Michael Mongue is a self-taught painter currently residing in Williamstown, MA. He began exhibiting his paintings in November 1999 with a solo exhibit of twenty works at the Left Bank Gallery in Bennington, Vermont. He participated in a group show with the Arts and Crafts Guild in Dalton, Massachusetts in March 2000. In October of the same year, one of his paintings was chosen for a juried exhibition entitled Generation X: Who are we?. Sponsored by the Maine Artists Space in Portland, this virtual exhibit made its debut via the Internet on October 19, 2000. In the fall of 2000, he participated in two group shows at the Flatiron Gallery in North Adams. From June to December 2001, he continued to exhibit his artwork in northern Berkshire county; participating in six group shows at the Flatiron Gallery. In August 2001, the Gramercy Bistro in North Adams hosted a three-month solo exhibition of his painting. From June 2001 to January 2002, Joga in North Adams hosted an exhibit of twenty of his paintings. He returned to Joga for another show exhibiting fourteen paintings from September through December of 2003. In September 2004, he made his New York City debut exhibiting his work in a group show at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery. In February 2005, he ended a two month show at Papyri Books in North Adams. From September 2004 to June 2005, his work was displayed at Deborah Davis Fine Art in Hudson, NY. In July 2005 he exhibited his work at the Adams Town Hall for their Art on the Green show. Currently, the Firehouse Cafe in Adams is hosting a rotating exhibit of his work.
In addition, he has created commissioned work for collectors, provided the compact disk cover art for Berkshire County music groups, contributed art to charity benefit auctions, and organized a slide presentation of his work for the Coffee House Series hosted by the Dalton Community Recreation Association. In June of 2004, a book about his art was published by Xlibris Press of Philadelphia, M.Mongue: Acrylic Paintings from a Berkshire Artist.
RESUME
EXHIBITIONS
Firehouse Cafe, Adams MA. March 2005 to Present. A rotating exhibit of selected works.
Papyri Books, North Adams, MA. December 2004-February 2005. Solo exhibit of nineteen works.
Deborah Davis Fine Art, Hudson, NY. September 2004 to June 2005. Two works exhibited.
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery of Fine Art, New York, NY. August 27 to October 3, 2004. Three works exhibited.
Joga , North Adams , MA. September 10 to December 29, 2003. Solo exhibit of 14 works.
Joga, North Adams ,MA. July 5, 2002 to August 15, 2002. Solo exhibit of twenty works.
Lenox Artisans Gallery, Lenox MA. Cooperative Gallery Exhibit. June 1, 2001 to January 2002. Twenty works exhibited.
Flatiron Gallery, North Adams MA. June 1, 2001 to December 2001. Fifteen works exhibited in consecutive group shows.
Gramercy Bistro, North Adams, MA. August 9, 2001 to October 31, 2001. Solo exhibition of eight works.
Maine Artists Space Virtual Gallery, Portland Maine. The Unknown Generation X. October 19 through December 2, 2000. One work chosen for juried exhibit.
Flatiron Gallery, North Adams, MA. Fall Group Show. October 13 through November 12, 2000. Ten works exhibited.
Flatiron Gallery, North Adams MA. Group exhibit. September 12 through October 9, 2000. Nine works exhibited.
Dalton Arts Guild Annual Membership show. Sugar Hill Mansion, Dalton MA. March 10 through 18, 2000. One work exhibited.
Left Bank Gallery, Bennington VT. Running with scissors. November 5 through December 5, 1999. Solo exhibit of twenty works
COMMISSIONED WORKS
Mother and Child, November 2001. Collection of Mrs. Wendy Lipp, Poundridge, NY.
Crisscross Roads, December 1999. Collection of Matt Mervis and Jolyn Unruh, Great Barrington, MA. This work was created as the cover artwork for a compact disk by South County singer/songwriter Matt Mervis.
Williams College Basketball, June 1999. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sheehy, Williamstown, MA.
Blue Guitar Player, May 1999. Private Collection, Baltimore, MD.
COMMUNITY/CHARITY EVENTS
Parents Committee Fund Raising Auction, Mount Greylock High School, Williamstown MA. April 2003. Donated framed reproduction of one work for benefit auction.
Coffee House Series. Dalton Community Recreation Association, Dalton MA. September 30, 2000. Slide presentation of my work.
Williams College Womens Rugby Football Club. Williamstown MA. November 1998. Donated a commissioned painting for poster reproduction as a fundraiser for the club.
General Electric Plastics Division Charity Auction. Benefit for A Kids Place. Silver Screen Restaurant, Pittsfield MA. March 1998
NEWS ARTICLES
The Advocate, Pittsfield artist finds inspiration from popular print media, by Michael J Card. November 17, 1999.
North Adams Transcript, Downtown Displays. Karen Gardner. December 23 2004.
Pulse, A Review of Face to Face and Deborah Davis Fine Art , by Neil Chassman.. June 20, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
M. Mongue: Paintings from a Berkshire Artist, Xlibris Press, Philadelphia, PA. June 2004.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Economics. University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA. 1991
Associate of arts, Business Administration. Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield MA. 1988
Wahconah Regional High School, Dalton MA. 1983
