Michael Azgour

MICHAEL AZGOUR

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Michael Azgour's paintings are expressive and geometric abstractions informed by a process that combines a strategic, realistic technique with pattern and repetition. Recently the artist has been drawn to explore the ubiquity of photography in contemporary culture and the changing role this has played on the individual experience. The work speaks about how we interact with images today, referencing features found in our snapshots and video clips. Paint becomes pixel, blur or distortion mirroring the digitally manipulated portraits and albums that populate our social media profiles. Through psychological mood and fragmented depictions he asks us What is Real?

Azgour received an M.F.A. in Studio Painting from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. He also attended University of California at San Diego, Stanford University, Continuing Studies and University of British Columbia. He has exhibited widely in the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, and Hungary. His work resides in the collections of the Than Mor Art Museum in Hungary, Lyon’s Gate Entertainment Corporation in Los Angeles, CA, Hotel Union Square and the Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation in San Francisco and Aviation Capital Group in Newport Beach.

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Contemporary Artist, Michael Azgour on Inspiration & Painting

PORTFOLIO

"Berlin" - 47" x 106" - SOLD

"Brick and Stone" - 48" x 98" - SOLD

"Spring In Krakow" - 41 x 47 - SOLD

AVAILABLE INVENTORY

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All of Michael Azgour’s works are original, one-of-a-kind paintings. Small works start in the low $2,000s, mid-size paintings sell between $6,000 - 9,000 and large works sell well into the high $20,000s.

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BIOGRAPHY

Michael Azgour was born in California in 1979.

His paintings are expressive and geometric abstractions informed by a process that combines a strategic, realistic technique with pattern and repetition. Although the disparate visuals and juxtaposed compositions in his work appear random, they are bits of narrative from the artist’s own life and travels.
Michael splits his time between San Francisco and Poland as both painter and teacher.

Education

ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY, San Francisco, CA (2002-05)
M.F.A. in Studio Painting
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO, La Jolla, CA (1997-2001)
B.A. in Psychology; Minor in Chemistry
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CONTINUING STUDIES, Stanford, CA (2011)
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, Canada (2000)

Distinctions (Selected)

2019/20	Arts Catalyst Grant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2012	Awarded 3rd Place, Masur Museum of Art, 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Monroe, LA
2009	Awarded ‘Instructor of the Year’ at Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2007	Awarded ‘Best in Show’, Artwork SF Gallery, Mixed Messages, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2020	Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
	Gallery MAR Carmel, Carmel, CA
2019	Muriel Guépin Gallery, Pixels, SoHo, New York, NY
	GF Contemporary, Perceptualism, Santa Fe, NM
	Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA (two-person)
2018	Slate Contemporary, Blurring the Lines, Oakland, CA (two-person)
2017	Hohmann Fine Art, Velocity, Palm Desert, CA (catalogue)
	Gold Gallery, New Paintings, Boston, MA (two-person)
2016	Małopolski Ogród Sztuki (MOS) Art Museum, Velocity, Krakow, Poland
2015	Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2014	Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
2013	Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2012	Christian Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2011	Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2009	William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008	William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2007	Sharp Gallery, San Diego, CA
	Lucid Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006	Academy of Art University, M.F.A. Final Show, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2020	Art Market San Francisco, Represented by Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY
2019	Seattle Art Fair, Represented by Muriel Guépin Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY
	Cologne Cultural Center, 5th ‘Enter into Art’ Traveling Exhibition, Cologne, Germany
	Bonn City Library, 5th ‘Enter into Art’ Traveling Exhibition, Bonn, Germany
	Claire Carino Contemporary, Featured Artist, Boston, MA
	GF Contemporary, Featured Artist, Santa Fe, NM
	Slate Contemporary, Oakland Art Murmur, Oakland, CA
	Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
2018	Triton Museum, Salon at the Triton: 2D Art Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
	Claire Carino Contemporary, Summer 2018, Boston, MA
	Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA
	Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
	GF Contemporary, Featured Artist, Santa Fe, NM
	Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2017	New Museum of Los Gatos, Abstracts from Life: Bay Area Figurative Past & Present, Los Gatos, CA
	(Exhibiting with Joan Brown, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Terry St. John, et al.)
	Art Palm Springs, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
	GF Contemporary, Summer Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
	Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA
	Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
	Hohmann Fine Art, Gallery Artists, Palm Desert, CA
2016	Morris Graves Museum of Art, Five by Seven Fundraiser, Eureka, CA
	Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (numerous, 2010-16)
	Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA (numerous, 2014-16)
2015	Art Silicon Valley Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
	Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
	Allison McCrady Fine Art, Orinda, CA (numerous, 2013-15)
	J GO Gallery, Park City, UT (numerous, 2011-15)
2014	Highline Loft Gallery, Juried Show: International Art Festival, Chelsea, New York City, NY
	Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Juried Show: Ride to Cambridge, Curated by Cambridge International Arts,
	Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
	Than Mór Art Museum, Malom Gallery, Nyíracsád, Hungary
	Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
	The Grafton Centre, Changing Spaces, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
2013	Linus Gallery, Juried Show: Men, Pasadena, CA
	Cambridge City Art Fair, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England
	Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
	Divan Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2012	Masur Museum of Art, Juried Show: 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Awarded 3rd Place, Monroe, LA
	Los Angeles Art Show, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
	John Natsoulas Gallery, Juried Show: Lyrical Vision: The Figure, Davis, CA
	William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (numerous, 2008-12)
	McNabb Martin Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (numerous, 2010-12)
	Prince Street Gallery, Juried Show: Fourth National Juried Exhibition, New York City, NY
2011	Art Market San Francisco, Represented by K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
	Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
	Palm Springs Art Museum, Artist Council Fundraiser, Palm Springs, CA
	K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2010	Farmington Museum, Juried Show: Gateway to Imagination: National Competition, Farmington, NM
	Pacific Art League, Juried Show: Painting Only, Juror: Charles Hespe (Hespe Gallery), Palo Alto, CA
2009	Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
	20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
	Union Square, Hearts in San Francisco Exhibition & Gala Event, San Francisco, CA
	B.J. Spoke Gallery, Juried Show: Expo 27, Juror: Marjorie Weinstein (Whitney Museum), Huntington, NY
2006	20th Street Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA (2006, 07, 08)
	Artwork SF Gallery, Juried Show: Mixed Messages, Awarded ‘Best in Show’, San Francisco, CA
	Juried Show: Third Annual Painting, Drawing & Printmaking Competition, Lake Worth, FL

