BIO



MICHAEL PONCÉ
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST



Michael Poncé is an educator and painter. He studied at Foothill College near San Francisco and graduated with an M.F.A. in painting from the New York Academy of Art. Poncé completed graduate research in anatomy at Oxford University and studied old master drawings at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England. He also has a background in fashion illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he received his B.F.A.



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BORN
Las Cruces, New Mexico



EDUCATION


2003 Graduate Research, Oxford University, England

2003 M.F.A., New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2001 B.F.A., Fashion Institute of Technology, New York



TEACHING EXPERIENCE


Present Adjunct Instructor, DACC-NMSU

2008-2016 Program Director, Vista College, Las Cruces, New Mexico

2012-2014 Interim Director of Education, Vista College, Las Cruces, New Mexico

2011-2016 Painting Instructor, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, New Mexico

2003-2007 Adjunct Instructor, The New York Academy of Art, New York, New York

2001-2007 Member/Curator, The National Arts Club, New York, New York



AWARDS


2003, New York Academy of Art Travel Award

2001, Betram Reinitz Memorial Award

2000, Jack Fentermacher Award

1999, David B Weiss Memorial Award



INDEPENDENT RESEARCH


2006, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India

2005, Hong Kong Heritage Museum

2003, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

2003, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England



ARTICLES


2012 “An Interview with Michael Ponce,” Ventanas Magazine

2011 “Ponce” Tu Revista Magazine

2004 “Drawing with Paint: Michael Ponce” Equine Vision Magazine

2003 “On Location with Ponce,” American Artist Magazine

2002 “A Promising New Artist Arrives on The Equestrian Scene,” Polo Players’ Edition



PUBLICATIONS


2011 The Las Cruces Sun News, Las Cruces, NM

2010 Equestrian Scene

2009 The bulletin, Las Cruces, NM

2006 NY Arts Website

2004 20th Annual Harriman Cup

2003 American Artist

2003 Polo Players’ Edition 18th Annual Sporting Art Issue, 19th Annual Harriman Cup

2002 New Canaan-Darien Magazine, Darien, Ct

2001 NYU Stern Opportunity


SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2012 beautiful, The Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM

2011 Ponce, MVS Studios, Las Cruces, NM

2009 One Man Show, M Phillips Fine Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

2005 Michael Ponce: Recent Works on Paper, Spring Studio, New York, NY

2004 Ponce: Contemporary Classics, Sunshine Factory, New York, NY

2002 Ponce Sport: The Greenwich Polo Club, Greenwich, CT


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Ongoing Exhibit, Chisholm Gallery, Wellington, FL

2007 New York Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition, Figureworks Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Masters of Foxhound Association of America Traveling Exhibition, Cross Gate Gallery, Lexington, KY

2007 108th Annual Exhibiting Artists members Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

2006 Beyond Graffiti, NYU Bronfman Gallery, New York, NY

2006 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY

2006 Take Home a Nude, Phillips de Pury & company, New York, NY

2006 AAEA Fall Open Juried Exhibition, The International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY

2006 Texas A&M Univeristy Polo Club Benefit, Stonebriar polo Club, Dallas, Tx

2006 Works on Paper, The Flux Facotry, Long Island City, NY

2006 15th Annual Roundtable Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

2006 Artists of the National Arts Club, Westwood Gallery, New York, NY

2006 New Jersey Equine Artists Association Art of the Horse, The Somerset Art Association, Bedminister, NJ

2005 Save Venice, Save Venice Inc, Salander-O’Reilly Gallery, New York, NY

2005 Small Treasures, The Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ

2005 AAEA Fall Open Juried, Exhibition, The International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY

2005 Take Home a Nude, Phillips de Pury & company, New York, NY

2005 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

2005 Faces in the Studio, Crosby Studio, New York, NY

2004 106th Annual Exhibiting Artists Members Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

2004 New Jersey Equine Artists Association Art of the Horse, The Somerset Art Association, Bedminister, NJ

2004 Small Treasures, The Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ

Group Exhibitions Continued


2003 LitARTcy, The Anderson Gallery at Historic Academy Square Library, Provo City, UT

2003 Graduate Student Exhibition, St, Edmund Hall, Oxford University, England

2003 American Figurative Art Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

2003 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY

2003 International Challenge Cup Fine Arts Exhibit, The Mashomack Club, Pine Plains, NY

2003 12th Annual Roundtable Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

2003 Gateway National Art Show, Farmington Musuem, Farmington, NM

2003 Horses of a Different Color, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY

2003 Watercolor of Society of Alabama’s 62nd National Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL

2003 Society of Watercolor Artists International Show, Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, TX

2002 The Art of Being Andy Warhol, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2002 Open Studio, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2002 Night of a 1,000 drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY

2002 New Jersey Equine Artists Association Art of the Horse, The Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ

2002 The North American Game Fair, The Mashomack Club, Pine Plains, NY

2002 Figurative Works, Montgomery Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

2002 Saratoga Polo Association International Art Show, Saratoga Polo Club, Saratoga, BY

2002 11th Annual Roundtable Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

1999 The Museum at The fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY