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Honors
Untitled Artists Group poster design contest winner - Antifreeze - Winter Show - December 2011
2011 "Junk or Genius" Exhibition Group Show Selectee - Gallore Gallery - Middletown, Connecticut - April 2011
Featured Artist of the Month - "O" Gallery - Nashville, TN - January 2011
"I Am Solitary" long-list of 150 applicants - Beers Lambert Contemporary Art - London, England - January 2011
3rd Place, Best in Show - Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Art Show - Foobar Too - Nashville, TN - November 2010
Special Recognition - Colors Exhibition - Light Space & Time Online Gallery - November 2010
Untitled Artists Group poster design contest winner - Sorry I Arted - Summer Show - June 2010
Outstanding Art Student Award - Kenmore West Senior High School - Kenmore, NY - 1987
Publications
Art in Focus: Modern Masters Book - 2012
International Contemporary Masters Volume V - Juried Annual Art Book - available early 2012
NY Arts Magazine - International Edition - Artists at Home and Abroad - Volume 18 - Fall 2011
30x30=90° Numeri - Interpretazione Dei Numeri Della Tombola Napoletana - 2011
ArtisSpectrum - Volume 24 - Agora Gallery - November 2010
Press Release
Inspired both by nature and the human arts of music and literature, Michael Grine’s abstract paintings are an experiment with
color and the possibilities of space and perspective. Vivid colors are either thrown or mixed right on the canvas, resulting in bright configurations
of shape and form. Grine then uses centrifugal force in combination with gravity to distort those lines and contours,
layering translucent or opaque paints on the canvas in set or random patterns. In terms of composition,
he masterfully uses perspective to draw the viewer into his imagined worlds, lending a depth to the overall effect that speaks to
the limitless potential of space and time.
Working with several media, including oils, acrylics, tempera, computers, metal, and found objects, Grine pushes his art into previously unexplored
territories that call into question our own constructed confines of place and temporal boundaries. What Grine achieves is an emotional
response of wonder and purpose, caught in swirls of color reverberating with the rhythm and movement of a seemingly boundless dance. - Agora Gallery
Reviews
A dynamic artist with an innovative and highly distinctive style, Michael Grine draws inspiration from many different sources. Taking a holistic approach,
he is influenced by nature, music, literature, other artists and his friends and family – these diverse sources all contribute to motivate him to innovate
and experiment in different media. Grine has used more traditional media such as oils and acrylics but more recently has turned to computers, metal and even
found objects, using them to make marks in new ways and seeking to push himself beyond his comfort zone. In his latest series, paint is thrown or mixed
directly on canvas, which is then spun to force the paint outwards, creating chaotic radiating forms that explode from the centre of the paintings.
Often geometric and layered in construction, the intense colors and deft patterning that Grine develops directly convey
the energy captured within the paint. - Agora Gallery - ArtisSpectrum Magazine
Your work is wonderful and I enjoyed sharing it with the mayor of Sendai, Mrs. Okuyama.
Your artwork is very good. Don't give up! Good luck to you! - Yukiko Sakuraba - Sakuraba Gallery
Thanks for all the interest and questions. Anytime you want to do a joint/group show - let me know.
You rule it and I'd be proud to do a show with you brother! Appreciate the stickers.
I don't comment too much online but wanna let you know your skate art is absolutely killer.
You are one kick ass bad mutha fugga, kickin' out new stuff all the time! - Tim Shawl
Son of a bitch! That's awesome! (Day of the dead 2009) - Chris Clark
I know your good but Damn your very good. I'm glad the pencil pushing dicks had not
consumed your artistic inspiration and unique quality. I remember many of your very
eary works that inspired me. Thanks. - Eric Samul
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