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ID | Oil and Acrylic on Canvas | 59” x 55”

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.

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”?

MICHAEL AZGOUR

Michael Azgour was born in California in 1979.

He splits his time between San Francisco and Poland as both painter and teacher.

His latest series “Velocity” reflects on the fast pace with which society seems to move. The paintings, part realistic part digital fantasy, become reminders to slow down and not to let the quiet and small moments slip by, because they are often the most important.

These new works, while still opulent and visually rich, stop short of spelling out everything and with a fresh shift into the abstract, Azgour leaves the viewer with only the hint of a narrative, but many stimulating questions.

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Cover: “Berkley Art Museum” Oil On Canvas | 41” x 37”

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Lexington Avenue | Oil on Canvas | 59” x 47”

Gallery Show | Oil on Linen | 41” x 41”

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Digital Memory | Oil and Acrylic on Canvas | 63” x 83” (diptych)

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Waterfront | Oil on Canvas | 28” x 47” (diptych)

1968 | Oil on Canvas| 51” x 45”

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Study for Man Walking | Oil on Canvas | 28” x 24”

Berkley Art Museum | Oil On Canvas | 41” x 37”

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Park Life | Acrylic on Canvas | 59” x 102” (diptych)

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Spring in Krakow | Oil on Canvas | 41” x 47”

Dialect | Oil on Canvas | 27” x 47”(diptych)

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Confluence | Oil on Canvas | 59” x 102” (diptych)

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Highline | Oil on Canvas | 59” x 102” (diptych)

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Saint Kilda I | Oil and Acrylic on Canvas | 47” x 59”

Saint Kilda II (Unfinished) | Oil and Acrylic on Canvas | 47” x 59”

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Photography Mark Davidson

EARLIER WORKS

Photography by Mark Davidson

Vintage Vacation Memory | Oil on Canvas | 48” x 108”, Framed 50” x 113” (triptych) | 2013

San Clemente | Oil on Canvas | 42” x 46”, Framed 44” x 48” | 2009

London 4: Street View | Oil on Canvas | 59” x 67”, Framed 61” x 69” | 2015

Walking Man | Oil on Canvas | 59” x 67”| 2015

Judah and Saida | Oil on Canvas | 60” x 60”, Framed 62” x 62” | 2013

Movement in the Mission II: Walker | Oil on Canvas | 48” x 64”| 2013

Transformation | Oil on Canvas | 52” x 72 ”| 2011

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Upon the Dawn of Day | Oil on Canvas | 26” x 20”| 2009

2015 Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2014 Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England 2013 Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA 2012 Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2011 Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA 2009 William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2009 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009 College of Marin, Emeritus Center, Kentfield, CA

BIOGRAPHY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (2008, 09, 10, 11, 12) 2007 Sharp Gallery, San Diego, CA 2007 Lucid Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 Academy of Art University, M.F.A. Final Show, San Francisco, CA 2012 Los Angeles Art Show, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Morris Graves Museum of Art, Five by Seven Fundraiser, Eureka, CA 2016 Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA (numerous, 2010-16) 2016 Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA (numerous, 2014-16) 2015 Art Silicon Valley Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA 2015 Allison McCrady Fine Art, Orinda, CA (numerous, 2013-15) 2015 J GO Gallery, Park City, UT (numerous, 2011-15) 2014 Highline Loft Gallery, Juried Show: International Art Festival, Chelsea, New York City, NY 2014 Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Juried Show: Ride to Cambridge, Curated by Cambridge 2014 International Arts, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England 2014 Than Mór Art Museum, Malom Gallery, Nyíracsád, Hungary 2014 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA 2014 The Grafton Centre, Changing Spaces, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England 2013 Linus Gallery, Juried Show: Men, Pasadena, CA 2013 Cambridge City Art Fair, Represented by Blue Contemporary, Cambridge, England 2013 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Represented by Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA 2013 Divan Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2012 McNabb Martin Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (2010, 11, 12) 2011 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Represented by K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2011 Prince Street Gallery, Fourth National Juried Exhibition, New York City, NY 2010 Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA This biography is abbreviated. Download the comprehensive biography and view the entire exhibiton with more available works here:

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