Michael Azgour

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BORN 1979 IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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Solo ExhibitionsSelected

Group ExhibitionsSelected

2019
  • Seattle Art Fair, Represented by Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY | view exhibition photos
  • Cologne Cultural Center, 5th ‘Enter into Art’ Traveling Exhibition, Cologne, Germany
  • Bonn City Library, 5th ‘Enter into Art’ Traveling Exhibition, Cologne, Germany
  • GF Contemporary, Featured Artist in Group Show, Santa Fe, NM
  • Slate Contemporary, Oakland Art Murmur, Oakland, CA
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
2018
  • Triton Museum, Salon at the Triton: 2D Art Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
  • Claire Carino Contemporary, Summer 2018, Boston, MA
  • Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
  • GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
  • Slate Contemporary, Oakland, 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
  • GF Contemporary, Summer Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
  • Gold Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
2016
  • Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
  • Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Gold Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
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
  • Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
  • Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Allison McCrady Fine Art, Orinda, CA
  • J GO Gallery, Park City, UT
2014
  • Highline Loft Gallery, Juried Show: International Art Festival, Chelsea, New York City, NY
  • Art Palm Springs, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
  • Than Mór Art Museum, Malom Gallery, Nyíracsád, Hungary
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
  • J GO Gallery, Park City, UT
  • Allison McCrady Fine Art, Orinda, CA
  • Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
  • Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Juried Show: Ride to Cambridge, Curated by Cambridge International Arts, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
2013
  • Linus Gallery, Juried Show: Men, Pasadena, CA
  • Art6 Palm Springs, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
  • Cambridge City Art Fair, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
  • Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
  • Divan Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2012
  • Masur Museum of Art, Juried Show: 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Awarded 3rd 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
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, 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
  • 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
  • William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, 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
  • William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
  • Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
  • Pacific Art League, Painting Only, Palo Alto, CA (Juried Show)
  • Rive Gauche Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2009
  • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2008
  • B.J. Spoke Gallery, Juried Show: Expo 27, Juror: Marjorie Weinstein (Whitney Museum), Huntington, NY
  • William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2007
  • Artwork SF Gallery, Juried Show: Mixed Messages, Awarded ‘Best in Show’, San Francisco, CA
  • Palm Beach Community College, Juried Show: Third Annual Painting, Drawing & Printmaking Competition, Lake Worth, FL
  • Space Gallery, Brick to Blue, San Francisco, CA
  • Issa Gallery, Grand Opening Exhibition, Houma, LA
  • 111 Minna Gallery, Juried Show: Nondescript, San Francisco, CA
2006
  • A.G. Gallery, Krakow, Poland
  • Signatura Gallery, Krakow, Poland
  • 20th Street Art Galelry, Sacramento, CA
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
  • MURIEL GUÉPIN GALLERY, SOHO, New York, NY
  • SLATE CONTEMPORARY, Oakland, CA
  • CLAIRE CARINO CONTEMPORARY, Boston, MA
  • GALLERY MAR, Carmel, CA

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

BibliographySelected

  • “Michael Azgour: Perceptualism,” Santa Fean Magazine, August/September, p64, Santa Fe, NM (2019)
  • “Digging Deep,” Southwest Art Magazine, December, Golden, CO (2018) | view article
  • “Blurring the Lines,” East Bay Express, February Edition, Oakland, CA (2018)
  • Michael Azgour: Velocity, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2017)
  • “Michael Azgour,” Fresh Paint Magazine, June Edition, London, UK (2016)
  • Michael Azgour: Modern Artefact, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2015)
  • “Into the Blue”, Residence Magazine, London, UK (2014)
  • Arts & Culture, Cambridge Magazine, February Edition, Cambridge, UK (2014)
  • Continuing Studies Catalogue, Stanford University, Summer Edition, Stanford, CA (2014)
  • “Michael Azgour”, Studio Visit Magazine, vol. 21, p12-13, Boston, MA (2013)
  • Michael Azgour, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (2012)
  • Continuing Studies Catalogue, Stanford University, Summer Edition, Stanford, CA (2011)
  • The Art of the Best of San Francisco, San Francisco Weekly, vol. 29, no17, p22, San Francisco, CA (2010)
  • Image Reproduction, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 8, pR-35, San Francisco, CA (2009)
  • Summer, Image Reproduction, ARTnews Magazine, p219, New York, NY (2007)

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)
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)

PresentationsSelected

  • Speaker, College Art Association (CAA) 107th Annual Conference, New York, NY — Lecture: “Art Entrepreneurship: Art School as a Foundation to a Sustainable Career” (2019, upcoming)
  • Speaker, Northeastern University, Boston, MA — Artist Talk: “Concept and Process” (2018)
  • Speaker, College Art Association (CAA) 106th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA — Workshop: “Building Relationships with Galleries for Artists:” (2018)
  • Speaker, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA — Artist Talk: “Concept and Process” (2018)
  • Speaker, TEDx Krakow, Mangha Art Museum, Krakow, Poland — Presentation: “Capturing Change: How Unfinished Artworks Invite Active Viewers” (2017)
  • Speaker, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland — Workshop: “Professional Practices for Fine Artists (2017)
  • Speaker, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA — Presentation & Live Painting: Velocity (2017)
  • Speaker, 27th Annual 64th Parallel exhibition, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK — Artist Presentation: “Art and Inspiration” (2012)

Conference Activity

College Art Association (CAA), 107th Annual Conference, New York, NY (2019, upcoming)

  • Speaker, Art Entrepreneurship: Art School as a Foundation to a Sustainable Career
  • Juror, Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work

College Art Association (CAA), 106th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA (2018)

  • Workshop Presenter, Building Relationships with Galleries for Artists
  • Juror, Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work

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)

 

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