Peter Paone: A Legend In His Own Time

07/09/21 • 54 min

A legend in his own time, Peter Paone is a fixture in the Philadelphia art world. He has exhibited his artwork internationally including New York, London, Vienna and Germany... and in major cities across the US. His work is in many prestigious collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The National Gallery in Washington DC, and the Yale University Art Gallery, to name a few. He is a prolific painter, printmaker, archivist, and teacher.

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Mikel presently makes his home in Germantown Philadelphia, but has travelled the world on his way to being the established and formidable artist he is today. He has been featured in international publications and media, including commercial television, and feature films. He earned a BFA degree in painting from U Arts in 1986 and also studied at The School of Visual Arts in New York. In 1987 he took on a life changing job of being a personal assistant to the great jazz icon Miles Davis and was with him until his death in 1991. This profoundly impacted his life both as an artist and a human being. His art reflects the rich and varied life he has led. He collages materials and imagery together to create a rich tapestry of meaning and experience.

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Derrick Velasquez is an artist and exhibition organizer who lives and works in Denver, Colorado. His most recent exhibitions include solo shows at The Herron School of Art and Design, The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Robischon Gallery, Pentimenti, and The Black Cube Nomadic Museum. He has had recent group exhibitions at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Carvalho Park and Transmitter in New York, and was a 2017 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors and a 2019 MacDowell Fellow. Derrick also runs Yes Ma’am Projects, an artist-run gallery in the basement of his Athmar Park home and Friend of a Friend, a project space in the Evans School in the Golden Triangle.