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AWARDS AND HONORS 

2025 “Experimental Film Juror”, “The Underexposed International Film Festival”, Rock Hill, SC. 

2024 “District Juror”, 2024 Congressional High School Art Competition. (exhibit in Washington), DC).

2023 “First Place”, 34th Annual Juried Compet.., Dalton Gallery, York County Arts Council, Rock Hill, SC.

“Merit Award”,” 45th Annual Juried Show”, Anderson Art Center, Anderson, SC

2022 “2nd Annual Benefit Sale”, (2 works selected), McColl Center for Arts and Innovation, Charlotte, NC.

“District Juror”, 2022 Congressional High School Art Competition. (exhibit in Washington

2021 “District Juror”, 2021 Congressional High School Art Competition (exhibit in Washington, DC).

“Experimental Films Juror”, “The Underexposed International Film Festival”, Rock Hill, SC.

2020 “Experimental Films Juror”, “The Underexposed International Film Festival”, Rock Hill, SC.

“Merit Award”,” 45th Annual Juried Show”, Anderson Art Center, Anderson, SC 

2019 “Second Place Award”, “30th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC.

“Small Grant”, (for sound equipment), Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC.

2017 “Director’s Choice”, Under Exposed Film Festival, (intern…).Winthrop University, Rock Hill. SC.

“Small Grant”(for video camera purchase), Art Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC. 2015 

2014 “Director’s Choice”, Under Exposed Film…, (intern.) Community Performance Ctr., Rock Hill, SC. 

2013 “Second Place in Painting”, “National Juried Art Show 2013”, Highlands Museum, Ashland, KY.

 “Take It Outside: 50 years of the American Whitewater Association”, work featured in the film. 

2012 “Third Place”, “23rd Annual Juried Compet…” Arts Council of York County, Dalton Gallery, Rock Hill 

2005 “Affiliate Resident”, McColl Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC. 

2004 “Publishing Award”, Chelsea Global Showcase Comp...,"Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY. 

(featured in the article, In) “Watercolor Magic Yearbook 2002”, “Ones to Watch”, December 2002. 2001 “Award of Excellence”, “Northern National…”, Nicolette College, Rhinelander, WI: Juror: Ed Paschke.

“Honorable Mention”, “Soho International Art Competition”, Agora Gallery, New York, NY.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 “H20“: The Water Show at ACE Gallery”, Ace Gallery, Oceanside, CA.

 “16th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition”, Cooke Gallery, UNC at Asheville, NC.

“Save Our Planet 2025”, Red Bluff Gallery, Red Bluff, CA, https://www.redbluffartgallery.com.

2024 “Generations: 60 Years-21- Conversations”, Rowe Gallery, UNC at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. 

“The December Show”, Sprengeri Studio Gallery, Gettys Center, Rock Hill, SC

“VIBRANT LandSCAPES”, Red Bluff Gallery, Red Bluff, CA, https://www.redbluffartgallery.com. 

“35th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Dalton Gallery, York County Arts Council, Rock Hill, SC. 

“6th “Water Competition”, Teravarna Art Galley, https://www.teravarna.com/winners-2024-water-6.

“At Any Given Moment”, (solo),Sprengeri Studio Gallery, Rock Hill, SC.

“Aquarium 2024”, Gallerium, https://www.gallerium.art/Aquatium-2024).

“50th Annual Bi-State Competition and Exhibition”, Meridiam Museum of Art, Meridian, MS.

“2024 ACYC Members Show”, Dalton Gallery, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC.

“Patterns and Abstraction”, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, https://rhodeislandwatercolorsociety.org. 

“Here and Now 2024”, Gallerium, (https://www.gallerium.art/here-and-now-2024).

“From My Location”, (solo)Sprengeri Studio Gallery, Gettys Art Center, Rock Hill, SC.

2023 “34th Annual Juried Competition Exhib.., Dalton Gallery, York County Arts Council, Rock Hill, SC.

“December Show 2024” The Sprengeri Studio Gallery, Rock Hill, SC..

“Water: Online Exhibition”, Marin Society of Artists, https://www.shows14.wixsite.com/my site. 

“48th Annual Juried Show: 2023”, Anderson Art Center, Anderson, SC.

2022 “Since Then”, (solo), Caldwell County Art Center, Lenoir, SC. 

“Moving In Place”, (solo), Court Room Gallery, Friday Arts Project, Gettys Art Center,Rock Hill, SC. 

2021 “Since Then”, (solo) , Anderson Art Center, Anderson, SC. 

2020 “45th Annual Juried Show”, Anderson Art Center, Anderson, SC.

“Since”, (solo), The Sprengeri Studio Gallery, Gettys Art Center, Rock Hill, SC. 

“Halpert Biennial”, Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

“Energies Within” with M. Fosse & C. Yasoshima, Agora Gallery, New York, NY.

“Soho International Art Competition”, “Honorable Mention”, Agora Gallery, New York, NY.

2000 “Change in Place”, (solo) Rowe Gallery, Art Dept., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC.

“Mixed Media: An International Juried Art Exhibition”, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE.

“Americas 2000 All Media Competition”, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND.

2019 “9thPune Short Film Festival 2019”, Near City Price Theatre, Kothrud Pune, Maharashtra India. 

“Underexposed International Film Festival”, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.

2018 “Spaces”, Its Liquid: International Art & Architecture Festival, The Room Contemporary, Venice, Italy.

“Abstract Only”, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo HI. 

“Underexposed Film Festival”, (intern…)Center for the Performing Arts, Rock Hill, SC.

2017 “Miami New Media Festival”, Arts Connection Foundations, Miami, FL.

