Artist Information:
Michael Fornadley
Pickerington, OH
United States
Member Since: May 2003
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Artist Statement:
“Michael Fornadley, a painter
from Pickerington, Ohio,
labors under no illusion of
plausibility, since his quirky
tempera tableaus depict the
odd antics of characters
acting out improbably,
confrontations in a theater of
the absurd.”
The New York Times, 1998
All my life I have been
creating images out of my...
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Artist Exhibitions:
ONE-PERSON SHOWS
1991 The Dell, restaurant &
gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1998 ACME Art Gallery,
Columbus, Ohio
2005 Gallery "M",
Dublin, Ohio
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1994 Carte Blanche, Columbus
Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
1995 Invitational Award
Exhibition (Columbus Art
League),
Columbus
Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
1998 Boyd Gallery,
Willmington College, ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
"...Michael Fornadley's four
paintings. Mostly in dyptych
formats, confusing but
terribly enticing frantic
human movements are about art
making (The League), human
relationships (Turtle), and
politics (The Spirit of
Molech). Temptation,
preaching, and amusements
confront his familiar-looking,
thirty-something-year-old
characters. In Mene Mene
Tekel Parsin, two...
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Collections:
Acme Gallery Auction, ten
private collectors, Columbus,
Ohio
"The Graven Image" private
collector, Columbus, Ohio
"My Easter Painting" Columbus
Museum of Art, Columbus,
Ohio...
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Commissions:
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Michael Fornadley's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Michael Fornadley's Portfolio. Browse Fornadley's body of work:
“Michael Fornadley, a painter from Pickerington, Ohio, labors under no illusion of plausibility, since his quirky tempera tableaus depict the odd antics of characters acting out improbably, confrontations in a theater of the absurd.”
The New York Times, 1998
All my life I have been creating images out of my imagination. As pointed out in The New York Times review, my work can be described as stories, relating to human relationships in the context of society. Compositions filled with narrative gestures, without any attempt to develop a narrative thread, drives the viewer to find a story, however, an unscripted conclusion... |
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aye matee, 1994
Other Painting,
55 x 38 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 2500
€: 1787
UK £: 1574
¥en: 230603
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boom boom II, 2004
Oil Painting,
57 x 70 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 5000
€: 3575
UK £: 3148
¥en: 461207
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the whisper, 2004
Oil Painting,
18 x 24 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 100
€: 71
UK £: 62
¥en: 9224
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the divine comedy, 2004
Oil Painting,
70 x 57 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 6000
€: 4290
UK £: 3778
¥en: 553449
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One Tin Soldier, 1995
Other Painting,
57 x 37 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 1500
€: 1072
UK £: 944
¥en: 138362
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the prophet, 2004
Other Painting,
18 x 24 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 100
€: 71
UK £: 62
¥en: 9224
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