Bio
Michael has also been featured on the cover of New York Magazine's "Reasons to Love New York" (three times) and participated in the Wooster on Spring exhibition at New York's "Candle Building" which was one of the top-ten cultural events of 2006 as selected by Roberta Smith of the New York Times. In addition, Michael's work has been featured in film documentaries, most notably Alice Arnold's "To Be Seen" which was aired on PBS/WNET and screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006. Most recently, Michael also makes a brief appearance in Banksy's new film, "Exit Through The Gift Shop" screening globally.
De Feo's award winning children's book, "Alphabet City: Out on the Streets", employs New York City as his canvas - using his paintings glued on the streets of Manhattan to illustrate each letter of the alphabet. It's now in its third printing by Gingko Press. Newsweek International had this to say about his book, "De Feo's art evokes beauty and optimism with a childlike simplicity while paying homage to gritty Manhattan."
In 2008 Michael produced two silk screened print editions featured by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum at that year's Editions/Artists' Book Fair in New York. Michael created two eight-color silk screened print editions along with master printmaker Gary Lichtenstein to benefit the museum as part of its Artists' Editions series.
De Feo also regularly works with non-profit and community organizations such as Friends of The High Line, Free Arts NYC, The Children's Art Museum NYC, and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
Michael's new body of work (to be shown at his solo exhibition, Mining for Splinters and Diamonds, at No Borders Art in Hong Kong) is an expansion of his concentration with self portraiture, now including portraits of family, friends, and lovers. His paintings and drawings frequently explore the archetypical themes of love, death, loss, conflict, and renewal. Gary Michael Dault of Canada's Globe and Mail says, "De Feo is a fine, inventive colourist, and his self-portraits glow with a richness that lends an art-historical stability to their convulsive immediacy."
Like De Feo's international street art flower project, his paintings and drawings have a childlike optimism while also examining more mature themes such as the ephemeral nature of all living things. Additionally, by installing some of his self portrait paintings onto city streets he metaphorically places his inside, outside. Michael has installed these portraits on the streets of New York, Miami, Buenos Aires, and Hong Kong.
Forthcoming this summer, De Feo has exhibitions in the Festival D'Art Contemporain in Saint Remy de Provence, France; Open Space Gallery, Beacon, NY; and is a participating artist at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's retrospective of Gary Lichtenstein.
Michael lives in New York with his daughter, Marianna, and teaches art at a high school in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
C.V.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Festival D'Art Contemporain, St Remy de Provence, France, July 8 - 13
2010 No Borders Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China, Mining for Splinters and Diamonds,
opens June 24, 6:30 - 10pm, press release
2009 Hollywood In Cambodia, Buenos Aires, Michael De Feo, Argentina, April 21
2008 The Edition / Artists' Books Fair, New York, NY,
Aldrich Edition, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, October 31 - November 2
2008 Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Flowers, interior and exterior installation, ongoing
2008 Manifesta 7, Trento, Italy, Flowers, installation on the Palazzina Liberty, June 21 - November 2
2008 Another Space, Amsterdam, Holland, solo exhibit, April 18 & 19
2007 Open Space Gallery, Beacon, NY, Inside Out, September 8 - November 4
