REPRESENTED BY:
GALERIA GRAÇA BRANDÃO, LISBON PORTUGAL
COLLINS GALLERIES, ORLEANS CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Born: 1980, New Jersey
Education: 1999-2003 Parsons School of Design
2003-2005 New York Academy of Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno
MODPortrait
Barcelona, Spain
2023
Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno
Figurativas 2023
Barcelona, Spain
Galeria Graça Brandão
Limpezas de Primavera
Lisbon, Portugal
2022
Galeria Graça Brandão
Fénix Parte II
Lisbon, Portugal
2022
Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno
Figurativas 2022
Barcelona, Spain
2021
Collins Galleries
Winter Small Works Exhibition
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2020
Portuguese Embassy
PALCUS National Conference
Virtual Exhibition
2020
Collins Galleries
Summer Exhibition
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2020
Collins Galleries
Winter Exhibition
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2019
Collins Galleries
Summer Exhibition
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2018
Collins Galleries
Small works
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2018
Collins Galleries
Summer Exhibition
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2018
Abbaye Saint André - Centre d’Art Contemporain de Meymac
Scéne Portugaise
Corrèze, France
2017
Collins Galleries
Small works
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2016
Museu Afro Brasil
Portugal Portugueses
São Paulo, Brazil
Galeria Graça Brandão
Constelaçoes Afectivas
Lisbon, Portugal
2015
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
New York, New York
2015
Affero Gallery
Lucky 7
Newark, New Jersey
2014
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
New York, New York
2013
The Ex-Photo Show
Praxedis Guerrero
New York, New York
2012
University of Maine Museum of Art
The Moment
Bangor, Maine
Arbermarle Gallery
Group show
London, England
ARCOmadrid
Madrid, Spain
2011
Galeria Graça Brandão
Estratégia ou o Dom da Ubiquidade
Lisbon, Portugal
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
One-man Exhibition
New York, New York
The Arte Institute
Larger than Life
New York, New York
2010
The Kitchen/Whitney ISP
Beauty for the Ashes
Undercurrents: Experimental
ecosystems in Recent Art
Curated by Pablo Helguera
New York, New York
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
Group show
New York, New York
2009
Museu da Electricidade
Lá Fora
Lisbon, Portugal
2008
Museu da Presidência da República
Lá Fora
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
One-man Exhibition
New York, New York
2007
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
Group Show
New York, New York
2006
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
BP Award
Edinburgh, Scotland
National Portrait Gallery
BP Award
London, England
2005
Allied Artists of America
Group Exhibition
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
Group Exhibition
New York, New York
2004
Salmagundi Club
Audubon Exhibition
New York, New York
Society of Illustrators
Scholarship Exhibition
New York, New York
2003
Society of Illustrators
Scholarship Exhibition
New York, New York
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
Thesis Exhibition
New York, New York
AWARDS
2022
Figurativas 2022
Finalist
2019
Art Renewal
14th International ARC Salon
2006
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc
Recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant
National Portrait Gallery
BP Award
Finalist
2005
A.A.L.P. Grand National
Frank C. Wright Memorial
2004
Audubon Exhibition
Best in show
Society of Illustrators
Scholarship Competition
MUSEUM COLLECTION
2011
Tribunal Constitucional
Lisbon, Portugal
2006
Nevada Museum of Art
John and Mary Lou Paxton Collection
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2023
Tell Them You Love Me
Documentary
Directed by Nick August Perna
2022
Descendencias Magazine
Portuguese Arts and Artists
Text by Terry Costa
2022
PORTICO MAGAZINE
Portraits of Intimacy
Text by Patricia Barnabé
2020
Provokr
Michael De Brito’s Studio
Capturing Realistic Moments with Alla Prima
Written by Sarah J.Kings
2016
Portuguese American Journal
Visual artist: Michael De Brito is honest, immediate and intimate
Written by Millicent Borges Accardi
2012
CNN iReport
Interview
Written by Pedro Fernandes
RTP Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Interview for Portuguese Television
2007
Huffington Post
The Artist Who made his Ego
Wait Outside the Door
2006
Paxton Collection
Selections from the
John and Mary Lou
Nevada Museum of Art
2004
SIC Sociedade Independente de Comunicação
Interview for Portuguese Television
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023
Montclair Art Museum,
Intro to Oil Painting
Private Sessions
2021
The Madison Art Studio,
Virtual Interactive Online Art Workshops
2015 - 2020
One River School of Art and Design, Englewood, New Jersey
Adult painting program, Teen painting & portfolio development program
2017
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Continuing Education Adult Program
2016
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Pre-college Painting Intensive
The Arts Guild Rahway, New Jersey
Painting the Portrait
2015
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Core Lab 2D
StudioKids Art, Montclair, New Jersey
Painting intensive
The Art Garage Montclair, New Jersey
Intermediate and Advanced painting
2011
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Visiting Artist
2009
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
Visiting Artist