Born: New York City, 1971
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Michael Grimaldi, Recent Drawings – Fontbonne University Gallery, St. Louis
2003 Michael Grimaldi, Recent Works – Arcadia Gallery, NY
2001 Recent Oil Paintings and Drawings of Michael Grimaldi – John Pence Gallery, CA
1998 The Drawings of Michael Grimaldi – The Studio Gallery, WA
1995 Drawings and Paintings of Michael A. Grimaldi – Gallery of The Art Students League of New York
1993 Vignt Desins de Michael Grimaldi – Musée Montaigue, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Corpo a Corpo, Villa Bardini, Firenze, Italy – curated by Daniela Astone and Gaia Grazioli
2018 Woodmere 77th Annual Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, PA
On Paper, An Exhibition of Drawings, MANA Contemporary and the Florence Academy of Art, NJ
2016 Iggy Pop Life Class by Jeremy Deller, Brooklyn Museum, NY
JOG 10 James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia
Now and Then New York Academy of Art in collaboration with the Dahesh Museum of Art – Curated by Peter Drake and Heidi Elbers
2015 Consecrated Realities MANA Contemporary and the Florence Academy of Art, NJ
Star Wars: Visions Mori Arts Center, Tokyo
Tell Them Stories; Origins Mark Miller Gallery, NY – Curated by Marshall Jones and Tun Myaing
2014 Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Artist Joshua Liner Gallery, NY
2013 Contemporary American Realism – Traveling Exhibition, China: Beijing, Dalian, Tianjin, Wuhan, Hangzhou and Shanghai
2012 Heads Up Steven Boone Gallery, NM – Curated by Geoffrey Lawrence
Resolve Joshua Liner Gallery, NY – Curated by Tony Curanaj
Contemporary American Realists of ACOPAL The Butler Institute of American Art, OH
2011 Expressing the Figure: Drawings from Life St. John’s University, NY
Contemporary American Realists ACOPAL National Arts Club, NY
2010 Anatomy Now Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum
Arcadia Gallery
2009 Visions – Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR; Naples Museum of Art, FL
2008 Selected Drawings John Pence Gallery, San Francisco
2007 The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Annual Instructors’ Exhibition Harriman Gallery, The Art Students League of New York
RAM Art, Miami
Drawings John Pence Gallery, CA
Trompe L’Oeil, An Invitational Exhibition John Pence Gallery, CA
2006 Annual Instructors Exhibition Gallery of The Art Students League of New York
Mastery and Meaning Union League of Philadelphia
Interiors John Pence Gallery, CA
2005 Arcadia Gallery, NY
The Art of Studio Incamminati Instructors Chauncey Center, NJ
2004 Allegory John Pence Gallery, CA
2003 Self Portraits John Pence Gallery, CA
Views of Balleroy The Forbes Galleries, NY
Re-presenting Representation IV Arnot Art Museum, NY
2002 New Works Forum Gallery, NY
Selected American Realists John Pence Gallery, CA
2000 New Talent Arcadia Gallery, NY
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY
Landscapes John Pence Gallery, CA
Meredith Long Gallery, TX
1999 Art and Illusion John Pence Gallery, CA
Drawings John Pence Gallery, CA
Landscapes Meredith Long Gallery, TX
The Paint Group Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY
Meredith Long Gallery, TX
1998 Still Lifes John Pence Gallery, CA
Landscapes John Pence Gallery, CA
173rd Annual Exhibition National Academy Museum, NY
1997 78th National Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
National Academy, School of Fine Arts, Instructors Union League Club, NY
1996 Lizan-Topps Gallery, NY
Awards and Honors
2018 Montello Foundation, NV: Artist in Residence
2007 American Academy in Rome – Affiliated Fellowship: Alma Schapiro Prize
2002 Forbes Foundation, Balleroy, France: Artist in Residence
2002 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Québec
1999 Stacey Foundation Grant, Oklahoma City, OK
1999 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Québec
1998 Stacey Foundation Grant, Oklahoma City, OK
1993 Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant, NY
1990 Merit Scholarship, The Art Students League of New York
Selected Bibliography
2019 Why Leonardo da Vinci’s brilliance endures, 500 years after his death, by Claudia Kalb, National Geographic
2018 Bodyscan: Anatomie in Kunst + Wissenschaft exhibition catalogue, Eres Stiftung, Munich
High-Value Artwork ‘On Paper’ by Milene Fernandez, The Epoch Times
2014 Suggested Donation – Episode 12 – Podcast Interview.
The Gross Lab – WHYY Friday Arts Television Segment, Michael O’Reilly, Producer
The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture by Donald Kuspit, Irving Sandler, Margaret McCann and David Kratz
2013 NDT Life Magazine, Taiwan. The Drawings and Paintings of Michael Grimaldi Summer 2013 Pages 23-29
2010 Classical Life Drawing Studio by James L. McElhinney and the Instructors of the Art Students League of New York. Pages 137-141
A Brief Trip with Caveh Zahedi by Grippingly Authentic – Online Periodical of Contemporary Art and Culture
2008 Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings Exhibition Catalog by curator Townsend Wolfe. Page 43.
