abstract ( # 549 ) Print

Harry Moody received his formal training as an artist at the Frankfurt Stadel Fine Art Academy, Frankfurt, Germany. He majored in Free Painting under the Professors Johannes Schreiter, Thomas Bayrle and Josef Beuys. In 1986, also at the Stadel Academy, he was introduced to the works and philosophies of the then residing Professor Gerhard Richter who eventually profoundly influenced the artistic direction that Moody was to embark on. His career in the arts include Fine Arts Dealer, Gallery Owner, Membership in CINOA, Appraiser, Conserver/Restorer, participant in numerous Art Fairs in Maastricht, Koln, Munchen, Frankfurt, author and art critic for Art-i-fact, freelance curator for the Bellvue Art Museum, Seattle, Ukai Museum, Tokyo and for privately owned collections, and was on the Board of Trustees at the Seattle Fine Art Academy. Throughout his professional life, Harry Moody has pursued a dialogue concerning art ideals and the necessity to express oneself artistically. He has exhibited at the Stadel Museum Frankfurt, the Landes Museum Wiesbaden, at the Untitled Gallery Los Angeles, the Burr Gallery, Burbank & Fresh Paint Art Gallery, Culver City LA . The Fresh Paint Art Gallery, Culver City, LA, the William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, the TKO Art, LLC, Irvine, CA and Art Soup, LA are currently representing his abstract paintings. He is a member of the Pasadena Society of Artists, Pasadena, CA and the Abstract Artist Gallery USA. His works can be found in public institutions & private collections."‹ Harry Moody's Abstract Paintings were recently included in the collection " Abstract America" for Saatchi Online, curated by Rebecca Wilson, a Director at the Saatchi Gallery London.