View works. Michael Holman, Playboy, 1993
Michael Holman in his studio, credit: Rob Northway
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Fine Art Press

  • ArtSlant Magazine (Dutch, March 17)
  • Aol. (03/01/17)
  • New York Times, (7/23/15)
  • New York Times, (7/21/13)
  • Luxe Immo, (May-June 2013)
  • The East Hampton Star (11/3/11)
  • The South Hampton Press (11/3/11)
  • Basler Zeitung (Switzerland, 5/10/10)
  • Art Magazin (Germany, May, 2010)
  • The Art Newspaper (3/4/09)
  • The Art Newspaper (12/4/08)
  • ARTFORUM (10/99)
  • Atlanta Journal/Constitution (3/23/93)
  • CNN (1993)
  • Columbia, S.C.'s The State(11/15/91)

 

Books

  • "Breaking” by Michael Holman (Fruendlich Books, ©1984)
  • “Love For A Brutal God” by Michael Holman (unpublished, ©1982)

 

Experience - Film

  • SCRIPT, Blanoets, (Black Cowgirls), 2020.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, The Subjective Gaze, Part 1, MoMA, 2018.
  • SCRIPT, Widow Basquiat, 2018.
  • SCRIPT, Rubble Kings, 2018.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, A False Sense of Silence, Beethoven Festival, Chicago, September 2013.
  • SCRIPT, Angel, 2013.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, A False Sense of Darkness, Parrish Museum, November 2012.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of feature film, Gray, Live at the New Museum, 2011.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, Money Dog, 2011.
  • SCRIPT, Beaux Kasper, 2011.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of film Pesceador© featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2010
  • PRODUCER of documentary Downtown Calling, 2009 --- received Special Jury Mention at Austin Film Festival, 2009… and Official Selections at: Noise Pop Festival, 2010; East End Film Festival, 2010 (London); and IFI’s Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival, 2010 (Dublin).
  • SCRIPT, Gray, The Musical, 2008.
  • SCRIPT, Miki, 2008.
  • SCREENWRITER & 2ND UNIT DIRECTOR, on Basquiat, 1996, feature film release for Miramax, wrote screenplay and directed short film featured in Basquiat titled Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ.
  • ASSOCIATE PRODUCER on Beat Street, 1984, feature film release for Orion Pictures.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, Vincent Gallo As Flying Christ, 1981.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, Stilwend, 1981.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, Catch A Beat, 1980.

 

Articles / Chapters in other Books or Magazines

  • "The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap", (Smithsonian’s African American Museum Essay, February 2019)
  • “City Primeval New York Berlin Prague” (Litteraria Pragensia Books, 2017)
  • "Basquiat Before Basquiat: Art and Objects from the Artist’s Year on E. 12th Street", (1979-80: Basquiat vs. The “Ignorant” Geodesic Dome” Princeton Architectural Press, 2017)
  • "Man Made", (Sotheby’s Basquiat Catalog, May, 2013 (stills included, from Pesceador©))
  • "A Hedonist Guide to Art", (Artica Worldwide, Ltd. (“How To Make an Art Epoch,” by Michael Holman) June 2010)
  • "Jean-Michel Basquiat 1981, Studio of the Street", ((Holman Interview) Charta Books, June, 2007)
  • "The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974-1984” by Michael Holman (Art Monthly Magazine #295, April 2006)
  • “That’s The Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader” (edited by Murray Forman & Mark Anthony Neal, published by Routledge, 2004): (”Breaking:The History” text by Michael Holman)
  • “Downtown 81” by Michael Holman (Art Monthly Magazine #252, December January 2002)
  • “Pecker” by Michael Holman (Art Monthly Magazine #221, November 2002)
  • “In A Word, A Harper’s Magazine Dictionary Of Words That Don’t Exist But Ought To” (edited by Jack Hitt, published by Dell Publishing, 1992)
  • “We Love You” (by Martin Sexton & Paul Hitchman, published by Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1998) (Holman interviewed, Gray interviewed & Gray Music on CD)
  • “Basquiat:”Like Boom for Real” (Art Monthly Magazine #210, October 1997 (Holman interviewed)
  • “Breakin’ at...” by Michael Holman (East Village Eye, January 1992)
  • “Up Rocking Locking Oldstyle 1990 Moves” by Michael Holman (ARTFORUM January 1984)
  • “SKI!” by Michael Holman (East Village Eye, January 1982)
  • “The Crew Look” by Michael Holman (East Village Eye, Fall, 1981)
  • “Breakdown” by Michael Holman (East Village Eye, Summer 1981)
  • "An Interview with DJ Africa Bambaataa...” by Michael Holman (East Village Eye, January 1981) ** Holman interview, first time term “hip hop” is used in the press.

