BIO

Michael Paige Glover grew up in north Alabama, where he spent a good amount of time outdoors playing in creeks, riding his BMX bicycle, building mini-forts and castles for his Transformers, GI Joe and Star Wars figures, exploring the outer realms of his cozy and wooded neighborhood, and endlessly playing in his room using only his imagination and craft supplies provided by his mom. In addition to all this creative freedom, he developed friendships with humorous, strange and colorful characters in his neighborhood that left lasting impressions for a lifetime. Those early observations became the foundation of his lifelong interest in storytelling through art.

He studied Graphic Design at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and spent a formative semester abroad in Florence, Italy. Surrounded by the art and architecture of Tuscany and beyond, he found himself deeply influenced by Europe’s rich cultural landscape—an experience that helped set the course for his artistic path.

After earning his B.S., Glover eventually pursued graduate studies at the New York Academy of Art, where he completed an MFA in Figurative Painting. His time there opened the door to opportunities such as a residency at the Vermont Studio Center and a decade in Brooklyn, where he kept a studio, exhibited in group shows, and steadily built a body of work.

Over the years, his passion for painting and drawing has blended seamlessly with his love for pen and ink. Drawn to the world of illustrated novels and sequential storytelling, he creates work that bridges fine art and comics, weaving together memory, narrative, and imagination. Much of his inspiration continues to come from the people, places, and moments that shaped his early life.

He works as a freelance artist/designer, adjunct Art History Instructor and lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

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BORN             Amory, MS. 1973

LIVES              Cold Spring, NY

EDUCATION

1996 B.S. Graphic Design, Harding University, Searcy, AR

2001   M.F.A., New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES          

2003 Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship Grant, Johnson, VT

EXHIBITIONS, ETC.

2023 Oddball Magazine, Work Published online.

2023 Red Noise Collective, Work Published online.

2012 Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, Marshall, MO

2012 Northwest Animation Festival (Short film accepted to festival), Portland, OR

2011 Flowers Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York City, NY

2008 New York Academy of Art, Group Exhibition, New York City, NY

2006 Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour/Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Aidan Savoy Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

2007 Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour/Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

2006 Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour/Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

2006 D.U.M.B.O  Arts Under the Bridge Festival, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

2006 Take Home a Nude Auction, Group Exhibition, Phillips de Pury, New York, NY

2006 Westwood Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

2006 Roundtable Exhibition National Arts Club, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

2006 The 440 Gallery Small Works, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

2005 Scope Miami International Art Fair, Group Exhibition, Miami Beach, FL

2005 D.U.M.B.O  Arts Under the Bridge Festival, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

2002 Gala/Silent Auction, Group Exhibition, Decatur, AL

2005 Take Home a Nude Auction, Group Exhibition, Phillips de Pury, New York, NY

2005 Thaddeus C. Gallery Group Exhibition, LaPorte, IN

2004 Willis/ Gray Gallery, Group Exhibition, Decatur, AL

2004 Brooks Museum of Art, Group Exhibition, Memphis, TN

2003 Meridian Arts Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Huntsville, AL

2003 West Tennessee Art Center, Jackson, TN

2003 Huntsville Museum of Art/Gala, Huntsville, AL