Sobre el Artista

2011 The Art Miles Mural Project (12 year old nonprofit organization ) asked Fitz Maurice to paint a 12 x 5 foot MURAL, that will be dedicated to the Manhattan Memorial Museum, where it will be exhibited during the New York 9/11, 2011 TRIBUTE to the victims and their families. This Mural entitled "TRIUMPH" will tour worldwide to encourage good triumphing over evil. 2009 N.Y.C. Unisphere,Inc. GALA -Mayor Bloomberg honored internationally acclaimed artist Fitz Maurice with New York Unisphere Award for creating the SYMBOL of TOLERANCE, promoting "mutual respect" between nationalities worldwide. 2009 Queens Museum of Fine Art - one-artist exhibition "Common Ground", 30 original paintings 2001 Jackson Pollock-Lee Krasner New York Award – Artists world-wide apply; only exceptional artists win based on 20 years of painting professionally. 2002 Paris Triennale – represented the U.S. in Grande Arche National Monument, Paris, show juried by members of the French Fine Arts Academy, Institute de France, Cultural National Department and Art Critics. 2001 Florence Biennale – represented the U.S. in this International Exhibition juried by International Art Critics and Museum Directors. 1993 United Nations World Conference in Vienna – Fitz Maurice?s painting was chosen as the symbol of Human Rights by the ISHR, exhibited during the World Conference, and Posters of the painting were displayed throughout Vienna. Front Page of Los Angeles Times Newspaper. 1992 The German Parliament – exhibited Fitz Maurice?s paintings as the artistic rendition of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and their Reunification. The Parliament purchased a painting for their permanent collection. The Berlin: Metamorphosis Collection was exhibited at the Rathaus Schoneberg and Schloss Bonndorf Museum. 1990 Kamchatka Museum, Russia – Purchased a painting for their permanent collection. Biography Born: Westchester, New York Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, BFA, Cum Laude (Full Scholarship) The Museum of Modern Art, New York Printmakers Workshop, New York Art Students League, New York International School of Art in Umbria, Italy Galleries – 2013 Cohen • Abee Gallery – San Francisco, CA# # # # R.A.R.E. Gallery – Jackson, WY # Fitz Maurice has traveled extensively, studying independently at museums and studios in France, England, Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Greece