Education

• MFA, Studio Art, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (2005)
• BA, Psychology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (Minor in Chemistry, 2000)

Solo ExhibitionsSelected

• Solo Exhibition, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA (upcoming: Jan-Jun 2025)
• Solo Exhibition, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (upcoming: Apr 2024)
• Two-Person Exhibition, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA (upcoming: Jun 2024)
• Ambiguities, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA (2023) | view exhibition photos
• Coast, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA (2022)
• Perceptualism, Part II, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2021) | view exhibition photos
• Time and Tide, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA (2021) | view exhibition photos
• Scope New York, Represented by Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA (2020) | view exhibition photos
• Perceptialism, Part I, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2020) | view exhibition photos
• Ocean’s Edge, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA (2020) | view exhibition photos
• Pixels, Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY (2019) | view exhibition photos
• Perceptualism, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (2019) | view exhibition photos
• New Paintings, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA (two-person, 2019) | view exhibition photos
• Blurring the Lines, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA (two-person, 2018) | view exhibition photos
• Velocity, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2017) | view exhibition photos | catalog
• New Paintings, Gold Gallery, Boston, MA (two-person, 2017) | view exhibition photos
• Velocity, MOS Art Center, Małopolski Ogród Sztuki, Pauza in Garden Gallery, Krakow, Poland (2016) | view exhibition photos
• Modern Artifact, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2015) | view exhibition photos | catalog
• Racers, Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England (2014) | view exhibition photos
• New Paintings, Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA (two-person, 2013) | view exhibition photos
• Reoccurring Patterns, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2012) | view exhibition photos | catalog
• Metamorphosis, Art Museum of Los Gatos (now New Museum of Los Gatos), Los Gatos, CA (2011) | view exhibition photos
• Awakening: Part II, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (2009)
• Moments of Impermanence, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2009)
• Awakening, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (2008)
• New Paintings, Sharp Gallery, San Diego, CA (2007)
• Essence and Material, MFA Final Exhibition, Academy of Art University (2006)

Group ExhibitionsSelected

2024

• Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong, Represented by TAG Fine Art, London, UK (upcoming: May 2024)
• New Works, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA (three-person)

2023

• 12 + 1 Painting, Water, Steel and Air, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
• Featured Artist, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA

2022

• Come Together, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Germany | view exhibition photos
• Intersect Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA) | view exhibition photos
• People, Plus, Three-Person Show, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA
• Affordable Art Fair: New York – Spring, New York, NY (Represented by Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY)

2021

• International Biennial Portrait Competition, Juried Show, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wasau, WI
• Artist Statement #6, Juried Show, CICA Museum, Gimbo, South Korea
• 34th September Competition, Juried Show, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
• Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Represented by Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY)
• All Figured Out!, Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY
• Sixpack, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Germany | view exhibition photos

2020

• Better Together, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
• Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA)
• Figures in Space, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
• Play, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA

2019

• Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA (Represented by Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY) | view exhibition photos
• 5th ‘Enter into Art’ Traveling Exhibition, Juried Show, Cologne Cultural Center, Cologne, Germany
• 5th ‘Enter into Art’ Traveling Exhibition, Juried Show, Bonn City Library, Cologne, Germany
• Featured Artist, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA | view exhibition photos
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Oakland Art Murmur, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
• Featured Artist, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2018

• Salon at the Triton: 2D Art Competition & Exhibition, Juried Show, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
• Summer 2018, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, CA
• Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Featured Artist, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
• Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA

2017

• Abstracts from Life: Bay Area Figurative Past & Present, Juried Show, New Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA (Exhibiting with Joan Brown, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Terry St. John, et al.) | view exhibition photos
• Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA)
• Summer Exhibition, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
• Gold Gallery, Boston, MA
• Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA

2016

• Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Gold Gallery, Boston, MA
• Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England

2015

• Art Silicon Valley Art Fair, San Mateo, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA) | view exhibition photos
• Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA) | view exhibition photos
• Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Allison McCrady Fine Art, Orinda, CA
• J GO Gallery, Park City, UT
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England

2014

• International Art Festival, Juried Show, Highline Loft Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
• Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA)
• Than Mór Art Museum, Malom Gallery, Nyíracsád, Hungary
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Ride to Cambridge, Juried Show, Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Cambridge, England (Curated by Cambridge International Arts, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England)
• J GO Gallery, Park City, UT
• Allison McCrady Fine Art, Orinda, CA
• Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England

2013

• Cambridge City Art Fair, Cambridge, England (Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England)
• Men, Juried Show, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
• Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA)
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
• Divan Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2012

• Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA) | view exhibition photos
• Lyrical Vision Beat Generation & Beyond, Juried Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (exhibiting with Dennis Hare, James Weeks, Jennifer Pochinski, Elmer Bischoff, et al.) | view exhibition photos
• 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried Show, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (Awarded 3^rd Place)
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
• McNabb Martin Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
• Art Market San Francisco, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, San Francisco, CA | view exhibition photos

2011

• Fourth National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York City, NY
• Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Represented by K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA)
• William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
• Artist Council Fundraiser, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
• K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2010

• Gateway to Imagination: National Competition, Juried Show, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
• William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
• Painting Only, Juried Show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
• Rive Gauche Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2009

• Hearts In San Francisco, Public Exhibition, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
• Hearts In San Francisco: Heroes & Hearts, Gala Exhibition, Union Square, San Francisco, CA
• Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2008

• Expo 27, Juried Show, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY (Juror: Marjorie Weinstein, Whitney Museum, NY)
• 20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2007

• Mixed Messages, Juried Show, Artwork SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Awarded ‘Best in Show’)
• Third Annual Painting, Drawing & Printmaking Competition, Juried Show, Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL
• Brick to Blue, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Nondescript, Juried Show, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006

• A.G. Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• Signatura Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• 20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2005

• Works on Paper, Long Beach Arts, Juried Show, Long Beach, CA (Juror: Ruth Weisberg, Dean of Fine Arts, USC)

Gallery RepresentationIn Alphabetical Order

• CLAIRE CARINO CONTEMPORARY, Boston, MA
• HOHMANN FINE ART, Palm Desert, CA
• MAR CARMEL, Carmel, CA
• MURIEL GUÉPIN GALLERY, SoHo, New York, NY
• TAG FINE ARTS, London, England

CollectionsSelected

• ABI Mastermind, Sacramento, CA
• Aviation Capital Group, Newport Beach, CA
• Hotel Union Square, San Francisco, CA
• Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, Stanford, CA | view project
• Lyon’s Gate Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
• National Cooperative Bank (NCB), Arlington, VA
• Robert Downey Jr., Actor, New York, NY
• Showtime Television Network, New York, NY (Paintings used on the set of Three Women, Series 1)
• Stanford University, Escondido Village Graduate Residences, Stanford, CA
• Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation, San Francisco, CA
• Taylor Art Collection, Denver, CA
• UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (Sculpture public installation for six months)

BibliographySelected Publications

• The Cumberland River Review, Image reproduction, Nashville, TN, issue 11-2, Apr. (2022)
• Jeff Kent, “Have a Sustainable Career as an Artist,” Professional Photographer, Atlanta, CA, Nov. (2021)
• Wild Roof Journal, Three image reproductions, new York, Issue 5, Nov. (2020)
• DeWitt Cheng, “Abstract Realism,” East Bay Express, Oakland, CA, Sep. (2019)
• Sarah Eddy, “Michael Azgour: Perceptualism,” Santa Fean Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, vol. 47, no. 4 (Aug/Sep): 64. (2019) | view article
• “Le Pont Mirabeau,” Kunstretreat: Faszination weltweiter Kunst, Farbe und Meditation. Königswinter,
  Germany. 27. (2019)
  
• Southwest Art Magazine, Exhibition announcement with image, Golden, CO, vol. 48, no 6 (Nov): 41. (2018)
• Kim Agricola, “Michael Azgour: Digging Deep,” Southwest Art Magazine, Golden, CO, vol. 48, no. 7. 91.
  (Dec): 91. (2018) | view article
• Aaron Carnes, “Blurring the Lines,” East Bay Express, Oakland, CA, Feb. (2018) | view article
• Michael Azgour: Velocity, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, Jan. (2017)
• “Michael Azgour,” Fresh Paint Magazine, London, UK, Issue 13 (Jun): 40-41. (2016)
• Michael Azgour: Modern Artefact, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, Jan. (2015)
• Residence Magazine, Image reproduction, London, UK, Spring/Summer. 39. (2014)
• “Arts & Culture,” Cambridge Magazine, Exhibition announcement with image, Cambridge, UK, Feb. (2014)
• Continuing Studies Catalogue, Stanford University, 19 image reproductions, Stanford, CA, Summer. (2014)
• “Michael Azgour,” Studio Visit Magazine, Boston, MA, vol. 21: 12-13. (2013)
• Michael Azgour, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, Sep. (2012)
• Continuing Studies Catalogue, Stanford University, 18 image reproductions, Stanford, CA, Summer. (2011)
• “The Art of the Best of San Francisco,” San Francisco Weekly, Image reproduction, San Francisco, CA,      vol. 29, no17: 22. (2010)
• San Francisco Chronicle, Image reproduction, San Francisco, CA, Feb 8. R-35. (2009)
• “Summer,” ARTnews Magazine, Image reproduction, New York, NY. 219. (2007)

