Resume/CV
PLEASE NOTE: In an artistic act of sacrifice, I set my resume on fire in 2020 when the pandemic hit. Too many people focus on the past and past accomplishments. I want to live in the present and I want to be judged by what I am doing right now.
MICHAEL CARINI
EDUCATION:
B.A. (Magna cum Laude), Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Apprenticeship, Roland Reiss, Los Angeles
Apprenticeship, Jane Brucker, Los Angeles
Artist In Residence, Alexander Salazar Fine Art, San Diego
EXHIBITIONS:
2019
“Wonderfront,” San Diego
“KAABOO Del Mar,” Del Mar
“Michael Carini,” ArcLight Cinemas, La Jolla
“Minis,” Sparks Gallery, San Diego
“Recovering The Artist 2019: A Show About Hope,” Martha Pace Swift Gallery (Expressive Arts Institute), San Diego
“Harmony,” Sparks Gallery, San Diego
2018
“The Quest For Rhythm,” La Playa Gallery, La Jolla
"KAABOO Del Mar," Del Mar
"ArtWalk Carlsbad," Carlsbad
"ArtWalk NTC," San Diego
"Michael Carini," ArcLight Cinemas, La Jolla
"San Diego Festival Of The Arts," San Diego
“Minis,” Sparks Gallery, San Diego
"Mission Federal ArtWalk," San Diego
"Michael Carini," ArcLight Cinemas, Pasadena
"Michael Carini," FIT Athletic, Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibitions, San Diego
2017
"ACA," ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati
"La Jolla Art & Wine Festival," La Jolla
"Beautiful Accidents," Lyceum Theatre, San Diego
"Art San Diego 17," San Diego
"Fall Exhibition," ArtBlend, Fort Lauderdale
"Kaaboo," Del Mar
"Summer Exhibition," ArtBlend, Fort Lauderdale
"ArtWalk NTC," San Diego
"Reign Upon Sonrise," Martha Pace Swift Gallery, San Diego
"SPECTRUM Miami," Miami
"San Diego Festival Of The Arts," San Diego
"Mission Federal ArtWalk," San Diego
"Spring Exhibition," ArtBlend, Fort Lauderdale
"Art Expo NY," New York
"Art Boca Raton," Contemporary Art Projects USA, Boca Raton
"Winter Exhibition," ArtBlend, Fort Lauderdale
"Edge Of The Ocean," Sparks Gallery, San Diego
"Beautiful Accidents & Acrylic Alchemy," OBR Architecture, San Diego
2016
“Art San Diego 16: Treshold,” Balboa Park Activity Center, San Diego
“ArtWalk NTC,” San Diego
“San Diego Festival Of The Arts,” San Diego
“Live In Color,” Mission Federal ArtWalk, San Diego
“SPECTRUM Indian Wells,” Renaissance Indian Wells Resort, Indian Wells
2015
“Select Contemporary Art Fair,” Brooklyn
2014
“Our Soul Group,” TPG2, San Diego
“Michael Carini,” Bumble and Bumble Salon Jose-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, La Jolla
“Michael Carini,” High Note Cafe (Symphony Towers)-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, San Diego
“Michael Carini,” Hotel Palomar-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, Los Angeles
“Michael Carini,” OBR Architecture, San Diego
“Who Am I This Time,” North Coast Repertory Theatre, Solana Beach
“Michael Carini,” Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla
2013
“Red Dot Art Fair,” Wynwood Art District, Miami
“Affordable Art Fair,” Seattle Center, Seattle
“Art San Diego 2013,” Balboa Park Activity Center, San Diego
“Affordable Art Fair,” The Tunnel, New York
“Project Ethos,” FLUXX, San Diego
“Regenaissance (Polyversikube),” 701 B Street, San Diego
“Art A La Carte,” Aventine-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, La Jolla
“Regenaissance (Polyversikube),” White Box Contemporary, San Diego
“Michael Carini,” Hotel Palomar-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, Los Angeles
