Michael Felber

born London, England, 1946; died Port Townsend, Washington, 2019

BiographyMichael Felber received his MFA in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1972. He was a master printer of etchings for the Ruth Leaf workshop and the Bob Blackburn workshop in New York City, and Garner Tullis' workshop in Santa Cruz, California. He taught printmaking at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Hartnell College, and the San Francisco Museum of Art. He later retrained as an animator (working for Hanna Barbera and Disney) and an illustrator for books and magazines.

Felber exhibited in museums and universities in the U.S., Europe and Australia, among them the Smithsonian Institution, the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, the Whatcom Museum of Art, and the South Australian Museum. Felber received many awards, and his work is in the permanent collection of museums throughout the U.S. including the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the New York State Museum, the Norton Museum, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

source: artist’s website http://www.michaeljfelber.com/about-michael.html

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