Michael Tole is a full-time artist represented by galleries in Dallas, New York, and San Francisco. His current body of work consists of photorealistic paintings of Fabergé eggs and Chinese bone carvings that verge on surrealist landscapes. He was recently awarded the $50,000 Hunting Art Prize, and received a Kimbrough Grant from The Dallas Museum of Art in 2006. Tole has also been reviewed in ARTFORUM, and was featured in the 60th and 71st editions of New American Painting.
Tole lives and works in Dallas, Texas, where he teaches studio art lessons for both individuals and groups. You can also find him at www.michaeltole.com and florencemasterclass.com.
Born: Dallas, TX 1979
Education: University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Residence: Farmers Branch, TX
Studio:
The Art Motel; Dallas, TX 2006-Present
Represented by:
Conduit Gallery; Dallas, TX
Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery; New York, NY
MM Galleries; San Francisco, CA
2008 London International Creative Competition
Shortlist
London, UK
2007 Hunting Art Prize
$50,000 Cash Award
Hunting Ltd.
Houston, TX 2006
Kimbrough Grant
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, TX
2009 - What World Behind Those Ruby Eyes
Caine Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007 - Some Queer Noisy Pendulum
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 - I Think I Prayed For You To Come, But Wasn’t Prepared For The Reality
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002
Stephen F Austin State University, Nacodoches, TX
2002
Conduit Gallery Project Room, Dallas, TX
Ted Pillsbury, Dallas, TX
Sam and Catherine Basharkhah, Dallas, TX
John and Muffin Lemak, Dallas, TX
Carter Tolleson, Dallas, TX
John Reoch, Dallas, TX
Ted Kincaid and Steve Atkinson, Dallas, TX
Cord Martin and Thom Armistead, West Columbia, TX
Jeff and Terry Kurz, Dallas, TX
Jeff Estes, Dallas, TX
Helen and Charles Nixon, Dallas, TX
Mark and Barbara Ashworth, Dallas, TX
2008 - The Art of Describing
Gallery 10G
2008
Aqua Wynnwood, Miami, FL
2007 Red Dot, Miami, FL
2001
500 X Gallery, Dallas, TX