Q3 Awareness post: Michael Armitage

Michale Armitage is a British artist who was originally born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1984. He attended and got is BFA from Slade School of Art in London and then went to The Royal Academy in London for his post graduate education. The gallery that primarily represents him is White Cube gallery, which has locations in NYC, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Seoul . In addition to being represented by White Cube Gallery he has had various exhibitions ons at some of the most prestigious galleries like MoMA. Micheal Armitages work revolves around ideas about his identity and post colonialism and the systemic effects of colonialism.

Michael Armitage, “The Dispute” (2015), oil on lubugo bark cloth (collection of Lizbeth and George Krupp)

The way Micheal Armitage blends realism and loose surreal gestural painting is really fascinating and is an attribute I could add to my painting. I also find his use of color to be interesting, he uses bright neon colors but they are never an eye sore, nor do they stand out. His use of color theory is extremely strong and makes his paintings even more enthralling. My biggest take away from examining his work is that I should experiment more and really push my self to work outside the box.