CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Born in Los Angeles California, Michael Giancristiano is best known for his exploration of nature through the medium of plywood. His work has exhibited internationally as well as nationally, has won numerous awards and can be found in many private and corporate collections including the library archives of, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2015

LA ARTCORE BREWERY ANNEX, (Los Angeles, CA)

PASADENA SHOWCASE HOUSE (San Marino, CA)

CALIFORNIA COOL - LAGUNA ART MUSEUM BENEFIT AUCTION (Laguna Beach, CA)

THE CANADIAN SPACE SOCIETY TRAVELING SPACE ART SHOW (Winnipeg and Vancover, Canada)

 

2014

BRETT RUBBICO GALLERY (Newport Beach, CA)

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATES (San Diego, CA)

F+ GALLERY (Santa Ana, CA)

COASTLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY (Newport Beach, CA)

THE CANADIAN SPACE SOCIETY TRAVELING SPACE ART SHOW (Toronto and Montréal, Canada)

ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Riverside, Ca)
Exhibit sponsored by a grant from the Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs. Curated By Enilde Van Hook

 

2013

ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (Santa Ana, CA) “The Search” A collaboration with JPL

THE CANADIAN SPACE SOCIETY ANNUAL SPACE SUMMIT (Ottawa, Canada)

BOSTON COURT PERFORMING ART CENTER (Pasadena CA)

ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Riverside, Ca)

Exhibit sponsored by a grant from the Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs. Curated By Enilde Van Hook

ENDEAVOR ARTS GALLERY (Calgary, Alberta Canada) Revolutions – Canadian Space Society

112 B KIRK AVE. GALLERY (Roanoke, Virginia)

CALABASAS CITY HALL (Calabasas, CA)

ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (Santa Ana, CA) “Embrace” curated by Katherine Huntoon

 

2012

VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. Cal State University Northridge (Northridge, CA)

ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART(Santa Ana, CA) “Spirit of Democracy”.

HALEARTS GALLERY (Santa Monica, CA).

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL ONE. "OUT OF THIN AIR"

Exhibit sponsored by a grant from the Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs. Curated By Enilde Van Hook

LAXART / Mark de Suvero's Artist Tower of Protest Recreation (West Hollywood, CA)

 

2011   

OPPORTUNITY GREEN  Green Business Conference 2011 (Los Angeles CA).     

TARFEST  KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER, (Los Angeles, CA)         

FLAG STOP  Art Exhibition at So. Bay Lexus showroom. Juried by architect / artist Tm Gratkowski

SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY  “Chain Letter” Jurors Christian Cummings & Doug Harvey.

LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION / GALLERY 825  “Rote” Juror: Adam Gross, Director, Art Platform LA

L.A. ARTCORE (Los Angeles, CA) Tandem Solo

TORRANCE ART MUSEUM  “An Easy Give and Take” (Torrance CA.) Fundraiser for the Japanese Red Cross

MINOTTI LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION / GALLERY 825, “Hecho a Mano”, Juror: Idurre Alonso, (M.O.L.A.A.)

 

2010  

Art For the Heart Gala Benefiting C.O.T.A. for Gabby Iezzi (Janette Kennedy Gallery Dallas TX).

DAVID JONES GALLERY, Native Textures (Venice,CA).

GETART Art sale and benefit supporting Project Angel food (Hollywood,CA).

BLEICHER / GOLIGHTLY GALLERY, Paper on Paint (Santa Monica,CA).

BLEICHER / GOLIGHTLY GALLERY (Santa Monica,CA).

 

2009  

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN SHOW,  Juror: Apsara DiQuinzio, Assistant Curator SFMOMA

LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION / GALLERY 825, “The Lingering Feast”, Juror: Merry Karnowsky (Gallery)

ARTCORE BREWERY ANNEX, (Los Angeles,CA)   

LA ART ASSOCIATION / GALLERY 825 (Los AngelesCA)  

VENICE ART WALK AND AUCTION (Venice, CA) Benefiting the Venice family clinic

SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, (San Diego, CA) “50th International Awards Exhibition”

 Juror: Julia Marciari Alexander, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, San Diego Museum of Art

ART 2 WEAR Accoutrements at Ontario InternationalAirport (Ontario,CA) January  - May 2009

 Exhibit sponsored by a grant from the Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs.

  

2008

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART Art Rental and Sales Gallery

TARFEST, KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER, (Los Angeles, CA)

 Juror: Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA

MUSEUM of VENTURA COUNTY (Ventura County, CA)

 "Between Heaven and Earth: “Entre Cielo y Tierra" Fundraiser Fashion Show

THE CRADLE PROJECT (Albuquerque) New Mexico

 Fundraising art installation to benefit the 48 million children orphaned by AIDS and poverty in Sub Saharan Africa.

WET PAINT, (Beverly Hills, CA)Benefit for the LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

SANTE FE ART WALK, (L.A., CA) May 3 & 4 2008

PALOS VERDES ART CENTER, (Palos Verdes, CA)

 “The Sixth Biennial International Juried Wearable Expressions Exhibition and Fashion Show”.

