Born Brooklyn, New York, to David and Sydelle Dweck.
1960
Family moves to Bellmore, New York, a town on Long Island.
1975
Graduates from John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, New York. Studies Architecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, then switched to the Communication/Fine Arts Department in 1976.
1979
B.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
1982
Opens Michael Dweck & Co., a communications think tank.
1985
Studies with Marshall Blonsky at The New School for Social Research, New York.
1992
Opens Dweck & Campbell, later renamed Dweck! (1999), an advertising and creative content company.
1998
Awarded Gold Lion at the Cannes International Festival for Arctic Ground Squirrel, Cannes, France.
1999
Selected best TV Commercial of The Year, Adweek and Communication Arts magazine. Awarded Agency of the Year by the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
2000
Received the AICP Award for Advertising Excellence. Work added to the permanent film collection of the Department of Film, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Selected to Adweek’s Creative All-Stars.
2001
Interviewed in Comedy in Advertising, a documentary on the subject of humor in advertising.
2002
Closed his company and leaves advertising to concentrate on photography full time. Photographs The End: Montauk, N.Y., for his first exhibition and book.
2003
First one-man exhibition at Sotheby's, New York: The End: Montauk, N.Y. It was the first ever solo show for a living artist held at the auction house.
2004
The End: Montauk, N.Y., is published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and sells out first printing in two weeks.
2005
Begins photographing his Three project, a series of triptychs composed of images of manmade and natural forms and the human body.
2006
Begins extensive photographing for his Mermaids project.
2008
Mermaids and Mermaids Collector's Edition is published by Ditch Plains Press, a collection of photographs exploring the theme of the female nude submerged in water.