2007 Association le M.U.R., Paris, France, Olympia (Hommage au Manet),
outdoor billboard installation, July 28 - August 11
2007 A3 Art Fair, Paris, France, Michael De Feo: Drawings & Paintings, June 25 & 26
2005 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Two Atmospheres, installation
2005 Colette, Paris, France, Alphabet City, exterior installation and book launch
2005 The New Museum Store, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, NY,
Alphabet City, indoor installation and book launch
2003 90 Square Meters, Amsterdam, Holland, Michael De Feo
2001 Halcyon, Brooklyn, NY, Michael De Feo
1994 The Tunnel, NY, NY, Maskarave III, Flowers
1994 The Rye Free Reading Room, Rye, NY, Michael De Feo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, Primary Flight, outdoor mural, December 1
2010 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT,
Aldrich Undercover: A Secret Art Sale / Benefit, November 19
2010 Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY,
Jihae / "Fire Burning Rain", September 07, 2010 / 8:30 PM
2010 Open Space, Beacon, NY, Electric Windows 2, July 24 - July, 2011
2010 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT,
Gary Lichtenstein: 35 Years of Screenprinting, June 27 - January 2, 2011
2010 Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, NY, 11 th Annual Free Arts NYC Auction Benefit, May 14, 7 pm
2010 Woodward Gallery, New York, NY, The Great Outdoors, May 8 - July 24
2010 Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY, art FOR: HAITI - benefit auction
for Doctors Without Borders, February 17
2010 Spazio Concept, Milano, Italy, Street Art Group Show, February 6 - 7
2009 Open Space, Beacon, NY, Limited Run 3, group exhibit, December 12 - January 31, 2010
2009 ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL, Blueprint For Space, December 1 - January 2, 2010
2009 Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, Primary Flight, outdoor mural, December 2 - present
2009 AE District, Miami, FL, BKMIA - Brooklyn Miami, December 2 - 6
2009 RIP IONS, Miami, FL, Squishy Universe,
benefit group exhibit for the Waterside School, December 1 - 5
2009 Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Angell Group Show, November 28 - January 2, 2010
2009 Woodward Gallery, New York, NY, New Territories, exterior painting installation,
November 7 - January, 2010
2009 Hudson Studios, New York, NY, The New Yorker Passport To The Arts,
benefit auction for Friends of The High Line, November 7
2009 Public Park, Jefferson City, MO, Art Inside The Park, co-curator and participating artist,
October 16 - 19
2009 Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, The Wilde Years: 40 Years of Shaping Visual Culture,
October 9 - November 7
2009 East Harlem, NY, Hacia Afuera 2009, El Barrio Arts Festival,
mural installtion on exterior of Children's Aid Society August 22 - present
2009 Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Summer Group Show, August 8 - 29
2009 Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY, Willoughby Windows, July - Summer 2010
2009 La Lune en Parachute, Epinal, France, 400 ml, June 13 - July 11
2009 Lift Trucks Project, Croton Falls, NY, From A Factory Floor
Screen Print Collaborations by Master Printmaker Gary Lichtenstein, June 7 - July 12
2009 US Mint, New Orleans, LA, United Artist Front, benefit group exhibit to support NOLA Rising
and the New Orleans Mural Arts Program, April 24 - 25
2009 SAP AG International, Walldorf, Germany, Street Art Painting, April 23 - October 1
2009 Angell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Works on Paper, April 2 - 25,
2009 Stoke Museum, Manchester, UK, The Arrival - Contemporary Urban Art, February 7 - May 10
2009 Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, The Streets Of Brooklyn,
curated by Ad Hoc Art, January 9 - February 6