“Michael Carini,” FIT San Diego-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, San Diego
“Michael Carini,” Alexander Salazar Fine Art, San Diego
“Michael Carini,” Merrill Lynch-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, San Diego
“When Lost Is Just A Step Away From Found,” OBR Architecture, San Diego
2012
“Michael Carini,” Gio & Gio New Concept Salon-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, San Diego
“Michael Carini,” Merrill Lynch-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, San Diego
“Michael Carini,” Palomar Hotel-Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits, San Diego
“Artist In Residence,” White Box Contemporary, San Diego
“AIR,” Salazar AIR Gallery, San Diego
“Hybrids II,” Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla
“New Beginnings,” Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla
2011
“New Paintings,” U31, San Diego
“Sight and Sound,” 3RDSPACE, San Diego
“2011,” OBR Architecture, San Diego
“Breaking Barriers: The Boy In The Box,” OBR Architecture, San Diego
“Art 100,” Laband Gallery, Los Angeles
“America,” 2CC Gallery, Long Beach
“Kettner Nights,” McNabb Martin Contemporary Art, San Diego
“28,” St. Clair Gallery, San Diego
“New Paintings,” Jacobs Center, San Diego
“Abstract,” Basic, San Diego
“Elements of Expression,” Basic, San Diego
“Primal Forces: Pattern & Pathos,” L Street Fine Art, San Diego
2010
“Departures from Reality,” Basic, San Diego
“Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces,” Counterpoint, San Diego
“Midnight Dancer (Take Me Away),” OBR Architecture, San Diego
“Counterpoint,” Counterpoint, San Diego
“The Up-Side of Down,” OBR Architecture, San Diego
“619,” Gallery A.K.A., San Diego
“Juried Exhibition,” Spa Velia Gallery, San Diego
“Conflicted Harmony,” Project X: Art, Solana Beach
“Anomalies & Associations,” Thumbprint Gallery, San Diego
“Spatial Conditions,” 643 Project Space, Ventura
“New Paintings,” True North, San Diego
2009
“Get In Where You Fit In,” Thumbprint Gallery, San Diego
“944 Challenge,” Gallery A.K.A., San Diego
“No Way as Way,” Thumbprint Gallery, San Diego
“The Art of Transitions,” San Diego Art Department, San Diego
2007
“Small Wonders III,” Pharmaka, Los Angeles
“Dangerous,” Patrick Moore Gallery, San Diego
“Pride,” District 117 Gallery, San Diego
“Uglier,” 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles
2006
“Small Wonders II,” Pharmaka, Los Angeles
“Ricochet,” Laband Gallery, Los Angeles
“22nd Annual Juried Exhibition,” Laband Gallery, Los Angeles
“Bravo 17,” Von Der Ahe Library, Los Angeles
“Footnotes,” Alex Haleigh Gallery, Gardena
“Four Degrees of Consciousness,” Studio 156, Los Angeles
2005
“Small Wonders,” Pharmaka, Los Angeles
“21st Annual Juried Exhibition,” Laband Gallery, Los Angeles
“Squeeze,” Studio 156, Los Angeles
“Itty-Bitty and Witty,” Artisan’s Exchange, Claremont
2004
“Studio 156,” Studio 156, Los Angeles
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA:
Art Around Adams, CBS 8, 31 May, 2019
Point Loma Native Michael Carini: The Acrylic Alchemist, Peninsula Beacon, 6 December, 2018
KAABOO Del Mar, FOX 5, 15 September, 2018
KAABOO Del Mar, ABC, 13 September, 2018
KAABOO Del Mar, KUSI, 13 September, 2018
KAABOO Del Mar, CBS 8, 13 September, 2018
NTC ArtWalk Liberty Station, KUSI, 10 August, 2018
San Diego Festival Of The Arts, FOX 5, 8 June, 2018
Comeback Artist Returns To San Diego Art Scene With Renewed Passion, The Zevely Zone, CW 6, 5 June, 2018
