CURRICULUM VITAE
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Numina: 6 Artists Exploring Consciousness, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael CA
2025 10th Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing China
2017 City Lights, Hong Miao Gallery, Shanghai China
2015 Mountain Canvas, Allegheny Arts Council Gallery, Cumberland MD
2014 Healing Artists, Contra Costa County Arts Council, Martinez CA
2014 Muse, Commonweal Gallery, Bolinas CA
2013 Inside Out, Toni Carlton Gallery, solo, Banner Elk NC
2012 Return to the Mountain – Mike Grady Recent Works, Toni Carlton Gallery, Banner Elk NC
2012 Print, Paint and Paper, Caldwell County Arts Council Gallery, NC
2009 Oakland Artists, Red Door Gallery, Oakland CA
2007 Spring, two person show, Art Beat Gallery, Berkeley CA
2005 Mike Grady – Recent Works, solo, Alta Bates Community Gallery, Oakland CA
2003 Works on Paper by Mike Grady, solo, Oakland Museum, Collector’s Gallery
2002 New Abstraction, Hitachi Viewseum, Burlingame CA
2001 San Francisco Abstract Painters, Shanghai University Gallery, Shanghai China
2000 Mike Grady – Recent Works, solo, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento CA
1999 Drei Amerikanische Mahleren, Solitaire Gallery, Berlin Germany
1996 Ascension, Arts and Consciousness Gallery, solo, JFK University, Orinda CA
1994 Mike Grady, solo, Cathcart Contemporary, San Francisco CA
Education
1991 MFA, Pratt Institute, NY
1979 Fifth Year Honors Diploma, Boston Museum School
1977 Diploma, Boston Museum School
1976 BFA, Tufts University
Teaching
2022-2026 Guest Professor, International PhD Art & Design, Shanghai University
2016-2022 Advisory Faculty, IMFA Program in Contemporary Art, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
2009-2022 Professor Emeritus, Studio Art, Appalachian State University, NC
1994-2009 Professor, Holistic Studies, JFK University, CA
1993-1995 Lecturer, Academy of Art University, San Francisco CA
1992-1993 Lecturer, San Francisco Art Institute
Academic Administration
2016-2022 Co-Director, International MFA, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, PRC
2009-2011 Chair, Department of Art, Appalachian State University, Boone NC
2007-2009 Interim Dean, Graduate School for Holistic Studies, JFK University, Berkeley CA
1994-2009 Chair, Department of Arts and Consciousness, JFK University, Berkeley CA
1985-1994 Dean of Students/VP Enrollment Management, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1983-1985 Director of Admissions, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
1980-1983 Assistant Director of Admissions, School of Art & Design, Pratt Institute, NY
1977-1980 Program Coordinator, Family Youth Center, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn NY
Selected Lectures
2026 Emptiness as a Creative Motif: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Nothing, Shanghai University Academy of Art, China
2023 Adventures in Paradox – Art as a Spiritual Practice, online public lecture, Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness CA
2017 Reflections on a Cross-Cultural Career in Art, Jingdezhen University, Jingdezhen China
2015 Creativity and Art Schools, Keynote Lecture, Creativity Challenge Conference, NZ
2015 West-East Landscape Fusion, Mountain Canvas Exhibition, Allegheny Arts Council, Cumberland MD
2014 Guanxi: Art, Healing and Interconnection, Featured Speaker, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
2012 Creativity and Organizational Transformation, Keynote Address, Faculty Conference, Antioch University
2008 Balancing Perspectives: East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art; Symposium, JFK University, Berkeley CA
2008 Art and Chi; Cross-Cultural Practices in Contemporary Art – Three-day lecture/workshop, TLC, Wellington NZ
2007 The Pedagogy of Art and Transformation, Conference on Holistic Approaches to Arts Education, JFK University
2006 Art and Spirituality, Public Panel Discussion, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco CA
2005 Art as a Healing Practice, Lecture and workshop; Professional Development Conference; Kaiser Permanente
2005 Creativity and Organizational Transformation, Public Lecture; The Learning Connexion, Wellington NZ
2005 Art in Contemporary and Traditional Healing Modalities; Panel Discussion, IEATA. Annual Conference, San Francisco CA
2004 Art and Healing –The Search for Creativity and Identity; Arts Reach Conference, San Francisco CA
1998 Creativity and Health, A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Residential Conference: Saybrook Institute, CA
1998 Visual Communication in the Era of Post-History; ‘International Conference on Public Art, Shanghai University
1998 The Journey of the Artist as Healer: Confessions of a Reluctant Art Therapist, CIIS, San Francisco CA
Selected Publications
2026 Foreword– ‘Dao Intelligence’, Lionel Yang, p 5-12, Overseas Chinese Press, China
2020 An Identity-Based Approach to Graduate Art Education, CAA Press, Hangzhou China
2017 Foreword– ‘The Heartbeat of Creativity’, Margaret Blackwell & Andra Kins, Waterfront Press’, Berkeley CA
2017 Foreword: Two Wings to Fly’, Alice Wilson Milne, Steele Roberts Aotearoa, Wellington NZ
2014 Shooting in the Dark, Nyght Vision Magazine, Spring 2014 Issue; Volume 4, Number 2, Nyght Falcon Books, NC
2013 Cairo Sunset, invited article for on-line journal, Realize Magazine.com
2008 Foreword– ‘Go!: The Art of Change’, Jonathan Milne, TLC Press, Wellington NZ
2006 The Pedagogy of Art and Transformation, Visual Arts Research, Vol. 32 No.1 (Issue 82), University of Illinois
2004 Art and Death: Myth and Paradox, Essay for Exhibition Catalogue, Arts and Consciousness Gallery, JFK University
2001 Art and Chi Gung: The Heart of China, International Expressive Arts Therapy Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1
2000 Christine Peirano, Introduction to exhibition catalogue, Galerie im Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin Germany
2000 The Artwork of Lin Min Yi, Introduction to exhibition catalogue, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei Taiwan
1991 Creating a Multicultural Soup, Sources of Distinct Majority, ed: Carlos Villa, SFAI Press, San Francisco CA