 

Panels, Lectures & Speeches

  • Knee Deep, Artist Talk, Michael Holman moderator, Alaina Simone Inc., 2018
  • In Conversation with Michael Holman, John Varvatos Store, Detroit, May 2018
  • The Subjective Gaze, Part 1&2, post-screening interview at MoMA, New York, 2018
  • Keynote Speaker, Providence Athenaeum, Subculture New York, Providence, R.I., December 2017
  • Panelist, Boom, For Real screening, Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, November 2017
  • Keynote Speaker, Maisons & Domaines Henriot America, October 2017
  • Graduation Commencement Speaker, The Beekman School, 2017
  • Keynote Speaker, Screening of Basquiat, MCA Denver, April 2017
  • Panelist, Basquiat Before Basquiat, East 12th Street, MCA Denver, April 2017
  • Panelist, New York is Now, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 2016
  • Panelist, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, MoMA, NYC, Oct. 2016
  • Keynote Speaker, Hip-Hop History Lecture, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, June 2016
  • Panelist, Basquiat: Still Fly @55, NYU’s Program in Africana Studies, March 2016
  • Panelist, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Notebooks, New York Public Library, Art Book Series Event, NYC, October 2015
  • Panelist, The Birth of Hip Hop, National Arts Club, NYC, May 2015
  • Keynote Speaker, New Direction Christian Church, Memphis, April 11, 2015
  • Speaker, Bushwick Film Festival: Catch A Beat, October 2014
  • Panelist, E.V.E./Printed Matter: How Hip Hop Came Downtown, October 2014
  • Panelist, Banksy NYC: Is It Art or Vandalism? National Arts Club, NYC, Nov. 2013
  • Panelist, Beethoven Festival, Chicago, September 2013
  • Panelist, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Graffiti and Glory, GVHS, NYC, 2012
  • Panelist, Screening of The Radiant Child, Greenwood Cemetery, NY, 2011
  • Parrish Art Museum/Pecha Kucha, Video Art/Paintings, October 2011
  • Panelist, Screening of Downtown 81, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2011
  • Guest Speaker, Hennessy/MHUSA Multicultural Conference, NYC, 2011
  • Panelist, Screening of Blank City, IFC Theater, NYC, 2011
  • Panelist, Screening of The Radiant Child, Jacob Burns Film Center Theatre, NY, 2011
  • Panelist, Screening of The Radiant Child, Avon Theater, Stamford, CT, 2010
  • Panelist, Hip Hop Conference, University of Connecticut, New London, CT, 2010
  • Panelist, Show And Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference, New York University, 2010
  • Panelist, Basquiat Retrospective, Beyeler Museum, Basel, Switzerland, 2010
  • Keynote Speaker, Funkstyle 2008, Paris, France, 2008
  • Moderator, “Afro-Americans In Film & Television Symposium,” Howard Univ., 2007
  • Panelist, Hip-Hop Higher Education Symposium, Howard University, 2007
  • Keynote Speaker, New Direction Christian Church, Memphis, 2007
  • Keynote Speaker, Rhodes College, Memphis, 2007
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2005
  • Keynote Speaker, Cox 18 & Calusca Books, Milan, Italy, 2003
  • Keynote Speaker, Royal College of Art, 2002
  • Keynote Speaker, Holland Hospital, Holland, Michigan, 2000
  • I.C.A., London, 1997
  • Keynote Speaker, Rice University, 1996
  • Austin Museum of Art, 1996
  • Keynote Speaker, New York University, New York, 1996
  • The Whitney Museum, New York, 1992
  • R.J. Reynolds, Inc., Columbia, S.C., 1990
  • Keynote Speaker, Yale University, 1990
  • PaineWebber, Inc., New York, 1985
  • Keynote Speaker, San Francisco Art Institute, 1982

