Michael Gormley

Executive Director

Michael Gormley assumed the leadership position at NYAE in 2017, bringing to bear over thirty years of art world experience. Limbo Lounge, a pivotal East Village art and performance space he founded in 1980,  was his inaugural foray into the New York art scene.   Since that time Gormley has held key posts in galleries, professional arts organizations, academic institutions and media enterprises including VP of Education, Institute of Classical Architecture & Art; Associate Director of Fine Art, The National Arts Club; Curator, Portraits, Inc.; Dean, The New York Academy of Art and Editor-in Chief and Content Strategist, Artists Magazine.  In addition to his curatorial and administrative work at NYAE, he is a frequent contributor to  NYAE’s blog and maintains an fine art studio practice in painting.