Michael Price

British born artist resident in New York since 2000. The main focus of his oeuvre is the polychromatic nude. He paints with natural and mineral pigments which include azurite and semi-precious lapis lazuli, cinnabar, malachite, stibnite, orpiment and realgar. He makes his own colours from rocks and crystals. His recent work includes gold leaf (wet gilding) both on panels with distemper, tempera and oil paint, or with bistre ink on paper. Since 2000 he has published three papers on the preparation and application of the mineral pigments including the journal 'Leonardo', (MIT-press). The artist also gives workshops on the colours of the Renaissance in his New York studio.

Born Stoke-on-Trent, England. Since 2000 Permanent Residence in New York. 1994-2007:Visits to the Far East. 1977-1999: Resident in Munich, Germany. 1994-1995: 6 month residence in Austin, Texas. 1991-1992: Regular working visits to the Provence, France. 1976-1977: Resident in Rotterdam, Holland.

Education
1971-1974: London Central School of Art and Design, B.A. with honours. 1969-1971: Stoke-on-Trent College of Art; Pre-degree Foundation Course.

Exhibitions, One Person
2010 Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey
2009: Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
2005: Henry Gregg Gallery, New York
FGS Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey.
2003: David Findlay Galleries, New York.
2002: Post Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2000: Post Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1998: Galerie Poller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Catalogue.
1997: Post Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1996: Post Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1989: Galerie Poller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
Galerie am Theaterplatz, Erlangen, Germany.
1988: Galerie Friedrich, Cologne, Germany - Catalogue.
1985: Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich - Catalogue.

Group and Museum (selection)
2010 Henry Gregg Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 'Past and Present' (6 person)
2008 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, (four person, 'Just the Figure')
2005 Post Gallery, Houston, Texas, (four person)
2001 Organization of Independent Artists, New York (group)
1996 ‘Paros’, Paron, France. (3 painters & 1 sculptor) Catalogue
‘18th Hollfelder Sommeraustellung’, Bayreuth, Germany (group)
1993 ‘Six International Artists’, Montague Art Galleries Inc., New York
1989 Galerie Friedrich, Cologne, ‘Line-art’ (group)
1988 Galerie Friedrich, Cologne, (group)
1985 ‘Art Cologne’, Galerie von Braunbehrens
1984 ‘Kunst Salon’, Haus der Kunst (Museum of Modern Art), Munich
Catalogue
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)
1983 ‘Kunst Salon’, Haus der Kunst, Munich Catalogue (group)
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)
1982 Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)
1981 ‘Trends 81’, Mall Galleries, London (group)
‘Drawing Show’, Loggia Gallery, London (group)
‘Kunst Salon’, Haus der Kunst, Munich Catalogue (group)
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)

Reviews (selection)
2005 Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 184, Munich, Germany
2002 Interview by PBS TV, Houston (broadcast May 2002)
1996 'Région sénonaise', France
1988 'Handelsblatt', Germany
1986 'Stadtillustrierte Nürnberg, Furth, Erlangen', Germany
1985 'Süddeutscher Zeitung' & 'Abend Zeitung', Munich
1983 'Abend Zeitung', Munich, Germany
1982 'Süddeutscher Zeitung', Germany

Lectures: ‘A Lost World of Colour: The Preparation and Use of Natural and Mineral Pigments in Oil Painting’
2007 Chair : College Art Association 95th Annual Conference, NYC
2005 Henry Gregg Gallery, New York
2002 Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China
Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
2001 ‘Painter’s Forum’, New York. A quarterly symposium on archival materials and techniques
1999 New York Art Academy, New York
Munich Academy of Art, Germany
1996 School of Fine Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Publications
2005 1. “Bunte Götter, Die Farbigkeit antiker Skulptur”, (The Colour of Antique Sculpture), Exhibition Catalogue prepared by the Glyptothek, Munich and the Vatican Museum, Rome
2. Kleur! Bij Grieken en Etrusken, Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam
3. Journal „Artwatch UK”, ‘Blue, bluer, blu-est’, No. 20,
2000 „Leonardo“; Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, M.I.T. Press (Issue 33/4)
Title: ‘A Renaissance of Colour, Particle Separation and
Preparation of Azurite for Use in Oil Painting

Research & Collaboration on Mineral Pigments
Since 2008 Doerner-Institut, Munich, Germany
2005 - 2007 Vienna University of Technology, Austria
2005 Golden Colors Inc.
Since 2003 The Glyptothek, Munich
2002 - 2005 MOMA scientific conservator, Mr. C. McGlinchey, New York
Since 2001 Mr. D. Fels, Alchemist Inc.
Since 1998 Kremer Pigments, Aichstetten, Germany
1998 Dr. R. Treichler, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
1998 Mr. H. Lezec, Micrion Corporation, Peabody, USA
1989-1990 Dr. A. Burmester, Doerner-Institute, Munich, Germany

Private Collections
The late Barry Flanagan, internationally acclaimed British sculptor, London
Dr. J. Park, Houston, Texas
Dr. C. Mazure, Grenoble, France
G. Brei Esq., Zurich, Switzerland
L. Villafuerte, Munich, Germany
Sommerhuber, Steyr, Austria

Corporate Collections
PMD Group, Coventry (Precious Metals Group), UK
Willis Corroon, Birmingham (International Risk Management), UK
Topic Verlag, Munich, Germany
HP-Medica, Augsburg, Germany

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