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 2025)
- Solo Exhibition, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (upcoming: Jan 2024)
- Solo Exhibition, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Germany (upcoming: Fall 2023)
- Solo Exhibition, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA (upcoming: April 2023)
- Coast, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA (2022)
- New Paintings, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2021)
- Time and Tide, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA (2021)
- Scope New York, Represented by Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA (2020) | view exhibition photos
- Perceptialism, 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
2023
- 12 + 1 Painting, Water, Steel and Air, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
2022
- Come Together, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
- Intersect Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA (Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA)
- People, Plus, Three-Person Show, Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA
- 12 + 1 Painting, Water, Steel and Air, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Germany
- 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
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 3rd 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
- BRENNECKE FINE ART, Berlin, Germany
- CLAIRE CARINO CONTEMPORARY, Boston, MA
- GF CONTEMPORARY, Santa Fe, NM
- HOHMANN FINE ART, Palm Desert, CA
- MAR CARMEL, Carmel, CA
- MURIEL GUÉPIN GALLERY, SoHo, New York, NY
- SLATE CONTEMPORARY, Oakland, CA
- SOL ART GALLERY, Dublin, Ireland
Public Art Projects, 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 21st 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)
