Michael Goro

Email: michael@mgoro.com
Website: http://www.mgoro.com

I was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, where I received a B.A. in architecture. In 1990, I immigrated to Jerusalem, Israel, where I discovered intaglio printmaking and began to use it as my main medium. In 1993, I moved to the US and continued my education, receiving an M.F.A. in printmaking at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, I teach at the American Academy of Art, where I have been teaching and developing the printmaking program. My work is part of many private and public collections including the Krannert Art Museum (USA); the Library of Congress (USA); the International Print Triennial Society (Poland); Seoul Museum of Art (Korea); the Kanagawa Arts Foundation (Japan); Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino-cho Kochi-ken (Japan); and Municipal Museum of Art in Gyor (Hungary). My prints received multiple awards including an Excellent Prize at the 2006 14th Seoul Space International Print Biennial (Korea), and a special prize at the 1998 International Print Triennial in Kanagawa (Japan).

Interview

Michael Goro’s ArtStyle Blog interview by Amy Rudberg was published in October, 2007.

Artist’s Statement

My art is a continuous creative search for raw authenticity in urban environments and human forms that are constantly changing. Individuals change as they experience life and cities develop and/or decay through time. People and places have history and experience. Cities are weathered by time and through use, taking on a personality of their own from the people and the elements that have interacted with them. It is a combination of all of these factors that creates authenticity.


Looking for subject matter I find simple things that we see every day, things that become symbolic once they are taken out of context. I experiment with the juxtaposition of places, faces, and architectural designs that reflect my diverse personal experiences. My story is a vivid illustration of the end of the last century – a time of deconstruction, discontinuity, and dislocation. 



I find that black-and-white prints convey contradictory images better than any other medium by reducing them to the most basic color contrast. My work provides the full spectrum of techniques ranging from renaissance engraving to digital photogravure.

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