
Michael Assiff
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Michael Assiff (b. 1983, St. Petersburg, FL) is a painter and sculptor based in Queens, New York. He earned his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008. He has presented solo exhibitions at The Valley, Taos; Katia David Rosenthal, Miami; Ashes/Ashes, New York; Chez Valentin, Paris; Galería Mascota, Mexico City; Shoot the Lobster, New York; Good Weather, Little Rock. He has been included in group exhibitions at Night Gallery, Matthew Brown, Magenta Plains, Salon 94, Jack Barrett, Arsenal Contemporary, the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art, and others. His work has been written about in The New York Times, Artforum, Mousse Magazine, Flash Art, and dis magazine. He is the recent recipient of a 2024 NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellowship, 2024 Dreamers in Residence grant, and 2025 NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs Queen Arts Fund grant. His work is in public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Haute-Vienne, France; University Health, San Antonio; and Cedars-Sinai, Los…
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Michael Assiff
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Michael Assiff (b. 1983, St. Petersburg, FL) is a painter and sculptor based in Queens, New York. He earned his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008. He has presented solo exhibitions at The Valley, Taos; Katia David Rosenthal, Miami; Ashes/Ashes, New York; Chez Valentin, Paris; Galería Mascota, Mexico City; Shoot the Lobster, New York; Good Weather, Little Rock. He has been included in group exhibitions at Night Gallery, Matthew Brown, Magenta Plains, Salon 94, Jack Barrett, Arsenal Contemporary, the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art, and others. His work has been written about in The New York Times, Artforum, Mousse Magazine, Flash Art, and dis magazine. He is the recent recipient of a 2024 NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellowship, 2024 Dreamers in Residence grant, and 2025 NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs Queen Arts Fund grant. His work is in public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Haute-Vienne, France; University Health, San Antonio; and Cedars-Sinai, Los…







