MICHAEL MCGRATH
Michael McGrath is an American artist living in the village of Rhinebeck in New York's Hudson Valley. His recent work is inspired by his current upstate NY environment and its history, but also in his curiosity in the cults of mysticism, mythology and religion through the lens of naivety. His work also explores common childhood fears such as monsters, weather and insects, as well some fears that continue into adulthood, such as the fear of crowds, the fear of god(s), the unknown, and ultimately death. McGrath embraces these fears and mysteries with the mindset, gestures and colors of both his inner child and outer adult.
Michael McGrath
Night float, threat window, 2024
oil and oil stick on canvas
60 x 48 in
152.4 x 121.9 cm
Michael McGrath
Catskills tiger hunt for gods, 2024
oil and acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 in
50.8 x 61 cm
Michael McGrath
Garden conference, 2024
colored pencil and oil on wood panel
6 x 4 in
15.2 x 10.2 cm
Michael McGrath
Future systems No. 2, 2024
oil on linen
30 x 40 in
76.2 x 101.6 cm
Michael McGrath
Our new home, No. 1, 2023
soft pastel, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
64.8 x 49.5 cm
Michael McGrath
Spring lurking, 2024
colored pencil on wood panel
6 x 4 in
15.2 x 10.2 cm
Michael McGrath
New riding gloves for old warning systems, 2024
soft pastel and colored pencil on paper
19 1/2 x 25 1/2 in
49.5 x 64.8 cm
EXHIBITIONS
SLIGHT OF HAND 2024
Small Works by Contemporary Artists
FORTHCOMING
STRAY PASSAGES
Nacho Eterno, Nutsa Gogaladze, Michael McGrath, Guy Rubicon
JUNE 12 - JULY 17, 2024
GREEN MINDS
SEPTEMBER 8 - OCTOBER 24, 2022
MICHAEL MCGRATH
Born in 1977
Lives and works in Rhinebeck, NY
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This Upstate New York-based painter embraces fear and the unknown “....at the end of the day, I am just figuring things out as I go and creating my own methodologies."
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SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2024 A Song to Follow (Duo with Ken Miratsuka), 1053 Gallery, Fleischmanns, New York
2023 Cat Songs, Galeria Casa Colón, Mérida, Mexico2023 Some Small Threats, Headstone Gallery, Kingston, NY
2023 Night Float, Bonian Space, Beijing, China
2023 Moon Riot, Crossing Art, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FAIRS (SELECTED)
2024 Slice of Summer, KP Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Stray Passages, MEPAINTSME, USA
2024 Dear Artemis, Raft of Sanity, Buffalo, NY
2024 Post Human V, Jagarhaus, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Spring Dream, Hecho a Mano, Santa Fe, NM
2023 West Bund, Crossing Art, Shanghai, China
2023 Art Amoy Art Fair, Bonian Space, Xiamen, China
2023 Art Taipei, Yiri Arts and Crossing Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Wytches, Dorado 806, Santa Monica, CA
2023 Nightfall, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2023 Art Shenzhen, Crossing Art, Shenzhen, China
2023 Litha, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, UK / Online
2023 Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Fir Gallery and Crossing Art
Beijing, China2023 Future Primitive, Court Street Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Samhain, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, UK / Online
2022 Break in Emergency, 4BYSIX, Shoreditch, London, UK
2022 Context Art Miami, Crossing Art, Miami, FL
2022 Art021 Shanghai, Fir Gallery, Shanghai, China
2022 Green Minds, MEPAINTSME, USA
2022 Understory, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2022 Summer Spectacular, HeyThere Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
2022 Flow, Fir Gallery, Beijing, China
2022 New Hue, Galactic Panther Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2022 Masquerade, Schlössle Lenningen, Lenningen, Germany
2021 American Strangers, Galerie DYS, Brussels, Belgium