Michael Beatty is a Boston based artist and educator. He received his MFA in Sculpture from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1995 and a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Kansas.

His sculptural works and drawings have been exhibited nationally and are included in the collections of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and numerous private collections. His work has been featured in publications such as The Boston Globe, Architectural Digest, and Frieze. A recipient of grants from the Berkshire Taconic Artist Resource Trust, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the St. Boltolph Foundation, Beatty has also been a Visiting Artist/Scholar at the American Academy in Rome and was awarded two residency grants at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

He is represented by the Krakow Witkin Gallery in Boston, MA.  Beatty is an Associate Professor in Visual Arts at the College of Holy Cross, Worcester, MA where he teaches sculpture and three-dimensional design.