MIKE RIDER ART


drawings and paintings by Michael Rider

About the Artist




"Self Portrait" - pencil


Mike is originally from San Leandro,California.

He moved to Arizona in 1976.

He graduated from Arizona State University
with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing.

Mike has been drawing and painting professionally since 1980
and has exhibited in numerous art gallerys including:

Alwun House - Phoenix
Harry Wood Gallery - Arizona State University
Soft Touch Gallery - San Francisco
Scottsdale Artists League Show - Biltmore Fashion Square, Scottsdale

He has done extensive illustration
and design work for various firms and clients.






He worked for several years as a key character cleanup
animation artist at Fox Animation Studios and Anvil Studios
in Phoenix on many animated films:

Anastasia (named individually in film credits)-nominated for an Academy Award
Bartok the Magnificent(named individually in film credits)
Titan AE (named individually in film credits)
Prince Of Egypt (Fox studio named in film credits)
Eight Crazy Nights(Anvil studio named in film credits)
Spirit (Anvil studio named in film credits)
Birdman: Attorney At Law(Anvil studio named in TV credits.







Since 2003, Mike Rider has been
teaching art and animation
at The Art Institute of Phoenix.

Mike sells his oil paintings in the Phoenix area at
The Gasov & Gurule Gallery of International Fine Art.

Gasov & Gurule is located in old town Scottsdale Arizona.
They are the only two-story gallery just north of
Scottsdale Road and Main St.