2008 Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY, The Piece Process, December 17 - February 8
2008 Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, Primary Flight, outdoor murals, December, ongoing
2008 Atrion, Carugate, Italy, Urban Painting, November 22 - 23
2008 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Aldrich Undercover,
benefit group exhibit, November 21
2008 La maison des Metallos, Paris, France, 400 ml,
group exhibit and book release, October 28 - November 5
2008 James Turrell / Baker Pool, Greenwich, CT,
Special Access Tour via The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Sunday, September 21
2008 Contemporary Art Museum & abandoned prison, Jefferson City, MO, Art Inside The Park 08
2008 DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI, Street Art Group, August 2 - September 2
2008 98 Leonard Street, Shoreditch, United Kingdom, Cancer Sell,
benefit group exhibition for Cancer Research and Florence Nightingale Hospice, July 31, 6 - 11 pm
2008 Galerie L.J. Beaubourg, Paris, France, Le M.U.R.,
curated by Jean Faucheur and Bob Jeudy, June 12 - July 1
2008 Limbo Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, The World at Large - Love Without Borders,
benefit group exhibit for International Humanity Foundation, May 10 - June 1
2008 ESC Loft, Rome, Italy, International Poster Art - 3rd Edition, May 16
2008 Vacant Warehouse, Beacon, NY, Electric Windows, outdoor group installation, May - present
2008 Open Space Gallery, Beacon, NY, Electric Walls, May 10 - June 7
2008 Lott Gallery at DriveIn24, NY, NY, Writer's Strike, January 24 - February 21
2007 Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY, Behind the Seen, curated by Michael De Feo, December 13 - January 20
2007 Art Basel Miami Beach, Spinello Gallery, Primary Flight, outdoor mural, December - December 2008
2007 Fountain Art Fair, Ad Hoc Art Gallery, group exhibit
2007 Central Square, Cambridge, MA, The Wall at Central Square, October 26
2007 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, The Aldrich Experience,
benefit group exhibit, October 17
2007 Biblioteca Civica G. Tartarotti, Rovereto, Italy, Sticker Art Revolution!, September 14 - October 6
2007 Felissimo Townhouse, NY, NY, The Newspaper 2.0, benefit group exhibit,
hosted by GOOD Magazine and Woostercollective
2007 The Pure Project, NY, NY, The Street Art Show
2007 Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY, Just Seeds Art Show, benefit group exhibit
2006 Park Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, 35th Independence Day Art Festival
2006 Candle Building, NY, NY, Wooster on Spring, December 15 - 17
2006 Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY,
Snackshop 5000: The Vending Machine Show, ongoing
2006 National Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 35th Independence Day Art Festival
2006 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Aldrich Undercover,
benefit group exhibit
2006 Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT, Global, curated by Richard Klein
2006 Flux Factory, NY, NY, Down the Street and Around the Corner
2006 Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany, Flour'n'Sugar - Flavoured Streets
2006 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Art Daze
2006 Pinkard Gallery, Bunting Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD,
Artscape - Test Patterns: an exhibition of alternate surface treatments on ubiquitous surfaces,
gallery installation and painting installed on the side of a Baltimore City bus
2006 Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Open Air
2006 Iron Studios, Chicago, IL, Urban Gardening and Exterior Decorating, group exhibit at Version > 06
2005 583 Art Gallery, Stamford, CT, Escape From Suburbia
2005 RGA Gallery, Ridgefield, CT, Radius
2005 Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY and Lab 101, Los Angeles, CA,
Keep A Breast, benefit group exhibit
2005 Orchard Street Gallery, NY, NY, and Peepshows HQ, London, England, Doodle Down
2005 David Adamson Gallery, Washington D.C., Bollocks: A Street Art Show
2005 Crewest Gallery, Alhambra, CA, Graffiti World
2005 City of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, Picture Window,
2004 Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, For The People
2004 Wooster Arts Space, NY, NY, Hollywood: The Remix
2004 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA,
The Interventionists- Art in the Social Sphere
2004 Skinny Building, Pittsburgh, PA, The Street Changes Forever Everywhere
2004 Clayton Gallery, NY, NY, Spit and Swap,
2003 New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, NY, group installation for "I NY" book release
2003 Die Registratur, Munich, Germany, The Art of Rebellion,
book launch for The Art of Rebellion, Ginko Press
2003 Urbis, Manchester, England, Ill Communication
2003 Kunstraum Kruezberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, Backjumps-The Live Issue
2003 Revolver, Victoria, Australia, Stick'em Up
2003 Objex Artspace, Miami, FL, Fiddy Bean
2003 Filth Gallery, Leeds, UK, Filth
2003 Washington Street Art Center, Somerville, MA
2003 Various street locations, Brighton, UK, Postex
2003 The Farm, Madrid, Spain, Stopwars
2003 Objex Artspace, Miami, FL, Stick'em Up
2003 55 DSL, NY, NY, 8.5" x 11"
2002 Onetime Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Stick'em Up
2002 The Little Theatre, Seattle, WA, ULTRA
2002 Magma, London, UK, Stick'em Up
2002 Ermenegildo Zegna, NY, NY
2002 Re:Fresh Home, Nyack, NY
2001 Artists Space, NY, NY, Repellent Magazine
2001 The Independent Media Center, Seattle, WA, PhenomANON:
Two Decades of Ephemeral Urban Guerrilla Artfare
1998 Crawford Park, Rye Brook, NY, SoHo on the Brook
1998 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Art As Spectacle
1997 Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY
1995 Zido's, NY, NY
1995 Dariusz Gubala Gallery, NY, NY
Books
2010 Trespass, A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art,
by Carlo McCormick, Marc & Sara Schiller, and Ethel Seno
Taschen, USA
2010 Stuck Up Piece of Crap,
by DB Burkeman and Monica LoCascio, Rizzoli, USA
2010 The Street Art Doodle Book, by Dave the Chimp
Laurence King, UK
2009 Street Art, by Claudia Galal,
Auditorium - Casanova e Chianura Edizioni, Italy
2009 Untitled II - The Beautiful Renaissance, by Gary Shove,
Gingko Press, USA
2008 Street Art, by Ric Blackshaw and Liz Farrelly,
RotoVision SA, UK
2008 Street Art - In Memory Of..., by Jens Besser, Roland Piltz and Tore Rinkveld,
Die Verlagsgesellschaft, Germany
2008 Primary Flight 1, by Andy Howwell,
Gingko Press, USA,
2008 400 ML, by Gautier Jourdain,
Kitchen 93, Paris, France
2008 UNTITLED. Street Art in the Counter Culture, by Gary Shove,
Pro-actif Communications, UK
2008 Paris Graffiti, by Fabienne Grevy,
Editions de La Martiniere
2007 Ice Pick, by Thordis Claessen,
Gingko Press, USA
2007 Sticker City : Paper Graffiti Art, by Claudia Walde,
Thames and Hudson, London
2007 Sticker City : L'art du graffiti papier, by Claudia Walde,
Editions Pyramid, Paris, France
2006 NYC BCN: Street Art Revolution, by Louis Bou,
Collins Design, USA
2006 New York City - 5th Edition, by Beth Greenfield,
Lonely Planet, USA
2006 The Art of Rebellion 2, by Christian Hundertmark,
Pulikat/Stylefile, Germany
2004 Alphabet City - Out on the Streets, by Michael De Feo,
Gingko Press, USA
2004 Graffiti World - Street Art from five continents, by Nicholas Ganz,
Thames and Hudson, London, Harry N. Abrams, NY, Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona,
Graphic-Sha, Tokyo
2004 Planete Graffiti - Street art des cinq continents, by Nicholas Ganz, Tristan Marco,
Editions Pyramyd, Paris, Francis
2004 Street Logos, by Tristan Manco,
Thames and Hudson, London
