Michael Ponce de Leon (1922-2006) was an American printmaker and painter.

Ponce de Leon was born on July 4, 1922, in Miami, Florida.

There he studied at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the University of Mexico City.

During World War II he served in the United States Army Air Forces.

[2] In 1966 he had a solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[3] In 1967 Ponce de Leon received a of Guggenheim Fellowships[4] Ponce de Leon taught at a variety of colleges and universities from 1953 through 1980 including the Art Students League, Columbia University, Cooper Union, Hunter College, New York University, Pratt Institute, the Pratt Graphic Art Center, and Vassar College.