Awards, GrantsSelected

• Arts Catalyst Grant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2019,20)
• Third Place, Masur Museum of Art, 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Monroe, LA (2012)
• Best in Show, Artwork SF Gallery, Mixed Messages, San Francisco, CA (2007)

Academic Teaching PositionsSelected

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA

• Instructor: Continuing Studies (2010-Present)
• Lecturer, Architectural Design (2012-2020)
• Assistant Lecturer: Symbolic Systems (2010-12)

ART INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA–SILICON VALLEY, Sunnyvale, CA

• Lecturer: Foundations (2010-2014)
• Lecturer: Graphic & Web Design (2010-2014)

ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY

• Directed Studies Advisor: Graduate School of Fine Arts (2007-10)
• Review Committee Member: Graduate School of Fine Arts (2007-10)

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

• Lecturer: Public Education (2013-15)

COLLEGE OF MARIN

• Lecturer: Continuing Education (2008-14)

Exhibitions CuratedSelected

• Stanford University, Painting: Architecture in the Environment, Course Exhibition, Stanford, CA (2020)
• Stanford University, Painting: Architecture in the Environment, Course Exhibition, Stanford, CA (2019)
• Stanford University, Architectural History & Drawing in Eastern Europe, Stanford, CA (2015)
• Bazaar Café, Twelve Monthly Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA (2006)
• University of California San Diego, New Moon Exhibition, La Jolla, CA (2001)

Exhibitions & Awards JuriedSelected

• Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work, Three-year appointment, College Art Association (CAA),
  New York, NY (2018-20)
• Pacific Art League, Abstraction, Palo Alto, CA (2018)
• Marin Society of Artists, National Show, San Rafael, CA (2016)
• Fairbanks Arts Association, 27th Annual 64th Parallel Art Exhibition, Fairbanks, AK (2012)
• Pacific Art League, Figures & Faces, Palo Alto, CA (2010)
• Las Positas College, 31st Annual Spring Art Festival, Livermore, CA (2009)
• Pacific Art League, In the Garden, Palo Alto, CA (2009)

Guest Lectures, Workshops, CritiquesSelected

• Guest Artist: Lectures/Presentations and Undergraduate Critiques, The American University of Rome, Rome, Italy (upcoming, 2023)
• Workshop, “Building a Sustainable Career as an Artist,” Professional Photographers of America (PPA), Imaging USA Conference, Atlanta, GA, January 16.
• Workshop/Live Painting, Gallery MAR, Carmel, CA, January 24. (2020)
• Workshop, “Building a Sustainable Career as an Artist,” College Art Association (CAA), 108th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, February 13. (2020)
• Intersession Course, Introduction to Drawing: Buildings in the Environment, Nueva High School, San Mateo, CA, January 8-10. (2020)
• Panel Lecture, “Art Entrepreneurship: Art School as a Foundation to a Sustainable Career,” Teaching art entrepreneurship as a new paradigm for the 21^st century art schools, College Art Association (CAA) 107th Annual Conference, New York, NY, February 15. (2019)
• Lecture/Presentation, “Concept and Process,” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, February 21. (2019)
• Workshop, “Building Relationships with Galleries for Artists,” College Art Association (CAA) 106th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, February 23. (2018)
• Lecture/Presentation, “Concept and Process,” Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, October 3. (2018)
• Lecture/Presentation, “Capturing Change: How Unfinished Artworks Invite Active Viewers,” Turning Point, TEDx Krakow, Mangha Art Museum, Krakow, Poland, October 28. (2017)
• Lecture/Presentation, “Professional Practices for Fine Artists,” Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland, June 6. (2017)
• Workshop/Live Painting, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, January 14. (2017)
• Lecture/Presentation, “Art and Inspiration,” 27th Annual 64th Parallel juried exhibition, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK, October. (2012)
• Workshops, “Caring for Caregivers,” Stanford Medical Center, Weekly drawing and painting classes for hospital staff, Stanford, CA. (2011-12)
• Critique, Design Portfolio Methods, Prof. Amy Larimer, Architectural Design Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, April. (2010)