Michael E. Hickey

Michael is the resident mask maker at The MASK Center in Atlanta, Georgia. This exhibit features theatrical masks that he has created for Sandra Hughes' plays and performance pieces during the last 27 years.

Michael's mask creations have twice won First Place and Best of Show at the National Maskibition in Eureka, California. His masks have been exhibited at galleries and museums including the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Iowa State Art Museum. Michael's work is also part of a permanent collection at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. In 2007 The City of Atlanta presented a major exhibit of his work at the Chastain Art Gallery.

Michael has also designed masks for the Center For Puppetry Arts, Emory University Theater, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Daystar Native American Dance Theater and the Galeria de Guadalupana in Chimayo, New Mexico.

He received his visual art training at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cooper School of Arts in Cleveland, and Georgia State University.

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