MICHAEL GEORG MAAS

ARTIST/TEACHER

Born: 1949, Long Island, New York

Education:

             1969, Associate of Applied Science – Delhi Agricultural and Technical College
                        Delhi, New York
                        Laboratory Animal Science & Veterinary Care
             1972, Bachelor of Science – Cornell University
                        Ithaca, New York
                        Concentration in drawing, art history, design and public service
             1978, Professional Certificate, Fine Arts Painting – National Academy of Design

School of Fine Arts
New York, New York
                         Merit Scholarship for drawing – studied with Joseph Hirsch
             1983, Master of Fine Arts (With Distinction) – Pratt Institute
                        Brooklyn, New York
                        Studied drawing and sculpture with Calvin Albert
             1984, Art Teacher certification courses – Dowling College

Additional Education:

             1973, 1976 Art Students League
                        New York, New York
                        Studied drawing and anatomy with Robert Beverly Hale
             1979, New School for Social Research
                        New York, New York
                        Studied film animation
             2000, 2004, 2006 Printmaking Workshops with Dan Welden
             2003 – 2005, assorted Graduate and In-service courses with Mark Kuebler,
 Dellecave Institute
 Ronkonkoma,New York
             2004, Sculpture Workshop with John DiNaro

Awards:

             2004, Second Prize, Printmaking – South Bay Art Association, 47th Members
Exhibit, Bellport, New York
             2004, Honorable Mention, Mixed Media – Brookhaven Arts and Humanities
                        Council Annual Juried Competition, Farmingville, New York
             2004, Second Place and Third Place, Graphics – North Shore Art Guild 12th
                        Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Farmingville, New York

Awards (continued)

             2006, Second Prize and Third Prize, Mixed Media and Printmaking – South
                        Bay Art Association, 50th Members Exhibit, Bellport New York
             2006, Honorable Mention, Painting – Phoenix Gallery Juried Art Show
                        (Malcolm Morley, Juror), Bellport, New York
             2007, First Prize and First Prize, Mixed Media and Painting – South Bay
                        Art Association Annual Members Exhibit, Bellport, New York

Statement:

            It is both an opportunity and a burden to have been born and raised on Long
Island. It is where the bountiful natural beauty potentially collides with the highly charged experimental and expressionistic forces of the New York City art scene. While one might be raised in awe of the sort of material nature can provide as subject matter for painting in the traditional sense, one can feel equally drawn away to the excitement of an urban sensibility. Before which, if not both, of these forces does one place one’s loyalty? I choose the risky business of trying to incorporate the two. Moreover, my own largely Germanic predisposition to expressionism lends itself to a vision that I hope extends beyond regionalism.

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