 

Gray Musical Performances

  • Liquid Museum, Winston Contemporary Art, Houston, October, 2018
  • Mobile Mondays, New York City, August, 2018
  • Poisson Rouge, New York City, March 2016
  • Beethoven Festival, Chicago, September 2013
  • The Future Is Now/The Highline Loft, New York, August 2013
  • Parrish Museum, November 10th, 2012
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music, with Questlove, April 20th 2012
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art, March 25th, 2012
  • New Museum, New York City, July 21st 2011
  • Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 2000
  • I.C.A., London, 1997
  • The Ritz, 1993
  • Sybarite, 1993
  • Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 1993
  • St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Citi Corp., 1988
  • One University, 1981
  • A-Space, 1981
  • Rock Lounge, 1981
  • C.B.G.B.’s, 1980-81, 1998
  • Hurrah’s, 1980
  • Tier 3, 1980-81
  • Mudd Club, 1980-81
  • Squat Theatre, 1980-81

 

Gray - Recorded Music

  • Basquiat Ghostwriter, re-mix release by Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), 2015
  • Shades of… Album by Gray (on vinyl), 2012
  • Shades of… Album by Gray, 2010
  • Cut It High Priest & 1967 LP released by Ape Man Records, 2000
  • Drum Mode single released by Gomma Records, 1999

 

Gray - Film Score / Sound Track Work

  • Supreme Instagram Promo Video for new, San Francisco Store opening, 2019
  • Two tracks for Bar Talk documentary, Munich, 2018
  • Numerous tracks for Sara Driver’s Basquiat Documentary: Boom, For Real, 2018
  • Drum Mode in documentary Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio, 2015
  • Drum Mode, & 8 Hour Religion in documentary film The Radiant Child, 2010
  • Drum Mode, So Far So Real & I Know in film Downtown 81, 1998
  • Drum Mode on CBS’s Sunday Morning, With Charles Kuralt, 1989
  • Drum Mode, Serpentine Gallery, London, March 1996
  • Drum Mode, BBC documentary Shooting Star, 1989

 

Gray - Press

  • New York Times, How Hip-Hop Transformed New York, by Nelson George 4/16/18
  • Dan’s Paper, Michael Holman’s ‘Confessions of a Subculturalist’ 3/23/17
  • 27east.com, Michael Holman Presents ‘Confessions Of A Subculturalist’ 3/21/17
  • Sag Harbor Express, Confessions From New York’s Downtown 80’s Art Scene 3/23/17
  • The East Hampton Star, Art and Hip-Hop 3/23/17
  • Hamptons.Com, Exciting Spoken Word Performance By New York Artist Michael Holman 3/23/17
  • East End Beacon, Confessions of a Subculturalist at Southampton Arts Center 3/24/17
  • New York Times, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, by Michaelangelo Matos 10/9/16
  • New York Times, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Acquires Its First Hip-Hop Archive, by Joshua Barone 10/1/16
  • Rolling Stone Magazine, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Surprise-Releases Manic New Song, ‘Basquiat Ghostwriter’ by Ryan Reed 8/14/15
  • New York Times, Review: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Unknown Notebooks’ at the Brooklyn Museum, by Roberta Smith 4/2/15
  • The Wall Street Journal, Of Poems and Doodles: Basquiat’s Inner Being, by Andy Beta 4/1/15
  • Newsweek, Rare Look Inside Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Private Notebooks at Brooklyn Museum, by Max Kutner 4/1/15
  • New York Times, The Unknown Notebooks of Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Luc Sante 3/8/15
  • Chicago Sun-Times, A Love Fest, Beethoven Festival hits electric notes, by Kyle Macmillan 9/9/13
  • Paper Magazine, Michael Holman Talks Glam Rock…, by Jonah Wolf, 7/11/13
  • The Combat Jack Show, The Mike Holman Episode, by Combat Jack, 6/19/13
  • Man Made: Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Matt Marquez, 6/2/13
  • Bejing LifeWeek, There’s A Picasso Living in His Heart, by Zeng Yan, 4/26/13
  • Red Bull’s Daily Note, GOING GRAY, by Mike Rubin, 5/23/13
  • Red Bull’s Daily Note, Planet Rock Mix Tape, by Michael Gonzales, 4/30/13
  • Red Bull’s Daily Note, More Songs About Paintings and Food, by Mike Rubin, 5/10/13
  • Art in America, 20 Years Later…Gray Hits the Bowery, by Nick Hallett, 7/26/11
  • New York Times, Mastering Self-Invention Then and Now, by Jon Caramanica, 7/24/11
  • The L Magazine, Gray Performs at the New Museum, by Eugene Reznik, 7/22/11
  • Wall Street Journal, NY CULTURE, Resurrecting a Lost Painter's Passion, 7/20/11
  • New York Observer, Basquiat’s Band at the New Museum, by Andrew Russeth, 7/20/11
  • ArtInfo, Basquiat's Band Gets Back Together at the New Museum, 7/20/11
  • Village Voice, Basquiat’s Band at the New Museum, by Andrew Russeth, 7/20/11
  • Time Out, Get Weird, Gray at the New Museum, 7/20/11
  • Artnet, Basquiat’s Old Band Reunites at New Museum, 7/19/11
  • French Vogue, La PLAY-LIST de l’ete, by Frederic Sanchez, June, 2011
  • GQ Magazine, Gray Matters, by Glenn O'Brien, 4/21/11

