Bone Deep Opens

My one-person exhibition, Bone Deep, at the Shircliff Gallery of Art of Vincennes University, IN, opened August 16th and runs until September 22nd. August 31st the documentary film, Work at Hand, will be shown at 7:00pm in the gallery and an Artist Talk and Opening will take place at 12::00 noon on September 1st.

Bone Deep

I am pleased to announce that I will have a one-person exhibition titled Bone Deep with the Shircliff Gallery of Art of Vincennes University, IN. A big thank you to well know photographer Christopher Schneberger who is an Assistant Professor of Art and Director of the gallery at the university. The exhibition is from August 16th-September 23rd. The documentary film Work at Hand will be shown and I will conduct a drawing workshop also. I will be showing work from Pillars of Dust series of large-scale paintings and mixed media drawings.

Mediating Between the Senses

Mediating Between the Senses exhibition was on view at MU Gallery Chicago where my newest large-scale paintings were presented from April 8th through April 30th. Shown here is me giving an Artist Talk in front of one of these works Limpid.

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MU Gallery Chicago Exhibition Announced

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.

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Featured Artist KNACK Magazine no. 71

I am pleased to announce that I am a Featured Artist in the just published KNACK Magazine no. 71. A big Thank You to Andrea Catalina Vaca, Co-Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief for both selecting my work and for the rich, dead on reproductions of paintings and drawings.

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Pre-Formed Notes Zoom Presentation

I was proud to be the host of a Zoom presentation event May 12, 2021 in conjunction with Linda Matney Gallery titled, Pre-Formed Notes: Michael K .Paxton Reflects on Appalachia and Early Athens, Ga with Art Rosenbaum. This was a celebration of the life’s work of both Art and Margo and their current exhibition at the gallery. Here is the edited video of that Zoom.

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Virtual Artist Talk for Interpolations

Virtual Artist Talk for Interpolations presented by the Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL March 4, 2021 Introduction by Paula Danoff, President and CEO and Moderated by Cara Feeney, Director of Exhibitions. Click here for artist talk.

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Exhibition Card Announcement For Interpolations at EAC

I am very happy to share this card announcement for my forthcoming major one-person exhibition, Interpolations, New Large-scale Work by Michael K. Paxton, that will open at the Evanston Art Center main floor gallery February 27 and run through April 4, 2021. An extensive brochure will be available at the exhibition and a virtual Artist Talk will take place March 5, 2021 from 5:30-6:30pm in support of this new work. This exhibition will mark my third major one-person museum scale exhibition of new work in four years and will also mark my 40th anniversary of showing in Chicago. This project is partially funded by a Grant from Columbia College Chicago, the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the EAC general membership.

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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.

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