Michael Goro

Michael Goro


About

My art is a continuous creative search for raw authenticity in urban environments and human forms that are constantly changing. Individuals change as they experience life and cities develop and/or decay through time. People and places have history and experience. Cities are weathered by time and through use, taking on a personality of their own from the people and the elements that have interacted with them. It is a combination of all of these factors that creates authenticity.

Looking for subject matter I find simple things that we see every day, things that become symbolic once they are taken out of context. I experiment with the juxtaposition of places, faces, and architectural designs that reflect my diverse personal experiences. My story is a vivid illustration of the end of the last century – a time of deconstruction, discontinuity, and dislocation.

I find that black-and-white prints convey contradictory images better than any other medium by reducing them to the most basic color contrast. My work provides the full spectrum of techniques ranging from renaissance engraving to digital photogravure. Read More
Location
Chicago, IL, United States
Website
http://www.mgoro.com
Work
2002-present
Graphics Department, chair person
American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois
Education
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, MFA
May 1999

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Michael Goro
United States
Edition $1,100

Guangzhou

Painting

Michael Goro
United States
Prints from $112

study 1

Painting

Michael Goro
United States
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Boulevard Voltaire

Printmaking

Michael Goro
United States
Edition $800
Prints from $24

La Seine

Printmaking

Michael Goro
United States
Edition $1,100
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paris

Painting

Michael Goro
United States
Prints from $121
Three Points
Dog's Tale
Study 2
Mirror
Twilight
Defiant Perspective
study 3

Collections

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watercolors

8 Artworks

Events & Exhibitions

Exhibitions

AWARDS

Guanlan International Print Prize [top prize]
2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial, Guanlan Print Original Industry Base, Shenzhen, China 2009

London Print Studio Award
7th Royal West of England Academy Open Print Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK, 2009

Purchase Prize
15th SPACE Internaional Print Biennial_Seoul
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2009

Fourth Prize
The 7th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints
Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino-cho Kochi-ken, Japan, 2007

Excellent Prize
The 14th Seoul_Space International Print Biennial
Seoul Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea, 2006

First Prize
Notes From Underground International Art Exhibition
London, UK, 1999

Special Recognition Award
Watermark 99, Studio 107, Whiteville, North Carolina, 1999

Special Prize
6800 works from 79 countries were submitted for the show
International Print Triennial in Kanagawa‘98, Kanagawa Arts Foundation,
Yokohama, Japan, 1998

Juror’s Award
19th Annual National Print Competition at Artlink
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1990

Honorary Membership
Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, California, 1998

Juror’s Award
18th Annual National Print Competition at Artlink
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1998

Second Place
Sixth International Miniature Art Show
Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Heads, North Dakota, 1998

First Prize
Call of the Wild, Small Print Competition
Department of Art and Design
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1007

EXHIBITIONS

2012
Invitational Printmaking Exhibition [invited artist]
Miller Gallery, Sharadin Art Building, Kutztown, USA

2nd Yunnan International Print Exhibition [second prize]
Yunnan Museum in Kunming, Yunnan, China

Urban Visions Michael Goro - Nicola Villa [two artists exhibition]
Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris, France

8th British International Mini Print Exhibition [invited artist]
Exhibition is to be touring the UK for 2 years

Pulled, Pressed & Printed Chicago
Expo 72 Gallery, Chicago, USA

The 100th Anniversary of the Titanic, International Graphic Art Exhibition
Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia

2011
Michael Goro Juxtapositions [solo exhibition]
Eide Dalrymple Gallery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Post-Competition Exhibition IMPRINT'2011
Kubicki Arcades, Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland

Metropolis IMPRINT'2011 Second Kulisiewicz International Triennial of Graphic Arts
Kubicki Arcades, Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland

Images In Black And White [two artists exhibition]
Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, USA

3nd Guanlan International Print Biennial
Guanlan Print Original Industry Base, Guanlan, China

2010
Goro Unframed [solo exhibition]
Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Inc., Chicago, USA

Juxtapositions, Prints by Michael Goro [solo exhibition]
Guanlan Print Original Industry Base, Guanlan, China

Exposition des Gravures de Deborah Maris Lader & Michael Goro [two artists exhibition]
Galerie La Hune Brenner, Paris, France

International Print Triennial Exhibition – Oldenburg 2010
Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany

The 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition
R.O.C. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

5th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro 2010 [by invitation only]
Alijó, Portugal

XI International Engraving Biennial Caixanova 2010
Caixanova Centro Cultural, Spain

2009
2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial 2009 [guanlan international
print prize]
Guanlan Print Orginial Indrustry Base, Shenzhen, China
7th Royal West of England Academy Open Print Exhibition [London Print Studio Award]
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK

