Michael Azgour

Solo ExhibitionsSelected

• Slate Contemporary, Blurring the Lines, Oakland, CA (two-person show, 2018) | view exhibition photos
• Hohmann Fine Art, Velocity, Palm Desert, CA (2017) | view exhibition photos | catalog
• Gold Gallery, Boston, MA (two-person show, 2017) | view exhibition photos
• MOS Art Center, Małopolski Ogród Sztuki, Pauza in Garden Gallery, Krakow, Poland (2016) | view exhibition photos
• Hohmann Fine Art, Modern Artefact, Palm Desert, CA (2015) | view exhibition photos | catalog
• Blue Contemporary, Racers, Cambridge, England (2014) | view exhibition photos
• Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA (two-person show, 2013) | view exhibition photos
• Hohmann Fine Art, Reoccurring Patterns, Palm Desert, CA (2012) | view exhibition photos | catalog
• Art Museum of Los Gatos (now New Museum of Los Gatos), Metamorphosis, Los Gatos, CA (2011) | view exhibition photos
• William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (2009)
• Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Moments of Impermanence, San Francisco, CA (2009)
• William Merrill Gallery, Awakening, Laguna Beach, CA (2008)

Group ExhibitionsSelected

2018

• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Deset, CA

2017

• New Museum of Los Gatos, Abstracts from Life: Bay Area Figurative Past & Present, Exhibiting with Joan Brown, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, and Terry St. John, Los Gatos, CA | view exhibition photos
• Art Palm Springs, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
• Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (numerous, 2010-17)
• Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
• GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2016

• Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
• Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA (numerous, 2014-16)

2015

• Art Silicon Valley Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, San Francisco, CA | view exhibition photos
• Art Palm Springs, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA | view exhibition photos
• J GO Gallery, Park City, UT (numerous, 2011-15)

2014

• Highline Loft Gallery, Juried Show: International Art Festival, Chelsea, New York City, NY
• Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Juried Show: Ride to Cambridge, Curated by Cambridge International Arts, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
• Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
• Than Mór Art Museum, Malom Gallery, Nyíracsád, Hungary
• Art Palm Springs, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA

2013

• Linus Gallery, Juried Show: Men, Pasadena, CA
• Cambridge City Art Fair, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
• Divan Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2012

• Masur Museum of Art, Juried Show: 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Awarded 3^rd Place, Monroe, LA
• Los Angeles Art Show, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA | view exhibition photos
• John Natsoulas Gallery, Juried Show: Lyrical Vision Beat Generation & Beyond, Davis, CA, exhibiting with Dennis Hare, Jennifer Pochinski, and Elmer Bischoff | view exhibition photos
• William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (numerous, 2008-12)
• McNabb Martin Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (numerous, 2010-12)
• Art Market San Francisco, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, San Francisco, CA | view exhibition photos

2011

• Prince Street Gallery, Juried Show: Fourth National Juried Exhibition, New York City, NY
• Art Market San Francisco, Represented by K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
• Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
• Palm Springs Art Museum, Artist Council Fundraiser, Palm Springs, CA
• K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2010

• Farmington Museum, Juried Show: Gateway to Imagination: National Competition, Farmington, NM

2009

• Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008

• B.J. Spoke Gallery, Juried Show: Expo 27, Juror: Marjorie Weinstein (Whitney Museum), Huntington, NY

2007

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

2006

• A.G. Gallery, Krakow, Poland
• Signatura Gallery, Krakow, Poland

2005

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

Gallery Representation

• HOHMANN FINE ART, Palm Desert, CA
• GF CONTEMPORARY, Santa Fe, NM
• SLATE CONTEMPORARY, Oakland, CA
• GOLD GALLERY, Boston, MA

DistinctionsSelected

• Arts Catalyst Grant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2018)
• 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)

Public Art ProjectsSelected

• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
• Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, Stanford, CA | view project
• UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, CA (in progress)
• Hotel Union Square, San Francisco, CA

Bibliography & CatalogsSelected

• East Bay Express, “Blurring the Lines”, February Edition, Oakland, CA (2018)
• Fresh Paint Magazine, “Michael Azgour”, June Edition, London, England (2016)
• Residence Magazine, “Into the Blue”, London, England (2014)
• Cambridge Magazine, Arts & Culture, Feb, Cambridge, England (2014)
• Studio Visit Magazine, “Michael Azgour”, vol. 21, p12-13, Boston, MA (2013)
• San Francisco Weekly, The Art of the Best of San Francisco, vol. 29, no 17, p22, San Francisco, CA (2010)
• San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 8, pR-35, San Francisco, CA (2009)
• ARTnews Magazine, Summer, p219, New York, NY (2007)
• Hohmann Fine Art, Exhibition Catalogs, Palm Desert, CA (2012, 15, 17) | view 2012 catalog | view 2015 catalog | view 2017 catalog
• Stanford University Continuing Studies Catalogs, Stanford, CA (2011, 14)

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)
• Stanford University, Continuing Studies, Stanford, CA (Art & Art History courses, 2010-12)
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Psychology courses, 2001)

Academic PositionsSelected

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA

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

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)

Invited TalksSelected

• Speaker, College Art Association (CAA) 106th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
• Speaker, TEDx Krakow, Capturing Change: How Unfinished Artworks Invite Active Viewers, Mangha Art Museum, Krakow, Poland (2017)
• Speaker, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland (2017)
• Speaker, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert (2017)
• Speaker, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK (2012)

Exhibitions Juried & CuratedSelected

• Juror, College Art Association (CAA), Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work, three-year appointment, New York, NY (2017-20)
• Juror, Pacific Art League, Abstraction, Palo Alto, CA
• Juror, Marin Society of Artists, National Show, San Rafael, CA (2016)
• Juror, Fairbanks Arts Association, 27th Annual 64th Parallel Art Exhibition, Fairbanks, AK (2012)
• Juror, Las Positas College, 31st Annual Spring Art Festival, Livermore, CA (2009)
• Curator and Producer, University of California at San Diego, New Moon Exhibition, La Jolla, CA (2009)