Michael Bevilacqua
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Michael Bevilacqua was born in Carmel, CA in 1966. His artistic approach combines an enthusiasm for pop culture with a sophisticated study of modern painting.
Michael Bevilacqua
Biography
Michael Bevilacqua was born in Carmel, CA in 1966. His artistic approach combines an enthusiasm for pop culture with a sophisticated study of modern painting. His work is a lexicon of contemporary icons and logos, embracing among other things, music, fashion, and art. The paintings are a visual diary of his artistic influences, recording such things as rock album covers, fashion house logos, children’s cartoon characters and images from celebrated contemporary paintings. There is no separation between high and low culture. The works are like time capsules funneled through the sensibility of someone who grew up in northern California during the 70’s and 80’s. Bevilacqua is a painter as social sculptor.
1986 – Cambridge College of Art and Technology, Cambridge, UK
1988 – Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
1991 – Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
Exhibitions
2013
Blankism: The artist is not present, Peter Amby Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
RADIO amnesia: A survey of works on paper 1997-2013, Gering & Lopez Gallery, New York, NY
Deciphering Scars, Randall Scott Projects, Washington, D.C.
2012
An Ideal for Living, Gering & Lopez Gallery, New York, NY
Ceremony, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Factory to Factory, Peter Amby Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Catastrophe Ballet, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy
2010
Placebo Effect, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
Amphetamine Logic, Faurschou Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
The Rogue, Galería Javier López, Madrid, Spain
Galeria SENDA, Barcelona, Spain
Corrosions of Conformity, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
Corrosion of Conformity, Massimo Carasi – The Flat, Milan, Italy
2008
Fantasiamnesia, Galleri Faurschou, Beijing, China
2007
Remains of the Day, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Poison Apple, Massimo Carasi – The Flat, Milan, Italy
2006
Drawing Under the Influence: Fables of Reconstruction, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2005
Bevilacqua, Louisiana, Humlebeak, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Surface to Air, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Black Studio, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Beyond and Back, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2003
Vinyl Distraction, Colette, Paris, France
Happy Nightmare Baby, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
High-Speed Gardening, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Urban Hymns, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY
1997
What Is It That Is The Worm Inside of You?, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY