Michael VanZeyl

After graduating from Andrew HS, Michael Van Zeyl attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, continuing on at Chicago's Historic Palette & Chisel Academy and the Art Students League in New York. He is currently a faculty member at the Palette & Chisel and has been the club's most popular instructor for several years. His work is appreciated in many public and private collections, such as the United States District Court, University of Chicago and many others. He has received awards from the Portrait Society of America, The Artists Guild and the Portrait Society of Atlanta, and has been a three-time Gold Medal winner at the Palette & Chisel. He recently earned the prestigious Fellowship for Midwestern Artists Oil Painters of America Grant 2015 prize which was presented to him at the National Exhibition in Bennington, Vermont & the 2015 Dorothy Driehaus Mellin Fellowship for Midwestern Artists.