About the artist:

“Art is there to poke holes in reality---to let the magic back in.” ---Caroline Casey “If I knew the meaning I wouldn’t have to do the work---I could just write it on a card and hand it out.” ---Laurie Anderson My work continues to concentrate on developing an awareness of intuition and beauty as a subversive strategy--- as an instrument of seduction, a way of drawing the viewer into a space where one can begin a dialogue and exchange. The dreamy psychologically-charged human figure has been my primary subject. I work in a variety of media---oil, acrylic, pastel and charcoal, watercolor, and printmaking. My work is inclusive and paradoxical in scope: using images from everyday life, art history, popular culture, children’s books, patterns, personal symbols, and in some works--- fragments of text and written commentary---mixing and containing the dualities of abstraction and representation, the geometric and the painterly, the graphic and the intensely coloristic. Michael Tice January 2004 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Small Paintings, Christopher 19, New York, NY 2011 Human Tableaux, Uzi N.Y. Gallery, New York, NY 2004 New Paintings and Works on Paper, Pegasus, New York, NY 2003 Friends and Neighbors, Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Selected Paintings, 1991-2001, Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC 2001 Family Life, Magnolia Grill, Durham, NC 2001 Recent Paintings & Works on Paper, Rivertown Lounge, New York, NY 1999 Made for Each Other, Pegasus, New York, NY, 1999 Liquid Evidence, Time and Space Gallery, Hudson, NY, 1994 Perfect Moments & Other Disturbances, The Gallery at Flamingo East, New York, NY 1993 New Paintings, University of Alabama, University Galleries, Huntsville, AL 1988 Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1986 Lucky Strike Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 1982 Carrboro Center for the Arts, Carrboro, NC 1982 University of South Carolina-Aiken, Aiken, SC 1980 Lyle Gallery, Augusta, GA 1979 AE Gallery, Aiken, SC 1979 Francis Marion College, Orangeburg, SC 1979 Columbia College, Columbia, SC 1978 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1975 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Floating in the Absence of Reason 2, MH Gallery, New York, NY 2012 Chromatogenous Conversations, Three Person Show, MH Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Union, MH Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Floating in the Absence of Reason, MH Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Collective, Kimmel Center, New York University, New York, NY 2009-10 (Catalog) Room to Room, 20 West Gallery, Danbury, CT 2009 Universal Diversity 15, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY 2009 Universal Diversity 14, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY 2008 Alumni Exhibition, University of South Carolina, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC 2006 Go Figure, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Best of 2003, Uzi N.Y. Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Putting the X Back in Xmas, Uzi N.Y. Gallery, New York, NY 2003 Postcards from the Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY 2003 October Projekt 30 Exhibition, Bi-monthly online juried exhibition, www.projekt30.com 2003 Translations: Dialogues on Life, G2 Greeley Square Gallery, New York, NY 2003 Douglas Dibble Memorial Art Auction, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, (Invitational), 2003 Summer Group Show, SK417 Gallery, New York , NY 2003 The Naked Truth, III., Pegasus, New York, NY 2003 Universal Diversity 10, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY 2003 Nurturing the New, NurtureArt Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY 2003 Holiday Invitational, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Small Works, Four 53 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2002 Benefit Print Sale, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY 2002 Feast of Desire - Painting & Drawing Invitational, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY 2002 Witness and Response: September 11th Acquisitions, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC (Curated by Jeremy Adams and Harry Katz) 2002 Synthesis of Style, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY 2002 Postcards from the Edge, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY 2002 The Naked Truth, II., Pegasus, New York, NY 2002 Recent Figurative Work, The French Library and Cultural Center, Boston, MA 2002 Winter Invitational, The Painting Center, (Curated by Christina Chow), New York, NY 2002 Figurative Expressive Work, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY 2002 Universal Diversity 9, LBGT Community Center, New York, NY 2002 Postcards from the Edge, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY 2001 The Square Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Night of a 1000 Drawings, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2001 WTC Art & Music Benefit, Arlene Grocery, New York, NY 2001 Offspring, BHMS Gallery, Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, Brooklyn, NY Curated by Charlotta Kotik, Tom Eccles, Linda Marchisotto, Janet Riker and Wendy Olsoff 2001 Artists Collect Art, Work from the collections of Philip Mullen, Syd Cross, and Diane Buck, Columbia College Gallery, Columbia, SC 2001 Figurative & Portraiture - Realism to Abstraction 2001, West Side Arts Coalition, New York, NY 2001 Benefit Auction for NurtureArt, Margaret Bodell Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY 2000 Three Figurative Painters, The Lobby Gallery, Durst Organization, New York, NY 2000 Patterned Flowers, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Pier Show 8, Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY 2000 Salon 2000, Limner Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Artists Celebrate the Child, Brooklyn Heights Montessori School Brooklyn, NY Curated by Sarah Greer and Meredith Bergman 2000 1999 Night of a 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY 1999 Print Fair & Open House, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY 1999 Chase Manhattan Holiday Gift Exhibition, Chase Manhattan Bank, Brooklyn, NY 1999 Universal Diversity 7, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY 1999 Desert Voices Art Auction, Community Center, Tuczon, AZ 1999 Anniversary Rotation, Marlen Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Pride 2, Vincent Louis Gallery, New York, NY 1999 The Freedom to