​Curriculum Vitae

Michael Andryc

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Mailing Addresss:

P.O. Box 67073

Albuquerque, NM  87193-7073

www.MichaelAndryc.com
www.instagram.com/michael_andryc
www.Facebook.com/MichaelAndryc/Contemporary Folk Art Pop

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Education, Publications, Honors

• Art Publication:  Resistance: Grit, Rebellion, and Dissent, Santa Fe Literary Review, Vol. 21, Release Date: Summer 2026. Title of visual art TBA upon release.

• Art Purchase for the Bernalillo County Public Art Permanent Collection, "Painted by the Wolfman," February 5, 2026.

• ​Literary Publication: Pasatiempo, the Arts, Entertainment & Culture Magazine of the Santa Fe New Mexican, Annual Writing Contest, December 19, 2025. Third Place in Nonfiction/Memoir, "Number Six of Los Cinco Pintores," pp. 30-31; Honorable Mention in Poetry, "Outlaw Mountain." p. 33.

• Art Publication/Collaborative Project: Selected artwork for program cover of ONE FLEA SPARE, a professional theatre play at FUSION ABQ, in Albuquerque, November 13 - 23 and at the Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM, November 29-30, 2025. Title of work: "Bitten by the Lovebug." Program cover design by FUSION Communications Director Leah Livingston.

• Literary Publication: MOSAIC VOICES | An Anthology of Winning Stories and Poetry from the 2024 Writing Contest sponsored by Southwest Writers. Third Place in Nonfiction/Memoir, "X-Rated Trout Fishing," pp. 350 - 354. www.southwestwriters.com

• Invited co-juror of the annual Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, NM, 2024.

• 50-year Retrospective: The Hour of the Wolf(Man) by Michael Andryc, Curated by Diane Stoffel, Gallery Manager, Step Up Galllery at Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos, NM, 2023.

• Art Award: 2022 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Fine Arts Division), Third Place in Acrylic Painting for "Painted by the Wolfman," EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM, 2022

• Literary Publication/Collaborative Project: Selected artwork, "Sitting Bull Rising from the Grave," cover and credited inspiration of short story with same title by New Mexico author, journalist, and University of New Mexico professor, the late Dennis Herrick, Sterling Publications USA, 2016.

• Literary Publication/Collaborative Project: Selected artwork, "Willing Participants in the Sexual Polka," playbill, enlarged prop, and credited inspiration of one-act play with the same title by late playwright James Crafford, American Theatre of Actors, NYC, 2015. 

• Selling My Own Grandmother, Solo Exhibition, American Center for Polish Culture, Washington, DC, 1997.

• Contemporary American Folk Art | An Exhibition of the Leading Folk Artists of the 20th Century, Curatorial Consultant: Rubens Teles,The Emerson Gallery | Rockland Center for the Arts, New York City, Works selected from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Sears, Santa Fe, NM: "Counting Coup on the Statue of Liberty," "Dick Sears on the Planet of Hard Cash," "The Crucifixion of the Wolf," 1992.

• Literary grant from the Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation, New York City, 1979.

• ​Literary Publication: "Waiting for the Universe to Blow Over," creative nonfiction, the North American Review, Cedar Falls, IA, SP 1979.

• Publication: "How I Found Studebaker," nonfiction/memoir published in the North American Review, Cedar Falls, IA, SP 1978. ​ 

• Associate in Arts, English, Rhode Island Junior College, Providence, RI, 1970.​

 

Exhibition History, 2025

​​In the Groove, December 1 - 28, 2025.  The Groove Artspace, 309 Gold Ave. SW, Albuquerque, NM  87102. Curated by Erika Harding, Owner, Director, Educator, Artist. Selected works: "Serenaded by the Son of the Frog." "Canoeing with the Son of the Frog," and "Dinner with Andy at the Nighthawk Café (After Edward Hopper)." www.thegrooveartspace.com​​​​​

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​​Metamorphosis, September 26 - November 1, 2025. Village Arts Frame Shop and Gallery, 216 DP Road, Los Alamos, NM. Ken Nebel, Owner/Curator. Selected work: "KAFKA," "The Metamorphosis," "The Absinthe Drinker (After Viktor Oliva), https://villageartsframing.com

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Projection and Confession | Self-Portraits, September 18 - October 18, 2025. A group exhibition curated by Gallery Co-Managers Katy Korkos and Diane Stoffel, The Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos, NM. Invited work: "Self-Portrait with Self-Portraits." www.stepupgallery.org