2003 I NY, by Kelly Burns,
4 AM Publishers, New York
2003 The Art of Rebellion, by Christian Hundertmark,
Gingko Press, USA
2002 Stick'em Up, by Liz Farrelly, et al.,
Booth-Clibborn Editions, London
Documentaries
2007 Concrete Canvas - New York Chapter, Sky Arts, UK
2006 Street arts color the city,
aired October 29th on SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System), South Korea
2006 Graffiti and Textuality, Roshan Abraham
screened at Conflux Festival NYC
2006 Open Air, Alyssa Natches & Lou Auguste, Triad Films
screened at Coney Island Film Festival
2005 To Be Seen, Alice Arnold, First Run Icarus Films
screened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, PBS/WNET Televsision, New York
Conflux Festival NYC & Artecinema in Naples, Italy
Selected Publications/Media
2010 LSD / London, Street Art, Design Magazine, London, UK, No. 5, "Michael De Feo"
2010 South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, China, June 20,
Cover of "The Review" Sunday Magazine, "Concrete Blossoms", by Richard James Havis
2010 RTHK Radio Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, June 25, Morning Brew radio show
2010 Time Out Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, July 7, "Street Kings", by Ben Sin
2010 Push It Magazine, online, April, "Michael De Feo"
2010 Small Magazine, France, Spring, No. 13, "Alphabet Books By Artists"
2009 New York Magazine, New York, NY, December 21, Cover of "Reasons To Love New York" issue
2009 KRCG - TV, Jefferson City, MO, September 27,
"Artists Transform Vacant Lot With Murals", by Colleen Hogan
2009 Jefferson City News Tribune, Jefferson City, MO, September 27,
"Dog Themed Murals Spruce Up Lot", by Angie Hutschreider
2009 The Globe and Mail, Canada, August 22,
"The Dark Side of The Flower Street Artist", by Gary Michael Dault
2009 Canadian Art Magazine, Canada, August 20,
"Michael De Feo and Alex McLeod: From the Streets to Self-Portraiture"
2009 The Last Place On Earth You Probably Want To Be, Canada, August 18,
"Interview: Michael De Feo"
2009 Alternavox, Canada, August 16, "At The Angell Gallery"
2009 XBlog, Canada, August 9, "McLeod and De Feo Get Their Wings"
2009 WCBS Radio/AM, New York City, morning news, August 4, "Teaching kids on the High Line"
2009 Blog do Crato, Brazil, June 24, "Arte de Rua - Por: Alessandra Bandeira"
2009 MTV Brazil, "The Flower Guy"
2009 Crack For Your Eyes, Holland, February 11, "SPAM - Michael De Feo
2009 Illicit Exihbitions, January 23, "Friday Profiles - Michael "Flower-Guy" De Feo"
2008 The Walrus, December 31, Canada, "The Renaissance of Cute:
How the street brought pleasure back to art - for free", by Nick Mount
2008 NOX, Winter, Barcelona, Spain
2008 Drip Mag, October, South Korea
2008 The News Tribune, August 22, Jefferson City, MO, "A Dash of Art", by Julie Smith
2008 L'Adige, August 15, Trentino, Italy, "Curiosita - L'installazione di uno street artist di New York
nella citta della Quercia. / Margherite, ma d'artista"
2008 Newport Mercury, July 30 - August 5, Newport, Rhode Island,
"Street Art - In and Out" by Lisa Utman Randall
2008 Komix.it, June 22, Italy, "Fuori Luogo / Out of Place"
2008 l'Adige, June 22, Trentino, Italy, "De Feo lo dice con i fiori", by Marco Tomasini
2008 Trentino, June 19, Bolzano, Italy, "I fiori di De Feo per la palazzina Liberty"
2008 Metropolitan Home, July - August, USA, "Immaculate Perception" by Donna Paul
2008 lo Squaderno, No. 8 - June, Italy, "Il muro come galleria", by Duccio Dogheria
2008 Style.it, March, Italy, Stickers. Decoromania.
2008 Radioselskapet, NRK P2 (Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation),
Radio Show, February 26, Norway
2007 Brooklyn Rail, December 13 - January 20, New York, USA, Behind the Seen
2007 Village Voice, December 26, New York, USA,The New Insiders -
At Brooklyn's Ad Hoc, street artists throw off their hoods and try working in a gallery
2007 New York Magazine, December 24, New York, USA,
Cover - "Reasons to Love New York" issue
2007 Weekly Dig, November 21 - 28, Boston, MA, "Off the Wall"
2007 Liberation, August 10, France, "A Paris, quand l'art ph m re rase Le M.U.R."
2007 Exibart.com, August, Italy, "Sticker Art Revolution!"
2007 Guilliotine, July, France, S2DIO
2007 Questo Trentino, No. 7 April 6, Italy, "Un fioraio a New York"
2007 Quest Magazine, No. 34, Japan, "Art Goes On: Michael De Feo"
2007 FeedMeCoolShit.com, "Painting New York!"
2006 New Graphic Magazine, China, "Bright-colored Street Arts : Michael De Feo"
2006 Village Voice, New York, USA, December 21, Graf Life - An impromptu museum
pops up as street artists seize a building they once illegally tagged
2006 Print Regional Design Annual, Novemer/December, USA
2006 German Television, Leipzig Fernsehen, Drehscheibe, October 6
2006 The Brooklyn Rail, July/August, Brooklyn, NY, "Open Air"
2006 Time Out Chicago, April 20 - 27, Chicago, IL, "All that rises must converge"
2006 Education Notebook, Interview, Channel 12 News, March, Connecticut, USA
2006 Woostercollective.com, "How to... #7", March
2006 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cover - Currents Magazine, January 15, Pennsylvania, USA
2006 XFUNS Creative & Design Magazine, No. 21, Taiwan, "Urban Logo - Michael De Feo"
2005 The Washington Post, December 26, USA, "What Looks Like Graffiti Could Really Be an Ad"
2005 New York Magazine, December 26 - January 2, 2006, New York, USA,
Cover - "Reasons to Love New York" issue
2005 Stamford Advocate, December 23, Stamford, CT,
"Westhill High teacher's street art is well covered"
2005 Fairfield County Weekly, December 9, Connecticut, USA,
"Exposing (and Escaping) Suburbia"
2005 Print Regional Design Annual, November, USA
2005 Norwalk Citizen News, Friday, October 21, Connecticut, USA,
"Recent Flood Brings Sharks and Scuba Divers to Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield"
2005 TIME Magazine, October 24, USA, "Takin' It To The Streets"
2005 La Domenica di Repubblica, Sunday, September 25, Italy, "La rivolta delle citta a colori"
2005 Time Out New York, September 15-21, No. 520, New York, USA,
"High Hopes - The Kitchen and the High Line join forces to bring two communities together"
2005 Time Out New York Kids, September/October, New York, USA, "Alpha Books"
2005 The Spokesman Review, August 3, Spokane, WA, USA, "A to Z Artful - New York street artist
combines his work into a colorful children's book on the alphabet"
2005 Theme, No. 2, Summer, USA, "Must-Have Coffee Table Books"
2005 Westchester Family, July, USA, "Street Smart ABC's"
2005 Novum - World of Graphic Design, June, Germany, "A Little A-Z of Urban Art, S is for Street Art"
2005 Azure, June, Canada
2005 URB Magazine, June, USA
2005 Extra Small, Spring, No. 4, France, "Apprenez l'anglais dans les rues de New York"
2005 Visual Arts Journal, Spring, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA,
"Alphabet City: Out on the Streets"
2005 COVER, May, Denmark, "Gadekunstens ABC"
2005 The Litchfield County Times, May 6, Connecticut, USA, "Taking It to the Streets"
2005 The Westchester & Fairfield County Times, May, New York, USA,
"Michael De Feo takes it to the Streets"
2005 TheMorningNews.org, March 23, "Roundtable: Street Art"
2005 HalfEmpty.com, March, "m de feo"
2005 Creative Review, February, England, "Showcase - The best in self-promotional and self-initiated work"
2005 Sunday Gazette-Mail, Outlook 2005, February 27, Charleston, West Virginia, USA,
"Artist shows a softer side"
2005 The Sun, February 20, Bremerton, WA, USA, "Artist shows kids the softer side of street displays"
2005 The Hartford Courant, January 31, Hartford, CT, USA, "A Playful Urban Canvas -
Michael De Feo Likes To Paint The Streets of Manhattan With His Colorful
Animals, Flowers, Fanciful Objects"
2005 The Chronicle, January 22, Willimantic, Connecticut, USA,
"Stamford teacher shows kids softer side of streets"
2005 The Redding Searchlight, January 21, California, USA,
"Street Sm-Art, Artist's creations cover Manhattan from A to Z"
2005 The Journal News, January 18, New York, USA, "Children's Book Began in the Mind of Street Artist"
2005 The Citizen, January 17, Auburn, New York, USA, "Artist shows youth softer side of street displays"
