Michael Constantine

The older I get, the more I want to explore, experience, create. As the late Maya Angelou stated, “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” This explains my insatiable appetite for adventure; through my travels and everyday lived experiences I have been inspired to create on an almost daily basis. In my works you will find an array of topics ranging from random thoughts triggered by my daily experiences to commentary on social and political events. Sometimes visual expression becomes necessary when words aren’t loud enough.

I remember writing my first comic book when I was about 4 or 5; I had a pretty extensive vocabulary for a toddler (not as many expletives then). The comic books turned into anime characters when I was a pre-teen that I sold to classmates for $1 (decent money in the ’90s). I was hustling quite a bit back then as money wasn’t the easiest to come by. I was born in Jamaica Hospital, Queens, NY to Jamaican immigrants living in Brooklyn. My mother, the most beautiful person in the world, worked at Hertz car rental and my dad, I was told he worked in “construction” but based on the loaded guns and Hefty bags filled with cash I think it’s safe to assume he was probably a banker or something. I...

Education:
• Bachelor of Science in Architecture
• University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
• 2010
• BS/MS in Occupational Sciences/Occupational Therapy
• University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
• 2015

Solo Exhibitions:
“Pretty Thoughts”
Buffalo Art Movement (BAM), Buffalo, NY
December, 2021

Group Exhibitions:
“On Grieving”
Buffalo Art Movement (BAM), Buffalo, NY
March, 2021
Juried Salon Show
Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
May, 2022