactive Design (Japan's PIE Books),
The Progressive, Surfing Magazine and Raygun. His collaboration with José
Muniain on the short film installation "Navarro", which documented his
painting process was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival and
was featured at the Austin Museum of Digital Art and The Urban Institute
of Contemporary Art in Michigan. He also was the founder and editor of
"Transmission", a quarterly collaborative original packaged art piece
produced in limited edition from 1994-1996. He has also exhibited his
graphic and fine art work in galleries throughout the country, including
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.