Numero 19 Painting

CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION Majored in Art and Architecture, University of Minnesota and Iowa State University. SALES and COMMISSIONS John Michael has sold 100+ works of art to collectors all over the USA and abroad. Recent sales and pending sales included Hawaii, Minnesota, Texas, California, Argentina, Spain, India, and Italy. He has worked with interior designers from Chicago, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Houston, and New York. ART EXHIBITIONS Aug-Oct, 2013 'Show and Tell' Accepted into a juried art competition. Herberger Theater Center Art Gallery. Phoenix, AZ. Aug, 2013 continuous. Saatchi Online, Special exhibit of available current work. Jan, 2013 continuous. ETSY Marketplace. Exhibit of available work, original paintings, fine art prints, and prints on canvas. April 12-30, 2008 'Formal Affair'. A group show at the Primo Piano Living Gallery in Lecce, Italy. The theme for the exhibition is 'Dress Code Seduction or Fetishism?' And one aspect of the theme involves fashion and fetishism, which was the topic of the painting by John Michael. -Jury selected for 2-3-d-8 Energy Gallery exhibit, Toronto Canada -Chandler Arizona Art Walk -Artisimo Gallery, Exhibit, Scottsdale AZ 'A Night With The Artist' 4 Seasons Resort, Scottsdale AZ -Art featured in a Hollywood movie, shot in Phoenix Studio -Day Gallery, Phoenix AZ, First Friday Art Walk and Show -Group Show at The Harris in el Pedregal, Boulder AZ -Hopkins Fine Art, Exhibit. Scottsdale AZ -Touring Drawing Exhibit -1992 Minnesota Center for the Arts juried show. First Place - Painting Division -1993 Minnesota Center for the Arts juried show. First Place - Painting Division INVITED ARTIST Dec, 2007 - Invited Artist : Florence (Italy) Biennale, Biennale Internazionale Deii 'Arte' Contemporanea Aug, 2007 - Invited Artist : Trapani (Italy) 2007 Oct, 2006 - Invited Artist : 'Genius & Madness' Exhibit PRIMO PIANO LIVINGALLERY, Lecce Italy ARTIST BIO John Michael Kearney is an internationally known artist living in Arizona. After studying Art and Architecture in college, John Michael became interested in abstract painting. He loves the spontaneous explosion of the Abstract Expressionists, such as Franz Kline, de Kooning, and Cy Twomby. Recently, he has worked in digital art. A life-long artist, John Michael is a full-time artsit bringing his dramatic abstracts and semi-abstracts to life. John Michael is an award-winning artist.