Michael Pearce has lived in California since 1990. He received his BA (Hons) from Dartington College of Arts, then left England to come to the US where he was awarded a Masters in Fine Arts in Theatrical Design from the University of Southern California. To support his studies at Dartington he worked as a street circus performer, fire blower and sidewalk performance artist. Recently, he completed a PhD at Plymouth University, England, submitting a dissertation on Neolithic British ritual art and architecture.