Michael J. Marshall
Education
2000 MFA, Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1993 BA, Studio Arts/Physics, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Teaching Experience
2018-present Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2013- Professor, Studio Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2007-2013 Associate Professor, Studio Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Studio Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2003, 2005 Photography Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2004 Photography Instructor, Photo Studies in Italy, UGA Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy
2002, 2003 Photography Instructor, Photo Studies in Ghana, UGA Studies Abroad, West Africa
2001 Photography Instructor, Art Studies in the American West Program, Bozeman, MT
2000-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2000 Photography Instructor, Work-Study Program, Maine Photo Workshops, Rockport, ME
1998-2000 Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1996 Workshop Instructor, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
Professional Experience
2017-present Director, Social Ecology Studio, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2015-present Associate Director of Curriculum, School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020-2022 Interim Co-Director, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2008-2016 National Board, Chair (2013-15),Vice-Chair (2010-13), Society for Photographic Education
2014 Ohio Arts Council Awards Panelist, Columbus, OH
2011 National Conference Chair, Society for Photographic Education, Atlanta, GA
2004-2008 Vice-Chair, Southeast Region of the Society for Photographic Education, Southeast
2004 Regional Conference Chair, Society for Photographic Education, Athens, GA
2004 Curator, Relative: Photographing Domesticity, ATHICA Gallery, Athens, GA
1999-2005 Third View, multimedia collaborative project with Mark Klett, Byron Wolfe, others
1998 Regional Conference Chair, Society for Photographic Education, Tempe, AZ
1998 Exhibition Curator, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1997 Darkroom Facilities Manager, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
1996-1997 Custom Lab Technician, Visions Photography Lab, Santa Fe, NM
1996 Workshop Teaching Assistant, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
1995-1996 Darkroom Manager, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
1994-1995 Workshop/Residency Teaching Assistant, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
1993 Assistant Lab Manager, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
Awards/Residencies
2025 Georgia Sea Grant’s 2025-2026 Artists, Writers, and Scholars Award, Brunswick, GA
UGA Office of Research: Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research Pre-Seed Grant, Athens, GA
2024 Chemours Vibrant Communities Grant, Chemours Company, Georgia
Willson Center Faculty Research Grant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Office of Research: Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research Pre-Seed Grant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020 Willson Center Faculty Research Grant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2019 IGE: Applying creative inquiry to enhance imaginative and collaborative capacity in STEM, National Science Foundation Grant
2018 Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2018 UGA Teaching Academy Member, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2018 a2ru Research Cluster Grant, Social Ecology Studio, Athens, GA
2017 Sustainability Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2017 Honored Educator Award, Society for Photographic Education Southeast Chapter
2017 a2ru Research Cluster Grant, Social Ecology Studio, Athens, GA
2017 Clarke County School District Impact Award, (Collaborative) Watershed UGA, Athens, GA
2015 Service Learning Teaching Excellence Award, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2015 UGA OVPR Faculty Research Grant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2011-2012 Service Learning Fellow, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2011 Public Service and Outreach Faculty Fellowship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2010 Faculty Research Grant, Visual Metaphors of Bird Mythology, Athens, GA
2008 Faculty Research Grant, Time, Ecology and the Individual, Athens, GA
2007 CHA Research Fellowship, Willson Center for the Arts, Athens, GA
2006 Faculty Research Grant, Fine Art Narratives in Science /Personal Experience, Athens, GA
2005 HMC Residency, Hungarian Multicultural Center Residency, Budapest, Hungary
2004 Faculty Research Grant, Fine Art Research in Science and Experience, Athens, GA
2003 ILFORD Imaging USA Inc. Grant, Ilford, Paramus, NJ
2002 Faculty Research Grant, Photographic Research in Natural History Museums, Athens, GA
1998 Arizona - Austria Exchange Grant, Travel / Studio Grant, Salzburg, Austria
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2017 In This Place, Community Performance Piece, Athens, GA
2012 Confluence: Photographic Constructs, Hardman Hall Gallery, Macon, GA
2011 Science and Nature, Krause Gallery, New York, NY
above exhibition was included in The Festival of Ideas For a New City, organized by the New Museum, New York, NY
2010 Duality, Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery, Milledgeville, GA
2009 Euclid’s Topography, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Map Maker’s Journey, 1912 Gallery, Emory, VA
2008 Nature and Geometry, Definition Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Notes From a Journey, Allen Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