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2025 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM, September 3 - 15, 2025. Selected works: "Hometown Promenade (After Marc Chagall)," "Over the West Side (After Marc Chagall)," "Notorious Cat Lady," "Metamorphosis." https://statefair.exponm.com/​​​

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Truth, Justice, and Freedom of Expression, August 16 - September 11, 2025. A group exhibition curated by Gallery Co-Managers Katy Korkos and Diane Stoffel, Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos, NM. Selected works: "Channelling the Wolfman," "The Almighty Dollar,” “High Noon | Up Against the Fence." www.stepupgallery.org

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​Summertime Joy, July 30 - August 16, 2025. Village Arts Frame Shop and Gallery, 216 DP Road, Los Alamos, NM. Ken Nebel, Owner/Curator. Selected work: "On the Beach with the Son of the Frog," "Joyriding with the Son of the Frog."  https://villageartsframing.com

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Creating Joy | An Act of Resistance, April 4 - April 26, 2025. The Groove Artspace, 309 Gold Ave. SW, Albuquerque, NM  87102. Curated by Erika Harding, Owner, Director, Educator, Artist. Selected work: "Notorious Cat Lady." "Joyriding with the Son of the Frog," and "Skakin' All Over." www.thegrooveartspace.com

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FANDOMS, February 8 - March 4, 2025. GALLERY 3017, Lower level of ARTISAN ABQ, 3017 Monte Vista Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM  87106. Curated by Owners/Directors Brittany and Jerry Hepworth. Selected works: "Rendezvous in the Petroglyphs (The Missing Episode)," "Wheel of (Mis)Fortune," "Edgar Allan and the Ravens," "Totem of Rock.” https://www.artisanabq.com/​

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Exhibition History, 2024

PROTEST 2024! A Contemporary Art Exhibition, October 4 - December 29, 2024. FUSION | GALLERY 708, 708 1st Street, Albuquerque, NM  87102. Curated by MartinArt Studios and part of the RISING HIGH ARTS FESTIVAL. Selected works: "Just Say Nyet!" "Grandma's Opinion of the Information Superhighway," and "The Almighty Dollar."

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NAKED: A Figurative Art Show, October 4 - November 1, 2024. The GROOVE Artspace, 309 Gold Ave. SW, Albuquerque, NM  87102. Curated by Erika Harding, Owner, Director, Educator, Artist. Selected works: "Woman on the Cross," "Paul Gauguin and Bob Marley on the Mysterious Island of the GIANT NUDE," and "Releasing the Inner Mermaid."

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2024 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM, September 4 - 15, 2024. Selected works: "Channelling the Wolfman," "The Kiss of the Wolfman," and "Wolfwoman on Couch with Approaching Rainbow." https://statefair.exponm.com/

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Food, Glorious Food! August 21 - September 21, 2024. Village Arts Frame Shop and Gallery, 216 DP Road, Los Alamos, NM. Ken Nebel, Owner/Curator. Selected works: "The Humble Repast," "The Ramen Eaters," and "Dinner with Andy at the Nighthawk Cafe." https://villageartsframing.com​​

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Wild Things, March 5 - March 31, 2024. Village Arts Frame Shop and Gallery, 216 DP Road, Los Alamos, NM. Ken Nebel, Owner/Curator. Selected work: "Joyriding with the Son of the Frog." https://villageartsframing.com

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What's Love Got to Do with It? February 10 - March 5, 2024. GALLERY 3017, Lower level of ARTISAN ABQ, 3017 Monte Vista Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM  87106. Curated by Angie Rehnbergart. Selected work: "Serenaded by the Son of the Frog."

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Exhibition History, 2012 - 2023

Solo Retrospective

The Hour of the Wolf(Man), A 50-Year Retrospective by Michael Andryc, June 7 - July 5 -2023 - Curated by Diane Stoffel, The Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos Arts Council, Los Alamos, NM.

For Artist's Talk, highlights of 60+ piece exhibition, and recent media in the Santa Fe New Mexican/Pasatiempo (July 21, 2023) and the Los Alamos Daily Post, please visit: www.michaelandryc.com/ and/or www.stepupgallery.org

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International Juried Exhibit

IN TRANSIT, Juried by Abigail Newbold, Director of Exhibitions, The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston), Art League of Rhode Island, VETS Gallery, Providence, RI. Selected work: "Lady Godiva in Coventry, Rhode Island," 2017.

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National Juried Exhibitions

Transcending the West, Juried by Rose Frederick), ARTWORKS Center for Contemporary Arts, Loveland, CO. Selected work: "A New Home in the Ancestral Land," 2022. https://www.artworksloveland.org/store-1

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31st Annual Arts Thrive! (National Juried Exhibition), Albuquerque Museum Foundation, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, 2021. Selected works: "Skinhead Madonna #2," "Madonna with Black Star," and "Skinhead Madonna Looking the Other Way.” https://albuquerquemuseumfoundation.org/

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30th Annual Arts Thrive! (National Juried Exhibition), Albuquerque Museum Foundation, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, 2020. Selected works: "The Ghost of My Grandmother Coming to the Museum to See My Exhibit," "The Absinthe Drinker (After Viktor Oliva)," "Angel Babka Silencing the Scream (After Edvard Munch)." https://albuquerquemuseumfoundation.org/

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DOUGH (National Exhibition Juried by Museum of Food and Drink, NYC), The HERA Gallery and Educational Foundation, Wakefield, RI. 2020. Selected works: "Modigliani Painting a Picture of My Grandmother with a Plate of Pierogies" and "FDR on a Tortilla/The Holy Wafer of Social Security." https://www.heragallery.org/

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The 31st Old San Ysidro Church Fine Arts Show (National Juried Exhibition), The Corrales Historical Society (CHS) and the Corrales Society of Artists (CSA), Corrales, NM, 2019.Selected Works: "The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night" and "Modigliani Painting a Picture of My Grandmother with a Plate of Pierogies."

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The 30th Old San Ysidro Church Fine Arts Show, (National Juried Exhibition), The Corrales Historical Society (CHS) and the Corrales Society of Artists (CSA), Corrales, NM. Selected Work: "My Grandmother Trying to Convince the Dutch Masters that Smoking is Bad for their Health (After Rembrandt)," 2018.

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AFTER DARK VI, National Juried Exhibition, Juried by Matt Kennedy, Director, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles | Greg Moon Art, Taos, NM. Selected work: "Grandma's Opinion of the Information Superhighway," 2017. https://gregmoonart.com/

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Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festivals, National Juried Exhibitions, EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM and Sandia Casino and Resort during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Sandia Pueblo, NM, 2016 - (Spring, Fall). https://riograndefestivals.com/

 

Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festivals, National Juried Exhibitions, EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM, 2015 - (Spring, Fall, Winter), https://riograndefestivals.com/

 

New Mexico Statewide Juried Exhibitions 

2025 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works: "Notorious Cat Lady," "Hometown Promenade (After Marc Chagalll)," "Over the West Side, and "Metamorphosis." https://statefair.exponm.com/

 

2024 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works: "Channelling the Wolfman," "The Kiss of the Wolfman," and "Wolfwoman on Couch with Approaching Rainbow." https://statefair.exponm.com/

 

2023 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works: “Wolfwomen Dancing in the Moonlight” and “Wolfmen Howling at the Moon.” https://statefair.exponm.com/

 

2022 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works: "Painted by the Wolfman" (3rd Place in Acrylic Painting Division) and "Blonde and Son of the Frog at the Art Opening."

 

2021 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works: "Wheel of (Mis)Fortune.”

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2020 New Mexico State Fair (Cancelled due to the pandemic).

 

2019 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works: "Cruising with Clark (My Grandmother and Clark Gable)," "Serenaded by the Son of the Frog," and "On the Beach with the Son of the Frog."

 

2018 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division), EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works: “The Absinthe Drinker (After Viktor Oliva)” and “Riding with Brando (My Grandmother and The Wild One).”

 

2017 New Mexico State Fair (Professional Artists' Fine Arts Division),), Fine Arts Building, EXPO NM, Albuquerque, NM. Selected Works: "Grandma's Opinion of the Information Highway" and "The Abbey Road Expedition (My Grandmother Leading Others in Search of a Little Help from the Beatles. . . in These Hard Times)."

 

Solo Exhibitions (2008 – 2018)

• 2018 - Haunted by Picasso thru the Streets of Warsaw, PORTAL Gallery, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM.

• 2018 – ‘Sophisticated Primitive' REVISITED, Jemez Fine Art, South Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM.

• 2017 - Rejects from the Museum of Modern Art, Jemez Fine Art, South Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM.

• 2016 - The Call of the Wild and Further Communications from the Great Unknown, Jemez Fine Art, South Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM.

• 2015 - Free-Range Artwork and Various Magnificent Fables (Southwest of Warsaw), Red Boot Gallery, Range Café Bernalillo, NM.

• 2014 - Aspens, Ravens, Frida Kahlo, and Georgia O'Keeffe, Liquid Outpost, The Inn at Loretto, Santa Fe, NM.