 Jurors: Gleny’s Mann, (Australia) Sunita Patterson,(USA) Beatrijs Sterk, (Germany)

LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION / GALLERY 825, “Penumbra”, Juror: James Panozzo, (L.A. CA)

LOS ANGELES ART SHOW, Presented by FADA, (Santa Monica, CA)

 

2007 

THE POSITIVE ENERGY CONDOMINIA, (Eco-Luxury Town Homes) W. Hollywood CA.

Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital

 Benefit Auction at The Victorian, (Santa Monica, CA)

TARFEST, KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER, (Los Angeles, CA)

 Juror: Michele Urton, Curatorial Assistant of Contemporary Art, LACMA

"AN EVENING of ART and ARCHITECTURE" Gallery 825 Benefit Auction, award winning home of Michael  Collins

WINTER BIANNUAL, MIKE NAPOLIELLO GALLERY / LAAA SOUTH

 Juror: Susan Cross, Curator MASS MOCA

LOS ANGELES ART SHOW, Presented by FADA, (Santa Monica,CA)

 

2006 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART,
(Art Rental and Sales Gallery)

 

2005 

HANGER GALLERY, (Santa Monica, CA)

SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, (San Diego, CA) “48th International Awards Exhibition”

 Juror: Derrick Cartwright, Director of the San Diego Museum of Art

 

2004 

SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, (San Diego,CA)

 “47th International Awards Exhibition”  Juror: Peter Gordon

THE ARTISTS MUSEUM, (Washington,D.C.)

 

2003

MARZIART INTERNATIONAL GALERIE UND MALSCHULE, (Hamburg, Germany)

SEKANINA GALLERIA D’ ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, (Ferrara, ITALY)

ESTE CASTLE of FERRARA, (Ferrara,ITALY)

 “Body Sign Surface” Selected by art critic, Paola Trevisan

 

2002 

CERES GALLERY, (New York,NY)

 

2001 

ART CENTER OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, (New Milford, NJ) “9th Annual Juried Show”

 Juror: Roxana Marcoci,  Dept of Painting and Sculpture, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC

PALM SPRINGS DESERT MUSEUM ARTISTS COUNCIL, (Palm Springs,CA)

 “32nd Juried Exhibition” Juror: Ann Philbin, Director of the UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM

 

2000 

SCHOHARIE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, (Cobleskill,NY)

 “18th Annual Small Works Exhibition”, Juror: Eleanor Heartly, Art Critic and Editor,“Art in America”

 

1999 

GOLDEN TULIP GALLERY, (Sonoma, CA)

 

1998 

SADLER FINE ARTS, (Santa Monica, CA)

 

1997 

SADLER FINE ARTS, (Santa Monica, CA)

 

1996 

DEANNA MILLER FINE ART, (Santa Monica, CA)

 

1995 

ART INITIATIVES, (New York, NY)

PARK AVENUE ARMORY, (New York,NY)

LONG BEACH ARTS, (Long beach, CA) Juror: Henry T. Hopkins,

 Director of the UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM

LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, (Los Angeles, CA)

 “Los Angeles Juried Exhibition”, Juror: Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art,

 Los Angeles County Museum of Art

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM, (San Bernardino, CA)

 “Southern California Open”, Juror: Susan Muchnic,Los Angeles Times Art Critic

DOWNEY MUSEUM OF ART, (Downey, CA)

 “Information Super Highway”, Juror: Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly Art Critic

 

1994 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, (Art Rental and Sales Gallery)

L.A. ARTCORE GALLERY, “Wall Works”, Juror: Jack Rutberg, Jack Rutberg Fine Art

L.A. THEATER CENTER, (Nova Space)

  

1993 

THE ART COLLECTOR GALLERY, (San Diego, CA)

 

1992 

V.Q.S.V. GALLERY, (Pasadena, CA)

SOPHIA EN KAIRO EXHIBITION SPACE, (Santa Monica, CA)

 

 

 

Art world luminaries who have selected Giancristiano’s work for exhibition (Alphabetically).



Julia Marciari Alexander, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART

Idurre Alonso, Curator, MUSEUMOF LATIN AMERICAN ART

Derrick Cartwright, Executive Director, SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART

Susan Cross, Curator, MASS MOCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art)

Apsara DiQuinzio, Assistant Curator, SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

Peter Frank,  Editor of Fabrik Magazine and renowned Art Critic

Adam Gross, Director, Art Platform LA

Peter Gordon, Director of Cultural Arts Office, City of Carlsbad

Eleanor Heartly, Art Critic and Editor,  “Art in America Magazine”

Henry T. Hopkins, Executive Director, UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM

Gleny’s Mann, (Australia) President of TAFTA, writer-Textile Fiber Forum Magazine

Roxana Marcoci,  Dept of Painting and Sculpture, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC

Susan Muchnic, Los Angeles Times Art Critic

James Panozzo, Lawrence Asher Gallery / LAUNCH

Sunita Patterson, (USA) Editor–Fiber Arts Magazine

Ann Philbin, Executive Director, UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM

Jack Rutberg, Jack Rutberg Fine Art

Beatrijs Sterk, (Germany) Secretary General and initiator of the European Textile Network

Paola Trevisan Italian Art Critic and gallerist

Michele Urton, Curatorial Assistant of Contemporary Art, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART