Thanks to Ms Kathleen Eaton I now have a page on the Illinois Artist List website,
https://illinoisartistslist.com/listings/5213-s-albany-ave-chicago-il-60632-michael-k-paxton/
Linda Matney Gallery Essay Now Online
I am very pleased to announce a that very nice essay written by Gallery Director Lee Matney of the Linda Matney Gallery titled, MIchael K. Paxton: Material Memory and the Appalachian Imagination, is now online on the gallery’s website, Thanks Lee
https://www.lindamatneygallery.com/news/2025/5/27/6ltjcaby4zw4f6y1u82ohceg3amoii
Work at Hand, Michael K. Paxton Documentary Film Now Online
With a huge thank you to Producer/Director Peter Hartel, the complete broadcast length documentary film, Work at Hand, Michael K. Paxton, can now be accessed on the film’s website ttps://www.workathandfilm.com and viewed online as a vimeo link.
Captive Coal to Open At Sharp Museum
I am very pleased to announce that I will have a one-person exhibition, Captive Coal, that will be presented at the Sharp Museum of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, opening January 16th and on view through May 10th, 2024, this will be a retrospective exhibition covering 30 years of my work that will feature from the very early worker drawings and paintings through to the most recent large-scale paintings on raw canvas. I will give an Artist Talk at the opening and the documentary film,Work at Hand, will be screened during the run of the show at some point. A special thanks goes to Curator of Exhibitions, WM Weston Stoerger and long time collectors and wonderful supporters, John E. and Lucia Hollister.
2024 Forthcoming One-person Museum Exhibition Announced
I am very pleased to announce that I will be featured in a one-person retrospective museum exhibition presented by the Sharp Museum of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, in the North Hall Mitchell Gallery.. Opening January 16th, 2024 and on view until May 16th, 2024, an Artist Talk will also be part of the opening of the exhibition. The focus of the exhibition is how coal has informed my work and life. A big thank you goes out to WM Weston Stoerger, Curator of Exhibitions and long time collectors John E. and Lucia Hollister.
