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Vitae PAINTING: Michael Carroll has been an astronomical, science fiction and paleo artist for over two decades. He has done work for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His art has appeared in several hundred magazines throughout the world, including TIME, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, ASIMOV’S, SMITHSONIAN, ASTRONOMY, HARPERS, SKY & TELESCOPE, CIEL ET ESPACE, and ASTRONOMY NOW (UK). His paintings have aired on NOVA, National Geographic’s EXPLORER and other TV specials, and have covered numerous books, including works by Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke. He has exhibited paintings at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, at Moscow’s Institute for Space Research (IKI), the Fleet Science Center, the Wyoming Geologic Museum, and has had traveling exhibits throughout the world. Mike is a Fellow and founding member of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts. He was one of 7 North American space artists invited by the Space Research Institute of the former USSR to attend the Space Future Forum in Moscow (l987). While there, he helped to establish the “Dialogues” project, a series of workshops and exhibitions involving Soviet, American and European artists. He is a member of the NASA Arts Program, and documented research during a U.S. Geological Survey expedition to the Bering Glacier in Alaska. One of his original paintings flew aboard MIR, and another is resting at the bottom of the Atlantic aboard Russia’s ill-fated Mars 96 spacecraft. Murals include two 70-foot works for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, murals in Michigan, California, Nebraska, and for Lockheed/Martin and the Planetary Society. He is also a member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. Mike has painted in numerous historic fossil quarry sites, and enjoys reconstructing ancient life for museums and publications.
Lifetime Award for contribution to the astronomical arts. Other awards include the 2001 and 2002 Reader’s Choice award for outstanding science fiction cover art, and the Tiny Tennies for Meritorious Bungling.
magazines as Astronomy Now (UK), Popular Science, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, Odyssey, Sea Frontiers, and Artists magazines. He co-authored and illustrated the book Visions of the Revelation (Donning, l991). Mike and his wife, Caroline, have coauthored nearly twenty children's books. The Exploring God’s World series includes the Gold Medallion finalist Dinosaurs and Exploring Ancient Cities (Cook, 2000 and 2001). They also wrote the highly popular science-themed Absolutely Awesome devotionals (Tyndale). A book series themed in parallel with the creation days of Genesis debuted in 2005(Zondervan), and covers topics ranging from space to geology and biology. Mike organized and coauthored the science fiction anthology Eat My Martian Dust, and is currently working on Alien Volcanoes (Johns Hopkins University Press) and several other titles for both adults and children.
public and private schools from kindergarten through adult level. He has led numerous domestic and international workshops on art, writing and astronomy, and has been a guest speaker and teacher at many churches. He lives with his lovely wife, Caroline, their 2.0 fine children, and a few seahorses in Littleton, Colorado. |