Michael K. Paxton
Michael K. Paxton is a well-established, Chicago-based artist and sixth-generation West Virginian. He is currently the subject of a documentary film Work at Hand released in 2018. Paxton was an adjunct faculty member of Columbia College for sixteen years, he retired from teaching in 2021 and is currently Professor Emeritus. Paxton has his BA in Art from Marshall University, 1975 and an MFA in Drawing and Painting from The University of Georgia, 1979.
Paxton’s career spans more than four decades of one-person gallery and museum exhibitions, national and international grants and fellowships, private and public commissions, and decades of critical support for his work. Paxton’s many awards include a grant from the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc., New York; Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Art Award and two Professional Development Grants; Fellowships with both Air le Parc, Project and Research Center, Pampelonne, France and Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, Wyoming; a Marshall University Alumni Award of Distinction; five Professional Development Grants from Columbia College, Chicago and the documentary film Work at Hand , Michael K. Paxton Official Selection of the 17thAnnual Great Lakes International Film Festival.
Major one-person exhibitions include Miami University Museum of Art, Oxford, Ohio; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA.; Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL; Laura Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. He has been published in New American Paintings; featured artist/educator in issue of Line Work; been the subject of both radio and television features on NPR, Chicago, and WVPBS and selected and published in Art and Soul, highlighting fifty of the most noted West Virginians in the Arts.
Michael K. Paxton жЇдёЂдЅЌзџҐеђЌзљ„иЉќеЉ е“Ґи‰єжњЇе®¶е’Њз¬¬е…д»ЈиҐїеј—еђ‰е°јдєљдєєгЂ‚д»–з›®е‰ЌжЇ 2018 年上ж 的纪录片《手头工作》的主йўгЂ‚帕克斯顿在哥伦比亚大е¦ж‹…д»»дє† 16 年的兼职教е‘пјЊд»–дєЋ 2021 年退休，目前жЇеђЌиЄ‰ж•™жЋ€гЂ‚ Paxton дєЋ 1975 年获得了马ж‡е°”大е¦зљ„и‰єжњЇе¦еЈ«е¦дЅЌпјЊе№¶дєЋ 1979 年获得了佐治亚大е¦зљ„з»з”»зЎ•еЈ«е¦дЅЌгЂ‚ её•е…‹ж–ЇйЎїзљ„иЃЊдёљз”џж¶Їи·Ёи¶Љдє†е››еЌЃе¤ље№ґзљ„еЌ•дєєз”»е»Ље’ЊеЌљз‰©й¦†е±•и§€гЂЃе›Ѕе®¶е’Ње›Ѕй™…иµ ж¬ѕе’ЊеҐ–е¦й‡‘、私人和公共委е‘会，以及数十年对其工作的重要支持。 Paxton 的许多奖项包括来自纽约 Adolph & Esther Gottlieb еџєй‡‘дјљзљ„иµ ж¬ѕпј›дјЉе€©иЇєдјЉе·ћи‰єжњЇе§”е‘会视觉艺术奖е¦й‡‘和两项专业发展补助金；与 Air le Parc йЎ№з›®е’Њз ”з©¶дёеїѓпј€жі•е›ЅжЅдЅ©йљ†пј‰е’Њ Jentel 艺术家驻留项目（怀俄жЋе·ћзЏзєіпј‰зљ„奖е¦й‡‘；马ж‡е°”大е¦ж ЎеЏ‹жќ°е‡єеҐ–пј›жќҐи‡ЄиЉќеЉ е“Ґе“Ґдј¦жЇ”дєље¦й™ўзљ„五项专业发展补助金和纪录片《手头工作》，迈克尔·KВ·её•е…‹ж–ЇйЎїжЈејЏе…ҐйЂ‰з¬¬ 17 届五大湖国际电影节。 主要的单人展览包括俄亥俄州牛津市迈йїеЇ†е¤§е¦и‰єжњЇеЌљз‰©й¦†пј›иЉќеЉ е“Ґж–‡еЊ–дёеїѓпјЊдјЉе€©иЇєдјЉе·ћиЉќеЉ е“Ґпј›зђіиѕѕВ·й©¬з‰№е°јз”»е»ЉпјЊеј—еђ‰е°јдєље·ћеЁЃе»‰ж–Їе Ўпј› Heuser и‰єжњЇдёеїѓпјЊеёѓж‹‰еѕ·е€©е¤§е¦пјЊдјЉе€©иЇєдјЉе·ћзљ®еҐҐй‡ЊдєљпјЊзђіиѕѕжІѓдј¦йЎ№з›®пјЊдјЉе€©иЇєдјЉе·ћиЉќеЉ е“Ґпј› Laura Mesaros 画廊，西弗吉尼亚大е¦пјЊж‘©ж №ж•¦пјЊиҐїеј—еђ‰е°јдєље·ћгЂ‚д»–ж›ѕењЁгЂЉж–°зѕЋе›Ѕз»з”»гЂ‹дёЉеЏ‘иЎЁиї‡пј› Line Work 一期特邀艺术家/教育家；成为 NPRгЂЃиЉќеЉ е“Ґе’Њ WVPBS зљ„е№їж’和电视专йўз‰‡зљ„дё»йўпјЊе№¶иў«йЂ‰е…Ґе№¶еЏ‘иЎЁењЁгЂЉи‰єжњЇдёЋзЃµй‚гЂ‹жќ‚еї—дёЉпјЊй‡Ќз‚№д»‹з»Ќдє† 50 位最著名的西弗吉尼亚州艺术人士。
