Art Education

Wilsonville High School, FAPA, 2000-2003

University of Sydney, (Ceramics) 2006

Santa Clara University, BA Studio Art, Entrepreneurship, 2003-2007

Public Art Installations

Santa Clara University, “Boomer Venture Summit” Santa Clara, CA 2006

Santa Clara University, “CIE Founder’s Banquet” Santa Clara, CA 2007

Pearl Private Fitness, “Ceiling Installation” Portland, OR 2007

The Poster Garden, “Orange Lobby Sculpture” Portland, OR 2007

Kaiser Permanente, “Sunshine & Geo-Design Installations” Irvine, CA 2008

The Oregon Partnership, “Annual Gala at Portland Conv. Center” Portland, OR 2008

The Dougy Center, “Annual Gala at Governor’s Hotel” Portland, OR 2008

The Garden Center, “4 Installations & 30 Standings Sculptures” Tualatin, OR 2008

Toby’s Resort, “Lobby Sculpture, Restaurant & Room Installations” Montego Bay, JA 2008-10

Chehalem Chamber of Commerce, “Trilogy Festival” Newberg, OR 2010

City of Lake Oswego, “Centennial Celebration Archway” Lake Oswego, OR 2010

A-Wol Dance Collective, “Art in the Dark” Portland (WTC) & West Linn, OR 2010

Cha Taqueria, “Patio Installation” Portland, OR 2010

The Allison Inn and Spa, “Allison Wonderland” Newberg, OR 2011

Chehalem Chamber of Commerce, “Night of the Moon” Newberg, OR 2011

The Portland Art Museum, “The Children’s Relief Nursery” Portland, OR 2011

Clackamas High School Dance, “Boxes” Clackamas, OR 2011

Chehalem Chamber of Commerce, “Trilogy Festival” Newberg, OR 2011

Chehalem Chamber of Commerce, “Trilogy Festival” Newberg, OR 2012

Portland Fashion Week, “FashioNXT” Portland, OR 2012

Jefferson High School Dance, “Stars and China Backdrop” Portland, OR 2012

Cha Taqueria, “Patio Installation” Portland, OR 2013

High Sierra Music Festival, “Shade Canopies/Sculpture” Quincy, CA 2013

PDX Pop Now!, “Stages and shade tents” Portland, OR 2013

Portland Center of Performing Arts, “Float Conference” Portland, OR 2013

Fit Right Fashion Show, “Archway” Portland, OR 2013

The Allison Inn & Spa, “Spa Lounges” Newberg, OR 2013

Portland Center of Performing Arts, “Float Conference” Portland, OR 2014

Newmark Theatre, “Float Conference” Portland, OR 2015

Lincoln Hall, “Float Conference” Portland, OR 2016

Lincoln Hall, “Float Conference” Portland, OR 2017

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, “Float Conference” Portland, OR 2018

00 Wines, “Wine Lounge” Carlton, OR 2019

A-Wol Dance Collective, “Art in the Dark 4 Stages” West Linn, OR 2019

Group Exhibitions

Poster Garden, “Going Green Art Show” Portland, OR 2007-08

Hugh’s Water Garden, “Water lily Festival” Tualatin, OR 2008

Lake Oswego Festival of Arts, “Artist Invitational” Lake Oswego, OR 2008

The Street of Dreams, “Mt. Scott” Portland, OR 2008

Brew ‘N’ Art, “Invitational Art Fair” Tigard, OR 2008

White Box Contemporary, “Painting Invitational” San Diego, CA 2012

Lake Oswego Festival of Arts Invitational, “Turning Water Casting Shadows” Portland, OR 2010

White Box Contemporary, “Outdoor Installation” San Diego, CA 2012

The Art & Fitness Studio, “Grand Opening” Portland, OR 2013

White Space Gallery, “Circus Tent” 2013

The Portland Art Gallery, “The Fibonacci Sequence & Sacred Geometry” Portland, OR 2013

Neilson-Charlton Art Show, “Contemporary Works” Portland, OR 2017

Neilson-Charlton Art Show, “A Narrative on Civilization” Portland, OR 2018

Gallery Affiliations

White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA 2012

Art Elements Gallery, Newberg, OR 2012

The Portland Art Gallery, Portland, OR 2013

The Art & Fitness Studio, Portland, OR 2013

White Space Gallery, Portland, OR 2013

Hunt & Gather, Portland, OR 2009-2022

Northern Flicker, Portland OR 2021-2022

Publications:

Santa Clara University Alumni Magazine, “Artist Michael D. Neilson” 2009

West Linn Tidings, “Michael D. Neilson” 2009

Lake Oswego Review, “Michael D. Neilson” 2009

The Oregonian, “Art in the Dark” 2010

Lake Oswego Review, “Lake Oswego Centennial Celebration” 2010

Time Magazine, “Portland Fashion Week” 2012

Willamette Weekly, “Art Walk” 2013

NW Examiner, “Art & Fitness Studio” 2013