Michael Verlangieri

Artist Statement:

My work has been exhibited locally and internationally and is represented in many private and corporate collections. The work I create is based on a definition of art that is sufficiently broad to embrace any medium. My primary emphasis however, will always be on my creative involvement with life and the development of myself as an individual artist.

Education:

Academy Of Art College, San Francisco, California. Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California. University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

Awards & Distinctions:

California Arts Council, Artist in Residence Grant, Atascadero State Hospital and The National Endowment For The Arts.

Exhibitions:

The Portrait Project, South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Mostra : Sei Artisti Italo Americani, Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, California. Installation, The Tokyo Sheraton, Tokyo, Japan. Central Coast Craft Show, (Juror's Awards) ,The Art Center Of San Luis Obispo, California. Gallery 500, Elkins Park , Pennsylvania. Quicksilver Gallery, Cambria, California. Artist Toys, John Thomas Gallery, Fullerton, California. Expressions in Hand Made Paper, Platt Gallery, University Of ,Judaism, Los Angeles, California. Shakti Gallery, Long Beach, California. Riverside Art Center, Riverside, California. Paper as Image, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Paper: Cast, Formed and Torn, SPARC (Old Venice Jail Gallery) Venice Beach, California. In On and Of Paper, Museum of North Orange County, Fullerton, California.
Selected References: The California Art Reference, Listed ; Orange County Register, Reviewed ; The Cambrian, Reviewed ; Telegram-Tribune, San Luis Obispo County,

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Unified School District, California State College, Long Beach, Scripps College, Claremont, California ,Loma Linda University, Riverside, California, University of California, Riverside, California, The Forensic Mental Health Association of California. University of California, Santa Barbara, California.
 

Artistic Influences:

Photography created in accordance with the vision of the artist as photographer. Photography using a variety of alternative processes, like hand coloring, Photoshop manipulation or altering the negative in some way.

Tags:

Surfing, seascape, landscape, beach decor, hawaii, fine art photography.