ARTIST STATEMENT
“It is within the moments of acknowledging nature that my spirit connects, perhaps sings with joy, to be given the clarity of seeing the great power of the creator. On a conscious level my primary goal is to combine color, design, harmony and awareness to my subject. At a unconscious plane it is to perceive the elements of life, energy and breathe.”
BIOGRAPHY
Michele M. Guarino, a fine art, portrait photographer and contemporary artist has been involved in the world of art professionally for the past two decades. Her studies include the Parson’s School of Design, New York City, Southeast Center for Photo/Graphics in Daytona Beach and Fine Art at the University of Miami. For many years, her primary focus has been on documentaries, self-supporting agencies and personal projects. Many of her photographs include day-to-day life, creating a visual history of her time. Her documentaries include “The Florida School of the Deaf & Blind”, “Special Olympics”, “The Autism Society of America”, “Ministry with Persons with Disabilities” and “The Department of Veterans Affairs”. She also served on the Board of Directors for the “Professional Photographer Guild of Palm Beach”. Her work has appeared in Artnews, Palm Beach Post, brochures, newsletters, annual reports, websites, exhibitions and in numerous homes.
CURRICULUM VITAE
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
2011 Borghi Fine Art, Englewood, New Jersey
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Lee Wagener Art Gallery “Kinetic Energy”
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida
Broward County Cultural Division, Public Art and Design
2008 The Firm “Urban Vision” Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2005 Stork Café “Tasha Diane”, Wilton Manor, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Independent/Arts United Photo Contest Winner
1998 Carefree Theater “City Life Stills”
West Palm Beach, Florida
1997 The Southeast Center for Photographic Studies “Everyday Life”
Daytona Beach, Florida
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AWARDS
2008 ArtBRAVO 1st Place Photography “Seeing the Light” Art Serve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2008 Art Serve Best in Show “Interconnected” Abstracts, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 George Ryan, Wilton Manor, Ft. Lauderdale
2010 Pet Lovers Exhibition, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida
2010 Art Fallout, Girl’s Club Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2010 Doing Business As…Artist Entrepreneurs, Gallery 101, Ft. Lauderdale
2010 Mueso, Delray Beach, Florida
2009 Doing Business As… Artist Entrepreneurs, Gallery 6, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2008 Holiday Member Showcase, Art Serve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2008 Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
2008 Twelve by Twelve – The Collective Art Serve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2008 Home Is Where The Art Is , Art Serve, Ft. Lauderdale. Florida
2008 Landscape, Art Serve, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2006 Community Foundation Palm Beach & Martin Counties W.P.B., Florida , “The Everglades”
2006 Palm Beach Photographic Center Infocus 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Delray Beach, Florida
PUBLICATION
2009 Art Beat New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Newspaper, Feb.12-18
2008 Art Walk kick-off The Pelican Wilton Manors, Newspaper, November 14
2008 A Question of Taste New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Newspaper, August 21
2008 Travel Planner Sun-Sentinel, Newspaper, August 3
ISLAND CITY ART WALK
2011 George Ryan “The Drive” Wilton Manors, Florida
2010 Juice Blendz “The Drive” Wilton Manors, Florida
SHOWROOMS
2011 Liquid Addiction, Fort Lauderdale Beach
2011 Minimalist, Ft. Lauderdale
2010 Mueso, Delray Beach, Florida
2009 Selective Arts Inc., Delray Beach, Florida
BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC ART AND DESIGN
Duane Hanson Allied Artist Pool
PRIVATE COLLECTORS
Brian Zika, Wilton Manors, Florida
Christina Roldan, Plantation, Florida
Sean Bennett, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Louis Rubenstein, Cincinnati, Ohio
121 Design Group, Naples, Florida
Bilmar South, Boynton Beach, Florida
Dr. Kera M. Sinclair, Boynton Beach, Florida
Dan Hoffman, Highland Beach, Florida
Debra J. Interiors, Boca Raton, Florida
Gracie Short, Boca Raton, Florida
Mr. and Mrs. Clyatt, St. Augustine, Florida
Dr. Pecoraro, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Nancy Drazic, Deerfield Beach, Florida
Joan Bellezza, Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey
Point of Americas, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Treo, Miramar, Florida
Paris Lauren Interiors, North Palm Beach, Florida
AUDIOVISUAL MULIT-IMAGE PRESENTATIONS
1999 Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, Jacksonville, Florida
Recipient of a UPS Grant for 60,000.00
2000 Department of Veterans Affairs, Miami, Florida
1997 Hope & Help Center, HIV/AIDS Resource Center, Orlando, Florida
1996 The Riverfund, HIV/AIDS Service Community, Sebastian, Florida
1995 Autism Society of America, Bethesda, Maryland
1995 Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, St. Augustine, Florida
PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
2000 University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Digital Photography and Fine Art
1997 The Southeast Center for Photo/Graphics, Daytona Beach, Florida
Graphic Design and Photography
1982 Parson’s School Design, New York
Fashion Photography