Michael Rey (born in
Sarasota
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, Florida 1979) is an
American abstract
painter
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. Rey lives and works in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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.
Education
Rey received his BFA in 2002 from
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, and his MFA in 2008 from the
Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design (stylized as ArtCenter College of Design) is a private art college in Pasadena, California.
History
ArtCenter College of Design was founded in 1930 in downtown Los Angeles as the Art Center School.
In 1935, Fr ...
, Pasadena, CA.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
*Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
*Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
*Michael Rey, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2017
*PLYDIS KAVE, Zero, Milan, Italy, 2016
*Michael Rey, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
*About a Work #4, Zero, Milan, Italy, 2015
*OMES, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
*Michael Rey, Cherry and Martin 2732, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
*IBJECT, Michael Rey, Room East, New York, NY, 2014
*Dracula Plus Plus, Young Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Selected group exhibitions
*Group Exhibition 2017, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY, 2017
*Top Heavy: Jennifer Boysen, Katy Cowan, Michael Rey, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
*Expanded Fields, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany, 2016
*Back To Basics, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA, 2015
*Vom Grossen und Ganzen, Herbert Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, DE, 2015
*Object Painting - Painting Object, Jonathan Viner, London, UK, 2015
*Rio (curated by Louis-Philippe Van Eeckhoutte), Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
*A Peg to Hang It On, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, 2015
*Crunchy, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, 2015
*Amy Feldman/Michael Rey, Freddy, Baltimore, MD, 2014
*Another Cats Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
*Where were you?, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 2014
*Green Circle, Black Diamond, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA, 2014
*Hephaestus, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2014
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Alexandre da Cunha
Alexandre da Cunha (born 1969) is a Brazilian-British artist, who produces sculpture and wall mounted works, often using found objects. His works have been exhibited around the world, and are located in several major public collections.
Biogra ...
, Michael Rey, Michael Williams, B. Wurtz, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium, 2013
*Chasm of the Supernova, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
*Animalfaith - Doot Doot (D.B. Sweeney), JB Jurve, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
*Ooga Booga Reading Room, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2010
*Is What It Is What It Is, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 2009
*Sculpture Park, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
*Cocktail Hour with Skip Arnold and Friends, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
*My Buddy, UCLA New Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
Public collections
*
Weisman Art Museum
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, Minneapolis, MN
*MoMCA Trento and Reovereto, Trento, Italy
*Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
*ADN Collection, Bolzano, Italy
*Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
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Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is a non-profit contemporary arts institution based in Turin, Italy, founded by arts collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in 1995.
History
In 1995, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo established the ...
, Turin, Italy
References
External links
Michael Rey: Artists’ websiteCherry & MartinBria, Ginevra. "Michael Rey e l'orlo del mondo. A Milano, Artribune, October 3, 2016.Cutajar, Mario, Michael Rey 'PLYDIS KAVE' at ZERO..., Milan, Mousse Magazine, October 2016.Michael Rey at ZERO... gallery: The uncanny is not something you can produce at will, Conceptual Fine Arts, September 27, 2016.
Natalia Masewicz, Wall Sculpture Opens Up “Expanded Fields” at Nymphius Projekte Berlin, Conceptual Fine Arts, February 1, 2016.Michael Rey at Office Baroque, Art Viewer, September 21, 2015.Michael Rey “IBJECT” at Room East, New York, Mousse Magazine, May 25, 2014Gopnik, Blake. "Michael Rey's Imaginary Readymades," Blouin Art Info (online), May 1, 2014.
*[http://notesonlooking.com/2011/11/initial-and-continuing-thoughts-on-michael-reys-show-at-young-art/ Tuck, Geoff, Initial and continuing thoughts on Michael Rey’s show at Young Art, notes on looking, November 8, 2011.]
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1979 births
Living people
People from Sarasota, Florida
American abstract artists
Abstract painters
[ ategory:21st-century American painters
21st-century American male artists
American contemporary painters