• 2008 - Bob Marley and Paul Gauguin on the Mysterious Island of the Giant Nude, Green Palace Teahouse, Santa Fe, NM.

• 2002 - Last Exit Off the Van Gogh Highway, Back Street Bistro, Santa Fe, NM.

• 2000 - Southwest of Warsaw, Carson & Steed Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1997 - Selling My Own Grandmother, American Center for Polish Culture, Washington, DC.

• 1982 - Pecos Primitive II, Santa Fe Public Library, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1982 - Pecos Primitive, Little Earth School, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1980 - Trailer Park Renaissance, University Center Gallery, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT.

• 1980 - Downstream from the White Man, Southwest Coffeehouse, Durango CO.

• 1980 – More Tales of the Bulletproof God, Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Ignacio, CO.

 

Local Juried Exhibitions, Los Alamos, NM

2013 - 2020 More than 20 group exhibits with distinct juries and themes at Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM, with fine art prints (giclées) juried into the FLAC Gift Shop. Most recent FLAC juried group exhibits include:

2020 - 40 Winks, Selected work: "The Sleeping Artist - Naiad in the Bosque (After John William Waterhouse)."

2019 - P.O.V. Selected work: “Number 12: Capable of Doing Much Better.”

2019 - Making Waves, Invited works: “Paul Gauguin and Bob Marley on the Island of the Giant Nude” and “Sisters of the Sea.”   

2019 - Mapmaker, Selected works: “Woman Removing Her Crown of Thorns (A Tribute to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford).”

2018 - Vessel, Selected work: “Dinner with Andy at the Nighthawk Café (After Edward Hopper).”

2017 - Fluid Dynamics, Selected work: “Drifting Past the Isle of the Sirens.”

2016 - I Am Become Death/ Commemorating Oppenheimer and the Advent of the Bomb. Selected works: “Just Say Nyet!” “God Bless America,” “Pledge Allegiance to the B-52” and “They Are Not Like Us/Their Gods Are Not Our Gods.”

 

Local Juried Exhibitions, Albuquerque, NM

2023 - ENIGMA, Ghostwolf Gallery, Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque, NM. Selected work: "Wolfmen Howling at the Moon." https://ghostwolf.gallery

2023 - The Art of Healing, (Group Exhibition and Benefit), Gallery with a Cause, curated by Regina Held, New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation, NM Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM. Selected works included 18 matted and framed archival giclées and original "Blonde and Frog at the Art Opening." www.gallerywithacause.org

2019 - REWIND: Jemez Fine Art Gallery 10-Year Anniversary Celebration, (Invitational), Jemez Springs, NM.

2018 - REPRESENT! Celebrating the Mid-Term Elections, Ghostwolf Gallery, Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque, NM. Selected Works: "Vampires on Wall Street" and "The Almighty Dollar." https://ghostwolf.gallery/

2017 - WILD! Celebrating Wildlife and Diversity through Art, Ghostwolf Gallery, Old Town, Albuquerque, NM. Selected Works: "Wolfcharmer (After a 19th Century Lithograph), "Lone Wolf (After Alfred Kowalski)," and "Listening to the Call of the Wild."  https://ghostwolf.gallery/

 

Local Member/Cooperative Exhibitions, Jemez Springs, NM

2016 – 2019 Jemez Fine Art Gallery including more than 10 group and three solo exhibits in the South Gallery.

 

​Local Gallery Exhibitions, Santa Fe, NM, 1987 - 2013​

• 2010-2013 - Liza Williams Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 2006 - Jennie Cooley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 2001 - Segretto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 

• 2001 - Plan B, Santa Fe, NM.    

• 1997 - 1999, Muse Image Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1997 - 1999, Alpha Group Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1993 - Owings-Dewey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1992 - Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1991 - Tartan Pony Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1988 - Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1987 - The William Morris Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

• 1987 - Plaza de Los Artistas, Santa Fe, NM.

 

Exhibition History, 1985 - 2012

Outdoor Artists' Shows, Santa Fe, NM, 1985 - 2012

• Santa Fe Artists' Market at the Railyards

• Santa Fe Society of Artists, Cathedral Park, and First National Bank Parking Lot

Painted original artwork, framed and prepared paintings, reproductions, and magnets for exhibits and sales displays, hauled booth equipment and artwork to shows, set up, worked with professional artists' organizations in accordance with exhibit guidelines, visited with art enthusiasts and tourists, presented and sold work, dismantled booths, managed accounting, paid taxes, enjoyed life . . . painted more original artwork, ad infinitum . . .

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References provided upon request