Classical Painting Atelier by Juliette Aristides
The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection: A Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, exhibition catalogue, Page 95
American Art Collector. The Bones of Art. January Issue, Page 170.
2007 LINEA: The Journal of The Art Students League of New York
2006 Classical Drawing Atelier by Juliette Aristides
The Renascent Journal, State of the Art – Online Journal of Contemporary Art
2005 KNOCK Journal, Antioch University Seattle, Volume 2 Number two, Page 9
2003 Michael Grimaldi, Recent Work, exhibition catalogue, Arcadia Gallery
2001 Thirst Magazine. This, by T.R. Ericsson – Volume 1, Number one, Pages 22-23
Recent Oil Paintings and Drawings of Michael Grimaldi, exhibition catalogue, John Pence Gallery
1999 American Artist. A Realist Coup, September, Pages 18-21
American Arts Quarterly The Paint Group, Spring, Pages 27-32
Art Times The Paint Group June, Pages 10-11
1998 The Best of Sketching and Drawing: A Collection of Still Lifes, Portraits and Landscapes by Terry Sullivan
1993 Art Students League News McDowell Award Winners
Teaching
2015-Present New York Academy of Art: Director, Department of Drawing / Faculty Chair
2009-Present Drexel University College of Medicine: Program Founder and Instructor – Advanced Artistic Anatomy
2006-2015 The Art Students League of New York. Instructor – Painting from Life, Figure Drawing & Anatomy
2013-2015New York Academy of Art: Adjunct Faculty – Compositional Drawing from Life, Life Drawing, and Anatomy
2008-2014 Janus Collaborative School of Art: Co-founder, Director and Instructor
2011-2013 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Adjunct Professor – Life Painting and Anatomy
2010 New York Academy of Art: Adjunct Faculty – History of Drawing Techniques
2006-2008 Grand Central Art Academy, NY. Co-founder
2002-2005 Studio 126, NY. Co-Founder and Instructor – Figure and Portrait Drawing, Painting, and Anatomy
1997-2003 Water Street Atelier, NY. Instructor – Figure and Portrait Drawing and Painting
1997-2001 School of Visual Arts, NY. Instructor – Figure Drawing and Anatomy
1995-1996 National Academy of Design, NY. Instructor – Figure Drawing
Workshops
2019 New York Academy of Art – Composing the Multi Figure Narrative
2014 SACI Florence & Art Students League of New York – Drawing and Painting in Florence Italy
2012-2014Stanford University & BACAA, CA: Visiting Instructor and Lecturer – Advanced Artistic Anatomy
2010 Fontbonne University, St. Louis: Visiting Instructor – Drawing and Painting
2007-2009 Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, NY and Rome – Landscape and Architectural Drawing
2006-2014Bay Area Classical Arts Atelier, CA – Drawing & Painting from Life
2007-2008 Andreeva Portrait Academy, NM – Portrait Painting and Anatomy
2006-2008 Grand Central Academy of Art, NY – Painting from Life
2005-2007 Studio Incamminati, PA – Figure Drawing and Cityscape Drawing and Painting
1996-2016 Gage Academy of Fine Arts: Visiting Instructor – Figure and Portrait Drawing and Painting
Lectures & Articles
2013 Fleisher Art Memorial, PA: Guest Lecturer – Perceptual Approaches to Learning and Teaching Art
2013 New York Academy of Art: Workshop Instructor and Guest Lecturer – Composition and Design
2010 Drexel University College of Medicine, PA: Guest Lecturer – Cutting Cold Flesh: Perspectives from the Humanities
Fontbonne University, St. Louis: Guest Lecturer – Artistic Anatomy and Structural Drawing
Janus Collaborative School of Art : Lecturer – Studio Practice and Creative Illustration
Gage Academy of Fine Arts: Guest Lecturer – Artistic Anatomy
2009 The Morgan Library & Museum: Guest Lecturer and Workshop Instructor – Media and Techniques of Eighteenth Century French Drawing
Bodies: The Exhibition, The South Street Seaport Museum, NY: Guest Lecturer – Artistic Anatomy
2008 Institute of Classical Architecture – When in Rome: A Conversation with Alma Schapiro Prize Winner Michael Grimaldi and ICA & CA Managing Director Henrika Taylor
2007 LINEA, Volume II Number 3 Page 9: Article – Walter Tandy Murch: An Introduction by Michael Grimaldi,
Studio Incamminati, PA: Guest Lecturer – Studio Methods, Materials and Practice – Lecture/Demonstration
2006 Studio Incamminati, PA: Guest Lecturer – Art and Visual Perception
Gage Academy, Seattle: Guest Lecturer – Physiology and Psychology of Visual Perception
Education
2004 Facultad Medicina, Department of Anatomy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina – Independent Studies/Anatomy
1993-94 The National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, NY
1990-94 Ecole Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France
1989-95 The Art Students League of New York
1989 The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
1985-89 Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. of Music and the Arts, NY
