Background
Venezia, Michael was born on July 23, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Michael and Evelyn (Trezza) Venezia.
Venezia, Michael was born on July 23, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Michael and Evelyn (Trezza) Venezia.
Bachelor of Science, State University of New York College-Buffalo, 1963. Master of Fine Arts (Horace Rackham fellow), University of Michigan, 1968. Visiting lecturer in painting London College Painting and visiting lecturer in fine arts Guildford College, Surrey, England, 1966-1967.
Assistant professor fine arts U. Rochester, 1968-1972, associate professor, since 1972, co-department chairman fine arts, 1970-1971, professor art, 1985.
Exhibited paintings in one-man shows, including: Bykert Gallery, New York City, 1970, 72, Heiner Friedrich, Incorporated., New York City, 1976, Nina Freudenheim, Incorporated., Buffalo, 1976, Sperone Westwater Fischer, New York City, 1977, 79, 80, 83, Detroit Institute Art, 1980, Carol Taylor/Art, Dallas, 1981, DIA Foundation, Flavin Institute, Bridgehampton, West.Y., 1983, Spoleto "87, Italy, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York City, 1987, Museum Moderneu Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany, 1997, Flavin Jodd Venelia Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany, 1998, others Exhibited in group shows, including: Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1971, 74, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1976, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1979, Trevi, Italy, 1984, Spoleto, Italy, 1986, 87, Arte Gon Vista-Palazzo Dragoni, Spoleto, Italy, 1994, others
Represented in permanent collections: University of Michigan, U. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Museum Modern Art, State University of New York-Potsdam, National Gallery Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, WhitneyCommunications, New York City, Best Products Corporation Collection, Richmond, Virginia, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Detroit Institute Art, Australian National.Gallery, Canberra, Detroit Institute Art, Hartford Atheneum, Galerie Meert-Rihoux, Brussels, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, others Represented by Margarete Roeder, New York City.
Visiting lecturer in painting London College Painting, 1966-1967. Visiting lecturer in fine arts Guildford College, Surrey, England, 1966-1967. Assistant professor fine arts University Rochester, 1968-1970, associate professor, since 1972, co-chairman department fine arts, 1970-1971, professor art, 1985.