International Print Triennial Krakov 2009 [main exhibition]
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
15th SPACE Internaional Print Biennial_Seoul [purchase prize]
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

IX edition of the International Biennial of Engraving "Premio Acqui" [finalict]
International Biennial Association for Engraving in Acqui Terme, Italy

2nd Qijiang International Print Exhibition
Chongqing, China

IMPRINT – Contemporary Graphic Art Collection Kulturföreningen Magasinet
Falun, Sweden

IMPRINT 2008, a Selection from the Competition Exhibition
State Museum in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

2008
The 7th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints [fourth prize]
Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino-cho Kochi-ken, Japan

Kulisiewicz International Graphic Arts Triennial IMPRINT 2008
Place of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland

Art of Democracy
Loyola Univercity Museum of Art (LUMA), Chicago, Illinois, USA

2007
9th International Biennial "The Masters of Drawing and Graphic Art [by invitation only]
Municipal Museum of Art in Gyor, Hungary

PRINT- Internationale Grafiktriennale Krakau – Oldenburg – Wien 2007
Künstlerhaus, Vienna

Brush and Needle, Prints and Paintings by Mat Barber Kennedy and Michael Goro
MBK Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

INK Works from the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, Illinois

2006
Anchors of Identity, Recent work by Michael Goro
Vespine Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

The 14th Seoul_Space International Print Biennial [Exellent Prize]
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

3rd LUC Print Biennial Competition
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

The Chicago Show: Tracks, Cable, Sky and Lake
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois

2005
Urban Landscape, Recent work by Michael Goro
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois

16th Annual Small Print Show
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois

Printmaker [Exhibition of Contemporary Chicago Printmakers]
4art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

The 4th Triennial International Book & Paper Arts
Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois

2004
Triennale Krakau – Oldenburg
Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany

2003
International Print Triennial Krakov 2003 [main exhibition]
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland

International Print Triennial Krakov 2003
Palace of Art TPSP, Krakow, Poland

Triennial 100 Cities 2001-2003
Traveling exhibition visiting 100 cities in Europe including Poland, Germany and Italy

2003 Annual International Fine Art Exhibition
Fraser Gallery, Washington, D.C.

23rd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink Artlink
Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Living Art 3 Gallery 37
Chicago, Illinis

2002
Zeichen der Gegenwart
Vienna Art Center Gallery, Vienna, Austria

13th Annual Small Prints Show
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Exhibition
Mars Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Intergrafia-World Award Winners Gallery (re-exposition)
International Print Society Krakow, Torun City Museum, Torun, Poland

2001
Triennial 100 Cities 2001-2003
Traveling exhibition visiting 100 cities in Europe including Poland, Germany and Italy

2000
International Print Triennial Krakov 2000
International Print Society Krakow, Krakow, Poland2000

World Award Winners Gallery "Intergrafia" Katowice 2000
Katowice, Poland

World Award Winners Gallery "Intergrafia" Czestochowa 2000
Czestochowa, Poland

1999
71st Annual Juried Exhibition 1999
Juror, Feresheh Daftari, Curator, Museum of Modern Art
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Notes From Underground International Art Exhibition
London, UK

Works on Paper: Prints, Drawings, Collage
Juror, Michael Miller, Chairman of Printmaking Department, Art Institute of Chicago
The Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL

49th Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois

Watermark 99
Juror, Jack Pinkerton, Studio 107, Whiteville, North Carolina

19th Annual National Print Competition at Artlink
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana

12th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition
Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Michael Goro Prints and Drawings (One Person Show)
Illini Union Gallery, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

15th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Los Angeles Print Making Society, Los Angeles, California

Another View: Selected Works from Contemporary American Printmakers
Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, California

73rd Annual International Competition
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1999 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition
Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, Hawaii

1998
Twenty-Third Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition
Jurors, Tracey Bashkoff, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.C.
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, St. James, New York

Delta National Small Prints Exhibition
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas

International Print Triennial in Kanagawa‘98
Kanagawa Arts Foundation, Yokohama, Japan

Americas 2000 All Media Competition
Northwest Art Center, Minot, North Dakota

Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition
Juror, Eric Denker, Curator, National Gallery of Art
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Nude/naked an Examination of the Human Form
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois

18th Annual National Print Competition at Artlink
Department of Art, Indiana State University, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Prints and Printmakers 1998 National Juries Exhibition at FACET
Fine Art Center en Taos, Taos, New Mexico

Sixth International Miniature Art Show
Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, No. Carolina

1997
13th North Shore Art League Midwest Print Show
Edward Crown Center, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1995
Michael Goro, Works by the Students
Sego Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

1994
Two Artists Exhibition
The Loge Gallery, Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, Utah

1993
Four Artists Exhibition
Round Door Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
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