Michael Tole
Surveying a landscape largely unthought of as aesthetic fodder for the painter's eye Michael Tole's paintings, flawlessly rendered, offer us glimpses into the unintentional relationships that exist between intentionally placed objects: bauble-lined shelves and displays, sidelong glances of ceramic mementos and mass produced souvenirs filed in stasis.
Conduit Gallery Exhibitions
AWARDS
- 2007 Hunting Art Prize recipient, Hunting PLC
- 2006 Arch and Anne Kimbrough Award recipient, Dallas Museum of Art
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Carter, Steve. "Unrealistically Speaking", Modern Luxury Dallas, pages 58-59, November 2009
- Odom, Michael. "Michael Tole at Conduit Gallery", ARTFORUM, page 470, September 2007
- Daniel, Michael. Guide Live, Dallas Morning News, Guide page 20, May 25, 2007
- Tellez, Leslie. "Five to Watch: Artists on the Verge", Dallas Morning News, May 30, 2007
- Anspon, Catherine. "Good Will Hunting" Paper City Magazine, page 6, July 2007
- Mitchell, Charles Dee. "Michael Tole at Conduit Gallery", Dallas Morning News, June 2007
- Terranova, Charissa. "Paintings by Michael Tole", Dallas Observer, September 30, 2004
- "Painting the Town", D Magazine, page 30, September 2002