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Art Exhibitions

Jul 24, 2024
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Updated: Sep 25


I express gratitude to the art centers and galleries that deemed my art worthy of recognition and awards:



2027

Solo show; The Norfolk Botanical Garden; June - December, 2027 Solo show: Green Springs Gardens; September-November, 2027 Solo exhibition, Bodzin Art Gallery, Dec' 2026-January 2027;



2026

Donated two painting to TowneBank Fundraising event, 2026; One painting included in a group show @ Las Lagunas Gallery; Three artist exhibition, TCC Norfolk Art Center; Art for Kids Show, CEO Fine Art Gallery; The Leaf Motif Series was award Honorable Mention, VLGallery; One painting juried into the Vintage Visionary Exhibition, Las Lagunas Art Gallery; Selected floral prints, Gift Shop, Norfolk Botanical Garden; Solo show, Norfolk Botanical Garden, September - December 2026; Solo exhibition, Bodzin Art Gallery, Dec' 2026-January 2027; One painting juried into the Florette show,The Art League; The Art League, open exhibition, one painting juried, April 2026; Three paintings @ Prospective show, VB Art Center;

Participated in the judging process, ImPRESSion Exhibition, d'Art Center;

One painting accepted to the VARIATIONS OF YELLOW exhibition at the MVA Gallery;

Nansemond-Suffolk Academy annual exhibition; one painting sold;

d'Art Center: spring pink exhibition;



2025


Assisting in the judging process of "Tiny but Mighty" show, d'Art Center;

Six paintings used in the short film is called “A Giant Living Eye”;

DADE Exhibition, Suffolk Art League, Virginia;

The Art and Life of Water in Virginia show at the Muscarelle Museum of Art, William & Mary University;

Associate Member at d'Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia; One art was chosen by the mixologist at Hotel Heron as inspiration for their cocktail at Art on the Rocks. (sold);

Two paintings accepted to the Flora, Fauna, Fantastica exhibit at the VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital;

Accepted into the Open Theme Exhibition at The Art League;

One painting juried into Women of the DMV; The Writer's Center, Bethesda;

One painting juried into the iPresente! show, d'Art Center;

One painting juried into the Open Theme show at The Art League;

Two paintings juried into the Flowing and Flying at d'Art Center; Two paintings juried into the Etsy-Bitsy show at The VB Art Center;

One painting juried into the Essence show, Athenaeum Museum; Two paintings juried into the Animal Behavior show the VB Art Center;

Three paintings juried into the Share Your Voice show at VB Art Center;

One painting received HM Award from The Van Landingham Gallery;

Awarded membership The Torpedo Factory Art Association;

One painting juried into the Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center show;

One painting juried into the show at The Brock Center, VB;

Included in the "Heart to Heart" show at VLG;

Solo exhibition Colley Executive Offices, 2024-2025;

Solo exhibition at The Norfolk Botanical Garden through Dec' 2025;

Solo exhibition at Norfolk City Hall, Nov' 24 - Feb' 2025.​

One painting juried into Interiors show The Art League;

Three paintings juried in the Blossoms of Hope show at Howard College;

One painting juried into Countywide Art Show in Maryland;

One painting juried into Conversation in Yellow VB Art Center @ Towne Bank;

Three paintings juried into Space and Time at Del Ray Artisans Gallery; One painting juried into the annual meeting show by Alexandria Art Alliance; One painting Juried into Open Theme at The Art League.



2024


The Van Landingham Gallery, December 2024 show; Honorable Mention;

January Blues Exhibition: The Van Landingham Gallery; Honorable Mention;

Chesapeak Bay Art Association: Honorable Mention;

PrimePlus Exhibition; Second Place;

Blank Art Space: Honorable Mention;

Artist's Magazine 35th Annual: Special Recognition and Finalist;

The Underground Gallery: Honorable Mention; 

The Chrysler Museum of Art, Time Exhibition: Honorable Mention;

Ascent Aspirations Magazine: Featured Artists;

University of South Carolina: Second Place;

The National Collage Society: 3rd Place in the Digital Painting category;

PrimeTime Exhibition: First Place Award.


Thank you to the following galleries for accepting my art: Blossoms of Hope, Maryland, MD

The Van Landengham Gallery at Torpedo Factory, Virginia. Del Ray Artisans: Treasures of the DMV;

The Underground Gallery, Crystal City, Virginia;

The Chrysler Museum of Art: Time Exhibit;

Chesapeak Bay Art Association: Courthouse Galleries, Virginia;

The Muse Gallery, Pennsylvania;

The Charles H. Taylor Art Museum: annual shows, Virginia;

The Riverview Gallery, Virginia;

The Harbor Gallery, Virginia;

Texture's Gift Shop, Virginia;

The Painting Center of New York;

The Jewish Community Center, Virginia;

Amalfi Gallery, Virginia;

Relative Theory Gallery, Virginia;

The William and Joseph Gallery, New Orleans;

Toques Gallery, Virginia;

The ArtWorks Gallery, Virginia;

Prince Books Store, Virginia;


Solo Art Shows:


The Norfolk Botanical Garden (2025); The Norfolk City Hall Gallery (2024); The Starving Artist Café (2024); CEO Fine Art Gallery (2024);

Borjo Coffeehouse by Old Dominion University;

Jewish Community Center Art gallery;

Via Creativia Gallery;

This Century Gallery;

Cape Henry School Art gallery;

Barry Robinson Center for the Arts;

Gallery Central;

Riverview Gallery;

Relative Theory Gallery.



List of places where my art has been published:


Essential Anthology (print);

Poetica Magazine (print);

Mud Season Review (print);

Ripples Antholog (print);

Mizmor Anthology (print);

The William and Mary Review (print);

Skipping Stones Anthology (print);

ken*Again Literary Magazine (on-line);

Being Jewish Magazine (print);

GhentReader Magazine (on-line);

Golda Magazine (on-line);

Gravel Magazine (print);

Cactus Heart Magazine (on-line);

Tiferet Magazine (on-line);

Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal (online)

Western New Mexico University (on-line);

Petrichor Review (print);

Artist Portfolio Magazine (on-line);

and Fiction Fix Magazine (on-line).





 
 
 

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At the River’s Edge
Inspired by my Leaf Motif Series

 

The river’s edge reveals a fleeting space,
Where emerald yields to bronze and weathered rust,
As autumn winds dismantle summer’s grace,
And brittle fragments gather into dust.

 

The water catches evening’s fractured light,
With flashes drawn from silver, gold, and chrome;
While leaves and loosened remnants twist in flight,
Then settle where the shifting currents comb.

 

Upon the page, the smaller scale draws near,
Inviting slower looking, mark by mark,
Where layered forms emerge, dissolve, appear,
Like traces briefly lifted from the dark.

 

Through flowing ink, the season shifts its form,
And movement holds what cannot be reborn.

​

by Michal Mahgerefteh 

Studio location:
@Colley Executive Offices
900 Granby Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510


 
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