Bio

Michael Tarbi (b. 1980, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has been the subject of numerous solo and two-person exhibitions throughout the United States. His first one-person exhibition took place at Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago (2006). Museum and group exhibitions include the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washingtion D.C.; MASS MoCA, North Adams, James Cohan Gallery, New York; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Since 2010, the Doormat series has been included in the Pierogi Flat Files and the Drawing Center’s Viewing Program, New York, as well as in group shows including Unhinged, Pierogi, New York, and HOME, Collar Works, Troy, NY, curated by Cara Manes, Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA. In 2011, Tarbi was awarded the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. The artist currently lives and works in Hudson Valley, New York.