Group Exhibitions
2008
Evan Lurie Gallery
Carmel, Indiana
2007
Lurie Fine Art Galleries
Miami, Florida
Lurie Fine Art Galleries
Los Angeles, California
Evan Lurie Fine Art Gallery
Carmel, Indiana
2006
“Picking Up the Pieces”
William D. Cannon Gallery
Carlsbad, California
2004
“Isolation and Intimacy”
Zenith Gallery
Washington, DC
“Piece By Piece”
The Gallery at Port of Call
Warwick, New York
Lurie Fine Art Galleries
Boca Raton, Florida
2003
Hunter-Kirkland Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Art Miami
Miami, Florida
2002
“Europa: Views From Across America”
Rochester Art Center
Rochester, Minnesota
“Destinations of Desire”
Thomas Barry Fine Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001
“Quirkyworks II”
Bennett Galleries
Nashville, Tennessee
2000
“Take A Second Look”
Greater Reston Arts Center
Reston, Virginia
1999
“Figure In/Figure Out”
MB Modern
New York, New York
“Common Thread”
Diane Nelson Fine Arts
Laguna, California
“Present Art VI”
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
1997
“Contemporary Figures”
MB Modern
New York, New York
1996
North Dakota Museum of Art
Grand Forks, North Dakota
“Present Art IV”
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
1995
“Pasted Papers: Collage and the 20th Century”
Louis Stern Fine Arts
Los Angeles, California
“Emulations: Quotations From the Source”
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside, California
“Present Art III”
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
1994
“Trees”
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside , California
1993
“Present Art II”
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
“Dark Suburban Fantasies”
Art Institute of Southern California
Laguna, California
“Daylight Fantasy...The Night’s Dark Side”
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside, California
“The Purloined Image”
Flint Institute of Art
Flint, Michigan
1992
“The Sticking Place”
Long Beach City College
Long Beach, California
A Gallery on the Fourth Floor
San Francisco, California
1991
“Collage Montage”
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Sixth Open Studio Day
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1990
Coconut Grove Arts Festival
Miami, Florida
First Place
Boca Museum Show
Boca Raton, Florida
First Place
Winterpark Arts Festival
Winterpark, Florida
Best of Show
Atlanta Festival of Arts
Atlanta, Georgia
Solo Exhibitions
2006
Hunter-Kirkland Contemporary
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004
Hunter-Kirkland Contemporary
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2000
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
1999
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
1998
MB Modern
New York, New York
1997
Sydne Bernard Fine Arts
Los Angeles, California
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Thomas Barry Fine Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996
Galerie Gastaud, & Caillard
Paris, France
Galeria Estela Shapiro
Mexico City, Mexico
1995
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Galerie Montpensier
Paris, France
Horwitch Newman Gallery
Scottsdale, Arizona
1994
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
1993
Dorothy McRae Gallery
Atlanta, Georgia
1992
ART/LA 92
Los Angeles, California
1992
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
1991
Couturier Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Denenberg Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
Always evocative and difficult to describe, Michael Madzo’s artwork is unmistakable. Eloquent in its luminous hues and vivid, oftentimes whimsical subjects. His trademark technique of sewing bits of his paintings together attracts attention both for its symbolism and for the rich texture it adds to his work. The powerful images in Michael’s work are ephemeral, and yet always seem to maintain an unequivocal humanity.
Artist Statement
“The paintings are made with various pieces of paper material, all beginning with a single form or color. The painted image evolves steadily, piece by piece, taking on its form and direction by the addition of each individual piece of paper or paint. I work on many paintings simultaneously both small and large, and often find portions of a painting migrating to another work in progress. As the pieces of paper are laid down, acrylic paint is used to over paint and cement the pieces in place. Varnish is laid on top of the paint and then the colored threads are sewn throughout the work with a sewing machine. All paintings are original and very one of a kind. I have been working in this manner for 20 years, showing primarily in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Santa Fe, Indianapolis, and Mexico.”