Michael Marsicano is a Florida-based visual artist whose illustration work has received honorable mention from Society Of Illustrators, Society Of Illustrators West, Communication Arts, American Illustration and CMYK.
A graduate of School Of Visual Arts’ MFA Illustration program, he has spent the past 15 years working with a wide variety of clients in the worldwide editorial, publishing, film and television markets.
Currently a faculty member of Ringling College Of Art + Design’s Illustration Department, he has reoriented his focus on creating personal work that explores both the human condition and the hereafter.
Partial Client List
The Atlantic Monthly / Bloomberg / The Boston Globe / ESPN / Field & Stream / The Globe and Mail / GQ / Harper Collins / Hewlett Packard / Medium / Men's Health / MLS / The National Archives / New York Observer / NBC / The New Republic / The New York Times / Oxygen Network / Playboy / Rolling Stone / Southern Poverty Law Center / Spin / Sports Illustrated / Viacom / Vice / Village Voice / The Wall Street Journal / Warner Bros Records / Wired
Accolades
2026 - American Illustration 45, Selected
2025 - Society Of Illustrators West 63
2024 - American Illustration 43, Selected
2023 - Society Of Illustrators 66
2023 - Society Of Illustrators West 61
2022 - Society Of Illustrators 65
2022 - American Illustration 41, Selected
2021 - American Illustration 40, Chosen
2021 - Society Of Illustrators 64
2021 - 3x3 Professional Show 18
2020 - American Illustration 39, Chosen
2020 - Society Of Illustrators 63
2019 - American Illustration 38, Selected
2018 - American Illustration 37, Chosen
2017 - American Illustration 36, Chosen
2017 - Society Of Illustrators 60
2016 - American Illustration 35, Chosen
2016 - Communication Arts Illustration Annual
2016 - Society Of Illustrators 59
2015 - American Illustration 34, Chosen
2015 - Society Of Illustrators 58
2012 - Society Of Illustrators West 50, Gold Award
2011 - Society Of Illustrators 54
2010 - American Illustration 29, Selected
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011-Current
*(S) Solo *(C) Collaborative
2026
· Salut 11, Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR, June 2026 (C)
· A Brighter Black, Church of The Redeemer, Sarasota, FL, March 2026 (S)
· Tradition Reimagined: Ringling Illustration Faculty Exhibition, Sarasota, FL, January 2026 (C)
2025
· Portraits of Courage: Vietnam Remembered Years Later, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, November 2025 (C)
· Annual Ringling College of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, September 2025 (C)
· Shopliftable, 502 Gallery, Sarasota, FL (C)
2024
· Profiles of Courage: The Greatest Generation, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, November 2024 (C)
· Annual Ringling College of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, September 2024 (C)
· Illustration Faculty Sketchbook Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, September 2024 (C)
2023
· Profiles of Courage: War Paint, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, November 2023 (C)
· Illustration Faculty Sketchbook Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, October 2023 (C)
· Annual Ringling College of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, September 2023 (C)
· Society Of Illustrators 66: Best of Editorial, New York, NY, March 2023 (C)
2022
· Profiles of Courage: War Paint, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, November 2022 (C)
· Annual Ringling College of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, August 2022 (C)
· Illustration Faculty Sketchbook Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, September 2022 (C)
· Society Of Illustrators 65: Best of Unpublished, New York, NY, March 2022 (C)
2021
· Profiles of Courage: War Paint, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, November 2021 (C)
· Annual Ringling College of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, September 2021 (C)
· Illustration Faculty Sketchbook Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL, September 2021 (C)
· Society Of Illustrators 64: Best of Editorial, New York, NY, March 2021(C)
2020
· Annual Ringling College of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, September 2020 (C)
· Society Of Illustrators 65: Best of Unpublished, New York, NY, March 2022 (C)
2017
· Society Of Illustrators 60: Best of Editorial, New York, NY, March 2017 (C)
2016
· Society Of Illustrators 59: Best of Editorial, New York, NY, March 2016 (C)
2015
· Society Of Illustrators 58: Best of Unpublished, New York, NY, March 2015 (C)
2014
· Muses of Mount Helikon II, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO, November 2014 (C)
· Snap! Attacks, Snap Space, Orlando, FL, June 2014 (C)
2013
· Bad Dads: A Tribute to Wes Anderson, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, November 2013 (C)
· I Love You, Man, Bottleneck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, May 2013 (C)
2012
· Society Of Illustrators West 50, Los Angeles, CA, March 2012 (C)
2011
· False Memory, Arris Lofts, Queens, NY, November 2011 (C)
· Society Of Illustrators 54: Best of Unpublished, New York, NY, March 2011 (C)