MICHAEL
IAMPIERI
Joan Cox, The Lovers (after Schiele), Watercolor monotype on drawing paper, 2013, 54 x 40 inches
MICHAEL IAMPIERI
BIOGRAPHY
Dates
Education
Resided
1941-2024
MFA, Catholic University, DC
BA, Catholic University, DC
Lived and worked in Baltimore, MD.
An avid arts supporter, Michael Iampieri drew during live performances of theatre, dance, and music for more than 30 years. A graduate of Catholic University (BA in Art and MFA in Painting), Michael developed a new art department at Loyola Blakefield High School in Baltimore, and taught there for 42 years. Michael also pursued his art career through drawing and painting, exhibiting in solo and group shows.
SELECTED WORKS
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
one hundred years without progress, Area 405 Baltimore, Maryland
2019
Quotidian Brutalities, Bismark/Wilson Gallery Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2017
Ornamental Cookery, Katzen Rotunda, American University, Washington DC
2016
Security Theatre, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland
2014
The Object is Dead, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland
2013
God and Lunchmeat, The Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
2009
Staan Nader, Staan Terug! Art Gallery, Stevenson University, Owings Mills, Maryland
Extract; Process; Convey, Fall Solos: Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
2003
Solo Show, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland
2002
Solo Show, Jewet Hall Gallery, University of Maine at Augusta, Augusta, Maine
1999
Reclamation, The Boyden Gallery, St Mary’s College, St Mary’s City, Maryland
1996
Compulsive Obsessions, A.R.C. Gallery. Chicago, Illinois
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Trawick Prize: 20th Anniversary Emerald Award, American University Museum, Washington DC
2022
Baltimore Addressed: Baker Artist Awards, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Sondheim Semi-finalist Show, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland
2021
Rome Art Week: Creative Contagion, Rome, Italy
2019
2nd Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Exhibition, Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, Maryland
2018
Subversive Play, Structura Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Figure: The Indicative & The Allusive, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, Delaware
2017
The Dog and Pony Show previous Sondheim Award finalists, Area 405 Baltimore, Maryland
2016
Sondheim Semi-finalist Show, Meyerhof Gallery, Maryland institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2015
Mood Board, Furthermore, Washington DC
2014
Protective Ornament: Contemporary Armor to Amulets, Metal Museum, Memphis TN & Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Fools! Kings, Clowns & Revolutionaries, Gallery 31, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
2013
Fear Strikes Back, George Mason Fine Arts Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
From Here to There: Parallel Trajectories, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
2012
Centennial Juried Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum Wilmington, Delware
Camp X, “Catagenesis” Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Monster Show, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s County, Maryland
2011
Baltimore Liste, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
New Works David Page & Nora Howell, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC
2010
Bad ideas, dead ends and guilty pleasures, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
Simultaneous Presence, Sculpture at Evergreen 6” Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, Evergreen Museum & Library, Baltimore, Maryland
2008
Beastarium Vocabulum, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Towson, Maryland
Celebration, Trawick Winners, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
2007
The Sculpture Project, Baltimore, MD
Performance, Meat Market Gallery, Washington, DC
2006
siteMaryland, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Crossovers: Crafts, Art, Design, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware
Interface, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
2005
Soft Openings, American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC
Polarity, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, Maryland
2004
Surplus, Area 405, Baltimore, Maryland
2002
Graduate Thesis Show, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
2001
Fetish: Elegant Objects of Seductive Obsession, Gallery Flux, San Francisco, California
2000
Sight Specific, Griffith University of Craft Gallery: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sheen of Silver, Weight of Air, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon
Sci-Art: Extensions of Being, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
1999
Man in a Bottle; 100 Square Foot House, Artscape 2000-1. Baltimore, Maryland
Residue, WPA\Corcoran. Washington DC
Artsail 99: Sails Unfurled, The Contemporary Museum. Baltimore, Maryland
1998
The Waking Dream, Psychological Realism in Contemporary Art Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle. New Rochelle, New York
The Curio Cabinet of Hybrid Possibilities, Artsites98. Rockville Arts Place. Rockville, Maryland
Prints and Sculptures, Goya – Girl Press. Baltimore, Maryland
Fetish Works: The Powerful Object, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
1997
Fetish, District of Columbia Arts Center. Washington, DC
Made at the Mill, Inaugural Exhibition; Goya – Girl Press. Baltimore, Maryland
The Last Man, Arlington Arts Center. Arlington, Virginia
1996
The Body, Pyramid Arts Center. Rochester, New York
Artsites96, a Multisite Biennial. The Greater Reston Arts Center. Reston, Virginia
The Art of Taking Risks, Mobilia Gallery. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Issues and Intent, Contemporary American Metalwork, Susan Cummings Gallery, Mill Valley, California
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine. Society of North American Goldsmiths
1995
Critics’ Pics Show, Critics’ Residency Program. Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, Maryland
Annet Cowenberg and David Page: Recent Work, Maryland Art Place. Baltimore, Maryland
1994
Personal Prisons: The Ecstatic Garden of Sublime Delirium, Installation / Performance. Artscape. Baltimore, Maryland
1985
Final Year Exhibition, Cape Technikon, Cape Town
1984
Masks, The Touch Gallery at the National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
