Michael Katz's work has been featured in exhibitions and collections including the Drawing Center, New York; White Columns Registry, New York; Touchstone Gallery, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, Ohio; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Alt_space, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida; Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio; Westwood Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio; Miami Metropolitan Museum and Art Center Miami, Florida; Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; Miami-Dade County, Miami, Florida; The Hand Art Center, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida: Valencia College, Orlando, Florida;  Broward College, Pompano Beach, Florida; Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida, and Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Michael Katz has received numerous grants and awards including a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a commission to create a series of large paintings for the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places program, in Miami Florida. He holds an M.A. in Painting and a B.F.A. in Studio Art from Kent State University. He has taught at New York University, New York; Stetson University, DeLand, Florida: Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida; Valencia College, Orlando, Florida: and Broward College, Coconut Creek, Florida.