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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 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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Exhibitions for Michael Fornadley:
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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, Willmington, Ohio
2001 Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
1992 The Human Condition, Rhodes State Office Tower,
Columbus, Ohio
1992 Winter, Columbus Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1993 Of Environmental Concerns: four painter’s
perspectives, Acme Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1996 Extending the Portrait, Columbus Art League, Fort
Hayes, Columbus, Ohio
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
1998 International Expo XVII B.J. Spoke Gallery,
Huntington, New York "Exhibition Award"
1998 Ohio Art League, Spring Exhibition, Columbus Museum
of Art, "Juror's Award"
1998 Northern Art National Exhibition, Rhinderlander,
Wisconsin
1995 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
"Juror's Award 2nd Best of Show"
1995 Columbus Art League, Columbus, Ohio, "Columbus
Museum of Art Exhibition for Award Winners"
1993 Contemporary Works of Faith "93", Schumacher Gallery
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
1991 Contemporary Works of Faith "91", Schumacher Gallery,
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
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