Bio

At three months old Michael moved to Jamaica where he lived sixteen years before returning to New York City, surrounded by flora, fauna, green grass, green birds and blue mountain peaks; and this experience helped shape not only his views on the world of people, but also on the world of space, texture, color and composition.

His more erudite influences include Anselm Kiefer, Robert Motherwell, Gerdhard Richter, Franz Klein, each of whom in their way sought the common ground between western-style intellectualism and eastern-style spiritualism , as well as the intersection of abstraction and representation in painting, all salient issues for Andreev. The abstract forms that emerge as dark silhouettes from his wood and metal panels express a conceptual landscape of pattern and form. The union of these elements, unrelated prior to the moment of conception, develops as a new relationship in which to discover meaning.

Andreev's works have been received by actress Susan Sarandon, Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkin’s), and Michael Stipe (REM), along with work shown at the Whitney Museum  and collected by the Library Of Congress.

Exhibits

 

SYMBOLIC OBSERVATIONS New Paintings: Coffee on Paper
TISSERIE GALLERY CAFE at DKNY SOHO
420 WEST BROADWAY & 96 THOMPSON
March 12 - continuing - Reception April 17, 5-7:30 pm; Urban Zen Foundation fundraiser Friday, August 7, 2009

Michael Ricardo Andreev "Coffee on Paper"Tisserie Cafe and Gallery is pleased to present this inaugural exhibition in the landmark art building 420 West Broadway.
Michael Ricardo Andreev is a painting master with awards and distinctions in various art media. Andreev definitely knows about great coffee growing up near the Blue Mountain Peaks of Kingston, Jamaica around family members such as Peter Tosh of the Wailers.
He is an aesthetic savant whose new series of paintings with coffee on paper have been touted as evocative meditations on life in the 21st Century. He is a refined abstract pop minimalist along with co-stars Andrea Stanislav, Ezra Talmatch and Vangeline.
Andreev has opened more than 40 solo exhibitions internationally and more than 180 group shows. He is a highly regarded curator and writer whose "Recent Observations" will be published by Clear Inc. this Fall. He is widely collected by the cognoscenti and esteemed public and private collections as well as the art collecting elite at large.
This exhibition curated by Abby Singh is a rare opportunity to purchase Andreev's leaping art star. It is an up close and casual place to look, smell, and possibly taste one of Ricardo's master works. As he likes to point out-"if you get tired you can lick 'em." MRA has a BFA from SVA. Keep an eye out for MRA in the 2010 Whitney Biennial.
This exhibit is a part of events on Donna Karan's Urban Zen Foundation website.
In association with Jonathan Shorr Gallery, Tisserie Gallery Cafe in DKNY SOHO, is pleased to present this one of a kind exhibition of Andreev's latest creations outside of a gallery or museum.
Works are available on commission.

Gallery & Cafe 9am-8pm Monday-Saturday / 9am-7pm Sunday

Oct, 2008
Film Art Function, GALAPAGOS ART SPACE F
The Spark Art Center

Sep, 2008
Paradox Lost and Found, The Spark

Resume

1987 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2007
Important Americana, curated by Surface2Air, New York, NY

2006
Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Signs and Anomalies, curated by Surface2Air, BBS Tokyo, Japan

2005
Signs and Anomalies, curated by Chris Carnabucci, Casola Gallery, Peekskill, NY

2003
Heraldic Images, Greeley Square Gallery, New York, NY
Heraldic Landscapes, Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Stories in Heraldry, Rodrigues Degranier Gallery, New York, NY

1994
Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY


Group Exhibitions

2009
For the Love of Art
Yamet Arts, Inc. at the Hat Factory
Peekskill, NY

2008
Collaboration, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Drawing the Line Against Domestic Abuse, Kathleen Cullen, NYC

2007
Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY
New Paintings, including works by Richard Butler and David Barratt, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY
Inside Out, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY
Streets Mart, curated by Tara Israel and Angelo Lanza, Show No. 1, Fun City, China House Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing the Line against Domestic Violence; Artists Against Abuse, Gallery at the Metropolitan Pavilion

2006
Art Basel, Mc Ciagg Wells Gallery, Miami, FL
Liverpool Biennial, Blue Coat Gallery, Liverpool, England
Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY
Skyline, curated by Maripol for the European release of the Basquiat film, Downtown 81, Gallery d’jour at Agnes B, Paris, France
The Hive Gallery, curated by Nathan Cartwright, Los Angeles, CA
SCOPE, Hamptons International Art Fair, curated by Lee A. Wells, East Hampton, NY
The American Flag Show, curated by Nathan Cartwright, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unexpected Visitors, curated by Dana DeVito, Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY
BLessing, curated by Surface2Air, New York, NY
Traces…from Above and Under, curated by Juan Garcia, Mildred T. Washington Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
BMG 2006 Artist Annual, curated by Jana des Forges and Dave Kinsey, BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Birds of a Feather Flock, curated by T. Charnan Lewis, A Gathering of the Tribes, New York, NY
Street Urchins, curated by Ronnie Cutrone, Casola Gallery, Peekskill, NY
Other Dimensions of Abstract Art, curated by the Andy Warhol Foundation, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
East Village ASU, curated by Rick Prol and Jan Lynn Sokota, B-Side Gallery, New York, NY
Mask, curated by Michael Ricardo Andreev, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
Pool of Radiance, curated by Marco Antonini, The Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Art of Politics, curated by Nicole Dupont and Lee Wells, Ashmore Gallery, Miami, FL

2004
Armageddon, The Hunting Club, New York, NY
Spit & Swap, Gallery 161, New York, NY
Active Duty/Armed Artists of America, Gallery 84, Brooklyn, NY
Scenes Change, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
River Rats, curated by Ronnie Cutrone, Casola Gallery, Peekskill, NY
Movie Posters, curated by Surface2Air, Diesel Denim Gallery, New York, NY
Nature Art Environment, Salomon Barthelemy Fine Arts, New York, NY
Heraldic Pomp, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2002
Reaction, Exit Art, New York, NY
Once Upon a Time Today, Austin Modern, Austin, TX

2001
Salon IV, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY
Salon IX, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Icons of Now, Gale Gates Gallery, New York, NY
4x4,Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, NY
Spring Exhibition, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

1998
Williamsburg Art Historical Society, Brooklyn NY
Artists Space, New York, NY
Stylt Fine Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
Marcel Sitcaaowski, San Francisco, CA
White Columns, New York, NY
Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY

1997
Christie’s action for the Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
Stylt Fine Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
Eigen & Art, Berlin, Germany
Arthur Danziger Gallery, New York, NY

1995
White Columns, New York, NY

1994
Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
White Columns, New York, NY
Pat Hearn Gallery, curated by Diego Cortez, New York, NY
Artotek Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Stylt Fine Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
Stewart Levy Fine Art, New York, NY
Gothenburg Museum Film Archives, Gothenburg, Sweden

1993
Eigen & Art, Berlin, Germany and New York, NY
Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY
Marcel Sitcaowski, San Francisco, CA
Stylt Fine Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
Christie’s auction of Contemporary Works, New York, NY

1991
Ethnic Images in Toys and Games, The Museums at Stoneybrook, Stoneybrook, NY

1990
Gallery 112, New York, NY

1985
Museum of American Painters, New York, NY
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

1981
Gallery Ackbaw, Mount Vernon, NY


Bibliography

2007
Movie Poster Book, Surface2Air, Barneys, New York, Paris, Japan
BMG annual #1, Black Market Gallery, California

2005
New York Arts Magazine, East Village, ASU

2004
Tee Shirt Book, published by Surface2Air, New York Paris, Japan

2002
Por La Victoire, published by Surface2Air and Spoon Magazine: New York, Paris, Japan

1992
What’s Up New York, NHK, Tokyo

1990
David Howard’s Art Scene, interview, New York, NY

1989
New York Art Review, Lee Krantz, Museum of American Painters, New York, NY

In Print

The New York Sun, June 23, 2007
The New York Times, July 25, 2004
New York Press
Paper Magazine
Animal
National Review
New York Times Book Review
Billboard Magazine
Art Direction Magazine
Detour Magazine
Black Book Magazine
Self Magazine
The Village Voice
Scholastic Magazine
Idea Magazine
FHM Magazine, shoot for runner’s up for Miss FHM 2006, in front of large painting
New York Arts
Trigger
Plus 81 Magazine, Japan, Fall, 2006
Public Collections
Bird Cage, Reaction Exit Art, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Leopard Hunt, Museum of Modern Art, NY
Drawing in Jean Michel Basquiat’s notebook, Brooklyn, NY

Projects

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