Create, Chocolate-Milk Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Five Painters, Pegasus, New York, NY 1999 Plus or Minus 30: Honing the Edge, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY, Curated by Barbara Ann Levy 1999 The Red Show, Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Gay Landscape, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY 1999 Salon Show, Feral Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1999 Art on Artists, The Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Cyn McLean 1999 Christine Carrier Chiquelin Curates, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 1998 SexualityObject, New Century Artists Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Scott Holman 1998 A World View, (World Artists for Tibet) The Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, NY Curated by Cyn McLean 1998 3rd Annual Small Works Show, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Media Madness, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Pride 1998, Vincent Louis Gallery, New York, NY Curated by Lisa Johnson 1998 Out on the Edge Together, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY (Invitational) 1998 2nd Annual Small Works Show, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY (Invitational) 1997 Universal Diversity 5, La Mama Galleria, New York, NY 1997 A Convocation of Artists, Leslie-Lohman Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Wayne Snellen 1996 Emerging Artists, Harper Gallery, New York, NY (Invitational) 1995 Universal Diversity 3, Leslie-Lohman Gallery, New York, NY 1995 Organization of Independent Artists Group Show, 59 Franklin Street Gallery, New York, NY 1993 Figurative Poetics: The Union of Psyche & Myth, Organization of Independent Artists Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Matthew Turov 1993 Wall to Wall, 121 Chambers Street, New York, NY 1993 They Came By Boat: A Celebration of Discovery, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Paul Bridgewater and Laura Kruger 1992 Salon '92, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY 1992 15 Years of Fellowship Awards Artists, S.C. Arts Commission, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC (catalog) 1990 Tunnel Mural Series Project, Tunnel Club, New York, NY 1987 The East Village, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY. Curated by Richard Martin (catalog) 1986 Post-Alabama Contemporary Artists, Phenix City Gallery, New York, NY, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, and University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 1986 The Liberty Show, La Mama Gallery, New York, NY 1986 Jungle Fever, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1986 Summer Pop Invitational, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1986 Small Works by Big Thinkers, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Third International Fair of Contemporary Art, London, England 1985 Pressure Point--East Village , NYC, Wunsch Arts Center, Glen Cove, NY 1985 The Nude As Painting Subject, Danceteria, New York, NY 1985 Third Annual Art Auction, Limbo Lounge Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Micro Show II, Now Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Breaking Ground, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Combat Zone, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Game Show, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Small Works by East Village Artists, Stroud Foundation, Philadelphia, PA 1984 The Future Is Now, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Trade Piece with Claudia de Monte, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Carnival, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Second Annual Art Auction, Limbo Lounge, New York, NY 1984 Friendly Neighbors, El Pueblo Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Art Forgery, Public Image Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Black Tie Optional, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Conspiracies, Limbo Lounge Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Sneak Preview, Nico Smith Gallery, New York, NY 1984 The Acid Test, Ground Zero Gallery, Sensory Evolution, & Kamikaze Klub, New York, NY 1984 Micro Show, Now Gallery, New York, NY 1984 The East Village Look---Again, Danceteria, New York, NY 1984 Nativity, Limbo Lounge Gallery, New York, NY 1984 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (Curated by Howard N. Fox) (catalog) 1984 The Sixth North Carolina Artists' Invitational, Waterworks Gallery, Salisbury, NC (catalog) 1983 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC 1982 Durham Art Guild Show, Durham Arts Center, Durham, NC 1981, 1982 Miller Plus 80, Green Hill Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC (catalog) 1982 Bradley National Prints & Drawings, Bradley University, Peoria, IL (catalogs) 1977, 1979 Connecticut Painters & Sculptors, Stamford Museum of Art, Stamford, CT 1979 National Drawings & Prints, Miami University, Oxford, OH (Juried by Nancy Graves) (catalog) 1978 Dulin National Prints & Drawings, Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN 1977 Drawings USA '77, Minneapolis Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN (Juried by Paul Cumming) (catalog) 1977 Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (Honorable Mention) (catalog) 1977, 1978 Springs Mills Traveling Show, Lancaster, SC and Springs Mills Corporation, New York, NY (catalogs) 1975, 1976, 1982 South Carolina Arts Commission Exhibition, Columbia, SC 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 South Carolina Art Guild Exhibition, Columbia, SC 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 SELECTED AWARDS South Carolina Arts Commission, Individual Artist's Fellowship, 1979-1980 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, NH, 1979 Durham Art Guild, Best in Show & One Person Show Award, 1982 First Place Drawing Award, National Drawings & Prints, Miami University, Oxford, OH (Nancy Graves, Juror) (catalog), 1978 First Place Painting Award, South Carolina Art Guild Exhibition, Columbia, SC (Linda Shearer, Juror) 1978 PERMANENT COLLECTIONS South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC The Library of Congress, Washington, DC Miami University, Oxford, OH University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC Springs Mills, Inc., New York, NY The Miller Brewing Company, Edenton, NC University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC South Carolina Arts Commission Hallmark Corporation, New York, NY The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH