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1957
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Born Brooklyn, New York, to David and Sydelle Dweck.
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1960
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Family moves to Bellmore, New York, a town on Long Island 38 miles from New York City and close to beaches.
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1975
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Graduates from John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, New York.
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Studies Architecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, then switched to the Communication/Fine Arts Department in 1976.
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1979
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B.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
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1980
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Studies with James Wines.
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1982
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Opens Michael Dweck & Co., a communications think tank.
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1985
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Studies with Marshall Blonsky at The New School for Social Research, New York.
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1992
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Opens Dweck & Campbell, later renamed Dweck! (1999), an advertising and creative content company.
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1998
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Awarded Gold Lion at the Cannes International Festival for Arctic Ground Squirrel, Cannes, France.
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1999
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Selected best TV Commercial of The Year, Adweek and Communication Arts magazine.
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Awarded Agency of the Year by the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
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2000
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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.
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Selected to Adweek’s Creative All-Stars.
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2001
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Michael Dweck is interviewed in Comedy in Advertising, a documentary on the subject of humor in advertising.
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2002
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Closed his company and leaves advertising to concentrate on photography full time.
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Photographs The End: Montauk, N.Y., for his first exhibition and book. An evocation of a real-world paradise lost, the paradise of summer, youth, and erotic possibility.
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2003
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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.
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2004
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The End: Montauk, N.Y., is published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and sells out first printing in two weeks.
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Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France.
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2005
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Begins photographing his Three project, a series of triptychs
composed of images of manmade and natural forms and the human body.
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Three exhibition opens in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan.
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Begins extensive photographing for his Mermaids project.
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2006
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The End: Montauk, N.Y., exhibition opens at Blitz House, Tokyo, Japan.
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The End: Montauk, N.Y., exhibition opens at Gallery Orchard, Naka-Ku, Japan.
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The End: Montauk, N.Y., exhibition opens at Nagoya, Tokyo, Japan.
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Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France.
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2007
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Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France.
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2008
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Michael Dweck exhibition opens at Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium.
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Michael Dweck exhibition opens at Delphine Pastor Galery, Monte Carlo, Monaco in collaboration with Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery.
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Works by Michael Dweck exhibited at Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
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Works by Michael Dweck exhibited at Arte Fiera Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy.
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Works by Michael Dweck exhibited at artparis, Foire d'Art Moderne + Contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Second book "Mermaids," published in the Fall.
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.
Mermaids exhibition opens at Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, New York.
Mermaids exhibition opens at Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
Michael Dweck exhibition opens at Keszler Gallery, Southampton, New York
Mermaids exhibition opens at Blitz Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
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2009
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Mermaids exhibition to open at Gallery Orchard, Nagoya, Japan. January 15-March 15.
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