Exhibiting Artists:
Michael De Feo
Artist Michael De Feo is quintessential New York. Best known for his ubiquitous flower image, De Feo has been creating street art for over sixteen years. Not limited to the streets as his canvas, his work has also appeared in galleries and museums around the world including the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; MASS MoCA; Museo de Arte, Puerto Rico; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; the A3 Art Fair, Paris; Manifesta 7, Trento/Trentino, Italy; and The National Gallery, Bangladesh, amongst others.
Michael has also been featured on the cover of New York Magazine's "Reasons to Love New York" issue (twice in as many years) and participated in the "Wooster on Spring" exhibition at New York's "Candle Building" which was one of the top-ten cultural events of 2006 as selected by Roberta Smith of the New York Times. In addition, Michael’s work has been featured in film documentaries, most notably Alice Arnold’s "To Be Seen" which was aired on PBS/WNET and screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006.
De Feo's award winning children's book, "Alphabet City: Out on the Streets", pays homage to the classroom that is New York City - using his paintings glued on the streets of Manhattan to illustrate each letter of the alphabet. It's now in its third printing by Gingko Press.
In December of 2007, De Feo made his curatorial debut with "Behind the Seen" at Ad Hoc Art in Brooklyn. "Behind the Seen" featured 39 international graffiti and street artists showcasing works they're not typically known for.
Recently, Michael had a new slik screened print featured by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum at this year's Editions/Artists' Book Fair in New York - Michael created an eight-color silk screened print along with master printmaker Gary Lichtenstein to benefit the museum as part of its "Artists' Editions" series.
Michael is presently in the exhibition "Street Art Painting" at SAP AG International in Walldorf, Germany and "The Arrival - Contemporary Urban Art" at The Stoke Museum in Manchester, England.
Michael lives in New York with his daughter, Marianna, and teaches art at a high school in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
