Michael Dines is a landscape artist who studied fine arts at West Virginia University and continued his studies at Fairmont State College with a focus on painting. He is known for his large-scale, ethereal landscapes that focus on the power of nature and the feelings of the sublime it evokes in the viewer. Dines’s work has been exhibited at the Marietta Museum of Art, Fay Gold Gallery and Peter Miller Gallery. Publications include New American Paintings, ArtPapers and Architectural Digest. His work is in the private and corporate collections of Elton John, Halle Berry and Coca Cola to name a few. Dines lives and works in St. Helena Island, South Carolina.
b. 1963, Parkersburg, WV
EDUCATION
1985 - 1987
The Portfolio Center, Art Direction and Illustration, Atlanta, GA
1983 - 1985
Fairmont State College, Painting, Fairmont, WV
1982
West Virginia University, Fine Arts, Parkersburg, WV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Holland & Co, Michael Dines, Atlanta GA
2001
Fay Gold, New Work by Michael Dines, Atlanta GA
2000
Fay Gold, Michael Dines, Video in Painting, Atlanta GA
Peter Miller Gallery, Michael Dines, Chicago IL
1999
Fay Gold, Michael Dines New Paintings, Atlanta GA
1998
The Lowe Gallery, Michael Dines, Atlanta GA
1997
The Lowe Gallery, New Works by Michael Dines, Atlanta GA
1994
Sandler Hudson at King Plow, The Paintings of Michael Dines, Atlanta GA
1991
Plehn and May, Paintings of Michael Dines, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Alyas Gallery, Atlanta GA
2002
Solomon Projects, Atlanta GA
2001
Marietta Museum of Art, Marietta GA
2000
ARTCHICAGO, Fay Gold, Chicago IL
1998
Art Walk, Photosynthesis, Atlanta GA
1996
Midtown Plaza Galleries, Voyeur, Atlanta GA
1995
Human Arts, Gallery Artists, Atlanta GA
1995
The Lowe Gallery, Michael Dines and Matthew Rausch, Atlanta GA
1994
King Plow Art Center, Resident Artists, Atlanta GA
1993
Fay Gold Gallery, New Artists, Atlanta GA
1992
Atlanta Biennial, Into the Light, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1992
The Mattress Factory Show, Atlanta, GA
1991 The Ho Gallery,Introduction to Gallery Artists, Hong Kong
1990
CB’s 313, Inaugural, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
ArtPapers
New American Painting
Architectural Digest
Veranda
Southern Living
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles
Milieu
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Halle Berry
Richard and Lois Plehn, NY
Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker
Elton John
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Coca Cola
Nordstrom
US Embassy Ottawa Canada
Hartsfield - Jackson International Airport
Omni International
Saks Fifth Avenue
King and Spalding
Hyatt Regency