2005 The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 16, Indiana, USA, "Man Knows ABCs of Street Art"
2005 AM New York, January 14 - 16, New York, USA, "Creating a different kind of Alphabet City -
Connecticut artist Michael De Feo takes all 26 letters to the mean streets of New York"
2005 The Journal Gazette, January 14, Indiana, USA,
"A for Big Apple: Artist using N.Y. streets for children's book"
2005 Northwest Herald, January 14, Illinois, USA, "Artist shows kids softer side of street art"
2005 The Evansville Courier & Press, January 13, Evansville, Indiana, USA,
"Artist shows children the softer side of street displays"
2005 The Keene Sentinel, January 13, New Hamshire, USA,
"Alphabet City - New York street artist goes soft in new book"
2005 The Elkhart Truth, January 12, Elkhart, Indiana, USA, "Streets of New York are canvas for artist"
2005 The Journal News, January 4, New York, USA, "A Kids' Book with Street Smarts"
2005 Stamford Advocate & Greenwich Time, Sunday, January 2, USA,
Feature story, "Street Smarts - Artist turns hils wall images into "Alphabet City""
2004 Newsweek International, December 13, "Art: Painting on the Wall", worldwide except USA
2004 Tutto Musica, November, Italy
2004 TriggerMagazine.com, November, "Out on the Streets"
2004 New York Times Magazine, October 3, USA, "Painting the Town (Again)"
2004 Defrag Magazine, No. 5, Lanciano, Italy
2004 Relevant Magazine, No. 10, September/October, USA, "Street Art Coming to a City Near You"
2004 Half Empty, No. 2, USA, "The Art of the Commission"
2004 Shift, No. 088, Japan, "People - Michael De Feo"
2004 Graphotism, No. 33, UK
2003 Faesthetic, No. 3, USA
2003 Defrag Magazine, No. 4, Lanciano, Italy
2003 German Public Radio, October 13th, Munich Germany
2003 Let Me Tell Ya Muthafuckaz Who Ya Fuckin' With,
About Face Publishing, Australia
2003 Sleaze Nation, August, England
2003 Garage Magazine, No. 5, Italy
2003 BG Magazine, July, Amsterdam, Holland
2003 Belio Magazine: 011 Urban Issue, Madrid, Spain
2003 RE:Magazine, Issue No. 3, Vancouver, Canada
2003 Telegraaf, Saturday, March 15, Holland
2003 Repellent Magazine, No. 2
2003 Wooster Collective, Wednesday, February 12
2002 Spam, #001, December, Amsterdam, Holland
2002 BozackNation.com, Issue 001
"Pollenating the City One Wall at a Time,
Some words with the petal pusher"
2002 The Nyack Villager, August, Vol.8, No.8
2002 Beautiful Decay Magazine, Issue B, July 18
2001 The Mainichi Chugakusei Shimbun, Japan, Sunday, December 30
"Spicing Up The Town with Printed Flowers"
2001 The Seattle Times, Friday, June 9
"Gallery, guerrilla art a good mix"
2001 The Stranger (weekly), Seattle, Vol.10, No.38, June 7-13
2001 Stamford Advocate & Greenwich Time, Sunday, January 14,
Feature story, "Artist makes street his gallery"
2000 Greenwich Post, Volume 5, Number 34, December 8
1995 Live national broadcast on cable channel FX,
television program, Breakfast Time, July 13
1995 Manhattan Spirit, Volume 11, Number 23, June 15
"Guerilla 'Gardener' Brings Flower To The People"
Awards
2010 D&AD Award, 2010 Award Annual, for the cover of New York Magazine's
Double End of Year Issue, "Reasons to Love New York" issue,
2006 Certificate of Design Excellence for the cover of New York Magazine's
Double End of Year Issue, "Reasons to Love New York Right Now",
Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, November/December
2005 Certificate of Design Excellence for "Alphabet City",
Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, November
2005 Radius Award, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Projects
2010 Continued street art project into St. Remy, Tarascon, and Les Baux, France
2010 Continued street art project into Hong Kong, China
2010 Continued street art project into Fort Lauderdale, FL
2010 Continued street art project into Philadelphia, PA
2009 Continued street art project into Miami, FL
2009 Continued street art project into Hong Kong, China
2009 Designed free posters and t-shirts for the Target High Line Street Festival, July 12
2009 Continued street art project into Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 Continued street art project into New Orleans, LA
2008 Continued street art project into Miami, FL
