Michael (Mick) Grochowski,
www.Mickg-art.com
Currently residing in Willoughby,
Norfolk, Virginia.
Hometown: Alpena, Michigan
Memberships: Chesapeake Bay Art
Assoc, Hampton Art League, Tidewater Art Alliance & Mid-Atlantic Plein Air
Painters Association.Background: Working in both Acrylic and Oils, and is currently
doing plein air as well as studio painting as well as experimenting in
sculpture. Mick's work has been accepted in many
local and regional, juried and non juried exhibits. During the 1970's and 80's Mick painted
and exhibited his work regionally around his hometown of Alpena,a small town in northeastern lower
Michigan. He graduated from Alpena
Community College with degrees in Fine Art and Business Mgt. Currently, Mick
and his wife Nancy reside in Willoughby (Norfolk, VA), having relocated from
Michigan and were proprietors of a printing and graphic design business in
Chesapeake, VA until mid 2016.
Recent Events/Awards: May, 2018:"Factory on Factory Street" !st place, Viewers Choice
Award, Suffolk Center for the Arts, Plein air event. Suffolk, VA / May
2018:"Battery Irwin, Ft Monroe" 2nd
place award at Hampton Arts League Spring Plein Air event, Hampton,
VA, Jan
2018: "Chu Lia Night" Acrylic
Painting, accepted into the collection of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA / Feb
2017: "Wreck of The Nordmeer"
selected as cover for 2017 American
Academy of Underwater Science Symposium at
NOAA Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve in Alpena,
MI / Aug-Sept 2016: "Artist in Residence" at the Thunder Bay River
Center in Alpena, MI for the period August 16
- Sept 21, 2016July
2016: "Coal Dusk" received 1st place
award in oil painting, pro div. Senior Artfest, 2016 Norfolk, VaJan
2016: "Dune Shadows" 3rd place award, Hampton Arts
League 2016 Show at the Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton,
VAJan
2016: Exhibiting several works including 4 paintings
from the "Native American Lore" series at state of
Virginia General Assembly Building in Richmond,
VASept
2015: "Richmond by Rail" accepted into Mid Atlantic
Plein Air Exhibit "Cityscapes" Peale Center, Art
Museum, Baltimore, MDSept
2015: "Seeking Shelter" 1st place
award, Williamsburg, Va. Plein Air 2015, quick drawJune
2015: "Kryptonite" showing in juried
show "Heroes and Villains" at Annmarie Sculpture
Gardens and Art Center,
Solomons, MDJune
2015: "Schoolhouse at Emancipation
Oak" received 1st place award, acrylic painting. "Magic Pots" received 1
st place, ceramic sculpture/design award in 2015 Senior Artfest, Norfolk, VaJan
2015: Exhibiting several works
including "Emancipation Oak" at state of Virginia General
Assembly Building
in Richmond, VANov
2014: "White Doe-Spirit of
Virginia Dare" and "Cat Lady" accepted for Hampton VA, Halls of Art Exhibit.June
2014: "White Doe, Spirit of Virginia
Dare" received 1st place award, "Bacon Hollow" received
People's Choice Award in Senior Artfest, Norfolk,
VaApril
2014: "Cat Lady", 2nd place
award, in the Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibit at D'art Center, Norfolk, VaFeb
2014: Artist Series Award for 3
works, "White Doe", "Spirit of Virginia Dare" & "Curse of
the Bullhead" in "Myths and Legends Exhibit" at Ann Marie Sculpture
Garden and Art Center,
Solomons, MDFall
2013: Acrylic plein air painting,
"Sentinels", received 2nd place award, Charles H. Taylor Autumn Plein Air Event, Charles
H. Taylor
Fine Art
Center, Hampton, VASpring
2012: "Sunset at the Sunset Grille", 1st Place Award, Chesapeake Bay Art Association, Spring Show, Norfolk, VAPrior
Exhibits & Collections 1975 thru 1984: Northeast Michigan Juried Art
Exhibition, Besser Museum, Alpena,
MI 1976: "American Painters in Paris"
Exhibit, Paris France. (juried) 1981: "Parking Lot" Best of Show; N. E.
Michigan Juried Art Exhibition, Besser
Museum, Alpena, MI. 1982: Mid-Michigan Juried Art Show, Midland, Michigan
(juried) Jesse
Besser Museum,
Alpena Michigan:
~ Portrait of Billy French, Town
Blacksmith, Acrylic on canvas, ~ 16x20 ~ Jesse Besser and Billy French on
French's Steam Powered Car,
Commissioned, ~ 16x20