Comeback Artist Returns To San Diego Art Scene With Renewed Passion, The Zevely Zone, CBS 8, 4 June, 2018
Michael Carini: Beautiful Accidents, LALALA Weekly, 1 June, 2018
Art & Life With Michael Carini, SD Voyager, 10 April, 2018
An Artistic Voyage: Exploring Local Creative And Artistic Works, SD Voyager, 5 April, 2018
Michael Carini: Artist Feature, Professional Artist Magazine, March 2018
Meet Michael Carini Of Carini Arts In University Heights, SD Voyager, 15 March, 2018
The San Diego Arts And Culture Weekly Review, SD Voyager, 11 March, 2018
What's Next With Artist Michael Carini, Radisson RED, 30 January, 2018
The Sale Of The Art, San Diego Business Journal, 26 October, 2017
The 9th Annual La Jolla Art & Wine Festival Returns This Weekend, KUSI 9, 3 October, 2017
Don't Miss Opening Night Of Art San Diego In Del Mar, CBS 8, 28 September, 2017
A Tribute To Despair-A Journey Toward Light, D/Railed, 18 September, 2017
KAABOO Shines Bright Through Local Artists, Pacific, 18 September, 2017
KAABOO Shines Bright Through Local Artists, San Diego Union Tribune, 18 September, 2017
Spotted: 9/16/17 KAABOO Featured Artists, Pacific, 18 September, 2017
KAABOO Del Mar 2017, CBS 8, 14 September, 2017
KAABOO Del Mar 2017, Fox 5, 14 September, 2017
Reign Upon Sonrise: The Spiritual Path Of Michael Carini, Arte Fuse, 6 September, 2017
Carini Turns Struggle Into Art, San Diego Union Tribune, 31 August, 2017
Artist Michael Carini: It's Okay To Share Our Struggles, Pacific, 30 August, 2017
Artist Michael Carini: It's Okay To Share Our Struggles, San Diego Union Tribune, 28 August, 2017
Taxonomy Of Transcendence: The Subtle Triumph Of Michael Carini, Quiet Lunch, 25 August, 2017
Studio Visit, Volume 37, February 2017
Michael Carini: The Acrylic Alchemist, Art Tour International, Summer 2017
San Diego Festival of the Arts, ABC, 10 June, 2017
San Diego Festival of the Arts, CBS, 9 June, 2017
Reign Upon Sonrise: A Five Year Healing, Meditation and Rebirth of Artist Michael Carini, ArtBeat, May 2017
Michael Carini, ArtBlend, Vol. 5 Issue 9, Spring 2017
Kaaboo Del Mar Announces 2017 Artist Lineup, San Diego Union Tribune, 11 May, 2017
As The Universe Falls Together: The Work of Michael Carini, Art Tour International, Spring 2017
Artist Of The Month, Radisson RED, April 2017
Art Boca Raton, Art Daily News International Magazine, 24 February, 2017
Studio Visit, Volume 35, February 2017
Art San Diego 2016: Threshold, KUSI, 4 Nov, 2016
Michael Carini-Creating His Own Place, ARTBEAT, 19 October, 2016
Mercury Rising, ARTBEAT, Volume 1, September 2016
ArtWalk Sports a Taste of Uptown, San Diego Uptown News, Volume 8 (Issue 17), August 2016
ArtWalk Liberty Station, CW, 13 August, 2016
ArtWalk Liberty Station, FOX 5, 12 August, 2016
San Diego Festival of the Arts, CW, 12 June, 2016
San Diego Festival of the Arts, CW, 9 June, 2016
Mission Federal ArtWalk Preview, CW, 27 April, 2016
ArtWalk In Little Italy, KUSI, 24 April, 2016
Michael Carini, Creative Life, 7 September, 2015
Nativa, Architectural Digest, April, 2015
Featured Curator, Cross Connect Mag, September, 2014
Do I Need Art In My Life? Seven Reasons Why You Have No Choice, RAGE Magazine, March, 2014
Feature Artist of the Month, Art Kills Artists, October, 2013
Michael Carini Day, Studio Vox, 30 September, 2013
Michael Carini, The 22 Magazine, 29 July, 2013
Art A La Carte With Alexander Salazar At Aventine, Good Morning San Diego, KUSI, 5 July, 2013
Say What? 95 Billion Ways To View Michael Carini’s New Work, Art Pulse: Culture Buzz, 17 June, 2013
