Mike Mcgoff

Mike's Bio

I was born in 1957 in North Eastern Pa, in Scranton. I was the first of nine children.

From an early age I was attracted to painting and drawing. Some of my earliest memories were of finger painting and wanting to help paint when my uncle and his cousin were painting the house where we lived in. I was four. Finally, someone let me try painting a small section of the back porch floor. As I remember it didn't go to well. But, over the years, things improved.

As I moved into middle childhood I was always drawing. I started copying simple cartoons and eventually graduated to more complex ones. As time went on, I drew whatever I found interesting: birds, fish, animals, scenery and aircraft. As I progressed my folks encouraged me with private lessons and as a teenager, they let me paint my bedroom with murals.

I eventually found my way to college after a tour in the US Coast Guard. I attended Marywood College, later University, for most of the 80's. I started in Art Education. Part of the curricular for that course was ceramics. What a discovery. I was infected. I couldn't get enough of it. Eventually I changed my major to ceramics and sculpture, receiving a BFA in 86 and an MFA in 89. During these years I als...

Johnson College, Scranton, Pa. – Welding 2010
Marywood University, Scranton, Pa.
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Ceramics/Sculpture – May 1986
Master of Fine Arts – Ceramics/Sculpture – May 1989

EXHIBITS:
North Pocono Library - Wine and Cheese and Art Event, Moscow, Pa. 06 to 08-2017
North Pocono Library - Grand Opening Exhibit, Moscow, Pa. 06 to 09-2013
November First Friday – AFA Gallery 11-2011
Broderrik Gallery - Freehold, New York - 2011
Endless Mountain Arts Center – The Pastiche Exhibit, Tunkhannock, Pa. 04-2010
Windsor Studio – First Friday Exhibit, Scranton, Pa. 03 to 06-2010
AFA Gallery Members Winter Exhibit - AFA Gallery, Scranton, Pa. 02-2010
AFA Gallery Auction - AFA Gallery, Scranton, Pa. 2009
NEPA Regional Art 2008 - Marywood Univ. Art Galleries, Scranton, Pa. 2008
NEPA Clay Artists - AFA Gallery, Scranton, Pa. 10-2007
Arts in Autumn II - Creations Studio gallery, Moscow, Pa. 10-2007
Roberson Regional Art Exhibit - Binghamton, NY. 07 to 09-2007
AFA Members Holiday Show - AFA Gallery, Scranton, Pa. 2006/07
Arts in Autumn I - Creations Studio Gallery, Moscow, Pa. 10-2006
Professional Artists Invitational - Wilkes Barre, Pa. 05-2005
South Abington Center Exhibit - Clarks Summit, Pa. 01-2005
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery - Chelsea, NYC. 2004
Art of The State - Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pa. 06 to 10-2004
Group Exhibit - SOHO Gallery, Scranton, Pa. 04-2003
The Art Bunch Exhibit...