born 1978                                    

Education

1998-2002  The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

1997-1998  Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Teaching Experience

2003-present  Assistant Professor,

                 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA August 2010, August 2009  Guest Instructor,

                 Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

2000-2002  Instructor of Drawing and Painting,

                 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

Publications

American Arts Quarterly, review; Winter 2004;    

Art-Talk, April 2004,

American Art Collector, July 2006

American Art Collector, October 2006

The Artist's Magazine, "20 under 40"

American Artist Drawing Magazine

American Art Collector, November 2008

Alla Prima Painting by Al Gury

Awards

2009 3rd place, Art of the State, State Museum of PA, Harrisburg

Solo Exhibitions

2011  Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010  The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY  

2008  John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006  Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York , NY

2004  John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002  Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group Exhibitions

2010  John Pence Gallery: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry;  The Human Figure

2009  Artists’ House Gallery:  Sound or Silence

        Art of the State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisbury

        Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  The Figure in American Art

2008  John Pence Gallery:  Cityscapes; Drawings

        Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  The Figure in American Art

2007  John Pence Gallery:  Tromp l’Oeil

        Third Annual Florence Academy of Art Alumni Show, Florence, Italy

        Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  The Figure in American Art

2006  Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  Masters of the Florence Academy of Art

        Second Annual Florence Academy of Art Alumni Show, Florence, Italy

        John Pence Gallery:  Interiors

        Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  The Figure in American Art

2005  Artists’ House Gallery:  small works

        Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Faculty “Works on Paper” Exhibition

        The Grenning Gallery:  Eric Bader, Dana Levin, and Peter Van Dyck

        First Annual Florence Academy of Art Alumni Show, Florence, Italy

        John Pence Gallery:  Paint What You Want;  Valentines

        Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  the Figure in American Art

2004  Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  Masters of the Florence Academy of Art

        John Pence Gallery:  Tromp L’Oeil Allegories

        Artists’ House Gallery:  two-person show

        The Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE: Contemporary Mid-Atlantic     

                Painters

        Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  The Figure in American Art

2003  John Pence Gallery:  Self-Portraits

        The Grenning Gallery:  Vanitas

        Eleanor Ettinger Gallery:  SixthAnnual Summer Salon

        Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY:  Travelling Exhibition, Recent Wroks from

                Florentine Academies, Providence, RI; Rome, Florence, Italy

        The Grenning Gallery:  Four person show:  Introducing

        The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA:  Drawings

2002  The More Gallery:  Small Works

        Artists’ House Gallery:  Small Works

        The Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA:  Group Show

2001  The Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA