Background
He was born in El Paso, Texas, and has lived in London since 1981.
He was born in El Paso, Texas, and has lived in London since 1981.
Rice University.
Foreign the football player, see Michael Petry (football player)
He received a Bachelor at Rice University (Houston), an Master of Arts at London Guildhall University, and a Phd in Arts at Middlesex University. He lectures part-time at the Royal Academy Schools and was Guest Curator at the KunstAkademi, Oslo, and Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton. Petry is represented by the Sundaram Tagor Gallery, New York, Houston, Westbrook Gallery, London and Zane Bennett, Santa Fe.
Petry is the Director of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance , London Museum of Contemporary Art and the curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery.
In 2009 Petry received a commission from The Ivy restaurant, London, to make a large scale glass installation called The NETWORK
In 2010 Petry was chosen to be the first Artist in Residence at the Sir John Soane"s Museum, London
Petry has been included in the Glasstress II, exhibition for the 54th Venice Biennale, 2011. 2012: Michael Petry: The Touch of the Oracle, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States of America.