Michael B. Gallagher (born 1945) is an American painter whose work is associated with Abstract Illusionism.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, in 1964-68 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California. In 1967 he was a Yale-Norfolk Summer School Grantee, and In 1970 he received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University.
Museums:<br /> The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY<br /> The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY<br /> Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA<br /> Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio<br /> Albany Museum of Art, Georgia<br /> University of Arizona Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ), Tucson, AZ<br /> Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA<br /> Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.<br /> Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA<br /> Jewish Museum, New York, NY<br /> Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
2008-9 âÂÂArt & Illusion,âÂÂSusquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA<br /> 2008 âÂÂReflections from the Artist's Eye,âÂÂFrederick Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA<br /> 2008 âÂÂInaugural exhibit at Roseville's Blue Line,â Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA<br /> 2006 âÂÂArt and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,â Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA<br /> 2005 âÂÂMade in California,âÂÂFrederick Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA<br /> 2004 âÂÂSketchbook 88,â Jean-Michel Basquiat, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Dale Chihuly, Richard Diebenkorn, Ronald Davis, Richard Estes, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Michael Gallagher, Keith Haring, Michael Heizer, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Mark Kostabi, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, Robert Motherwell, Helmut Newton, Kenneth Noland, Pablo Picasso, Gerhard Richter, Susan Rothenberg, Todd Rundgren, Thomas Ruff, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Julian Schnabel, Frank Stella, Donald Sultan, David Salle, Cy Twombly, Rufino Tamayo, William Wegman, Andy Warhol,â Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan<br /> 1999 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY<br /> 1995 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Piepho, Rob, Palm Springs Art Magazine.com, Spring, 2017, "Forgotten Beauty", Art Patron talks to Michael Gallagher and Jack Reilly
Thorpe, Carole, Westways: May June, 2008, "Art that Moves You".<br /> Belnapp, Susan, OC Metro Business: April, 2008, "The Art of Mike Gallagher".<br /> Dalkey, Victoria, The Sacramento Bee: February 29, 2008, âÂÂBig space, big show Inaugural exhibit at Roseville's Blue Line suggests a bright futureâÂÂ.<br /> Wylder, Greer, Greer's OC: November 21, 2007, "Art that Moves You".<br /> Montgomery, Tiffany, Shop-Eat-Surf.com:, November 14, 2007, "Surfing as Art, a Talk with Michael Gallagher".<br /> Dr. Leda Cempellin. "Abstract Illusionism: A Perspective," Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Honolulu: January 12âÂÂ15, 2007, South Dakota State University.<br /> Edward Lucie-Smith.âÂÂAmerican Art NowâÂÂ: 1986, William Morrow and Company, Inc.<br /> Peter Frank (art critic). "Abstract inflected by Illusion: a Recent History, in Breaking the Plane: Stuart M. Speiser Collection" (New York: Louis K. Meisel Gallery), 1984.<br /> Jane K. Bledsoe. "Centric 9 â Trompe LâÂÂOeil Abstraction', The University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, October 11-30th,1983.<br /> Atkins, Robert. Architectural Digest: 1983, April, âÂÂArt to Intrigue the EyeâÂÂ.