Artist

Michael Nye lives in San Antonio a few blocks from the Alamo.
He practiced law for 10 years before pursuing photography full time. He has had over 70 one-person exhibits in museums and universities around the country.

He has been a recipient of a Mid-America National Endowment for the Arts grant in photography, Kronkosky Foundation grant and a participant in two Arts America tours in the Middle East and Asia.
He has lectured widely in Morocco, India and many museums and universities.

He has photographed around the world including projects in Russian Siberia, Iraq in the first Gulf War, China and Labrador. His first audio and photographic exhibition "Children of Children" is touring the United States.

His current exhibition, "Fine Line, Mental Health/Mental Illness" opened at the Witte Museum in 2003/2004.

He is presently working on a documentary "About Hunger".
He is married to poet Naomi Shihab Nye and has one son, Madison.

Presentations:

Michael Nye has given talks and conducted discussions in a wide variety of settings including: The Middle East; the American Embassy in Morocco and India; The Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, Trinity University; The National Conference of State Legislatures; University of Hawaii and many schools and museums in this country.

The format of his talks may includes, slide and power point presentations. For more information contact artist.