biography, Michael Price, figurative artist, natural and mineral pigments in tempera and oil

Biography	Born, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Since 2000 1977-1999 1994 Since 1994 1991-1992 1976-1977	Permanent Residence in New York Resident in Munich, Germany. 6 month residence in Austin, Texas Numerous visits to Asia Regular working visits to the Provence, France Resident in Rotterdam, Holland

Education
1971-1974 1969-1971	London Central School of Art and Design, B.A. with honours. Stoke-on-Trent College of Art; Pre-degree Foundation Course. The second year was under the tuition of Arthur Berry.

Exhibitions

One Person

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1989

1988

1985

Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York. Catalogue

Henry Gregg Gallery, New York
FGS Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey

David Findlay Galleries, New York

Post Gallery, Houston, Texas

Post Gallery, Houston, Texas

Galerie Poller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Catalogue

Post Gallery, Houston, Texas

Post Gallery, Houston, Texas

Galerie Poller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie am Theaterplatz, Erlangen, Germany

Galerie Friedrich, Cologne, Germany. Catalogue

Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich. Catalogue

Group & Museum (selection)

2010

2008

2005

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1996

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1989

1988

1985

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1983

1982

1981

1974

Henry Gregg Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, (6 person) "Past and Present".

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, (four person), "Just the Figure".

Post Gallery, Houston, Texas, (four person)

Organization of Independent Artists, New York (group)

‘Paros’, Paron, France. (3 painters & 1 sculptor) Catalogue
‘18th Hollfelder Sommeraustellung’, Bayreuth, Germany (group)

‘Six International Artists’, Montague Art Galleries Inc., New York

Galerie Friedrich, Cologne, ‘Line-art’ (group)

Galerie Friedrich, Cologne, (group)

‘Art Cologne’, Galerie von Braunbehrens

‘Kunst Salon’, Haus der Kunst (Museum of Modern Art), Munich. Catalogue
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)

‘Kunst Salon’, Haus der Kunst, Munich. Catalogue (group)
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)

Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)

‘Trends 81’, Mall Galleries, London (group)
‘Drawing Show’, Loggia Gallery, London (group)
‘Kunst Salon’, Haus der Kunst, Munich. Catalogue (group)
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich (group)

‘London Diploma Show’, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (group)

Publications	Research on the preparation and application of natural and mineral pigments
2007 2005	College Art Association Conference Abstracts 2007: "The Contemporary Relevance of the Renaissance Palette" pp. 190-192. "Bunte Götter, Die Farbigkeit antiker Skulptur" - Skulpturhalle Basel, Switzerland. Exhibition of the recontruction of polychromatic Greek sculpture, 11th Aug. - 20th Nov. 2005. Catalogue contribution titled: 'The preparation and application of mineral pigments', pp.256-259. Dutch translation: Kleur! Bij Grieken en Etrusken, prepared for the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam. Journal „Artwatch“ UK, No. 20, Summer 2005 ‘Blue, bluer, blu-est’, pp. 30-34
2000	„Leonardo“; Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, M.I.T. press. Title: ‘A Renaissance of Colour, Particle Separation and Preparation of Azurite for Use in Oil Painting. (Issue 33/4).

Collaboration on Pigment Research with Institutions and Companies

2005-2007

2003-2007

2002-2004

Since 2001

Since 1998

1998

1989-1990

1. Vienna University of Technology, Austria. Binding medium and natural resin
analysis with mineral pigments.
2. Golden Colors Inc. Production of a sample of historical mineral pigments for the
company display.

The Glyptothek, Munich. The preparation and application of mineral pigments with
Greek polychromatic sculptures.
MOMA scientific conservator, C. McGlinchey, New York:
a. Analysis of the purity of my newly developed method for the extraction of lazurite
from the semi precious rock lapis lazuli.
b. X-ray diffraction of prepared mineral pigments and extracted impurities
c. Advanced ageing tests of selected prepared and unprepared natural and mineral
pigments.

Tests with drying oils, essential oils and varnishes on prepared natural and mineral
pigments.

Kremer Pigments, Aichstetten, Germany:
Adaptation of my methods of pigment preparation for the production of

1. Dr. R. Treichler, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany:
SEM-imaging of azurite particles (for the „Leonardo“ publication).
2. Mr. H. Lezec, Micrion Corporation, Peabody, USA:
FIB-imaging of azurite particles (for the „Leonardo“ publication).

Dr. A. Burmester, Doerner-Institute, Munich, Germany:
Examination of evidence of applied geometrical methods revealed from the infra-red
spectrographic analysis of a Tintoretto painting, the Bamberg „Assumption of the
Virgin Mary“.

Lectures

"The Contemporary Relevance of the Renaissance Palette":
The Preparation and Use of Natural and Mineral Pigments in Oil Painting.

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2007

2005

2002

2001

1999

1996

Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Doerner-Institut, Colloquium.

Chair of a session at the College Art Association Conference 2007, New York, on the
presentation of a variety of aspects of natural and mineral pigments. Speakers
included Michael Skalka, Washington National Gallery; Dr. Georg Kremer, Kremer
Pigments; Shuya Wei, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, and Michael Price.

Henry Gregg Gallery, New York.

Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China.
Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas.

‘Painter’s Forum’, New York. A quarterly symposium on archival materials and
techniques.

New York Art Academy, New York
Munich Academy of Art, Germany

School of Fine Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Title: "A Comparison of the Natural and Mineral Pigments of Renaissance Art and
the Synthetic Pigments of the 20th Century".

Teaching and
Instruction

Since 2006

2002
Since 2001

Workshops in collaboration with Kremer Pigments, New York:
The properties and preparation of natural and mineral pigments and their The
properties and preparation of natural and mineral pigments and their application in
tempera, casein, natural resins and oil binding mediums.
application in tempera, casein, natural resins and oil binding mediums.

Oil painting department of the Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China.
Workshops in New York:

Reviews	(selection)
2005	Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 184, Munich, Germany
2002	Interview by PBS TV, Houston (broadcast May 2002)
1996	'Région sénonaise', France
1988	'Handelsblatt', Germany
1986	'Stadtillustrierte Nürnberg, Furth, Erlangen', Germany
1985	'Süddeutscher Zeitung' & 'Abend Zeitung', Munich
1983	'Abend Zeitung', Munich, Germany
1982	'Süddeutscher Zeitung', Germany.

	llustrations, Writing and Poetry
1992 1981-1982 1975	Illustrations published in the English Literary Journal ‘Iron’ Articles on art for the German magazine ‘Anglo American Spotlight’ (now Spotlight). Poetry selected and read at the ‘City of Westminster (London) Literary Festival’

Private Collections

Barry Flanagan, internationally acclaimed British sculptor
Dr. Park, Houston, Texas
PMD Group, Coventry (Precious Metals Group), UK
Willis Corroon, Birmingham (International Risk Management), UK
Topic Verlag, Munich, Germany
HP-Medica, Augsburg, Germany
Sommerhuber, Steyr, Austria

Selection of Minerals, azurite, lapis lazuli, cinnabar, malachite, orpiment, realgar, vivianite, purpurite

Biography