Michael Azgour, Artist

About the Artist


New Paintings Coming Soon: Metamorphosis, 2013
New Paintings Coming Soon










Images from the new series, Momentum-Part 1, will be released on this site soon.

Several paintings from this series will be exhibited in a two-person show in Jul/Aug at Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA.  

Group Show at John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, 2012
Group Show at John Natsoulas Center for Arts










Three paintings exhibited in the group show, Lyrical Vision: The Figure, Davis, California.
Oct-Nov 2012

Solo Show at Christian Hohmann Fine Art, 2012
Solo Show at Christian Hohmann Fine Art










Featuring paintings from the series, Reoccurring Patterns, at Christian Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, California.
Mar-May 2012

San Francisco Fine Art Fair, 2012
San Francisco
Fine Art Fair










One painting exhibited, represented by Christian Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, California.
May 2012

Los Angeles Art Show
Los Angeles
Art Show










Three paintings exhibited, represented by Christian Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, California.
Jan 2012

San Francisco Fine Art Fair, 2011
San Francisco
Fine Art Fair










Two paintings exhibited, represented by K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, California.
May 2011

Stanford Continuing Studies Catalogue
Publication: Stanford Continuing Studies










Twenty paintings reproduced in the Stanford Continuing Studies summer catalogue, Palo Alto, California.
May 2011

Solo Show at Art Museum of Los Gatos, 2011
Solo Show at the
Art Museum of Los Gatos










Featuring thirty paintings from the series, Metamorphosis, at the Art Museum of Los Gatos, California.
Jan-Mar 2011

Acquisition by UC Davis Medical Center
Acquisition by UC Davis Medical Center










Three paintings acquired into the permanent collection of UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.
Aug 2010

Solo Show at William Merill Gallery, 2009
Solo Show at
William Merrill Gallery










Featuring paintings from the series, This Moment in Time, at William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, California.
Aug 2009

Hearts in San Francisco, Installation at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2009
Installation at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts










Hearts in San Francisco competition: public installation at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California.
Feb-Sep 2009

“I'm not a portrait painter. I make artwork designed to impact the viewer through imagery and paint application that is distinctive and highly moving. Every painting I create is a completely original work of art.”

Michael Azgour is an actively exhibiting artist, currently living in San Francisco. His award-winning paintings have been exhibited in galleries across the United States and Europe and are part of dozens of public and private collections.

Specializing in abstract figurative painting, Michael’s work focuses on expressive and geometric abstractions of the figure. His oil on canvas paintings use the visual relationship between figures and the environment as a medium to peer into the instances of social behavior that form our life experience. Distortions in form and depth—as well as an emphasis on expressive paint application—create visual ambiguity and a sense of mystery. His unique process combines these abstractions with representational modes of painting to yield one-of-a-kind compositions.

Azgour teaches painting, drawing, and design courses at several Bay Area institutions, including the San Francisco Art Institute as well as Stanford University’s Architectural Design and Continuing Education Programs.