cv/bio
MICHAEL MCGURK
b. 1951
30 year career with Washington D.C. Fire Department
Studied at the Art League School in Alexandria VA.
Since 2005 a full time artist in the Charlottesville VA area
MEMBERSHIPS
Pastel Society of America - Master Pastelist
Maryland Pastel Society
Piedmont Pastelists
Mid Atlantic Pastel Society
EXHIBITIONS
Maryland Pastel Society “Shades of Pastel” National Open Juried Exhibition, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 2009 2011 2015,2017
IAPS online Exhibit 2014 ,2018
Lafond Galleries, Pittsburgh PA National Juried Pastel competition 2003, 2004
Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NY, NY, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014 2015 2016 and 2018
Circle Gallery “Go Figure Exhibition”, Annapolis, MD, July-Aug. 2004
Art League Gallery/ Torpedo Factory Art Center monthly juried exhibits
Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton, Va. Juried Figure Show, Apr. 2008. Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton, Va. Juried Still Life Exhibit 2011
National Women’s Democratic Club, Washington D.C. Juried Show, Feb-Mar. 2008
New Dominion Book Shop , Solo Show, Charlottesville, VA Apr. 2009
Butler Museum of American Art, Pastel Artworks Exhibits. 2014 , 2018-2019
AWARDS
Pastel Society of America, Janet T. Royce Award, 2003
Pastel Society of America, Southeastern Pastel Society Award 2013
Pastel Society of America, Atlantic Papers Award 2014
Pastel Society of America, Pastel Societies of the Midwest Award 2016
Pastel Society ofAmerica , Great American Art Award. 2018
Maryland Pastel Society Members juried Exhibit 2012, Best in Show
Maryland Pastel Society “Shades of Pastel” National Open Exhibition, Betty Knight Memorial Best Still Life Award 2005 & 2011
The Art League Gallery, “Shayna Simpson Award”, Black and White Show, 2001
2003 Art Master Small Works Juried Exhibition, First Place, 12/04-1/05
COMMISSIONS
Congressional Fire Service Institute, Washington, D.C.
Baltimore City Fire Museum
International Association of Firefighters
American Legion Post 24, Alexandria VA
Many private commissions