MIKE BRINING
    Michael Peter Brining
    205 Ashcroft Ct Ashton, MD 20861
    Email: mike@briningart.com • cell: 240 460 5744

• One man show 50% off Galerie Ingrid Cooper, White Flint Mall, North Bethesda, Maryland, February 2011
• Private collector commission, Seoul South Korea, "Moonlight II" Pasture Series, January - February 2011
• Strathmore Music Hall, Comcast V.I.P. Room by special invitation 6 paintings on exhibition from Oct 30 2010 - Oct 30 2011
• Strathmore, Strathmore Hall Foundation, "Abstraction" more than meets the Eye" Curated by Harriet Lesser Oct 1- Oct 30, 2010
• Arts in Foggy Bottom Sculpture Exhibit. Curated by Shirley Kolen ® May 1 - Oct 23, 2010
• Watergate Gallery, The Watergate Mall Group Exhibition. Curated by Dale Johnson (Owner) May 1- June 30 2010
• One person show, Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, July 2006, Rockville, MD, selected works from the "Primal-Primal" series, juried by Harriet Lesser
• One person show, Galerie Ingrid cooper, November 2005, Bethesda, MD. Work exhibited included paintings fromt the "Black and White in Color" series, Major sales included "Red Flag #1 ($15,000) and Red Flag #2 ($18,000).
• Primal-Primal Exhibition sales: "conflict of Judgement" ($12,500) June 2004
• Gallery representation:  Galerie Incrid Cooper, Bethesda, MD, May 2004 to present (Phone: 301-881-3534)
• Group Show, 20th Anniversary Washington Sculpture Group, Washington Square, Washington, DC, juried by Vivienne Lassman, Washington curator for the public art collection of the Washington Convention Center, February9th to May 7th, 2004. Sculpture exhibited: "Cell Phone"
• Group Show, "Inspired by Music", Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD, January 27th to February 15th, 2003, juried by committee. Painting shown: "Yellow Horse"
• Group Show, Sculpture Now 2002, Washington Square, Wash. D.C., juried by Phil Lee (Korea), February 4- May 3, 2002. Piece exhibited "Spinning Christ"
• Mill River Gallery, Ellicott City, MD, One-person show, March-April 2000
• Quiet Waters Park, Outdoor sculpture installation (91'L x 15'H x 4'W), juried, national competition, Annapolis MD, October 1995-1996
• Rockville Arts Place, Juried exhibition "Techno Art", March-April, 1994
• Rockville Arts Place, Group show with open studio, April-May, 1993
• Los Angeles (LA) Art Warehouse, personal gallery, open to the public, Santa Monica, CA., 1980-1985
• Installation of purchase, firm of Webb, Daniel and Murphy, Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia, 1979
• B.O.M.A. Exhibition participant, U.S. National Bank Plaza, 1979
• Portland Art Museum, Invitational 4 Person Show, December 1978
• Portland Art Museum, "Oregon Artists Under 35", Portland Art Museum, 1975-1976
• Purple Daggers Gallery Invitational, Portland River Front Show, Portland, Oregon, June-July, 1976
• Reed College, Portland, Oregon, One-person show, June 1975
• 24th Avenue Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Two-person show, November 1975
• Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, One-person show, December, 1975
• Neurological Sciences Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, public area exhibit, one-person show,
  Fall 1975
• J.B. Gari Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Fall 1973-Spring 1974
• Reed College, Portland, Oregon, Outdoor Exhibition, Spring 1973 and Spring 1972

• Full-time creative artist 1991 to present
• Chair, Silver Spring Site-Temporary Sculpture Park, Committee for Public Arts Trust Program, Montgomery County, MD, 1997-1999
• Founding Member, Steering Committee, Arts & Public Trust Fund, Montgomery County, MD, 1996-1999
• Art in Public Trust Fund: lobbied successfully for legislation by County Council to include public art funding in development projects, 1995-1996
• President, All Work Cincinnati, Inc., a construction and remodeling firm, 1986-1991
• Professional artist, 1973-1985
• Negotiated Government Services Administration (GSA) contract for a rotational exhibition center for local artists located in the newly constructed GSA building, Portland OR, 1975
• Concrete and construction worker, Harvey Rimme Cement Co., 1973-1974
• Sculpture Assistant in studio course, Reed College, 1971- 73
• Laboratory Assistant, Reed College; redesigned course in electricity and magnetism, 1970

EDUCATION

• Reed College, Portland, Oregon, B.A., Physics, May 1973
• Washington Township High School, Washington Township RD#3, New Jersey, Graduated 1968

AWARDS

• Full Scholastic Grant, Reed College, 1969-1973
• Member National Honor Society, 1968