Stand Up- Study 3

Year: 2023

Size: 12 x 9 

Medium: Graphite on Paper

Miguel was born in the South Bronx and holds a BFA in painting, with honorable mention, from School of Visual Arts. He studied with notable artists Jack Potter, Marilyn Minter, and Kenny Scharf. He also studied drawing, painting, and sculpting the figure with Irwin Greenberg, Ephraim Rubenstein, and Barney Hodes at the Art Students League, and served as instructor's assistant for Costa Vavagiakis at the Art Students League, National Academy of Design, and New York Academy of Art. Miguel was a 2001 recipient of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Grant at the National Academy of Design. His artistic influences include Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Francis Bacon. The organization 14X48 posted his social justice mural, titled Stand Up, on a billboard in Brooklyn, and First Street Green Art Park in Manhattan displayed another of his large-scale works. He was the subject of a “Brief but Spectacular” profile on PBS NewsHour. Miguel's painting, titled Stand Back, was acquired by the New-York Historical Society and was on view in the Society's recent installation focusing on the collecting of art and objects during the pandemic.  

Fountain House Gallery / New York City, NY