New Works, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Natural Histories, Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany
Natural Histories, Gallery 1401, Philadelphia, PA
Elements of Geometry, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Natural Artifacts, Photography Gallery, Bristol, VA
Elements of Geometry, Northern Kentucky University Art Gallery, Highland, KY
2005 Natural Histories, Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
New Landscapes, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Spirit Places, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Natural Histories, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Explorer, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, South Bend, IN
2003 Good Measure, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA
2001 Rhumb Lines and Wind Roses, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
2000 Rhumb Lines and Wind Roses, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
1995 Mapping, Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Rockport, ME
1993 New Works, Olin Upstairs Gallery, Gambier, OH
Invited Group Exhibitions
2022 Reimagining Earth, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2022 National Photography Invitational, Ana Mendieta & Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Circle of Influences, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Passageways III., Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Jinzhong, CHINA
2018 Courting Failure, Embracing Risk, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
2017 At the Intersection of Memory and Conjecture, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016 enLIGHTened, Central Michigan University Art Museum, Mt Pleasant, MI
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Ennis Hall Gallery, Milledgeville, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2015 Nascent Site: Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Exposure: An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Stein Galleries, Dayton, OH
If You Build It…, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC
Tiny Universe, Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
2103 Soar, Stoveworks Complex, Atlanta, GA
Society for Photographic Education 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2012 PhotoGALA, Musée Conti Historical Wax Museum, New Orleans, LA
Alignments, Five-Person exhibition, Lee Gallery, Clemson, SC
Walk Away With Art, Five-Person exhibition, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Dream Makers & Risk Takers, TEDx Charlotte 2011, Max Jackson Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Still Life, Four-person exhibition. Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
7 Year Anniversary Group Show, Krause Gallery, New York, NY
Vintage Photography, Art Intersection Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
ATHICA Mystery Triennial, ATHICA Gallery, Athens, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2010 Constructed Territories, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2009 Five Year Anniversary, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 Opening Exhibition, Eikona Gallery, Bermuda
Collaborations, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery, Athens, GA
PHOTOGRAPHY: Southeast, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC
Third View: Collaborative Project Exhibit, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Third View: Collaborative Project Exhibit, Commons Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2007 Movers and Shakers, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
All the same … All different … A Convergence of Artists, King and Spalding, Atlanta, GA
2006 Signals from Central Europe, Central European Cultural Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2006 Fellowship Exhibition On-Line, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Inventing Nature, Cherry Gallery, Atlanta, GA
All The Same, All Different, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Third View, Collaborative Project Exhibit, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
New Works HMC, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Authenticity of Memory, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Making a Mark, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
CHA Exhibition, Georgia Center, Athens, GA
2004 Collector’s Portfolio Exhibition, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
Opening Exhibition, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Tender Landscapes, Dalton Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, Pace University Art Gallery, Pleasantville, NY
Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, University of W. Georgia, Carrollton, GA
Fine Print, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Cultural Landscapes of Ghana, UGA Alumni Center, Atlanta, GA
Summer Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN
Ghana in Photographs, Broad Street Gallery, Athens, GA
2002 Annual Auction Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Photo Retreat Exhibition, Broad Street Studio, Athens, GA
2001 Impact, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
1999 Crossing Borders, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Crossing Borders, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Photographic Printmaking, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
1997 Influences, Northlight Upstairs Gallery, Tempe, AZ
1996 Instructor Exhibition, Union Hall Photo Gallery, Rockport, ME
1994 Winter Exhibition, Millbrook Gallery, Millbrook, NY
1993 Undergrad Thesis Exhibition, Olin Main Art Gallery, Gambier, OH
Juried Group Exhibitions
2025 ATL Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA
TPS 33: The International Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2024 Paths, Trails, Rivers, and Streams, South [x] Soputheast Gallery
2022 Rites and Rituals, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2021 Bodyscapes, PH21 Photography Gallery, Budapest, HUNGARY
2020 School Days, online exhibition, www.donttakepictures.com
2019 Trees: Life in the Slow Lane, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Our Environment, Our Common Core, South x Southeast Photo Gallery, Molena, GA
The Face of Climate Change, Southwest Environmental Center, Las Cruces, NM
2016 Sustain, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
LENS 2016 International Juried Photography Exhibition, Perspective Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juror: Juli Lowe, Director of the Catherine Edelman Gallery
Photowork 2016, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Honorable Mention, Juror Karen Irvine, Director Museum of Contemporary Photography
2015 Landscape: Earth and Sky, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
SPESE Southeast Regional Juried Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Greenville, SC
2015 Alternative Process Exhibition, Soho Photo, New York, NY
National Works on Paper Exhibition, Sherman Fine Arts Center, Lake Charles, LA
2010 Arte Laguna International, Tese di San Cristoforo Arsenale, Venice, ITALY
Grounded, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2009 Crossroads, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
6th Photography & Digital Image Biennial, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC
2008 33rd Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
2007 Sun Pictures to Mega-Pixels, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
32nd Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
2006 National Alternative Photographic Processes Exhibition, Soho Photo, New York, NY
SECAC/MACAA Exhibition, Parthenon Gallery, Nashville, TN
31st Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
2005 30th Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
2004 FLOW: The Art Show, SunTrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Artist Museum, Port Arthur, TX
Remembrances of Things Past, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Georgia Photographer 2004, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA.
(Juror: Marianne Fulton, Director of The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC)
29th Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
(Juror: David Levy, Director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)
2003 Georgia Photographer 2003, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
(Juror: Anthony Bannon, Curator, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY)
Photowork ’03, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
(Juror: Carol Squires, Curator, International Center for Photography, New York, NY)
Photographer’s Choice, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Current Work 2003, Rosenthal Gallery, Univ. of N. Carolina, Fayetteville, NC
28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
(Juror: Rachael Blackburn, Director, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO)
Works on Paper 2003, Goya Girl Press and Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(Juror: Doreen Bolger, Director, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD)
3rd Photography & Digital Image Biennial, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC
2002 DPI - Digitally Propelled Ideas, Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
(Juror: Jack Duganne, Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA)
New Directions 2002, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
(Juror: Joan Young, Curator, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY)
Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Artist Museum, Port Arthur, TX
Beyond Words, Photography Now, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
(Juror: Debra Singer, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum, NY, NY)
27th Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
(Juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Institute, Chicago, IL)
2001 Southern Exposure 2001, (six person exhibition) Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta GA
(Juror: Jean Caslin, Director, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX)
Fay Gold Selects, APG, Atlanta, GA
Group Show, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Group Show, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Artists’ Books: A Selection of Books from the Pyracantha Press, Cabbagehead Press, and
the ASU Book Arts Program, Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2000 New Images, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
Ghost Machine, Southern Graphics Arts Council Conference, Miami, FL
1998 Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
1997 Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ.
1996 Maine Artist Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1994 Waterworks Exhibit, Paramount East Gallery, Peekskill, NY
Public Lectures
2020 “Water, Immersion and Community” panel discussion, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2019 “Interdisciplinary, Is it Just a Buzzword?” – Society for Photographic Education National Conference – The Myths of Photography and the American Dream. Cleveland, OH
2018 “Research Models for Interdisciplinary Arts Engagement in the Environment” – Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities National Conference, Athens, GA.
“Campus Watersheds as Spaces for Collaboration and Research on Sustainability - Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities National Conference, Athens, GA.
“Studio Art Core: Reflecting the Contemporary Art World Through Undergraduate Curriculum Reform”, SECAC 2018, Birmingham, AL
2017 “Building A Photography Curriculum for the Future,” Keynote Lecture - Southeast Conference of the Society for Photographic Education, Bakersville, NC
“Storytelling: Photography, People and Place,” Invited Lecture, Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory Project, Union County Museum, Union, SC
2013 “Photography & Civic Engagement Through Service Learning: An Enhanced Curriculum”, National Conference of the Society for Photographic Education, Chicago, IL
2012 “Michael Marshall” Visiting Artist Lecture, Mercer University, Macon, GA
2010 “Duality”, Visiting Artist Lecture, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
2009 “The Map Maker’s Journey,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
2008 “Notes from a Journey, “Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
2007 “Natural Artifacts,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
2006 “Narratives in Science and Personal Experience,” National Conference of the Society for Photographic Education, Chicago, IL
2006 “Inventing Nature,” Gallery Lecture, Cherry Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 “Third View, Rephotographic Survey Project,” Gallery Lecture, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2005 “Natural Histories,” Solo Exhibition Gallery Lecture, Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL
2005 “Recent Works,” Gallery Talk, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2005 “Michael Marshall,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
2005 “The Language of Photography,” Guest Artist Lecture, Grayson High School, Grayson, GA
2005 “Michael Marshall”, Guest Artist Lecture, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2002 “Experience and Constructed Beliefs,” Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
2000 “Rhumb Lines”, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Tucson, AZ
1998 “Current Works,” Guest Artist Lecture, Lacoste School for the Arts, Lacoste, France
Bibliography
Marshall, M (2025). New South, Volume II: Double Vision.
Marshall, M. (2019). Manifest International Photography Annual INPHA 6. Manifest International Photography Annual INPHA 6, 6, 87-89, Manifest Press.
“Spotlight on Education: Engaged Practice.” Focal Plane: Magazine for Photographic Educators and Students 1:Summer (2017) 42-45
“Power – Featured Faculty Michael Marshall.” Focal Plane: Magazine for Photographic Educators and Students 1:Summer (2017) 4-9
“Millworks.” The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art 12:April (2016) 8-9
Marshall, Michael. “Michael Marshall“ Authentic Visual Voices: Contemporary Paper & Encaustic. Ed. Catherine Nash. Nash/Renfrow Productions, 2013. 14-17, 10 minute interview. DVD
“Genius Loci”, The Georgia Review, Vol. LXIII, No. 4, (2009), cover, 640-648.
Klett, Mark, William Fox, Michael Marshall, Byron Wolfe, et al. Third View, Second Sights, A Rephotographic Survey of the American West, Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2004.
“Natural Histories.” Visual Communication Quarterly 12:Fall/Winter (2005) 222-231
“New Landscapes.” Hayden’s Ferry Review 37:Fall/Winter (2005) 38-40, 82
Articles/Reviews/Reproductions
Stuart, Michelle. (2014) Encaustic Works: Nuance. 92-97, R&F Handmade Paints Press.
Bogre, Michelle. (2014) Photography: A Teaching Guide for the 21st Century: Educators Share Thoughts. 82-83, Focal Press.
“Arts&Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture”, Georgia College & State University. Issue 25, Spring 2011, cover reproduction
Wilder, Kelley, Photography and Science, London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2009. 111. one reproduction
Seidel, Mitchell, “Paying homage to the past,” The Star Ledger, May 12, 2006, D4 (review)
Jerry Cullum, “Photographs evoke world of reverie,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 13, 2005, L3 (review)
Bruno Chalifour, “Third Views: Second Sights,” Afterimage, Nov-Dec, 2004 (review)
Catherine Fox, “A step back in time to another place,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 9, 2004, L3 (review)
“Annual Report,” Houston Center for Photography, (2003), cover reproduction
“Michael Marshall,” Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, (2003), 6, one reproduction
Third Photography and digital Image Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, (2003), 31, one reproduction
“2002 Print Auction,” Houston Center for Photography, (2002) cover reproduction
“Marshall Exhibit Teeters Between Fact and Fantasy,” The Sword 37:2 (2001), 7 (review)
Permanent Collections
University of Wisconsin, at Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany
Robert & Elaine Stein Collection, Dayton, OH
Tivoli Collection, Scott Leventhal, Atlanta, GA
City of Goodyear, Goodyear, AZ
Related Group, Jorge Perez, Miami, FL
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA