Michelle Gagliano’s art is a continuous engagement with the notion of beauty and experimentation. Imaginary ‘natural’ forms and textural patinas are melded in an exploration of surface alchemy, presenting the viewer with a breathtaking panorama that both evokes timeless private visions and invokes universal themes and emotions.
Gagliano has built up a considerable body of work and has exhibited extensively throughout the USA. With projects including Artist Residencies, group shows, museum exhibitions, and private installations, Michelle Gagliano’s work is held in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the U.S.A, Europe and Asia.
Selected Exhibitions (Solo and Group exhibits)
2019 Secondo Pensieri, American Embassy, Rome, Italy
Purgatorio Kintsugi, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2018 A Path to Tranqility, Elisa Contemporary Art, NY
Landscape Lexicons, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond VA
Language of Place, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Contrastando, “Contrast Creates Action”, Galerie Grefti, Umbertide, Italy
Transitions, Second Street Gallery, Dove Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Eight, Katzen Art Center, Washington, D.C.
Flight School, Baltimore International Airport, curated by Jack Rasmussen, Baltimore, MD
New Abstractions, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Work, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Houston, TX
Exhalation of Larks, Chroma Arts Projects, Charlottesville VA
2017 Rooted Down and Rising Up, Elisa Contemporary Art, NY
Affordable Art Fair, Elisa Contemporary Art, NY
Language of Place, Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, Charlottesville, VA
Landscape Lexicons, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
Vanguard Anniversary Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Annual Silent Auction, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Amazing Women Art Auction for Girls' Night Out, Les Yuex du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
First Years' Show, Katzen Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
2016 Dante's Inferno: Where Art and Poetry Collide, Focus Contemporary Art, Scottsville, VA
The Deconstructed Landscape, Focus Contemporary Art, Scottsville, VA
Reimagined Kaleidoscopes, SCAN Art Center, Scottsville, VA
Dirty Linen Abstract Show by Erickson, Gagliano, Patterson, Barnes, and Tamanian, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015 Affordable Art Fair, NYC, Elisa Contemporary Art, New York
Seeing Double, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2014 Moult, Group Show, Chroma Arts Projects, Charlottesville VA
One, Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Changing Appalachia, Custom to Cutting Edge, Portsmouth Cultural Art Center, Portsmouth,VA
2013 Graditude, Group Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
Enlighten, Featuring, Michelle Gagliano, Steven Deluz, & Pauline Ziegen, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
New Works, Solo Exhibition, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
High Art, Group Exhibition, Chroma Art Projects, Charlottesville, VA
See, Group Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
The Love Show,Group Exhibition, Chroma Arts Projects, Charlottesville, VA
Houston Fine Art Fair, Laura Rathe Fine Arts, Houston, TX
New Works, Group Exhibition, Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Primo Pensieri (Solo Exhibition), Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA Painting The Piedmont, Traveling Exhibition of 10 Acclaimed Virginian Artists, Chroma Arts Projects, Charlottesville ,VA, James Madison's Montpelier, Montpelier, VA, The National Sporting
Library Founders Lounge, Middleburg, VA. Sponsored by The Piedmont Environmental Council.
Foresta Vergine, Chroma Arts Projects, (Solo Exhibition ), Charlottesville, VA
Artists Among Us II, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo N.Y.
Ginkgo Dreams, Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM New Work,
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
13th Anniversary 5 X 7 Exhibition, Jones Center For the Arts, Austin Museum of Fine Art, Austin, TX
2011 Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston TX
Annual 5 x 7 Exhibition, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, and
Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas TX (Traveling Exhibition)
New Works, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Works, Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Luminous Notes (Solo Exhibition), Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA Artist
Members Show, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Artists for Haiti, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
Five X Seven Exhibition, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Whitely Gallery, Austin, TX
Fresh Paint: New Works by Gallery Artists, Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Works, Group Exhibition, Ode to Art Contemporary, Singapore
New Works, Group Exhibition, Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Strictly Painting 7, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA (juried)
Alchemy of Light, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX (solo)
10th Annual 5x7 Exhibition, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
New Works, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
New Works, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008 Art for Art’s Sake, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo) Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
Summer Exhibition, Artizen Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
2007 Metaphors of Nature, Artizen Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
Grand Re-Opening, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Lines, Vines and Surfaces, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans,LA
Art Expo New York, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
8th Annual 5x7 Exhibition, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, and
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX (traveling exhibition)
2006 Lines, Vines and Surfaces, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
The Painted Violin, Santa Fe Symphony Fundraiser, Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Summer Showcase Artist, Hanson Gallery, Carmel, CA
7th Annual 5x7 Exhibition, Jones Ctr for Contemp. Art, Austin, TX Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hanson/King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2005 Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Showcased Gallery Artist, Hanson King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
6th Annual 5x7 Show, Jones Center for Contemporary Arts, Austin, TX, & Dunn & Brown Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (traveling exhibition)
2004 Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA Martha Keats
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
5th Annual 5x7 Show, Jones Center of Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
Summer Heat Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX
2003 Holiday Group Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX Shadowed
Leaves, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX (solo) Shadowed Leaves,
Martha Keats Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
4th Annual 5x7 Show, Jones Center of Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
2002 Summer Heat, Betz Gallery, Houston, TX
2000 PDA 2000, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (juried)
1999 7th Annual Juried Exhibit, Ava Gallery, Lebanon, NH
Small Works, Mill Pond Center for the Arts, Durham, NH (juried) Karl Dreup
Fine Arts Gallery, Plymouth, NH
Awards
2007 The Painted Violin. Original Musical Composition inspired by the “Painted Violin” artwork by
Michelle Gagliano. Composition performed by the Sante Fe Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Artfest Juried Show, Best of Show, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX
2001 Cow Parade Houston, Sponsor Houstonian Hotel, Houston, TX
Residencies
2017 VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowship
2014 Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
1987 Chautauqua School of Fine Arts, Chautauqua, NY
Selected Corporate Collections
Art Plus Artisans, Austin, TX Equus Total Return, Inc., Houston, TX
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo, Dallas/Houston, TX Founders Bank, Sugarland TX
Fox and Brantley Internal Medicine, Charlottesville, VA Frost Insurance, Austin, TX,
Fish Richardson, Austin, TX Fish Richardson, Washington, D.C.
Gallagher Healthcare, Houston, TX North Houston Bank, Houston, TX
The Orthopedic Surgery Center, The Woodlands, TX Raymond James Brokerage, Houston, TX
Wady Petroleum, Houston, TX Wells Fargo Corporation, Houston, TX
Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, New York Jauregui Architects, Austin,TX
Lockton Insurance, Dallas, TX, Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros, Houston, TX
Selected private collections internationally
Publications
2017 “Rooted Down and Rising Up’ at Elisa Contemporary Art, New York.” Blouin Artinfo, 15 June 2017
“Rooted Down and Rising Up.” Wall Street International, 13 June 2017
Madison Burfeind. “Sew Sharp.” Virginia Living Magazine, 17 January 2017
Washington County News. Carolyn Wilson, “When Canvas and Fabric Collide.” 4 January 2017
2016 Ambassador Magazine for the National Italian American Institute. December 2016.
HuffPost Arts & Culture. Stuart Gunter, “Reimagined Kaleidoscopes: The Art and Fashion of
Michelle Gagliano and Kari Bare.” 15 May 2016.
HuffPost Arts & Culture. Stuart Gunter, “Artist Michelle Gagliano Paints Dante’s Inferno.” 15 March 2016.
2015 Heather Harris. “New Gallery Seen a Cultural Hub.” Rural Virginian, 2015.
“New Work by Paul Tamanian, Michelle Gagliano and Richard Currier.” The Best of New Orleans, 2015.
“The Art and Alchemy of Michelle Gagliano.” Dear Velvet. November 24, 2013.
2013 Southwest Art Magazine. Bonnie Gangelhoff, “Where Are They Now” October 43 (5), 2013.
Studio Visit Magazine Vol 24, Juried Artists, Boston, MA
The Daily Progress, Zainab Al-Sayegh, “The Gender Gap in the Art World”, Charlottesville, VA
The Art and Alchemy of Michelle Gagliano, Dear Velvet, http://dearvelvet.com
2012 The Piedmont Virginian. Kathy Christie, “Painters of the Piedmont”. Autumn, 2012.
2009 Biller, Steven. “Where the Art Is.” Guest Life Houston, 2009
2008 Peck, Renée. “Art is Icing on the Space.” The Times-Picayune, October 25, 2008
Genet, Malcolm. “Michelle Gagliano: Art for Arts’ Sake.” New Orleans: Angela King Gallery, October 2008
Barth Linda. “The Art’s the Star”, Houston House and Home (January 2008): 36-43.
2006 Latter, Ruth. “Art World Review.” The Daily Progress, November 2006.
“Under the Ash Tree.” Cover image. Explore the Journal of Science and Healing, March 2006.
2004 Osterman, Julie. “Artist to Watch.” Southwest Art Magazine 34, no. 5 (October 2004): 34.
“Neo-Naturalist of Texas.” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, September 2003.
2002 “Timeless Italian.” Houstonian House and Home 2, no. 6 (June 2002).
2001 Cow Parade Houston. New York: Workman Publishing, 2001 (78-79, back cover).
Born Jamestown, NY
EDUCATION
MFA, American University, Washington D.C.
BFA, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY (summer residency)