“New Directions 2017”, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York.

“Paradox”, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO.

“Drawing Practice: Bellingham National 2017 …”, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA. 

“Southern Futurism”, The Healthcare Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025 “16th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition” catalogue, UNC at Asheville, NC.

2024 “Generations: 60 Years-21- Conversations”, catalogue, UNC at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

2022 “Since Then”, WFAE, Charlotte, NC,www.wfae.org/community-calendar/event/art-exhibit-since.  “Caldwell Arts Council presents new exhibit”, News-topic, Lenoir, NC, by News Topic Staff, 

www.finance.yahoo.comm/news/arts-council-presents.exhibition. 

“Caldwell Arts Council Presents New Exhibition”, News Herald, May 9, 2022,

https://ourcommunitynow.com/things-to-do/since-then-exhibition-coming-to-lenoir.

“Since Then” by J. Michael Simpson on Exhibit at the CCAC” -April 29, 2022, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wvy8R7geK0. 

2020 “Interview: J. Michael Simpson-Gettys Art Center’s Foundation”, York Magazine: Feb. 2020, pp.18-19.

2017 ”Underexposed Film Festival”, “About Now”, Arts Council of York County, March- 5, 2017, p. 29. 

2016 ”Underexposed Film Festival”, “Back In Time) .Arts Council of York County, Nov. 2-5, 2016, p. 11.

2014 ”Underexposed Film Festival”, (website), “Drawing Water VII: Now and Then In Paradoxical Time”. 

Arts Council of York County, Nov. 4-7, 2015. http://www.underexposedfilmfestivalyc.org.

2013 “Ticket: Underexposed film festival opens Thursday in Rock Hill”, The Herald, Friday, Nov. 8, p. 3D.

2012 “Underexposed Film Festival Celebrates Shorter Movies”: Underexposed Film Festival Schedule” (staff 

reporter) The Herald, Nov. 2, Ticket, p. D2.

2011 “Wiseman Gallery’s Water-themed Show Makes Big Splash”, by Kathleen Alaks, Grants Pass Courier: 

Entertainment; Monday, November 14, 2022, p 6a.

2010 “Independent Tribune”, “New Artist Opening Concord Gallery”, February 26, 2010, p. 1 and 3.

2009 “Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama”, (catalogue),Johnson Center for the Arts, pp. 78-79.

2007 “The Rocky Mountain Collegian”, “Artist Reveals Meanings…” Colorado State University, Vol. 115, 

No. 107, Feb. 16, 2007, front page & p.3.

2005 "Summer Affiliates Opening Exhibition", (catalogue), McColl Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC.

"Chelsea Global 2004 Competition Winner: J. Michael Simpson", Art Acquisitor, Amsterdam Whitney 

Gallery, p.45.

2004 "Terrestrial Forces", (catalogue), F.S.U. Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

“Publishing Award” - "Chelsea Global Showcase 2004", Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY. 

“Honorable Mention” - "A Natural View", Schiele Museum of Natural History & Gaston County Art

 Guild, Gastonia, NC.

2003  “Charlotte Observer”, “Area Artists Find Showplace at Tryon Ctr.”, by Richard Marshall, Feb.15, p.24.

2002 “Natural Remains: The Stone Series”, (12-page pamphlet on my work). 

“Watercolor Magic: Yearbook 2002), ”Ones to Watch”, ed. Lori Goetzinger, Dec., 2001, p.37.

2001 “Artis Spectrum”, (1/2-page article with color photo), “J. Michael Simpson”, vol. 8, 2001, p. 40.

“The Dispatch”, (interview quotes), “DCCC Exhibits Artists Work on Campus”, Jill Doss-Raines, Jan.

2000 “Carolina Arts”, (press release-one person show), UNCC Charlottes’ Cone Gallery Shows Works” by 

J. Michael Simpson”, Vol. 4, No. 11, November 2000, p.16.

AFFILIATIONS 

2016 -now Sprengeri Studio Gallery  Rock Hill, SC

2000 -now York County Art Council  Rock Hill, SC

COLLECTIONS

2000 – now  Raymond Griffin & Thom Robinson   Swannanoa, NC

Manny Mitchell   Meridian, MS  York Technical College   Rock Hill, SC 

Private Collectors (via City Art)   Columbia, SC

Gale Tester Rock Hill, SC 

Dave Corder Rock Hill, SC 

Dennisa Young Chicago, IL  Lorraine Turi   Rock Hill, SC

Stephanie Castaldo Rock Hill, SC 

Jane Yates   Raleigh, NC

Terry and Betty Plumb  Rock Hill, SC   Everett Bowman,   Charlotte, NC

Rod and Linda Jordan Auburn, AL

Kathleen Wilson Rock Hill, SC Julie Jordan, (People Magazine)   Los Angeles, CA

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016-now Creative Director  Sprengeri Studio Gallery  Rock Hill, SC

TEACHING

1999 - 2015 Drawing/Painting  University of North Carolina at Charlotte  Charlotte, NC

1998 - 2006  Drawing/Painting Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC

1996 - 1998  Fundamentals Eastern Michigan University    Ypsilanti, MI 

1992 - 1995 Paining/Fundamentals Auburn University at Montgomery  Montgomery, AL

1985-1992 Drawing/Fundamentals  Auburn University Auburn, AL

EDUCATION 

1974 -1980 Illinois State University  M.F.A. - Painting  Bloomington, IL

1974 -1976 Illinois State University M.S. - Painting/Drawing  Bloomington, IL

1965 -1969 Western Illinois University B.A. - Art (comprehensive)  Macomb, IL