Cover Art, decomP, May, 2013
Subasta De Arte, Despierta San Diego, Univision San Diego, 3 April, 2013
Artist/Alum Mike Carini Brightens Kolbe Center, EL CID, 23 March, 2013
Featured Artist 2179, Artist A Day, 6 March, 2013
Painter Transcends Obstacles To Share What Inspires Him, The Rancho Santa Fe News, 25 January, 2013
Painter Transcends Obstacles To Share What Inspires Him, The Coast News, 18 January, 2013
Alumni Feed, LMU Magazine, December, 2012
Michael Carini, Bizarre Beyond Belief-Volume. 1 Issue #6, December, 2012
Michael Carini, San Diego Art Journal, November, 2012
Michael Carini: Astranomelly, Movements and Nonsense, 14 November, 2012
Michael Carini-Abstract Art, Bizarre Beyond Belief, 21 September, 2012
Michael Carini-“Boy In The Box,” Escape Into Life, 17 September, 2012
The Boy In The Box Breaks Free: Art By Michael Carini, Lost At E Minor, 30 August, 2012
What did Tony winner John Lloyd Young do after leaving “Jersey Boys”? “I adapted,” Associated Press, 1 August, 2012
MC Carini-The Artist In His Own Words, Reviewer Magazine, June, 2012
Michael Carini: Artist In Residence Show, San Diego Art Guide, June, 2012
Michael Carini’s Awakening, San Diego CityBeat, June, 2012
Contemporary Artist Michael Carini Evolves, San Diego CityBeat, June, 2012
Review of “Breaking Barriers: The Boy In The Box,” San Diego Art Guide, October, 2011
Hidden Spaces, Dark Beauty Magazine, October, 2011
Shopping With Purse Designer Anne Marie Beard, Austin American-Statesman, June, 2011
Studio Visit, Volume 14, May, 2011
Most Modern, Pacific Magazine, April, 2011
Art With An Edge, San Diego CityBeat, March, 2011
Review-Primal Forces: Pattern & Pathos, Baudelaire at the Gallery, March, 2011
Arts: Report “The Beautiful Accident,” Voice of San Diego, January, 2011
More on Michael Carini, San Diego CityBeat, January, 2011
Beautiful Precision, San Diego CityBeat, January, 2011
Finding A Muse, San Diego CityBeat, November, 2010
Reader Art, Juxtapoz, 27 July, 2010
Painter Turns Pain Into Art, FOX 5 Morning Show, 14 June, 2010
A Thoughtful Musing, RARW, May, 2010
Editor’s Picks, 944 Magazine, May, 2010
Dynamic Duo, San Diego CityBeat, April, 2010
Featured Artist, The Stack House Collective, March, 2010
WORK:
Acrylic Alchemist + Educator and Lecturer, Carini Arts, 2006-Present
Gallery Technician/Exhibition Preparator, Carini Arts, 2006-2016
Columnist (The Painter’s Edge), Rogue Art Research and Writing, 2012-2013
Studio Assistant, Giant Canvas Company, 2012
Guest Writer, Lost At E Minor, 2012
ARTsmart Mentor, Loyola Marymount University, 2006
Figure Drawing Selection Committee, Loyola Marymount University, 2006
Painting Studio Manager, Loyola Marymount University, 2004-2006
Volunteer Art Instructor, Sacred Heart Academy, 2004-2005
AWARDS:
Emerging Artist of the Year, ACA Awards, ADC Fine Art, 2017
Spotlight Artist Award, "Art San Diego 2016"
Directors’ Award, “Spectrum Indian Wells 2016”
Finalist- Most Modern Art Competition, Pacific Magazine
People’s Choice Award, “The Art of Transitions,” San Diego Art Department
Scholar of Distinction, Painting (LMU)
3rd Place, “22nd Annual Juried Exhibition,” Laband Gallery
Sharon Walter Memorial Art Scholarship
Richards Family Art Scholarship
Grace Swanson Award for Excellence in Painting
1st Place, “21st Annual Juried Exhibition,” Laband Gallery
Italian Catholic Federation Art Scholarship
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir Art Scholarship
Bank of America Fine Arts Achievement Award