Michael Anthony Pegues
Michael Anthony Pegues (born May 11, 1962) is an African American visual artiste living in New York City. Born and raised in Brooklyn, mother's family from Liberia, father's from Portugal, he attended exchange High School Redirection, Brownsville, Brooklyn, and progressive Nassau Community College, Garden City, LI. Self-taught, modern-day Fauve, Expressionist as with ease as Pop artist, contemporary of Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, his work is strongly influenced by Hip Hop and Graffiti. Pegues had his first major solo and retrospective work at the FB Gallery in New York in 2012, "Prince Michael's Neverland: The Measure of an Artist: Michael Anthony Pegues," May 16 – June 3. His achievement was exhibited in Italy, his first solo accomplish abroad, in 2014 at Le 4 Pareti: galleria d'arte, Napoli, April 5–17.
His acrylic canvases, sculptures and assemblages have also been exhibited in New York at Aurora Gallery, Chelsea (under the graffiti tag Mazike), Jonathan Shorr Gallery, Soho, and the New York Public Library, among additional places.
He has collaborated subsequently the player Cinthus (aka Martin H.Leff-Cinthus) and the writer Tom Mathew, illustrating the latter's children's book The Magic Rug: A Christmas Story (Staten Island, New York: Trademark Universal, Inc., 2010).
A prominent figure in the downtown art scene, he frequently attends gallery openings, receptions, fundraisers and supplementary social functions, and has been photographed by the likes of nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan, Bill Farrell, Cojo "Art Juggernaut", and charity photographer Annie Watt.
Tribeca Citizen, "Coming Up: Woodyfest, Juggling, Chely Wright," May 13, 2012, Arts & Culture, Events
Museum of Uncut Funk Press Release for FB Gallery Show
FB Gallery Closing Party
Francois B's Photostream: Michael Anthony Pegues, Tribeca, NYC 2012, Michael Anthony Pegues wearing the coat he expected for his art exhibition at FB gallery (May 16 / June3), May 17, 2012
Michael Anthony Pegues alle 4 pareti a Napoli, Via Fiorelli 12/d, il 5 Aprile al 17 Aprile, 2014
Promo for Le 4 Pareti show
"Finding Yanelle NEW DAWN – NEW DAY, FB Gallery – Michael Anthony Pegues, Yanelle Dugar, July 8, 2012, 1:21pm". findingyanelle.com. Archived from the original upon 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
My Small Story: Over 300 Filmed New York Stories, "The Measure of Michael Anthony Pegues," Unscripted Video Interview by LaRon Batchelor, May 16, 2012
Private Noise, "Michael Anthony Pegues listening to "Fool to Cry" by The Rolling Stones," by Sam Utne, July 26, 2011, 9AM
Dana's Dailies "100 Years from Now: Michael Anthony Pegues," by Dana Roc, Feb 17, 2011, 8:22pm
@149st - The Cyber Bench: Documenting New York City Graffiti, Past Shows & Events, Aurora Gallery, 515 west 29th Street (10th-11th) presents "History in the Making Part III: Graffiti Got Game!," Featuring further basketball themed works of higher than twenty graffiti artists, Sept 9 - 30, 2005
"The Ground Magazine, In Editorial Submissions, Popular, Michael Anthony Pegues, THE MEASURE OF AN ARTIST, By Francois Baron, May 15, 2012". www.thegroundmag.co. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
TimeOut New York, "Public Eye: Michael A. Pegues, 43, Sixth Avenue and West 4th Street," by Time Out editors (Howard Halle), Thu. Mar 23, 2006
Winter Walk, Photograph of player in Bryant Park by Leanne Staples, "Queen of Manhattan Street Photography," December 16, 2013
New York Public Library, "Meet the Artist: Michael Pegues," by Sherri Liberman, Mulberry Branch, June 20, 2013
Art Slant: Michael Anthony Pegues
Official Website of Michael Anthony Pegues
"DEJAVU ART GALLERY - Michael Anthony Pegues:Blast from the Past - NYC GALLERY OPENINGS - August 27, 2016". youtube.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Michael Anthony Pegues @ DEJAVU - ArtisTalking, August 31, 2016". artistalking.blogspot.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"These Artists Know How to Rock a Look upon National Sunglasses Day". news.artnet.com, by Daniela Rios, June 27, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Introduction into the pop art of Michael Anthony Pegues". youtube.com, by Rasta Von, Feb 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"The other museum art world of Michael Anthony Pegues art talk (soho other york city)". youtube.com, by Rasta Von, Mar 13, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Michael Anthony Pegues children's Roosevelt library art project". youtube.com, by Rasta Von, Dec 2, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Michael Anthony Pegues, Chelsea, NYC". The Dusty Rebel, Photograph by Daniel Albanese, Jan. 29 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2019.