christopher gallego - contemporary painter - biography
biographyChristopher Gallego was born in Queens, NY, in 1959 and grew up in
Glen Cove, NY. After earning his BA in 1982, he studied at the National Academy
of Design School of Fine Arts in New York, completing in 1986. From 1992-1998
he taught painting at the United Nations Fine Art Society, where he worked with artists
from many parts of the world. From 2001 to present he has been teaching
private and group classes as well as workshops in New York City, New Jersey
and the Hudson Valley.
He has exhibited at Hirschl and Adler Modern, Seraphin Gallery,
the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Arkansas Arts Center,
the Naples Fine Art Museum, the Delaware Center
for the Contemporary Arts, the Katonah Museum of Art,
Marymount Manhattan College and the United Nations.
He has lectured at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts,
the University of Tennessee, the Woodstock School of Art,
and the Art Students League of New York.
from many parts of the world. From 2001 to present he has been teaching
private and group classes as well as workshops in New York City, New Jersey
and the Hudson Valley.
He has exhibited at Hirschl and Adler Modern, Seraphin Gallery,
the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Arkansas Arts Center,
the Naples Fine Art Museum, the Delaware Center
for the Contemporary Arts, the Katonah Museum of Art,
Marymount Manhattan College and the United Nations.
He has lectured at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts,
the University of Tennessee, the Woodstock School of Art,
and the Art Students League of New York.
Fellowships include the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, 2008,
the Pollock Krasner Foundation, 2006, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 2002.
His work has been reviewed by Art in America, the New York Times, the New York Sun,
artblog, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New Yorker.
He and his wife Elizabeth live in New York City and Ulster County, NY.
