Artist CV

(b 1977US. Lives and works in Paoli)

Michael De Luca believes drawing is an end in its own right. Working exclusively with pastel on paper, he uses two-dimensional graphic shapes to explore gesture, motion, cause and effect. His shapes are intentionally flat, but malleable, minimal, and complete; it’s their uncoordinated ability to expand, stretch, slouch, or bend that most interests De Luca.

2020

Reduction, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati

Night and Day: A Study of Contrast, District Arts, Frederick, MD

Black & White, Grey Cube Gallery (online exhibition) 

2019

Drawing, Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, Juror - Olga Valle Tetkowski, Deputy Director at The Drawing Center, NYC

Visual Thinking: Drawing Exhibition, IU Southeast, New Albany, Jurors – The Thinking Through Drawing Research Network Board 

Enlighten, The Art Center at Highland Park, Highland Park, Juror – Contemporary Chicago artist, Bert Leveille

Works on Paper II, Da Vinci Art Alliance Gallery, Philadelphia, PAJuror – Contemporary Philadelphia artist, Rochelle Toner

30th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, Juror – Ginevra Shay, Artistic Director of The Contemporary 

2018

Small Works: 41st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, Juror – Leah Kolb, Curator of Exhibitions at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)

Reflection, Media Arts Council and Gallery, Juror – Contemporary Philadelphia artist, Robert Straight

55th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Juror – Joel Parsons, Director of Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College 

Works On/Of Paper, BrickRed Gallery, New Orleans

Drawn 5th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati

Annual Juried Exhibition Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, Juror – Thora Jacobson, Director Mural Arts Philadelphia 

Black & White 2018, Bauhaus Prairie Online Art Gallery 

2017

Drawing Resurfaced II, Purdue University Galleries, Lafayette, Juror – Liz Erlewine, Director & Head Curator, Purdue University Galleries

Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, Eastern Michigan University School of Art and Design, Juror - Claire Gilman, Senior Curator at the Drawing Center

Drawn 4th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati

2017 Black and White Exhibition, Fusion Art, Palm Springs

Black and White, Colors of Humanity Online Gallery 

2019

Shape Aerobics: Michael DeLuca, LaGuardia Community College, Queens

Perennial Visions 2, Da Vinci Art Alliance Gallery, Philadelphia 

New Now II, In Liquid Gallery, Philadelphia 

2018

Perennial Visions, Da Vinci Art Alliance Gallery, Philadelphia 

2016

Revolutions in Making, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside 

2014

On the Persistence of Drawing, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside 

2018

1st Place, Black & White 2018, Bauhaus Prairie Gallery

2nd Place, Reflection, Media Arts Council, Media, PA

3rd Place 55th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe 

2009

Distinguished Teaching Award for Adjunct Faculty Arcadia University 

2002

Visual Artist Fellowship, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia 

 

2020

Artmaze Magazine Spring 17 edition, ArtConnect, “Alone Together”, Honorable Mention 

2019

INDA13 “International Drawing Annual Exhibition in Print”, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OHStudio Visit Magazine Volumes 43 & 44 The Open Studios Press 

2018

INDA12 “International Drawing Annual Exhibition in Print”, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati 

2016

New American Paintings, Issue 122, The Open Studios Press 

2005

New American Paintings, Issue 57, The Open Studios Press 

2003

New American Paintings, Issue 45, The Open Studios Press 

2020

Associate Professor of Drawing Department of Visual & Performing Arts Arcadia University, Glenside 

2014-Present

Assistant Professor of Drawing, Coordinator of Portfolio Applications Department of Visual & Performing Arts Arcadia University, Glenside 

2002

MFA in Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington 

1999

BFA in Painting, Arcadia University, Glenside