Michelle Gagliano
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Michelle Gagliano | |
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| Nationality | Americans |
| Known for | Oil painting |
| Movement | Dante Alighieri’s "Inferno", Canto |
| Website | michellegagliano |
Michelle Gagliano is an American artist based in Scottsville, Virginia and is known for enigmatic, abstract oil paintings that depict natural forms with textural patinas, particularly of landscapes and light.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Early life and education[edit]
She was born in Jamestown, New York to a family of Italian origin.[7] She studied painting at North Texas State University. She has painting degree from Plymouth State University and Master of Fine Arts from American University.[2][8]
Career[edit]
She has been painting for more than 25 years. She completed residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Chautauqua School of Art. She has exhibited solo shows at different cities in the US, Europe and Asia.[1][2][9]
She is the first female artist to paint and interpret all 34 Cantos of Dante Alighieri's "Inferno". It took her 33 weeks for her to complete her mixed media interpretation of the "Inferno" and exhibited the work in 2017.[4][10]
Collections[edit]
The William King Museum of Art,[11] Virginia Museum of Fine Arts[12] and the American Embassy (Rome, Italy),[13] are among the public collections holding or have held work by Gagliano.[14][15]
Awards[edit]
She received Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship award in 2017.[14][15]
Selected publications[edit]
She has published the book
- Once Again to See the Stars: A Contemporary Vision of Dante's Inferno.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "ECA_RootedDownandRisingUp_7_2017 by Elisa Contemporary Art - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ a b c "The transubstantiation of shoepolish | Exhibit Opening | Department of Art". art.as.virginia.edu. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ Velvet, Dear (March 2, 2014). "The Art And Alchemy Of Michelle Gagliano". ART GAME. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Artist Michelle Gagliano Paints Dante's "Inferno"". HuffPost. March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ "The Transubstantiation of Shoe Polish inaugura la mostra di Michelle Gagliano". AgrPress (in Italian). Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ "The Modern Mural: Reinventing the Feature Wall". blog.bimsmith.com. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ "Michelle Gagliano @ Rome Art Week". Rome Art Week. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ "Michelle Gagliano". Chroma Projects. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ Marniemi, J.; Parkki, M. G. (September 1, 1975). "Radiochemical assay of glutathione S-epoxide transferase and its enhancement by phenobarbital in rat liver in vivo". Biochemical Pharmacology. 24 (17): 1569–1572. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90080-5. ISSN 0006-2952. PMID 9.
- ^ "To hell and back". C-VILLE Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Tours at Two for Alchemy of Light with artist Michelle Gagliano – WKMA". www.williamkingmuseum.org. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Bo'c- thonnach - Exhibitions". August 9, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ "Michelle Gagliano: Murmurations". Second Street Gallery. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ a b info@arte.it, ARTE it Srl-. "Michelle Gagliano. The Transubstantiation of Shoe Polish - Mostra - Roma - Inclusivo Design - Arte.it". www.arte.it (in Italian). Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Michelle Gagliano – Artist | Artelier | Art Consultancy". Artelier. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Once Again to See the Stars: A Contemporary Vision of Dante's Inferno. Michelle Gagliano. November 7, 2020. ISBN 978-0-578-78501-1.