Michael Tarbi
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Michael Tarbi (born 1980 in Pittsburgh, PA) is a contemporary U.S. artist in painting and drawing.
[edit] Biography
Michael Tarbi grew up in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work was first exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art[1] in 1998 where he received the national "American Visions Award" for his work entitled, "Small Portraits".[2] This work went on to be exhibited at the President's Office of Arts and Humanities.[3]
Tarbi studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia from 1998 to 2002.[4] There he received numerous awards including "the Angelo Pinto Prize for Experimental Work" and "the Henry J. Schiet Travel Scholarship".[5]
Since 2002, Tarbi's work has appeared in galleries and museums nationwide including the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia and the White Box - Annex Gallery in New York.[6] In 2006 He was presented with the Irene Palenski Memorial Award at the Carnegie Museum of Art.[7] His first major one person exhibition followed at Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago in 2007. [8] [9]
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- ^ www.thomasrobertello.com/artist/view/155 - 10k
- ^ afonline.artistsspace.org/view_artist.php?aid=7109 - 19k
- ^ www.thomasrobertello.com/artist/view/155 - 10k
- ^ www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/art-design/18410/michael-tarbi
- ^ www.thomasrobertello.com/artist/view/155 - 10k
- ^ afonline.artistsspace.org/view_artist.php?aid=7109 - 19k
- ^ www.post-gazette.com/pg/06326/740288-42.stm - 26k
- ^ Personl Website
- ^ Time Out
