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RESUME
Bio:
Miguel Colón
Miguel was born in the South Bronx and holds a BFA in painting, with honorable mention, from School of Visual Arts. He studied with notable artists Jack Potter, Marilyn Minter, and Kenny Scharf. He also studied drawing, painting, and sculpting the figure with Irwin Greenberg, Ephraim Rubenstein, and Barney Hodes at the Art Students League, and served as instructor's assistant for Costa Vavagiakis at the Art Students League, National Academy of Design, and New York Academy of Art. Miguel was a 2001 recipient of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Grant at the National Academy of Design. His artistic influences include Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Francis Bacon. The organization 14X48 posted his social justice mural, entitled Stand Up, on a billboard in Brooklyn, and First Street Green Art Park in Manhattan displayed another of his large-scale works. He was the subject of a “Brief but Spectacular” profile on PBS NewsHour. Miguel's painting, entitled Stand Back, is on extended view in a New-York Historical Society installation focusing on the collecting of art and objects during the pandemic.
Resume:
Miguel Colón
347 West 37th St. Apt. 6A, New York, NY, 10018
colonsanmiguel69@gmail.com / 347-286-9276 / miguel-colon.jimdosite.com
Born: 1969, Bronx, New York
Exhibition:
2022 "RISE: Fountain House Gallery Art Auction & Benefit", Fountain House Gallery
"THE NUDE AS LANDSCAPE", Fountain House Gallery
2021 "COLLECTING IN THE TIME OF COVID" New York Historical Society
"THE CREATIVE MIND AND MENTAL ILLNESS", Fountain House Gallery
2020 “HEALTHY MIND, HEALING ART” Webinar panel discussion, MCC Theater
2019 “UNBOUND: AUTHENTIC VISIONS AND VOICES” Group exhibition, The Local NYC
“LIBERTY’S LAST EMBRACE” Mural painted in the First Street Green Art Park,
“STAND UP” Selected work by Billboard, 14 x 48, exhibited in Brooklyn, NY
2018 “SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION” Group exhibition, Fountain House Gallery,
“CENTRAL PARK” Group exhibition, Fountain House Gallery
2016 “BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ARTISAN SERIES” Group exhibition, Rush Gallery
2015 “LOVE IT OR HATE IT” Group exhibition, Lovecraft Lounge
2001 “MURAL MAQUETTES” Group exhibition, National Academy of Design
1998 “TAKE HOME A NUDE” Group exhibition, New York Academy of Art
1996 “THE WALL” Solo exhibition, New York University
1994 “THE SALON OF THE MATING SPIDERS” Group exhibition, Herron Test-Site Gallery
1993 “INDUSTRIAL METAPHYSICS” Group exhibition, SVA Gallery
1992 “FURNISHING THE MIND” Solo exhibition, SVA Gallery
1992 “ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION” National Arts Club
Education:
1998 – 2001 Painting the figure, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
1998 – 1999 Painting the figure, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1997 – 1998 Painting the figure, National Academy of Design
1988 – 1992 BFA with Honors, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (Graduated 1992)
Awards:
Recipient of the first Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Foundation Grant, in conjunction with the National Academy of Design