MICHAEL POAST

34-61 Vernon Blvd. #1R

Long Island City, New York 11106

1-718-721-0423

poastv@stjohns.edu

mpoast@pratt.edu

www.mpoast.wixsite.com/sculpture

 

www.MoMaPS1.org “Studio Visit” www.Artsy.net

 

Education

MFA Sculpture, City University of New York, New York, NY

MMA Studies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

BA, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Public Art

City of Yonkers, NY commission of “Venus”, painted steel public art installation, Nov. 2021

Sculpture for Leonia, ZIG, painted steel, installed on Broad street, Leonia, NJ.  2021

Roosevelt Island, New York, First Plinth Sculpture Project, sponsored by Roosevelt Island Operating Corp.

Fitten Art Center Plaza, sponsors: Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Fitten Center, City of Sculpture, Hamilton, Ohio

St. John’s University, Queens Campus, New York

Unison Art Center, New Paltz, NY

City of Yonkers Public Art Program, Yonkers, NY

Town of Huntington, Long Island, New York

William Maxwell Fine Art, Peekskill, NY

The Studio Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Armonk, NY

Queensborough Community College Gallery and Museum, Queens, NY

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, Ohio

Trinity Place, Lower Manhattan, NYC Parks & Recreation, New York, NY

Lehman College (CUNY), Bronx, NY

LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), Long Island City, NY

Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

 

Collections

El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas

Pratt Institute Library Collections, Color Music scores, Brooklyn, NYC

Rutgers University Library Archives, lecture video on Color Music, New Brunswick, NJ

Derfner Museum and The Art Collection, Hebrew Home in Riverdale Art Collection, New York

The City College of New York Art Collection (CUNY) extended loan

William Whipple Art Gallery/ Art Museum, Southwest State University, Marshall, Minnesota

Private Collections

 

Solo Exhibitions

2022                     MICHAEL POAST STEEL Sculpture, St. John’s University, Dept. of Communication, NYC

2021                    Color Music Timelessness, Gallery Gaia, Brooklyn, NYC 

2018                    Color Music Philosophy, a public reading event by the author, St. John’s University, NYC

2017                    Michael Poast “Constructions”, Pratt Manhattan CCPS Gallery, New York, NY

2017                    The Sculpture of Michael Poast, Hudson Guild Gallery, New York, NY

2015                    Color Music The Musical Expression of Michael Poast, Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, NY

2015                    Space/Time Steel Sculpture by Michael Poast, Pratt Manhattan CCPS Gallery, NYC

2014                    Color Music Manuscripts, Pratt Manhattan, CCPS Gallery, New York, NY

2012                    Street Sculpture, Outdoor “pop-up” solo sculpture show, Long Island City, NY

2012                    Large Steel Sculpture, Courtyard Gallery, Langston Hughes Library & Cultural Center, NYC

2010-2011           Thresholds of Dimension, Outdoor Sculpture, Peekskill, NY, Sponsor: City Spaces

2006, 07-08         Steel Sculpture, St. John’s University, Queens Campus, NY

2005                    Queensborough Community College Gallery and Museum, Queens, NY

2002-2003           Monique Goldstrom Gallery, MG Art International, 560 Broadway, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

Denise Bibro Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC, Art from the Boros, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Denise BIbro Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC, Group Exhibition, Out of the Closet, 2018

El Paso Museum of Fine Art, El Paso, Texas

Unison Art Center, Sculpture Annual, New Paltz, NY

Holland Tunnel Newburgh, 20/20 Visions, Newburgh, NY

Gallery 151, New York, NY

Mount Beacon Fine Art, Beacon, NY

Chelsea Art Museum NY, NY

Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, NY

American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY                                                    

William Whipple Art Gallery / Art Museum, Southwest State University, Marshall, Minnesota

Sculpture Center, New York, NY

CVB Space Gallery, Chelsea, NY

Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NY

Gallery 84, 50 West 57th Street, New York, NY, National Juried Exhibition, Ivan Karp, Juror

Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC

National Arts Club, New York, NY

Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, NYC

 

Grants, Awards, Residencies, Commissions

BETA Foundation

New York Foundation for the Arts 2021 Solo Exhibition and performance

City Artist Corps Grant 2021 Solo Exhibition and Performance

New Work Grant, Queens Council on the Arts, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, City Council of NYC

Career Achievement Award, CCNY Art Alumni, National Arts Club, New York, NY

Artist-in-Residence, Metalmen Sales, Inc., Long Island City, NYC

Gottlieb Foundation (Emergency Assistance Program)

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

New York City Parks and Recreation

Alliance for Downtown New York

Lila Acheson Wallace Fund

Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

Edwin Gould Award for Sculpture

New York State Council on the Arts, Decentralization Funding

Queens Council on the Arts, Decentralization Funds

Artist’s Space, Inc., New York, NY

 

                                                                                                                                                                                      Reviews and Publications

2022      New Jersey Stage, Sculpture for Leonia Installs Exciting New Art Around Town, Wine Time Media LLC

2021      Denise Bibro Fine Art October Newsletter, “Symphonic Poem” installation, UNISON, New Paltz, NY    

2018      amNY, “Art Thrives on Roosevelt Island”, June 18, 2018

2016      The Examiner, “Artist Spotlight”, online publication

2015     Mid-Hudson TIMES, “The Musical Expression of Michael Poast”, Newburgh, NY

2015     Delaware & Hudson CANVAS, “Color Music”, Bloomingburg, NY

2014     New York Magazine, Color Music Symphonic Concerto, issue Nov. 17-23, 2014, p.104

2013     Yonkers City Hall Sculpture, catalog published by Blue Door Art Association, Yonkers, New York

2011     New York Daily News, New York, NY     

2011     Riverdale Press, Bronx, NY

2011     Bronx Times, Bronx, NY

2010     South Hampton Press, NY

2010     East Hampton Star, East Hampton, NY

2007     Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, NY2007     New Music Connoisseur Magazine 

2004,2001     Newsday, New York, NY, NY

2003     Sculpture Magazine (April 2003, Vol. 22, No. 3 and July/Aug. 2002, Vol.21, No.6)

2002     Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio  

2002     Journal News, Hamilton, Ohio

2000     Leonardo Journal (author) Color Music: Visual Color Notation for Musical Expression, Vol. 33, No.3

             (International Journal)

1997, 95, 93   New York Times, New York, NY

 

Teaching

 Faculty member of Pratt Institute, New York, NY

 St. John’s University, New York, NY

 

 

Upcoming projects TBA

Autumn 2022    4 Large Steel Sculptures at MOSAIC Gallery at Andromeda, LIC, NY

Autumn 2022       Installations of monumental steel sculptures at Rail Explorers, various locations in       

                              Phoenicia, New York and Mt. Tremper, New York