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Mike Ross
Mike Ross
Painting
My work has everything to do with perception and the way we understand and recognize the world and ourselves within it, and the ways in which how we understand the world affect the way we see it and the way we see ourselves. Basically, how the world ...Read More
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Metal Cloud III
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Carl Sagan & Neil Degrasse Tyson (diptych)
$6,00060"H X 96"W X 1"D -
Nelson Mandela & Desmond Tutu (diptych)
$7,00048"H X 96"W X 1"D -
John James Audubon & John Muir (diptych)
$3,00064"H X 70"W X 1.5"D -
In the Eye of the Birdholder
$2,50058.5"H X 42.5"W X 1.5"D -
Metal Cloud II
$30016"H X 20"W X 1.5"D -
Margaret Mead & Jane Goodall (diptych)
$7,00060"H X 80"W X 1"D -
Technique
$80036"H X 24"W X 1.5"D -
Color Phase
$2,00043"H X 98"W X 1.5"D
Artist accepts commissions.
STATEMENT
My work has everything to do with perception and the way we understand and recognize the world and ourselves within it, and the ways in which how we understand the world affect the way we see it and the way we see ourselves. Basically, how the world changes according to our perception.
These ideas bounce back and forth a lot. The patterns they make as they do so can become confusing. Part of my work lies in organizing this confusion, and sometimes adding to it as well.
BIO
Mike Ross studied art and anthropology at Oakland University, graduating in 2003. He currently lives and works in the Detroit area; since 2014 he has been painting out of 333 Midland Studios in Highland Park, Michigan (a city within the city of Detroit).
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS
• November-December 2020: Plus One, group exhibition of 333 Midland Studios resident artists (and their invitees). Highland Park, MI. Participating artist and curator.
• January-February 2020: Natural/Automatic, group exhibition at Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI. Participating artist and curator.
• August-September 2019: Plastic & the Pipes of Pan, solo exhibition at Beaubien House Gallery, Detroit MI.
• Fall 2019: mural completed in Santiago, Chile as part of Villa Francia Mural Festival.
• Summer 2019: three murals completed on brick walls outside and inside Woodward Avenue Brewery, Woodward & Troy Streets, Ferndale MI.
• April 2019: Hatchback 13, Group Exhibition at Hatch Art, Hamtramck MI. Curator: Melannie Chard.
• March-May 2019: In the Eye of the Birdholder, Solo Exhibition of new work at Oloman Gallery & Café, Hamtramck MI.
• February 2019: Art Now: Painting: Group Exhibition at Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI. Curator: Roula David.
• May 2018: Space Shadow Animal: Mike Ross, Anthony Maughan and Peter Daniel Bernal at Galleri 2987, Detroit MI. Participating artist and curator.
• August-September 2017: HEX!, Solo Exhibition at Two James Spirits, Detroit MI.
• January 2017: Essence of Life, Group Exhibition at Janice Charach Art Gallery, West Bloomfield MI. Curator: Natalie Balazovich.
• August - November 2016: Eidetic Imagery, Solo Exhibition of new work at Two James Spirits, Detroit MI.
• October 2015: We’re Living in a F*cking Dream, Solo Exhibition of new work at Junction Hall Gallery, Detroit MI.
• March 2015: Never Not Broken, Group Exhibition at the Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI. Curator: Anna van Schaap.
• June 2014: BIG Paintings at the Factory, Group Exhibition at 333 Midland Gallery and Studio in Highland Park MI.
• May 2013: Stroke, Group exhibition at Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe MI. Curator: Taurus Burns.
ARTIST'S TAGS
abstract artist, muralist, pattern and color, geometric art, figurative art, nudes, abstract figurative artist