 

Film Credits

  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, A False Sense of Silence, Beethoven Festival, Chicago, September 2013.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of short film, A False Sense of Darkness, Parrish Museum, November 2012.
  • DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER of film "Money Dog" 2011
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of feature film, “Gray, Live at the New Museum,” 2011.
  • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER of film "Pesceador©" featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat 2010.
  • PRODUCER of documentary "Downtown Calling," 2009 received Special Jury Mention at Austin Film Festival, 2009 and Official Selections at: Noise Pop Festival, 2010; East End Film Festival, 2010 (London); and IFI's Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival, 2010 (Dublin).
  • SCREENWRITER & 2ND UNIT DIRECTOR on "Basquiat," 1996, feature film release for Miramax, wrote screenplay and directed short film featured in "Basquiat" titled "Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ."
  • ASSOCIATE PRODUCER on "Beat Street," 1984, feature film release for Orion Pictures. 

 

Film Screenings

  • The Last Party Exhibition, White Box: (5 short art films) New York, June 2015
  • Bushwick Film Festival: Catch A Beat, October 2014
  • Beethoven Festival, Chicago, September 2013
  • Watermill, NY, Parrish Museum: Gray/A False Sense of Darkness, November, 2012
  • Miami Basel, Miami Beach Cinematheque, December, 2011
  • Lightning Round/Pecha Kucha, Ignorant Ads/Video Portraits/Paintings, October, 2011
  • Raindance Film Festival, Money Dog, September, 2011
  • Brooklyn Film Festival: Money Dog, 2011
  • Raw Stock: No Wave Films from Downtown NYC: Pesceador©, Stilwend and Catch A Beat 2010
  • Musee d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris: Pesceador©, 2010- 2011
  • Fondation Beyeler Museum, Basel, Switzerland: Pesceador©, 2010
  • PooL Art Fair New York: Entertainment Warfare, 2007
  • I.C.A., London: Stilwend and Catch A Beat, 1997
  • Serpentine Gallery, London: Catch A Beat, 1983
  • San Francisco Art Institute: Stilwend and Catch A Beat, 1982
  • Squat Theatre, NYC: Stilwend and Untitled, 1981

 

TV Credits

WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMING

  • Story Producer/Writer for AMC’s "Jonestown, Terror in the Jungle", 2018
  • Director for Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues," a prime-time preschooler's entertainment/ educational series, 1996.
  • Director for Discovery Channel's "Future Tense," sponsored by IBM, 1991.
  • Writer/Director/Producer for Nickelodeon's "Eureeka's Kastle," an ACE Award winning Children's Program, 1989-91.
  • Creator/Host/Producer of "Graffiti Rock," first ever, nationally syndicated, Hip Hop television show, 1984.


PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR OF TV COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS

  • "Ossie Davis Voter Protection Campaign, 2004"
  • "Just Say No" - PSA International, 1996
  • "Coliseum Books" - Spot. Agency: Time Warner City Cable, 1994
  • "Run DMC/My Adidas" - Spot. Agency: Young & Rubicam, 1988
  • "Deelite/Power Of Love" - music video, 1992
  • "Raheem/Dance Floor" - music video, 1990
  • "Run DMC/Christmas In Hollis" - music video, 1987
  • "Doug E. Fresh/All The Way To Heaven" - music video, 1987


TELEVISION, RADIO & INTERNET  APPEARANCES & INTERVIEWS

  • PBS NewsHour, “…the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat comes home,” 2019
  • The Gossiping Heifers, Houston appearance of Liquid Museum, 2018
  • Two Dope Boys & A Podcast, Michael Holman: NYC in Times of Disco, Punks 2017
  • BBC Radio, The Forum, Early Hip Hop History Panel, 2017
  • CBC Radio, q with Tom Power interview: Holman Hip-Hop archives, 2016
  • npr & WNYC Radio interview ref: Holman Hip-Hop archives, 2016
  • Red Bull Music Academy Radio/Fireside Chat interview, 2015
  • BBC Radio 4, Basquiat documentary interviewee, 2010
  • WFMU, guest DJ, spoken word performance, 2004
  • WBAI Radio, guest DJ, 2002
  • BBC1, guest DJ, spoken word performance, 1999
  • VH1, "30 Years of Hip Hop," documentary, 2004
  • MTV, "My Coolest Years," documentary, 2004
  • CNN, segment about my paintings, 1993
  • CBS Sunday Morning, ref.: Basquiat, 1990
  • PM Magazine, ref.: Hip Hop, 1984
  • Good Morning America, "Beat Street" national promo,1984
  • Entertainment Tonight, segment featuring "Graffiti Rock," 1984
  • Soul Train, with The New York City Breakers, 1984

 

Theater Credits

  • Confessions Of A Subculturalist, Winston Contemporary Art, Houston, 2018
  • An Evening with Michael Holman, The Subjective Gaze, Part 2, film, music performance, MoMA, March, 2018
  • Confessions of a Subculturalist, one man show, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, May, 2017
  • Confessions Of A Subculturalist, South Hampton Arts Center, 2017
  • Wrote and Directed Awards Presentation for Nile Rodger's We Are Family Foundation 10 Year Gala, October, 2011
  • Wrote and Directed Tommy Boy Music's 30th Anniversary Show at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July, 2011
  • Performing live at the ICA in London with art music band Gray July 16, 1997.
  • Created live stage show for Country Pop Star Lorrie Morgan 1995.
  • Performed with theatrical pop group The Windmills throughout New York, 1992-94.
  • Wrote, choreographed, staged, and directed the New York City Breakers performance at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden for a London Contemporary Dance Trust benefit along with the LCDT and the Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe; performed for Prince Andrew and other dignitaries 1986.
  • Staged and choreographed the New York City Breakers performance for the Amnesty International Benefit in Oslo, Norway; the King of Norway in attendance (also televised) 1985.
  • Wrote, choreographed, staged, and directed the New York City Breakers performance at the 41st Presidential Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C. for President Reagan (also televised) 1984.
  • Wrote, choreographed, staged, and directed the New York City Breakers performance (adaptation of a scene from West Side Story) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for a CBS live television special, The Kennedy Center Honors honoring Katherine Dunham and Frank Sinatra; performed for President Reagan and other dignitaries 1983.
  • Co-founded and stage designed for art band Gray with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in New York 1979-82.
  • Wrote, choreographed, and directed live trade shows for Vidal Sassoon.
  • Performed with, choreographed, and created staging, props, lighting designs for theatrical rock group, The Tubes. (world tour).
  • Produced and promoted Ballet Hispanico's West Coast performances.