About the Artist

Michael is an artist from the Philadelphia, PA area who understands drawing as a medium unto itself. Working exclusively with pastel and collage, he uses 2-dimensional graphic shapes as subject matter to explore ideas of the sublime.

Michael's work has been featured in recent contemporary drawing exhibitions, including:

• “Drawing Resurfaced II” at Purdue University Galleries

• “The Great Lakes Drawing Biennial” at Eastern Michigan University School of Art & Design

• “Visual Thinking: Drawing Exhibition” at IU Southeast

• “Drawing” at Site:Brooklyn Gallery

• “Drawn 4th and 5th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing" at Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center

• “30th National Drawing & Print Exhibition” at Gormley Gallery

His work has also been featured in:

• Manifest Gallery's 12th and 13th International Drawing Annual exhibtion-in-print INDA 12 http://www.manifestgallery.org/nda/inda12/

• Artmaze Magazine - Spring Edition 17

• Studio Visit Magazine- Volumes 43 &44

• New American Paintings - Issues 122, 57, and 45