2008 Continued street art project into Puerto Rico with installations at the Museo de Arte, San Juan
2008 Continued street art project in abandoned Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MO
2008 Continued street art into Newport, Rhode Island
2008 Continued street art project into Trento, Rovereto, Saviano and Catania, Italy
2008 Continued street art project into Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Continued street art project into Paris, France & Geneva, Switzerland
2007 Continued street art project into Paris, France & Barcelona, Spain
2007 Painted flower mural at 5 Pointz, Long Island City, NY
2006 Continued street art project into Miami, Florida
2006 T-Shirt Design for Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2006 Continued street art project into Leipzig, Germany
2006 Continued street art project into Chicago, IL
2006 Hard hat design for Friends of the High Line, Groundbreaking Ceremony, April 10
2006 Packaging project for Ford Models, Inc., Fashion Week, New York
2005 Continued street art project into Miami, Florida
2005 Limited edition print for Friends of the High Line, Open House New York, NYC
2005 Collaborative mural with Maya Hayuk and Martin Mazorra of the Barnstormers,
The Kitchen High Line Block Party, NY, NY, September 17
2005 Logo, temporary tattoo and bag design for
The Kitchen High Line Block Party, NY, NY, September 17
2005 Continued street art project into Pike's Peak, Royal Gorge & Denver, CO
2005 Limited edition print for Friends of The High Line annual benefit dinner, NYC
2005 Continued street art project into Paris, France
2003 Continued street art project into Munich, Germany
2003 Continued street art project into Brighton, UK
2003 Continued street art project into Amsterdam & Utrecht, The Netherlands
2002 Contributed art for animated projections for Boo 7, NYC
2002 Continued street art project into Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2001 Continued street art project into Boston, MA
2001 Continued street art project into Seattle, WA
1995 Continued street art project into San Francisco, CA
1994 Artwork used in international Joe Cocker music video,
"Hot Town, Summer in The City"
1994 Painted first flower mural on East 23rd Street, NY, NY
Lectures & School Visits
2010 Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 18
2009 Kid's workshop, "High Line Pollinators",
The High Line, NY, NY, hosted by Friends of the High Line
2009 Keynote lecture, Art Education Symposium, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY,
hosted by the New York State Art Teachers Association
and the SUNY New Paltz Art Education Department, May 2
"What's the Big Idea?" - Visions of Learning Through Art
2009 Lecture, "Michael De Feo", Colegio Palermo Chico, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 22
2009 Mural Project, "Draw On!", Danbury High School, CT,
sponsored by Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, April 3
2009 Panel lecture, "Street Art: The Mark, Part 1",
Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 3
2007 Lecture, "The City as a Work of Art", University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT
2006 Kid's Holiday Card Making Class, Friends of the High Line, NY, NY, December 2
2006 Lecture, "The Flower Guy on Street Art", Salon 403, The Soho House, NY, NY, October 1
2006 Created and taught workshop, "Wall Flowers & Street Divers" for 7 - 12 year olds,
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, July 11 - 13
2006 Visiting artist, Redding Elementary School, Redding, CT
2006 Created and taught workshop "The Tools of Street Art" for 7-10 year olds,
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2005 Visiting artist, Hamilton Elementary School, Mount Vernon, NY
2005 Organized and participated in panel lecture,
"The City as Collaborator: Documenting Contemporary Art on the Street",
McNally Robinson Booksellers, NY, NY, July 25
2004 Organized and participated in panel lecture, "Street Scene: Documenting Street Art",
The Small Press Book Fair, NY, NY, December 5
2004 Lecture, "A special presentation from Alphabet City",
Small Press Book Fair, NY, NY, December 5
Education
1997 - 1999 MAT, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
1990 - 1995 BFA, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
