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Michael Caines is a New York/ Toronto based artist working in drawing, painting, film and video. His work has been exhibited in commercial, public and artist run galleries in Canada, and commercial galleries in the US. He has exhibited at many international art fairs with Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, where he is represented in Canada. His films and videos have screened worldwide, including an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005. Caines has participated in a number of artist residencies, including the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Millay Colony, and the Banff Centre. Among other awards, he has received Avery and Chalmers Fellowships, and a grant from the Joan Mitchell foundation. He has been selected for residencies at the Bemis Center in Omaha, and Jentel in Wyoming for the coming year. A fifteen-year survey of his painting and drawing, titled “Passing Glory” will open at the Art Gallery of Peterborough and tour Canada in 2010. Caines recently completed his MFA at Parsons the New School.