Public and Private Collections

Hotel Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Langendorf Foundation, benefitting the San Francisco General
Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Lyon’s Gate Entertainment Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (in progress)
Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, CA (in progress)
Than Mór Art Museum, Nyíracsád, Hungary
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Publications

2019	“Abstract Realism,” East Bay Express, September, Oakland, CA
	“Michael Azgour: Perceptualism,” Santa Fean Magazine, August/September, p64, Santa Fe, NM
2018	“Digging Deep,” Southwest Art Magazine, p91, December, Golden, CO
	“Blurring the Lines,” East Bay Express, February, Oakland, CA
2017	Michael Azgour: Velocity, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2016	“Michael Azgour,” Fresh Paint Magazine, June Edition, London, UK
2015	Michael Azgour: Modern Artefact, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2014	“Into the Blue”, Residence Magazine, London, UK
	Arts & Culture, Cambridge Magazine, February Edition, Cambridge, UK
	Continuing Studies Catalogue, Stanford University, Summer Edition, Stanford, CA
2013	“Michael Azgour”, Studio Visit Magazine, vol. 21, p12-13, Boston, MA
2012	Michael Azgour, Exhibition Catalogue, Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2011	Continuing Studies Catalogue, Stanford University, Summer Edition, Stanford, CA
	The Art of the Best of San Francisco, San Francisco Weekly, vol. 29, no17, p22, San Francisco, CA
2009	Image Reproduction, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 8, pR-35, San Francisco, CA
2007	Summer, Image Reproduction, ARTnews Magazine, p219, New York, NY

Teaching Experience Selected

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Part-time Faculty Member and Lecturer: Architectural Design Program (2010-Present)

Lecturer: Continuing Studies Program (2010-Present)

Assistant Lecturer: Symbolic Systems Program (2010-11)

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

Lecturer: Public Education Program (2013-15)

ART INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA-SILICON VALLEY

Lecturer: Foundations Program (2010-14)

Lecturer: Graphic & Web Design Program (2010-14)

COLLEGE OF MARIN

Lecturer: Continuing Education Program (2009-15)

ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY

Directed Studies Advisor: Graduate School of Fine Arts (2007-09)

Review Committee Member: Graduate School of Fine Arts (2007-09)