Mike Tarasyuk

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“…the main current of poetry that flows through things, all things…”
— J.D.Salinger

Mike has been drawing, painting, and sculpting since early age. He had attended a number of art studios in Russia, training in still life, figure drawing, landscape, and conceptual art in oil, gouache, watercolors, and dry media. He continued his art education in the US, where he attended a program in traditional and computer-based animation at the UCLA School of Film and Television, as well as other art courses and studios, and worked as a graphic artist at Learning Systems Sciences in Los Angeles. After many years in Boston and Santa Monica, Mike now lives in Mountain View, California.

EXHIBITIONS AND PRESS

  • Newport Beach Art Exhibition, Newport Beach, CA, June 2017. Juried exhibition

  • How I Identify, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, February 2016. Juried exhibition

  • Food and Drink, Orange County Creatives, Laguna Beach, CA, October 2015. Juried exhibition

  • Flora and Fauna, Orange County Creatives, Laguna Beach, CA, September 2015. Juried exhibition

  • Annual ASG Spring Art Exhibition, Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA, April 2014. Juried exhibition

  • Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Boston, MA, September 2013

  • Heroes & Villains, Hope Gallery, Bristol, RI, July 2013. Juried exhibition

  • Massaoit Arts Festival, Canton, MA, May 2013. Juried exhibition

  • Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 9 January 2013

  • 15×15, ASG 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Charlestown, MA, October 2012. Juried exhibition

  • Art in the Park, Charlestown, MA, September 2012. Juried exhibition

  • Discovering New England Painting Competition, Chabot Fine Art Gallery, Providence, RI, May – June 2012. Juried exhibition

  • Brookline Open Studios, Brookline, MA, May 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

  • Annual ASG Spring Art Exhibition, Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA, April 2012. Juried exhibition

  • Access Gallery @ BATV: The People Places + Things Show, Brookline, MA, January – April 2011

  • Fine Art Show, Newfane, VT, July 2010. Juried exhibition

  • Brookline Access TV Exhibit, Brookline, MA, March – April 2010

  • Town Hall Walls, Brookline, MA, November 2009 – January 2010. Solo exhibition

  • Images of Brookline, Past and Present, The New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA, March – May 2009

  • Big Show, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA, January – February 2009, February – March 2010

  • Brookline First Light at MAFCU, Brookline, MA, December 2008

  • 40th Anniversary of the Victory Day in the World War II, Moscow, Russia, May 1985. First prize at the juried exhibition