Michael Bevilacqua New York, b. 1966

Born in Carmel, CA, United States in 1966.

Lives and works in New York.

He attended Long Beach State University and Santa Barbara City College, he also went to Cambridge College of Art and Technology in the United Kingdom.

Bevilacqua is stylistically influenced by Pop and Color Field Painting. He is known for combining high and low culture through elements of painting, drawing, graphic design, animation, and collage, while working in a saturated palette, covering his glossy canvases with brand logos and doodles. His mixed-media works serve as a platform for exposing his cultural preferences such as his favorite bands, fashion labels and racing cars. 

He has had many international exhibits including solo shows in Beijing, Copenhagen, Milan, Tokyo, Madrid, Paris, Barcelona, and New York. He has also had group shows at Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Deste Foundation, Athens; The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; and The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield. 

His work is in numerous public collections including The Mitsuni Collection, Tokyo; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Deste Foundation, Athens; Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas.