{{short description|American painter (born 1969)}} thumb|Michael Lazarus '''Michael Lazarus''' (born 1969) is an American painter. He has been working since the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Art in Review: 'Home Is Where the Art Is'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/02/arts/art-in-review-646520.html|work=The New York Times|date=August 2, 1996}}</ref>
==Career== His first solo exhibition was in 1998 at Feature, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|title=Feature, Inc.|url=http://www.featureinc.info/}}</ref> Lazarus was represented by Feature until 2011, exhibiting alongside artists including B. Wurtz, Dike Blair, Jim Isermann, Tom Friedman, Lisa Beck, Takashi Murakami, and Lily van der Stokker. In 2000, he was one of the first 'alternative' artists to have a solo show in the "Gallery 2" program at Andrea Rosen Gallery.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Art in Review: Michael Lazarus|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/31/arts/art-in-review-michael-lazarus.html?smid=pl-share|work=The New York Times|date=March 31, 2000}}</ref> Lazarus has had solo exhibitions in Los Angeles,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pagel|first1=David|title=Heady hybrids of images, objects|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-29-et-galleries29-story.html|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=September 29, 2006}}</ref> San Francisco,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Feldman|first1=Melissa|title=Michael Lazarus at San Francisco Art Institute and Feature|journal=Art in America|issue=March 2004}}</ref> Montreal, Antwerp, and Amsterdam. In 2006 Lazarus' works were exhibited in conversation with Emory Douglas and Corita Kent in "That was then... This is now" at MoMA PS1.<ref>{{cite web|title=That Was Then...This Is Now|url=http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/191|website=MoMA PS1}}</ref>
Lazarus has also worked as a collaborator in the group Assume Vivid Astro Focus, on two separate projects.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Eli|last1=Sudbrack|first2=Christophe |last2=Hamaide Pierson|title=Assume vivid astro focus|date=2010|publisher=Rizzoli|location=New York|isbn=9780847833054}}</ref> Lazarus' work is included in several public and private collections, including The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Art Review: New Sparkle for an Abstract Ensemble|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/arts/design/07thief.html?_r=1&emc=eta1|work=The New York Times|date=January 6, 2011}}</ref> The Portland Art Museum, The Progressive Corporation,<ref>{{cite book|first1=Dan|last1=Cameron|first2=Toby|last2=Devan Lewis|first3=Peter B.|last3=Lewis|first4=Mark|last4=Schwartz|title=Artworks: the Progressive collection|date=2007|publisher=Distributed Art Publishers|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1933045726|page=170}}</ref> and JPMorgan Chase.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Russell|first=Emily|title=Art at work: Forty years of The Chase Manhattan Collection|date=2000|publisher=Chase Manhattan Corp.|location=New York|isbn=0963534025}}</ref> His work is featured in ''Cut & Paste: 21st-Century Collage''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=Richard Brereton with Caroline|title=Cut & paste : 21st-century collage|date=2011|publisher=Laurence King Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1856697170}}</ref>
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==Additional sources== {{cite book|last1=Wagle|first1=Kate|title=Curator and Critic Tours, Connective Conversations: Inside Oregon Art 2011-2014, The Ford Family Foundation and University of Oregon|date=2015|publisher=GHP, Connecticut|isbn=9780871141828|pages=172–173}}
{{cite journal|last1=Zevitas|first1=Steven|title=Pacific Coast|journal=New American Paintings|volume=121|issue=6|pages=86–89}}
{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=Richard Brereton with Caroline|title=Cut & paste : 21st-century collage|date=2011|publisher=Laurence King Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1856697170|pages=104–109}}
{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=New Sparkle for an Abstract Ensemble|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/arts/design/07thief.html?_r=1&emc=eta1|work=The New York Times|date=6 January 2011}}
{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Ken|title=The Allure of the Homespun in the Maw of the Digital Age|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/arts/design/03parrish.html?smid=pl-share|work=The New York Times|date=2 September 2010}}
{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Art in Review: The Perpetual Dialogue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/arts/design/08galleries.html?smid=pl-share|work=The New York Times|date=7 January 2010}}
{{cite journal|last1=Ebgi|first1=Anat|title=Reviews|journal=Flash Art|date=November–December 2008}}
{{cite news|last1=Pagel|first1=David|title=Into a void of inhuman beauty|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=29 September 2006}}
{{cite journal|last1=Wei|first1=Lilly|title=Reviews|journal=Art News|date=April 2006}}
{{cite book|last1=Nobue|first1=Isono|title=Nyūyōku no atorie : nyūyōku āto to kuriētātachi no sugao.|date=2004|publisher=Gyappujapan|location=Tōkyō|isbn=4883572226|pages=96–99}}
{{cite journal|last1=Melissa|first1=Feldman|title=Michael Lazarus at San Francisco Art Institute and Feature|journal=Art in America|date=March 2004}}
{{cite journal|last1=Mondt|first1=Zoey|title=Reviews|journal=Art Issues|date=November–December 2001}}
{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Review: Michael Lazarus|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/31/arts/art-in-review-michael-lazarus.html?smid=pl-share|work=The New York Times|date=31 March 2000}}
{{cite journal|last1=Cash|first1=Stephanie|title=The Hotel as Art|journal=Art in America|date=December 2000}}
{{cite news|last1=Pagel|first1=David|title=Review|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=9 July 1999}}
{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Home Is Where the Art Is|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/02/arts/art-in-review-646520.html|work=The New York Times|date=2 August 1996}}
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