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Michael Tarbi (born 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American artist.
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Michael Tarbi (born 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American artist.
Michael Tarbi's work was first exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art [1] in 1998 where he received the national "American Visions Award" for his work entitled, "Small Portraits". [2] This work went on to be exhibited at the President's Office of Arts and Humanities. [1] [ dead link ][ better source needed ]
Tarbi studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia from 1998 to 2002. [3] There he received numerous awards including "the Angelo Pinto Prize for Experimental Work" and "the Henry J. Schiet Travel Scholarship". [1] [ dead link ]
Since 2002, Tarbi's work has appeared in galleries and museums nationwide including the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia and the White Box - Annex Gallery in New York. [2] In 2006 he was presented with the Irene Palenski Memorial Award at the Carnegie Museum of Art. [4] His first major one person exhibition followed at Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago in 2006. [5] [6]
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