I am very happy to announce that I have joined the impressive list of artist of MU Gallery in Chicago and will be featured there in a two person exhibition title Mediating Between the Senses opening April 8th. A big thank you to Director of Operations Lee Mosser for his support of my large-scale paintings.
Group Exhibition in Miami
I am pleased to have Small Island #1, 50" x 95", included in the forthcoming group exhibition, Short Term Infinity,to be presented by BOCCARA Art Miami from Sept. 16-Nov. 16. I will be with four other Chicago Artist and the show was put together by the Curator Lauren Iacoponi. Thanks Lauren.
Professional Development Grant Awarded
I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded a Professional Development Grant from Columbia College Chicago to cover the costs to prepare and mount my forthcoming one-person exhibition, Interpolations: New Large-Scale Work by Michael K. Paxton, to be presented in the main floor gallery of the Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, opening February 27, 2021 and running through April 4, 2021.
Interpolations One-Person Exhibition at EAC
I am pleased to announce that my one-person exhibition Interpolations: New, Large-Scale Work By Michael K. Paxton that is to be presented by the Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL in the main floor gallery space is set to open February 27, 2021 and run through April 4, 2021. A special thank you to both Paula Danoff, President and CEO and Cara Feeney, Director of Exhibitions. More information along with a Virtual Studio and Artist Talk click here.
Evanston Art Center Virtual Studio Visit →
I am very honored to have been featured by the Evanston Art Center in a Zoom Virtual Studio Visit and Artist Talk for their social media platforms. Introduced by President and CEO of the Center, Paula Danoff and interviewed by Cara Feeney, Director of Exhibitions, who also did a very nice job of editing this video. I look with excitement to my one-person exhibition of new work that has been pushed forward due to the virus shutdown and slated to open February 27, 2021. To view the video and more information.
Raw Reckoning Opens June 7 →
June 7th will be the opening of my one-person exhibition Raw Reckoning presented by the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago (UIMA). This exhibition will feature my most recent 96” x72” large-scale paintings, 72” x 50” charcoal on paper drawings, sketchbooks and an extensive catalog produced by the museum. Organized and developed by Adrienne Kochman, Curator and Olivia Rozdolsky, Assistant Curator the exhibition will run until August 4, 2019.
"Pillars of Dust" One-Person Exhibition
I am pleased to announce that my one-person exhibition of large scale paintings and works on paper titled "Pillars of Dust" will open September 28th at the Heuser Art Center Gallery of Bradley University, Peoria, IL and run through November 6th. A planned showing of the documentary film titled "Work At Hand Michael K. Paxton" will also be screened. Shown is a studio snapshot of one of the works to be on included in the exhibition.
